Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-02-15

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! read Mr.. Young's strong letter on tia
disfranchisement Of illiterates in Saturdays
News with great deal Of interest," bat mus,
except to that part 10 which be infer that
the followers of William Jennings Bryan
are behind this movement to uespetuate
the present State and city political regime in
power, The caterie Of opportunists who are at
present intrenched 10 the State and city Offices
are the porch-climbers and seeond-story men
Of politirs--the sneak thieves who used the
cloak Of Democracy to secure their plundsr
and who would now seek BY legal or Illegal
enactment Of law to defeat the will Of the
majoritiy in future elections. The history Of
their duplicity is an open book
In 1895 they fought Bryan and the Demo-
platform, and no language was too severe with
which to stigmAtlze bis followers. 10 1899,
when they wanted tbs votes of the Bryan
Democrats to give them the State Offices, they
claimed they had returned to the party and
would work for its success. The Bryanites
were trusting aAd voted 10 the machipe-made
ticket not one of the candidates on which
bad supported Bryan in 1896. In 1900 this
coterie of alleged Democrats betrayed the
Democratic party in this State. While some
of them may have voted for the sake Of tsparty
regularity" and in so doing Mr.. Young SAYS
in effect, stulii6ed themselves, that is all they
did. 1t was not their funeral. The gallant
Governor, so urbane and ready with the glad
hand in 1898 90 WAS political icicls IN 1900
The usually loquacious Attorney General
came out Of his hole, saw his shadow at
Music Hall aud retired from the contest.
Gormans mentor, Mr.. Lanahan, maintained
a digni6ed silence; Colonel Marshall suddouly
failed as ready letter-writter, and Herring
and the rest sawed wood. The burnt Of the
oratoricaI battle fell nually on S. s. Field and
Jacob Sehonfarber, two optimistic Bryanites;
but. while they were sincere and worked
hard, there was moi enough of them to 20
round yandiyer had all he could do to
look after the liquid refreshments at head
quarters. and Rssin-she lay low
The Democrats who supported Brvan and
their national platform have no apologies to
offer for SO doing. The party and its platform
stood in 1900 for what they did IN 1895, and
the effort Of some to deny this did Bryan
more harm than good. On a fair vote in this
State the majority decided against us, and a.
When the time comes again to register our
opinion At the polls we want just such law
as at present, for we know that If we win our
votes will be counted The real Democrats
are not afraid Of the illiterate vote. They do
distrust those who call themselves Democratic.
control the party nominations in State and
atty, and vote the Republican ticket natiouAl-
~. Neither are these latter, who are now
bowling for Acknowledgement of illiterates.
afraid of the effect of their votes They dis
trnst the real Democrats, and with good RAJ
son. If the extra session ia called believe
its whole purpose will be to enpraft am.nd-
meats on the present law practicable nnllifs-
ing II SO far as a fair registering of the viii
of the people is concerned Yotors NAV cast
their ballots but they will be counted 4, the
machines dictates.
The old knights Of the awI we're more man
ly than these politisal memberships. Under
the plea Of placing the ballot only in the
hands OF the intelligent they purpose to do BY
indirecton what the the former did by Z
thrust into the rear Of a voters auaton,
One does not have to reason very deep to an
alyze the cause of this alleged sudden fear Of
the ill.terates by the class Who used them in
The ''awlH days. There are several thousand
Democratic voters in this State who have de-
lermined to give these office-holders dose Of
their own mediciae BY voting the Republican
, 49, o ~ ssa r,,,r ~. a' D NJ
men are not dependent on politie.l os5cs.
holding for living AID they are not illit-
crates. They realize that in national elections
raUima ia mi ne trunfad I'D fhav