The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-03-30
NO Apologies.

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The Democratic party comprises, at pres
emit, over sixty thousand majority Of the white
voters of this state. The party, too, contains
the greater part Of the intelligence of the state
and paws the bulk of the taxes for state and
county purposes.
These facts will not be disputed by the
most blind, bigoted and intense Republican
partisan.
These facts being undisputed, will anyone
deny that the intelligent and tax paying class
should govern the statey
For the benefit of such people as McComas,
Mudd, Schirrn and Putzel, who hold office by
the aid of Negro votes, and not by the support
of the intelligent white citizens of the state, is
MARYLAND to be continued to be run BY class
of citizens composed largely Of people lacking
intelligence and pay no taxes?
And is Maryland to invite to the state the
iIliterate, vicious and penniless Negroes Of
North Carolina and Virginia by offering
premium upon ignorance by having ballot
law specially designed to allow Negroes to
vote? The election law of 1896 was put for
ward by the Reform League of Baltimore.
By a misrepresentation the general public
thought the law was reform measure-a law
to secure secrecy, fairness and honesty. The
law was drafted by John G, Rose, as intense
a Republican as lives in the state, and the
law did not provide an oath for ballot clerks
not to divuge how voters requiring assistance
in marking ballots voted When this direct
aid to bribery was disclosed, exposed and ex
coriated. the aforesaid John G. Rose, the an
thor of the law, protested astounding ignor
ance Of the omission.
The Advocate has no hesitancy in regard
ing the law as designed specially to enable
ignorant Negroes to vote, and it has no hest.
taDcy in charging fraud in the census IN
Maryland.
The ADvocATE also charges deliberate
purpose upon the part of Republican leaders
to colonize the state with sufficient number
of Virginia and North Carolina Negroes to
make it permanently Republican, as has been
done with West Virginia. Republican bast-
ard, erected in violation of the Constitution
of the United States and to the detriment Of
all the people of the country. Not only have
the mines of West Virginia been stocked
with Negroes from states further South to
carry the State and country for the Re-
publican trusts and monopolies, but Indiana
has been similarly Republicanized with South
ern Negroes, who neither have the intelligence
TO read the names upon the ballots they cast
nor pay any take.
We ask in eandor does any white, intelli-
gent tax payer condemn Gov. Smith for call
ing an extra session of the General Assembly
or the acts passed by that body? Ifs he is
more partisan then patriotic; more in favor
of African than Caucasian rule; more welded
to ignorance than intelligence; more in favor
of generally penniless class ruling the state
than the property holding citizens.
And who is foremost in denouncing the
law to have an intelligent electorate rule this
state One Louis E. McComas, now hold
ing seat in the United States Senate by the
aid of over fifty thousand Negro votes-a
chronic office holder and Office seeker. And
he is there by an accident-an upheaval based
upon misapprehension. This McComas, too,
who pleads for an alleged honest election law,
is the same McComas who spoke and voted
for Force Bill, Republican measure de-
signed to put all state registrations and cleo
tons under Republican partisan control and
direction-a law intended to perpetuate Re
publican supremacy by force. This is no
mere allegation. 1t is fact, and it IS due to
the ability and fairness of Ex-senator Cor.
man that the bill failed And it is Mr.. Nc
Comas, who tried to force this law upon the
country, who is critioising Mr., German and
the Democratic party for favoring law to
prevent Negro Carpet baggers from North
Carolina and Virginia controlling elections in
this state in the interest of Mudd and Nc
Comas. 1t is Mudd and McComas, too, who
oppose a law to have an honest census of the
inhabitants taken. They oppose it, because
each would be beneficiary Of the dishonest
returns of the Federal Census. Not even
Mudd defends the census returns from South
ern Maryland. aud yet he expected the white
people of the state to accept it and allow him
and McComas to control county and state
conventions, dictate nominations aud control
Negro voters now here and some twenty
thousand to be imported from North Carolina
and Virginia, to be located at Sparrow's
Point and elsewhere to carry elections.
Oh, no. Democrats have no apologies to
make to MeComas, Mudd and other Republi-
can machine men. The only regret is the law
is not as drastic as it should be, owing to Con-
stitutional inhibitions White men must rule
this state by peaceful means. We want no
race riots, nor a horde of Negro carpet-bag
gers to control this state. By change in
the ballot law ignorant Negro voters will have
NO occupation or election day in this state,
and McComas and Mudd and other purists,
like John G Rose. Bonapa rte, Putzel, Schirm
and Davidson, will retire into deserved OBJ
security,