The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-03-29
FRAUDULENT R E.
TURNS THE CAUSE OF THE
STATE CENSUS-REPUB-
BICANS RESPON-
SIBLE

Senator MrComa> seems determined
to Ike y himself before the public His
statement as published in the Balti-
more sunday .tmerionn does not do
him Justice 1t is surprising that such
gentlemen, who pose A. ref,rmers,
should Icmain silent in condemning
the outrageous frauds which have been
made public through Democratic agen-
cie-. The idea Of a United States Sen
atur claiming that these frauds are
,lguH affairs. Here was a bold con-
-piracy entered into between some peo-
pie who evidently wanted to capture
Maryland and keep her through fraud
Ul-nt means IN the ranks of the Re
publican party, The SAN a few days
ago gave publicity to the schemes and
exposed "thp rat i'll the meal bag
Now what nonsense il i for these So
called rptormeiS to talk ab ut accurate
enumeration. Here we have Just eX-
posed one Of the most corrupt schemes
ever heard of under the census and
yet We hear our senior Senator talking
about correct returns GIVE yourselves
no couecrn, gentlemen, under the law
just passed. \ prominent and efficient
director will be appointed and fist
class men in every section Of the State
will BE- entrusted with taking a proper
enumeration You will be- at perfect
liberty to compare these returns with
your fraudulent lists 1t is stated that
the 'nited States Census Director has
said that there was nothing wrong
with Anne Arundel returns and that
the list III Charles was entirely correct.
let our readers bear this statement in
mind. We shall, from the evidence
already obtained, show the links in
this chain Of corrupt enumeration in
Anne Arundel to an alarming extent.
The people will not be humbugged any
longer by these self.styled purists and
all this absurd talk about saving the
dear people the expense of State
enumeration is only in keeping with
what has already been done Under
our Constitution the only census we
can take is state census and this eX-
pense has been forced upon the people
by the corrupt combination of Repub
l,,l
returns to secure additional representa-
ton from Republican counties, both in
the Legislature and in State conven-
tons If this scheme had not been I'M
carthrd the governor would have been
obliged to have issued his proclamation
basing our representation on these re
turns. Now the Republican enumera-
tors made an investigation necessary
and base frauds were discovered.
Surely these enumcrators did not do
this work for themselves or simply to
pad the lists for their amusement or
individual benefit Who got them to
do it, For what end were all these
names gotten from graveyards, and
why was an increased representation
given TO these Republican counties =?
These are the questions for the people
to consider We make no apology for
answering them. II was done through
Republican leaders to capture Mary
land. Why have any further nonsense
about it? The colonization of negroes
in the wards of Baltimore was a part of
the same scheme, so all this talk about
purity and correct lists under Demo
cratic enumeration is all bosh. You
will get the corrected lists, gentlemen;
make your minds - on that score.