The citizen., 1899-10-20
False and Misleading Statements
Silence on Assaults and DIsor-
derS,

when probed, how ever, they show
their ter ok OF real cts. The on J
WAY u improve the general busiu, :
cUnditl II OF individuals or corp IN
ito is to essea expenses ar re civ,
a:i nc ease income Now, we cain
/ tnat The expenditures of Governor
/ Lrwndes' administration in most in,
slanc, have been Tar eater than lhey
Were unter the last Democratic ad
minls'ratioa. For example, let u>
takr thr per-olal expenditures If th4
Executive ID plrtment; the expenses
re gieater than under Gov. Brown.
Fake the tpbacco warehouses under
Gov. LJWndes; he had an investiga-
zion ni the department made by Col.
Tompllus, OF Baltimore This iuves-
tigaliol has never been made pubic.
The eXpens.s Of this department are
greater than under Gov Brown, VINO
had no scaudal- in coant ctiun with
tie four years Of Democfatic control.
Take the Live stock Department un-
der Gov Lowndts; the expenses are
greater than under Gov Brown.
Take the Emigration Department.;
here again the expenses are greater
under Gov. LowndeS. In tue pat
the city press pointed out every
scheme which a So called Dem cratic
lobby had in hand During the last
l. giAliure, with unbluShing impu-
dence, laws were passed or rejected,
bills olen or unaccountahly d'sap-
peared from the files Of the House for
none arN consideration. Yet We
near but little of these shameful pro-
ceedin2s Take jhe appropriations Of
tn lat Republican Legislature and
conpar" it with the asst Democratic
Legislature and see the iucreas. of Re
publican eX dijures. So 60 Oh the
bod stat msn's Of reform, yet not one
word OF the lea ful iucr.as If crime
and dis Ider in almost every pant of
the Stat. TAX the head incs Of the
ballim Gr S"a the .lmericaa lhe
HcrG1d, and th- country press fr the
pas Ihree years under Repub lean rule
aud make known the number of as
sauit~, the general decentralization aud
crime upon the part Of the negro
class in Maryland. Make known the
allure t. cary out the luWs upDn the
statute books ui tie State, The unsafety
OF tne homes OF all the leople, then a k
G Y. LnWndes aud hls crafty writers
il these things d. not cry out for a
change in the administration of the AZ
FAIRS Of oar state. 1t oar finaucal
maitets be economically amimi- -t3ied,
bIt let our home, hc made sacred nom
violence and assault without appealing
to race p'ejudice or being unfair in any
WY 10 ournegro population. Exerute
the l'Ws. In Butimar- We hate the
taIg@rf H'gfo popoIuiioa Of any city IN
H' wotid NHe r publican ward oil
tican~ need Every one # these vateI9
To keep tneir words, their legislative
ani .h,r Congressional and iu !iclal
p ci c sin e. They ne this vast
ara Y Of voters (, give th,m even a
senblenc, OF te,p c'ab'lity with }he
voting ropDlaton 4 Maryland, Take
the white vote ut the state; take he
wealth, the learning, the general rr-
spertabiliiy and see how it uutnun.b r
the Republcns of this state. Not
one single RESTRICTION would We llace
upon the right OF the negro, but we do
INSIST t at in consequence OF thu need
ami ecessiiv. oithis vast army OF voters
to the whit Republicans, the negr, es
are rot br'u-ht to speedy jus ice wien
they opeuly violate our laws. The or
dinanc-s II Baltimore CITY aud tie
Laws Of the state ale openly disregard
ed. We know of no single act of GOV.
Lowndes to commend him to a siugle
Democratic voter of Maryland. john
Walter smith, the Democratic nomi-
nee, STANDS head and shoulders above
him from an educational point of
view, equal to him in social, financial
aud every other s'and point-ahd can
De absolutely trusted by the people
Wellington says Gov. Low ndts cauLot
be trusted. OF course, we know that
Mark Hanna will seek to secure the aid
"i the trusts for the fight in Maryland;
that McComas VIII make every pledge
to- POSITIONS in national patronage:
yet Wellington is still United States
Senator and Wi have a vote uprn
que-tioas which will yet come o plague
the pres,ut Mckinley administrations
lie, our people bear these facts in
mind. The handwriting is upon the
walls The Republican State admin.
istration has been weig Ell aud found
wanting, and the people will eject
Smith aud the entire State ticket hy
an oid-ttue majority. TO work, Dem
ocfats, and win this fight.
Tue Republican press is making
quite a furor about the Increase in
teachers salaries and holding out all
sorts ot promises a. to what the party
VIII do if entrusted with an extension
ofpower 1t srather strange that the
teachers salaries Were not increast d
duriog the two years of Republican
control of the School Board. 1t can be
said, and with ut fear of contradic ion