The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-08
INDICTMENT OF THE RE
PUBLICAN PARTY BE-
FORE THE BAR OF
PUBLIC REASON.
Charges That Will be Sustain.
QUALIFICATIONS That Will
be Proved.

The Republican party of Mary
land, after nearly four years rule
in State and Baltimore City af-
fairs, is seeking another lease OF
power. In Baltimore its record
was so VIGOROUSLY bad and incom
petent that the people in May last,
by the decisive majority of over
5000, condemned its candidates
and elected a Democratic Mayor,
made one branch of the City
Council entirely Democratic and
the other branch nearly so. To
save the city, and thus retain
control of the State, every Re-
publican State official, from Gov
ernor Lowndes down, Senators
Wellington and McComas, Con-
gressmen Mudd and Pearre and
other Republican State leaders,
| took part in the city campaign
and plead for the election of
Master. They knew of the in
competency and worse of the
Master administration. They
knew the MalSter machine was
merely an aggregation of spoils-
men. They knew that it was
dominated by the worst elements
of the party in the city. They
knew that Masters success
meant a continuation of incompe-
tency and corruption in city at
fairs; continuation of police dis,
organization and negro crime and
disorder; "A continuation of high
taxation and debt augmentation.
but all this did not concern them.
1t did not concern them that Bal
timOre'S trade and growth were
suffering on account of high tan
alton, increasing debt and inSe.
curity of person and property,
partisan success was their object.
that the favored few-the ALLIE
ganey Ring and its satellites
might continue to fatten on pub
lie office. They believed, and so
declared, that the salvation of the
party in the State depended upon
the success Of the MalSter ma.
chine, and they went to its res.
cue. They plead earnestly for
Masters election, and in doing
so gave positive evidence of being
no better than the element in con
troll of the city. No fair-minded
man will contend otherwise. To
be consistent erery v0ter in BdLi.
more 'cho cast his ballot against
Naister must cote agaiHst Lownde$
and the ALegoay Ring.
Having lost the first battle in
the campaign for continued
power, they hope for success in
November upon the allegation
of pledges fulfilled and the as
Sumed fairness, impartiality and
nonpartisanship of Gov. Lowndes'
administration.
We charge, and will prove, that
the Republican party is so con.
stituted that it is incapable of
giving to this State that capable
government which the people
need and demand. No party is
fit to rule this State whose free.
dom is clOgged with an ignorant.
non taxpaying element, constitut.
ing eighty per cent. of its vote in
some counties and comprising
fifty per cent. of the whole in the
State. That element has been
emboldened, by promises in the
past, to demand share of the Of
fees, and that demand has been
acceded to in a measure in Balti.
more, and will be acceded to in
the State and counties in larger
degree, in the event of Republi.
can success, in order to hold its
loyalty for future contests.
We charge, and we will prove,
that Republican ascendancy has
been construed by the negro race
TO mean license to commit crime.
and we will show that assaults
upon white men and women are
constantly on the increase. We
allege, too, that a Republican
government has been negligent
in suppression of negro violence
for fear of losing negro votes.
We charge, and we will prove,
that no reform or beneficial legis.
latiOn has been accomplished
that was not initiated by the
Democrats in the Legislature or
carried through by their aid and
assistance. The assessment law
all its good features-was the
work of Democrats; the free
school book law was Democrat,
ic conception and legislative en-.
actment before the advent of the
Republicans to power, and its full
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