The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-10-25

his negro auditors. As might be ex-
pected his address was a torrent OF
abuse and in his opening statement
he directly branded his Democratic
opponents as being liars"
At night Senator McComas made
the principal address. The "south
eastern corner" of the Court House
was packed and damned with the
dusky denizens of sunny Africa.
Many well-known and prominent
Democrats were attracted out of in
terest to hear the junior United
States Senator, for the State of Mary
land, speak. His admirers have
always characterized his addresses as
being calculated to carry conviction
to his hearers but if this is true last
Thursday light must have been his
"off night" His speech from start
to finish, with very little to break
the monotony, was a plea for the
negro race. His whole political
career has been consistent with this
and since he has entered Congress his
vote has always been recorded on
that side. When he made his plea for
the repeal of the obnoxious law"
which had for its object the disfran-
chisement of the negro voter, it was
almost enough to make the blood of
anv southern Democrat boil with
anger. This is the very same man
who, in the Hall of the House of
Representatives, fathered a bill which
had for it's object the disfranchise-
ment ofevery Democratic white voter
in the South. Through his heroic
championship, it passed that body of
our National Legislature and would
have become a law had it not been for
the leadership of ex-senator German
who defeated it by a narrow margin
after weeks ofhard work. The billwas
without doubt one Of the most
obnoxious measures that has ever
been brought up for consideration by
Congress. 1t outreached any legis-
lation Immediately preceding the
Civil War. and would doubtless have
lead to a second strife, between the
North and the South. This same Mr..
McComas, who in past years tried
to prevent the white man from
voting is today stumping the State of
Maryland ill defence of the negroes.
We are sorry that more Democrats
did not listen to his inconsistent
speech. 1t only went to show the
means which some men will go
to to accomplish their partisan
ends. How a man who has the good
Southern Anglo-Saxon blood cours-
ing through his veins can so far for
get his ancestry and breeding as to
attempt to deprive a white man OF
his vote and failing in that turn to
the defence oftheignorant negro who
is no more fit to pass upon matters
of public Government than the
famous mule killed by Admiral Samp-
son, off of Cienfuegos.
Such meetings as these only make
the Democrats stronger in their pur-
pose Of carrying the election on
November 5th.. The race issue is
paramount. There can be no other
injected into this campaign, which
will have similar weight. The Demo-
Gratis do not desire to exterminate
these less intelligent human beings,
but they do feel that the vote of the
man who cannot read a single line
of the Constitution of the State and
who only knows how to cast his
ballot by making his mark Opposite
Lincoln's nose" should not outweigh
the suffrage of a man of intelligence
who gives thought to the affairs of
State.
THE REGISTRATION OF 1901.
We publish elsewhere tabulated
list of the registered voters of Har-
ford county for 1901. The total
shows decrease of 255 votes, the
books of 1900 having SO56names on
them, while those of 1901 only have
1901. The loss in the white vote is
1856 and that of the negro vote 90.
This does not mean that the popula-
ton of the county has decreased dur
ing the past year, but shows the
activity of both sides. In purging
the books, quite a number of new
names have been added and those
stricken off were persons who have
moved away or in some other man.
ner lost their right of suffrage in this
county. Stearns precinct leads with
the largest number of white votes, it
having $50. precinct having the
smallest number of white votes is
Magnolia with 219. Perryman has
the greatest number of negro votes,
out of the total of 512, DAT being
colored. Bel Air is now the largest
precinct in the county having 500
white votes and 2O2 colored, which
makes total of ITO. Norrisville
precinct has only Is negro votes.
The black belt of Hartford county
lies in the lower portions. The fourth
and fifth districts with the total vote
of 2671 has only 346 negroes. The
totals show that under the present
law, which require the counting of
each name that a number ofprecincts