The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-05
Democrats Victorious Mr.. German On Ballot,
FORMER SENATOR JUSTT.
FIES WORK OF THE Elk
IRA SESSION.
Tart Reply to Mr.. MComas-
Not the First Time he has,
for Partisan Purposes, Ma
ligned the Good Citizens of
This State"

Says the Baltimore Sun of the
LIST inst:
Former Senator Arthur p.
German, interviewed at length
at his home in Washington re-
garding the legislation enacted
at Annapolis in the extra session.
wholly justified the work of the
Legislature.
Mr.. German claims:
That the changes made in the
system of voting in Maryland
do not come within the purview
of Congress because no right in.
Sured under the Constitution to
any voter has been impaired.
That the new State census was
ordered for Legislative apportion-
ment purposes because the Fed
eral census in Maryland was no
toriouSly padded for Republican
partisan ends. as confessed by
recent arrests.
That the registration law was
amended so as to limit the voters
to actual residents of the State.
and under the old law thou
sands of non residents. former
residents and temporary residents
had voted.
That the reason for amending
the election law so as to prevent
a person from having assistance
i'll marking his ballot, unless
physically disabled, was because
every man who wanted to sell his
vote claimed to be an illiterate
and the election official who went
into the booth could tell the vote
buyer how the vote was cast.
That these changes will pre-
vent illiterateS from voting is
boldly admitted, and this policy
is as boldly defended, Mr.. Cor
mau laying stress on the fact that
the new Maryland ballot is the
exact counterpart Of the Massa-
chuSettS ballot.
"FirSt, that it was evident there
were palpablc errors in the Fed
eral census. either by accident or
design, and that if permitted to
stand they would result in Civ.
ing certain counties of the State
undue representation in the Gen.
eral Assembly and enable a mi
nority to practically control legis-
lation in the State. This i'm
properly increased representation
would have Injured to the benefit
of the Republican party at the
ratio Of six to one.
"The Maryland Constitution
fixes the basis of representation
of counties in the House of Del
egateS Of the General Assembly
as follows:
"COuntieS with $4,000 souls or
less, two delegates.
"COuntieS with Is. 600 and less
than Is. 600, three delegates.
"C0untieS with $4,000 and less
than 40, 600 four delegates.
"COuntieS with 10000 and less
than %, goo, five delegates.
"CountieS with $1,000 and up
ward, six delegates.
FRAUDS IN CENSUS.
cit is further provided by the
Constitution (and there is no dis
erection given the Governor) that
after the taking and publishing
of the national census every 10
years the Governor shall. by
proclamation. apportion the rep
resentati0n in the Maryland
House of Delegates on the basis
above given according to the
census figures.
"W hen the Federal census re
turns for Maryland were made to
Congress and published in Cen
suS Bulletin No. %, dated Janu-
airy 3, 1891, it became the duty
OF the Governor to adopt those
returns aud issue his proclama-
ton, liking the representation of
each county upon the population
as therein stated. 1t was so
patent, however, to the Gov
ernor and to all others in Mary.
land who had examined the Fed.
eral census returns that the lists
i'll st. Mary'S, Charles, Anne
Arundel, and possibly one or two
other counties, were fraudulently
made up, and if adopted, would
be unjust to other sections of the
State, not only because of the in.
creased representation given in
the General Assembly, but be-
cause the school fund of the
State, which is apportioned upon
population, would be distributed
upon an unjust and unfair basis.
''The frauds in the census of
Maryland were vigorously denied
by the Director of the National
Census at the time Governor
Smith issued his proclamation,
but that official has since been