Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-10-01

and the News n nanifested the most
eager zeal In urging their Gratuitious az
vice upon the Republicans as to ~
personnel OF their ticket. This soon
ripened into persuasion, argufnentanVe
pleading and humble entreaty. At hrst
they eontented themselves with sagely
suggesting that the Republicans ought
to be especially careful not TO put "oo-
jectionable persons on their legisia-
tive ticket, at this especial time, vben
the final effort is to be made to smash
the great German Machine" shrewdiy
suggesting that. after that was accomp-
lished, there would be no necessity Tor
so much circumspection IN avoiding
popular prejudices.'
As the day OF holding the convention
came closer. and the difficulty OF Mr.
Master ex,ricating himself from the po-
sition he had assumed became more
manifest, the independent press" put
aside its generalization and came out In
plain English against the Niger in the
woodpile The Sun" OF Sept. 9 had
the following frank statement OF the
case:
1t would be a piece Of political folly Of the
hrst magnitude to ignore the force OF existing
sentiment in regard TO the selection of colored
candidates for important State Offices. The
TIM has not vet drrtu Il tcheH thai may Dc
iOne tOith sIf' v B" the putty hfng Il. The ar.
gunent that il is absolutely necessary in order
to placate and keep the colored voters in line
is without substantial foundation. The great
body OF colored voters consider the success Of
the Republican party more important than the
cal disas,eT iRsdr rv~pas"is. aud p;tttidies.
they can be eountsd on tn support u soltdIv on
sI<etion d1p. The reports of disaffection
among them have been asSIduously circulated
A. kT-k, taa.Fa 1@NaI
these reports in past campaigns with the design
Of forcing the Republicans to perpetrate
serious blunder 10 defsH M. German: lev
sidtfus hrhsf aud TO prevent hr. GOr mans 70
election 10 th> Senate, the Republican kPisld-
tue ticket shHti be free from anything ltkely
70 eJctte popular prejudice or to offend popu'
lar sentiment.
On the same day the News" delv-
cred itself in the same tenor, as follows:
Of Maryland at the present moment IS to Sc
cure control Of the legislature In this under
taking, they ,oll hdus 10 ,Hc0unter the oppo-
gsrs in he Uniou. put forth nth an sNerpy
aud determination 0re0tsr than he has had ee-
edst.n TO employ in any former e"nte't. This
cannot afford. at this juno ui'. to assume any
unnecessary burden.
10 tnJect the race tssue into the gtiestteH o.
he SELECTION Of Legislature which q to ndsas
GImdn's sueesssoT would be q peculiarly IL
considered move The Republicans have
great deal of working capital in the shape oil
Democratic anti German feeling in Baitfmofe
and in every county in the State Who knows
how many Of these Democrats may deeide TO
swallow German il the Republicans put up
legislative ticket with coiored men on it, The
negroes can better afford to let this thing 60
than endanRer the success Of the whole Repub'
lican ticket.
The reasons thus urged upon the Bal
more Republicans by their new found
lilies for their fragrant breach OF faith
with their colored brethren were the
same upon which the Republicans at
lempted, wholly unsuccessfully, to JUST
fy themselves.
HOW 1T LOOKS 10 THE COL
ORED BRETHREN.
To the intelligent colored voters, OF
whom there are a number in Baltimore,
his outrageous breach of faith and de-
iberate violation OF pledges solemnly
made to them appears only in the light
IF mean deception, sore humiliation
md a grievous wrong. They had, in
compliance with the condition imposed
upon them, unanimously selected three
d their best qualified and most honor
lbie men-men whom they know to be
not only the moral and intellectual
peers, but the superiors of the average
white men usually sent to the Legisla
.ure by the Republicans of the negro
dominated counties, where their race
constitutes the rank and file OF the par
ty-and the only consolation they have
yiven back to them with the violated
pledges is assurance that there is
temporary" race prejudice against
hem among the white element of the
Republican party, as now constituted,
which it would not be safe to offend
They are more sorely grieved at being
informed that, in addition to the kid
gioved annex in the city for which the
independent press" claimed to speak,
he Republican leaders of the eoun-
les" have advised the breach of faith
with them. They cannot understand
how men who have banded their race
together in the counties for rs years On
he plea OF race prejudice, and that 4
white mans government and laws is ne
,essarily iniinical to their interests
Mould now join in denying to Their
ace, under the most favorable con&-
ions. the most unequal and merely
ominal participation in the aw-makinG
over which had been promised %
hem. They give no credit to ti1e
special emergency plea, feeling as
ured that special emergency win al
avs arise against them.
rHE ASPECT 1T BEARS TO ALL
HONORABLE AND impair
TIAL MEN.
The narrow escape OF the Repubh-
an party from naming negroes for the
Legislature, and the contemplate
breach OF faith involved in it, reveals
o the intelligent and impartial observer
in their true colors the bad and dangerous
influences into whose final keeping the
Hairs OF Our good old State may ire
vocably pass, if the present. and prob
ably the last, opportunity is not finally
and vigorously availed Of But all fair-
minded men, capable of discriminating
between the shadow and the substance,
will fail to see any greater Improperly
or humiliation in having the laws en-
acted and administered by the negroes
themselves than by the little band d
white men who in several of the coun-
ties have for IS years kept the negroes
banded solidly together as a political
machine under the inspiration OF dae
yilest prejudices against white man,
government" insidiousiy instilled into
heir ears.
Nor will the Intelligent locker 90 fail
to note the fun significance Of In
shrewd suggestion on the part Of the IN
dependent press" which was relied OF
by the Republicans, that II rs only tn
present emergency m contcntGng VIII
the formidable md nfuch-feared Cor
nan Machine" TINT makes the f4ninf
Of eolored law-fnzseers inexpex6ent I
goes without saying that when th'
Democratic organization is broker
down BY another defeat At this critica
time, and the Republicans are piacet
in practically undisputed control Of tn
StaAe, that negroes in the Legisiatur'
and n the other concomitants Of scala
wag rule win toilow as the night Ii
day. The history OF that kind Of domin
alton m the Other Southern Stairs, dr
ing the short period that it was tuiI
ated there, affords sufficient proof O
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