Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-10-05
Special Notices.
Address to Voters

themselves to secure our triumph
There can be no fair doubt that a large ma
1orlty OF our total population prefer that there
shall be no change III the administration of
our State affairs, and of our white people
more than two thirds are certainly and with
great heartlneSS on our side.
There Is every reason why this should be so.
The laws are vigorously enforced.
Good order and tranquility prevail.
Our finances are in healthy condition.
The duty of dealing with the great practi-
cal questions of taxation and education in
such way as to make the burdens of the
one as light and the benefits of the other as
large as possible, may most safely be entrust-
ed to us, for we undoubtedly represent an
overwhelming prepOnderance of those who
are most deeply interested in its full perform
ance and who will suffer most from its neg ect
Encouraged by these obvious and convinc-
ing considerations and stimulated by the
gratifying record of our work in the memora-
BILE campaign of 1899, there ought not to be
any doubt as to the result of the contest in
which we are now engaged
All we need is that the full strength of our
party shall be brought to the polls.
That this HAY be done we must first turn
our attention to the vital task of making our
registration books perfect and complete
No name not entitled to be on these books
should be permitted to be put or kept on
ae,.i, anu no name ehti'led 10 registration
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~ .''N nv"
'' '"o leSiS'elS lalS ulouSahuS Oh names
which are wrongfully and unawfully there
and which should be stricken Off
In the counties no effort should be spared
W p"'6e ti'e 'lsts Vi THESE names
nc No'eo vi our holeS'ly ana really quail
me-" 'o'els siioulu lot oe hulllled IN whole or
III part oy 'i'e casting Oh ballots by persons
VINO are NOT oo"" J"'e residents OF the State.
Cail pii our iIleiluS III each ana
cNelS PreCilc' III 'he counties 10 bestlr them-
the names of ali disoualihed and imnroner-
ly registered persons Collect the testimony
bearing on me case OF erch one OF these per
Sols' manu- III llstS ol all theSe names al the
session ol lhe registration Oincers october
ana ueillanu that they be stricken OIL at the
. .hce'iiis vi these olncers Oc'oner TO- ana on
sn"t,im yonr dem, pIN "i''' '''e o'iueiice u
Goo to :, oIso ,,,, no ,,,.. ,,.
~ "'''' ''''' nv liz" '"Nie' NC III
ton vii he ,aio on nnd 10y ,ium "a
thoroughly conducted and vigilantlv watched
as to be made absolutely accurate.
In this way the Registries will be what they
ought to be-COmplete and perfect records of
tho l.vfuI voters Of tbo St.ta
-.
me Eo'e cast on electoh gay Will be the
we " 'ile la"iul eiectora'e' anu we nave no
'e''' vi 'ilo leo"l''
Our amended Election Law COmpcls each
voter TO put his cross mark ON the ottici.l
b,,1o. ,,.',,,.;,,, a., ,.,,
,,,is,o. - ,,o,a Co.. Tn;,r
oooh ,o,ou 20 ,,,;,,,
d.,ordoroo ;,,,olI;o,,,oo ,,,,, I;~a-;,,,;.,o,;,
II doc. pat ,h.olu,oI, .t,,, hrihor,.
If doc, MOT on,;r,r,, nm, nm AID - ,u.,,,,
ton.
No laws can comulere,v accomnIisb these
ros,,i.
But by placing each voter beyond the con-
trolllnS hand and tongue of election clerks,
ana by requiring each voter to act for himself,
~ "'s,,' tile anu uali'
7, oo,,noa ,I,,,;,,,,,i r.oat.,
II ,,oo, Far - ,,,aro 80 LaI,o. ,h.a,,,,.,..
secret.
With the reasonable assistance which ito
provisions give TO iIliterate voters there 10 M
,,,.,,, 90, ,,.,,,,,o,,, -, =, $3.50.
mon ~ 't7ii'i"''' do W "o "il""lo " i''ih us
ballot us he wishes.
Every Registered Voter can easily learn
before he goes in the voting booth the names
of those for whom he desires to vote and the
number of cross-m marks which he must not
exceed, and as the requirements of the law
apply with absolute equality to all VOTERS
aiike-to the illiterate white man and to the
iliterate colored man on perfect equality
there is no ground whatever for complaint of
unfair or unlawful discrimination.
We need not lose the votes of any who
wish our party to succeed, for in every pre-
cinct legitimate and proper instruction can
be had and should be given whereby adequate
knowledge OF the proper mode of marking
the bullot may be readily ACQUIRED.
For the present content myself with re-
mndlng you that the struggle in which we
aIe el'Saseu - hot oiilPilCateo OF ooScureu by
0nr pr0pIr in tbr Presidential contests nj Is9G
and 1900
We are now dealing with the relative adj
vantages of Protection or Reciprocity or a
Tariff framed to nrndura surb Ravanua orI,.
aa;,,,,.,,,o, 'y
DO 10 ioi al lioieS' anu ccohol''icat
administration OF the Federal Government
In common with our tellow-citizens all
oIGi tne ulii1i' anu WIN Tue people Oh the
deepest denths nv the awful crime w hicb has
deprived our Country of its Chief Magistrate,
trietc sn,r Men,Iey wuS he et f ahh pa
grateful people, and whose bame.e ss life
shall stand to the remotest ages as an exam
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