Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1900-10-11
How oamalier Will Win.

From Times Crescent.
Owing to the constantly increasing
negro vote of the counties of Southern
Maryland, the Fifth Congressional Dis
trict, once the great bulwark Of Democ-
racy, has within the last decade become
what may be termed the Gibraltar Of the
Rcpublicanism of Maryland 1t should
not be inferred from the above state.
mcnt, however that the negro alone is
responsible for this vast change in the
political status OF the district. II has
not changed by any direct action on his
part, but rather through the fact that his
propensity to blindly vote the Republi-
can ticket, and the constant growth Of
the registered vote Of his race, has caus
ed an oillce-seeking white element Of the
Democratic party to go with him on
election day, to the end that the swap
Of political bearings may appeasc the
appetite of the Republican convert. In
this county, which fairly represents the
counties OF lower Maryland, the vast
majority of the five hundred white Re
publican voters are men who left the
Democratic party simply because they
wanted office and they knew the negro
would require no account of their stew.
ardship and had sufficient power to vote
them in. OF course We find today
younger men who claim TO be straight
or original Republicans. In most cases,
however, an investigation will prove
them to be men who sought and are now
receiving political preferment, and who
were sagacious enough to choose what
experience has demonstrated to be the
easier way Of gratifying their ambitions
Thus the District has changcd-the
negro vote steadily increasing has pro.
portionally increased the temptation for
weak Democrats TO ally with the Re
publican party. But ut last the Offices
arc all filled; there is no longer need
for converts, and many who are now So
called Republicans are ready and will
ing to quietly aid the party OF their past
faith.
II was due to this sentiment among
the Republicans OF ST. Mays county
that full local Democratic ticket was
elected in 1899, by an average majority
of 300, the county having given MI
Mudd plurality of 72i votes in the
election the year previous. In the cam
paign Of 1893, Mr. Mudd's plurality in
the District, over John S. Cummings,
Democrat, was 357G An analysis Of
this vote will demonstrate that Cumm.
ings carried Howard county by plu-
rality of 353, the two election districts
OF Baltimore county by plurality Of
2l9. and the wards of Baltimore city by
plurality of 1893, while Mr.. Mudd car
ried the counties Of Anne Arundel, Cal
vert, Charles, Prince Georges and ST.
Mary's by pluralities of 552, 458, 1,O82,
593 and 751, respectively. In 1899, Mr.
Camalier, the present opponent OF Mr..
Mudd, carried st. Mary's county by
majority of 4G3, and the indications to-
day are that he will carry the county by
a greater majority in his Congressional
campaign. In other words, the vote Of
Mr.. Camalier in st. Mary's county, as
judged by the campaign OF 1900, will
take ST. Mary's from the Mudd column
of 1893 and place it in the Cummings
column with sufficient figures to Offset
the vote of Calvert county in 1893
Throughout the Fifth Congressional
District the vote of 1909 shows vast Dem
ocratic gains over that of 1893, the plu-
rality for the Republican State ticket in
the District last year being $50, as
against plurality of 2,576 for Mudd the
year previous. With a Democratic Ma
iority in st. Mary's county sufficient to
Offset that witch Mr.. Mudd will likely
receive in Calvert county, it will be seen
that the majorities in the remaining por-
tion Of the District, as compared by the
vote for Governor in 90, would be plac-
gu hb IOlIOWB
DEMOCRATIC.
Gath Ward, BALTIC. City. ...... .463
1st District County. .2O5
18th " 1t3
Howard comfy. ............,.46 S
Total. ...... ...1, 240
REPUBLICAN.
23rd Ward, BALTIC. city. ........1 G9
Anne Arundel county. ......,.....40
Charles county .............. ......798
Prince Georges county, -. =. ...104
lotal' .'........ ........,..l,,l IDA |
Camalier's majority, 90.
1t will, therefore, be seen ut a glance
that Mr.. Mudd no longer carries the
District in his vest pocket In fact the
general indications are that the Demo
cratic National ticket. which Ia daily |