Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-12-19

The Reform League is out in re-
port signed by William Keyser,
Charles j. Bonaparte and Charles
Morris Howard in one part of which
the Democrats are charged with
falsely counting in majority in the
House of Delegates and with improp-
erly counting plurality of votes for
the Democratic candidate for Comp
troller. 1t would appear from the
Baltimore Suns synopsis of the re-
port that the League finds that there
are no good Democrats but that the
other side are all saints except tee
Republican politicians st. Mary's
county and ''Mr. Samuel Davis, :"
of Baltimore.
II the Sun correctly reports the
findings of the League lights. they
first prove CD by figuring that the
Democrats improperly rejected
enough votes to beat Mr.. Plat for
Comptroller, and then afterwards
prove CD by argument that Sam Da-
Wis beat him as well as elected the
three Democratic delegates from Bal
timore city. From what we have
seen of the report we CLEAN that there
are very few just men in Maryland,
and that all of them are members of
the Reform League and of the Re-
publican party outside of st. Mary's
county. We would like to see the
full text of the report.
We are indebted to the Sun for the
following:
REPUBLICANS TO BLAME.
In conclusion the report says:
Although responsibility for the
results of the late election, as well
as for the methods employed to ac-
complish them, must mainly rest
upon the shoulders of thedemocratic
managers, it cannot be denied that
the responsibility must be, in a
measure, shared by Republicans,
since it was the fraudulent padding
Of the United States census returns
by Republican politicians in St. Ma
rvs county which furnished the pre-
text for that extra session of the
Legislature by means of which the
revolutionary program of the Demo
cratic managers was successfully
carried through.
AS TO SAMUEL DAVIS.
Moreover, although the Republi-
can platform for the last campaign
was everything that could be desir-
ed, it is just as well to remember
that nowadays the amount of conf
dence likely TO be inspired in the
minds of independent voters by such
q platform is largely dependent upon
the characters of the candidates who
are placed upon it. The nomination
by the Republicans for Sheriff of Mr..
Samuel Davis, with his record, not
only insured his oM n defeat, but un-
doubtedly caused enough indepen-
dent voters to distrust the whole
Republican ticket to bring about the
defeat of Mr.. Plat for Comptroller,
as well as the return of three demo
cratic candidates for the House of
Delegates as elected from Baltimore
city.
FEDERAL PATRONAGE.
1t is to be feared that the utility
of the Republicans as an effective
party OF opposition in Maryland is
gravely endangered at the moment
by the threatened revival of an old
evil, During Republican admins
trations the federal patronage has
always been source of weakness
and discredit TO that party in the
State, and if its main attention and
interest shall become again, as it
has been SO often before, absorbed
In the contests Of rival cliques and
factions. the main purpose of whose
existence appears to be to get con-
troll of the Federal Offices and work
the patronage for all it is worth, and
whose frequent delegations of Office
seekers besieging the White House
have made life a burden to success
sive Republican Presidents, the peo-
pie of Maryland will have small en-
couragementtolook toitasan effective
instrument fer accomplishing better
things"