Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1901-04-25
Denver Letter.
Special Correspondence for THE CLARION

| politicians, election frauds and Islander suits.
The legislature, the election and the month
of march all went out together, and as these
evils faded into thin air, weary hearts began
to indulge the vain dream that the gods
would be kind to us and deliver us from
further woe.
But alas for human hopes! March was a
spring lamb beside April with her icy tears,
her snowy scowls aud bristling storms, while
the election was picnic pale, compared
with its aftermath The game was played
as usual The result followed rs usual. Out
goes one set of rascals-in comes another;
and the only profit and enjoyment the people
get cut Of the game is the novelty Of change.
The republicans won out this time, and
gloom has settled down like u pail over
democratic skies.
Our noble Senator's Teller and Patterson,
journeycd home from Washington, ID. G., to
vouch for the integrity and continuance Of
the democratic party. The republicans didn't
do thing to them; but something struck
'em, nobody knows just what Anyway IN
the wee small hours of the morning, democ.
racy woke up with black eye. The big
boss and the little boss and all the bosses
between, rubbed their eyes and stupldly en-
quircd 'whereamiat P and unable to answer
such a weighty question, they looked about
to find some one on whom to fix the blame.
And the bosses fell to accusing each other,
4 ia ~ 1 uI.,l 10 OH nf
began to tell tales out OF school, and the
assistant bosses jumped into the breach and
there was an exchange of compliments in
chas,e language not found in the Century
dictionary. The public looked on and en-
cored hoping that "when thieves fall out
then honest men will get their dues"
Now the independent voter is busy fling
information Of election frauds, and the district
attorney is busy prosecuting the rascals in
both parties, There are charges of bribery
on both sides and the papers are in the fight
Our Junior Senator, Tom Patterson, brings
suit for criminal libel against the Denver
Republican," and now the latter is up ag'in
it, either to prove Its charges or back down,
and Of course it will do neither; there is a
newspaper trust in Denver that will never
allow the play to proceed that far. After u
lot ofunholy smudge on both sides, the whole
business will end in smoke like our former
police investigation bribery farce. Then we
win all settle down to decent business for
another six months, And so the game goes
on and the dear people take it rs matter OF
course-un evil to be endured but never
cured.
am of the candid opinion that halt the
politicians ought to be in the pcnitentiary
and the other halt in sheol. They toll not,
neither do they spin, yet solomon in al. his
| glory" never tlceccd the taXpaN ers nor hood,
winked his wives as the politicians do the
people.
Anent this subject Bishop Potter has writ
ten u little pamphlet on municipal politics
entitled God and the City, But the rcver'
end gentleman is off his base in prcsuming
| that God has anything to do with either pol
| tics or city. Coleridge said "Man made the
city, God made the country and | am in
cincd to believe Coeridge was correct.
Lcastwisc it would greatly enhance my re-
spect tor God to know he has nothing to do
with municipal politics.
The most serious thing about our election
frauds is the injury it does the woman voter
The conventions nominated two excellent
women -one on the democratic ticket for city
clerk, the other on an independent ticket for
/ supervisor. But the republican ticket having
no women on it, being elected, both ladies
were defeated. And now the prohibition
party SAYS it is deserved punishment to the
women for not standing by their (prohlbi-
tion) ticket. They pat up a full, woman's
ticket the first time in history that polli'
cal party made up a ticket wholly of women
| The gentlemen CALAMITY waived their claims
IN favor Of the ladies so rs tn catch the lat
tcrs vote All were women from the mayor
and city attorney down to dog catcher. And
our women-ungrateful creatures gave TO
the ticket about 100 votes. And now the
party is in high glee al the defeat Of the lone
woman ticket.
1t does look little shabby for the women
doesn't it, now?
But worse thing even than defeat has
happened, and / 90 away from home to learn
the news I read in one of your eastern
papers that Denver woman was arrested
for fraudulent voting in one precinct, when
living in another Now that is not so bad
AZ 1t looks to one unacquainted with the
woman and the circumstances, and only the
party opposed to her politics could see any
thing wrong in it, provided it fall under such
contingency as have known, viz: voter
moving into another precinct perhaps into
an adjoining block or street too late to
register her new residence, and trying to
vote from her old one. While it is not legal
it is not, strictly speaking, morally wrong
and personally, | woul' have no Objection tC
such person voting. But the opposition
papers would herald it as a crime, and tina,
part of the eastern press opposed to suffrage
would work 1t for all it WAS worth.
Let me whisper, you mustn't credit at it,
face value, all you see in the naughty papers
Nay much as pride myself on my truthful
ness, you would be wise to take even m,
statements with grain of allowance.
Our women may be foolish-as Mother
Poyser says, "God made EN- SO to match the
men"-but they are not bad nor Intentionally
dishonest A certain class there doubtless is
on an average with men, striving for The
"spoils of office" who sometimes "s,oop tt