The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01


h-a.lner in which tie negro voters
locked to his Standard und>r the inspl-
ratCn OF this promise. the subsequent
appareu,ly reluctant but equally Gelib
,1a,e Notation OF this promise by the
Alalsterites. %rd the reasons assigned
Ly them and -. : Independent press
iur such violated pl>dges, will furnish
tue subject OF protl,ab,e meditation on
the part OF the honest ard patriotic
Marylander The facts OF tbs chapter
OF political History will be made t." sub
ject OF this article.
THE SOLID NEGRO VOTE THE
FOUNDATION STONE OF
MARYLAND REPUBLICANISM.
In the second article OF this Associ-
alton. published in June. the character
and component parts OF tie Rcpubh
can party ol Mary and were clearly
disclosed to the observation OF the peo-
: pie OF the State. 1t was there shown
: that a ma ority OF the Maryland Legisla-
lure is elected in 10 counties. there EMU
meratod. in which the Republican party.
las shown ly the figures OF the Balti
more Sun Almanac, is composed OF 2S,-
o30 co.orcd voters and 1896 whites.
the latter Tor the most part not idily
representative of the intelligence the
r,spectabiliiy or the substance oi the
communities Ill which they live. and
many ci them nOn-taNpaycrs. 1t was
there shown how the iliteratc colored
voters OF hose cgrO-domlnatCd cOun-
tics had beer converted into Il solid and
unreaSoning political machine hy tbs
sltst kind OF race prcjudiccs iuSuilicd
into their cars ly the white men who
make personal profit by the scheme and
are denominatcd by Senator Yelling
ton as 'scalawags." The conclusion
was there stated that the whole stock
in trade OF the Republican party in
Maryland consists OF the rnbroken
ranks OF the fifty odd thousand colorcd
voters OF the State. maintained as a DO
litical machine" and that. this machine
broken. and the Republican party in
Maryland. is in every other Southern
State. would sink into immediate and
absolute insisnificance."
THIS IMPORTANT FACT RECOG-
MED KY MALSTER'SP PROM
= ISlAG DEPARTMENT..
The important. Sndcniable and ire
pressible TACT that the solid negro vote
RepublcaniSn was July recognized by
s.er's poll ica machine. at the incipien
cy OF its great fight i,r the mayoral,y
nomination and tic li,h spells OF office
that go along with it. He. therefore.
made a dc'ihCra, promise to Tie 1900
negro >ot IS OF Gilmore ely. through
their accr, cd leaders with whom he
opened negotiations. that ii they would
select a r'-i-h'c ran Ct IT, If race Tor
the eeis t,rc in each Cf the three
Legislative districts OF the city. he void
see that thty were nCr'ri ratcd Ey lis
cCnvtn ms .'r ;Hg I.'rn Is prom
Use, the II gro votes OF the q y lock, d
to the Standard OF Master and wholly
deserted tl.rt ci Marlurg. the candidate
OF the nlu swrnps and OF Wdi :glon $
organzati n who had not the cour-
age TO make s,,cl rror'isc. AS re
suit Master poll,d il Lis ind p ndent
primaries. al out $1,000 vot, $ while
Marburg II his Organization primar-
les pollod only about 1000 1t would
not be just. perhaps. to say that Mr..
Masters enthusiastic support consisted
OF the I7.ooo registered negroes. supple
mented by about 1000 whites. but it is
an undeniaole TACT that tic colored ele-
rlent constituted very large prcDon-
derance OF his following.
IGNORED BY THE BUREAU OF
PERFORMANCE
But although Mr. Master won his
fight by the support OF the negro ele-
rnent OF the party thus obtained when
his city convention assembled the col
ored brethren and their duly elected
representatives found to their amaze
ment that they were to be lett in IL,
lurch. The convention. alter nominal
ing Mr.. Master Tor mayor adjourned
over in great confusion and disorder
without making any further nominal
tions and for the admitted purpose OF
making up a new Legislative slate"
Above the din and confusion CT the dis
orderly and dispensing gathering could
be heard the shouts oi vengeance On the
part OF the cnraged coored brethren
on the floor and in the galleries. the re
sponsivc shouts OF defiance on the part
OF the white he,lerS. and the Shrill pro
test OF some OF the white Nalsterites
that the trick was bein. PLAYED without
his personal approval Altogether it
was memorable scene. as nearly ap-
proNlmatlH2 :" pandemonirr as it
would ic p@:>i-,c to imagine The
News. IL lis report OF the affair. oh
served that Tic adjournment was
brought alIut Tor the purpose oi con
sidcrina Il c most graceful way" OF re
lu! II" tic promises made to the col
Ored el.m+nt 1t must have impressed
all impartial Observers as altogether a
coward,y lnI eracclces Cthud of stink
ing away. iron rromi"" deliberately
nade and plof.ed by. Alter sui 50
queJ}t st"rllv co terence with the col
orcd lead rs. The Republican convention
came t"2e,' cr again and nominated a
full del e-,ipn oi willie men Tor the
Legislature
- ,. TIE JUSTIFICATION.
Ere r; sons urged ly the self STYLED
Id p nd nj press oi Baltimore civ
which have become the most unscruDu-
l"us allies of the Republicans. for this
iagrant br"?cl OF ruth with the colorcd
element. will be OF more interest, Der
haps, to the intelligent and calm-i,Idg-
ing voter. OF the State. and probably
more instructive. th"n any other feature
OF the unS-rory aifair From the time
that the action of tie Ocean CITY con
vention assured the success OF Nal
sstcr and the fac, OF lis positive prom
Use to nomina'e three negroes Tor the
Legislature T"d the action Of the negroes
IN selecting three OF their best men for
The places became known, the SIM
OAsTo1IA.
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