The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-03-09
THE OLD RING AT ANNAPOLIS
Communicated.

The old German Rasin Ring is again EN-
throncd at Annapolis. and Mr. German is
present in person directing the operations
of the General Assembly and the Executive
Department with all the arrogance of the
day, before the people rcbukcd him in 1895
and again in 1897. No one would imagine
for an instant that the people of Maryland
had ever. by an overwhelming majority.
turned Mr. German and his crowd of pc it.
ical consrirators out neck and heels and
placed the seal of disapproval on their acts
during the generation they controlled the
city and state Through the misguided
folly Of the people they Were allowed a
TEN 'orary return to power in 1899, but
unmindful of the past, they hav" fallen
back into their old ways, and now their
political arrogance and overwecning pride
of power are IA great as ever before Like
the B)urbons, they never remember and
they meyer learn, and forgctful of the popu.
lar rebukes they received in 80 and 81,
they have taken up their old course and
are attempting to carry on affairs in their
former high handed and ruthless way
With the spectacle presented to them at
Annapolis, not only this month and during
the last session, are the people of Mary
land ready to submit TO such a desccration
and practical Disregard of their most sacred
rights? Are they ready to see the men who
were chosen to represent them at the state
II ouse for one purpose, disregard their most
solemn obligations, and pass measures
which are intended to impair the inherent
rights of the citizens of the state? Are
they ready to acquiesce in silence while an
attempt is being made to iuggle the laws
so that the old German Rasin Ring NAV re-
turn to power without let or hindrance
from the people. for an indefinite period of
time? Are they ready to permit a return
to the old days when public sentiment was
dcilod by these men, when elections were
farce, when life and property were un
safe from their rapscious demands, when
tools and henchmen, without decent char
acter or common honesty, were placed in
hign Offices to do the behest of the ring2
Are they ready to endure the attempt of
Mr.. German and his sycophnnts to pass
laws the plain and open intent of which is
to allow them to manipulate affairs in such
amlrner that legislation hereafter will be
under their control AS in the old DAYS? Are
they ready to see corporate franchises sold
for private gain, and corporations and in
dividuals plugged and black mailed for the
profit and enrichment of few unscrup-
ulous men? Are they ready to aid, by their
silence, the effort to enable these men to
return TO their old methods when thew
were able to protect gamblers and policy
dealers. when crime was openly condoned
by the officers chosen through polluted
ballot box and prostituted election ofIicers2
Are they ready, in word, to condone the
effort of these men to return to the old
methods, by means Of partisan legislation,
80 that it will again be said, and that with
out fear of contradiction, that the city of
Baltimore. and through it the state, are
ruled bv and in the interests of the crim-
inal rlas7es. az was the case for TWENTY-FIVE
years before 1862
That is what Mr.. German and his crowd
are trying to accomplish at Annapolis at
the present time. Are the people OF MARY
land willing to see il done7