The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-03-29
w A SHIN GTON POST
POINTS OUT THE REA-
SONS FOR RASCAL
ITY IN THE CENSUS.
More Arrests to be Made
Lists Padded in Order to
Gain Seats in the Leg
islature.

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4 oils published in this mornings
paper says:
Wholesale arrests, it is au-
thoritatively reported here, will
! be made tomorrow in st. Mary'S
County in connection with re-
cent disclosures of census frauds.
This will be another sensational
episode in the development of
the investigation into these
frauds, but the climax has not
yet been reached. In coniunc-
ton with this statement of the
anticipated arrests, there was a
rumOr here this afternoon that
Senator Hanna had directed
Census Commissioner Merriam
to drop the whole matter. In
view of the disclosures which
have been made and which are
further threatened, it is not be-
lieved that even the dictates of
Senator Hanna can be obeyed.
"Although much has been
printed about these frauds, it is
apparent that only the surface
had been skinned and that their
real purpOSe-which is character
lied by the Democratic leaders as
the most far reaching and re-
markable political conspiracy in
the history of the State-is now
disclosed for the first time. 1t is
singular fact that very few of
the people of the State, without
regard to party. have really ap,
preciated the m ming and
tent of the padding of
the census returns. They have
asked the very natural question
if it made any difference whether
or not few thousand names had
been added to the returns. APP
parently it did not. The Demo.
cratic leaders here, however,
early saw the drift of the alleged
conspiracy, and it is due to heir
efforts that it was nipped in the
bud. They asked themselves the
question. what is the motive be-
hind these frauds? The answer
revealed very remarkable con
dition of affairs Whether it
was conspiracy or was merely
an accident, the frauds, if unde-
tected, were so planned as to Sc.
cure for the Republicans the con
troll of the State Legislature and
to insure to certain Republican
leaders the complete domination
of the party in the State. 1t is
openly charged here that Senator
McComas, Congressman Mudd
and one or two others were DIES
tined to profit by the increased
representation afforded by the
figures of the false census.
HOW THE SCHEME WAS MANIPU-
LATED.
"The Maryland Constitution
provides that counties Vi h
5000 population shall have two
delegates in the State Legisla
ture; with more than $4,000 and
less than $4,000, three delegates:
with more than $4,000 and less
than 10000, four delegates;
with more than 10000 and less
than $1,000, five delegates, and
all over $4,000, six delegates.
Now what happened through the
operation of the census frauds?
st. Mary's county, which had
less than $4,000 population, and
therefore two delegates, was given
Is, 1l6 in the false census, gain
ing one delegate in the Legisla-
ture. Of this latter total, it has
already been shown that 6S4
names were taken from grave
stones in the cemeteries.
"Charles county, which had
less than $4,000 population, and
therefore only two delegates, was
given 1886 in the false census,
gaining one delegate in the Leg
islature.
canine Arundel county, which
had only about 35, 900 population.
and therefore only four delegates,
was given 40,0lS in the false cen
sus, gaining one delegate in the
Legislature.
"All these counties are Repub
llcan, mainly inhabited by me-
groes and are in Congressman
Mudd's district. Here, then, was
a distinct gain of three Republi
can members of the Legislature.
The gain in st. Mary's county
was secured, as already stated,
by robbing graveyards.
E N MERATED EVERYBODY
WITHIN REACH.
"The methods alleged to have
been employed in Charles and
Anne Arundel counties-the only
two counties where an ATTEMPT
has been made to ferret out the
trauds-are today made public
for the first time. 1t has been
discovered that in Chorlo, oo,