The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-10-02

the State, maintained as a political ma
chine" and that, ''this machine broken,
and the Republican party in Maryland,
as in every other Southern State, would
sink into immediate and absolute insignif-
cance
The important, undeniable and irrepress-
ible fact that the solid negro vote is the
foundation stone of Maryland Republican
ism was fully recognized by the promising
department of Mr. Master political ma
chine, at the incipiency Of its great fight
for the mayoralty nomination and the rich
spoils of Office that go along with it. He,
therefore, made deliberate promise to the
II, 900 negro voters of Baltimore city,
through their accredited leaders with whom
he opened negotiations, that it they would
select a suitable man of their race for the
Legislature in each of the three legislative
districts of the city, he would see that
they were nominated by his conventions.
Acting upon his promise, the negro voters
of the city focked to the standard of Nal
ster and wholly deserted that of Marburg,
the candidate of the mugwumps and of
Wellington's Organization. who had not
the courage to make such promise. As
a result Malster polled, in his Independent
primaries, about 18, 900 votes, while Mar
burg, in his Organization primaries
polled only about 1000. 1t would not
be just, perhaps, to say that Mr.. Nal
ster $ enthusiastic support consisted of the
II, 900 registered negroes, supplemented
by about l 900 whites, but it is an un-
deniable fact that the colered element con-
stituted very large preponderance of his
following
IGNORED BY THE BUREAU OF
PERFORMANCE
But although Mr.. Malster won his fight
by the support of the negro element of the
party thus obtained, when his city conven-
tion assembled the cOlored brethren and
their duly elected representatives found to
their amazement that they were to be left
in the lurch. The convention, after NOM
mating Mr. Malster for mayor, adjourned
over in great confusion and disorder, with
out making any further nominations and
for the admitted purpose of making up
new legislative estate. Above the din
and confusion Of the disOrderly and dis
persing gathering could be heard the shouts
Of vengeance on the part of the enraged
colored brethren, on the floor and in the
galleries. the responsive shouts of defiance
on the part of the white heelers, and
the shril protest of some Of the white
Malsterites that the trick was being
played without his personal approval
Altogether it was memorable scene,
as nearly approximating to pandemonium
as it would be possible to imagine. The
tNews, in its report of the affair,
observed that the adjournment was brought
about for the purpose of considering the
''most graceful way Of revoking the
promises made to the colored element. 1t
must have impressed all impartial observ-
ers as altogether cowardly and graceless
method of Sinking away from a promise
deliberately made and pTofted by. After
IL subsequent stormy conference with the
colored leaders, the Republican convention
came together again and nominated a full
delegation of white men for the Legisla-
ture.
THE JUSTIFICATION.
The reasons urged by the self-styled
independent press of Baltimore city,
which have become the most unscrupulous
allies of the Republicans, for this fragrant
breach of faith with the cololed element,
will be of more interest, perhaps, to the
intelligent and calm Judging voter Of the
state and probably more instructive, than
any other feature of the unsavory affair
From the time that the action of the Ocean
CITY convention assured the success of Nal