The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-10-22
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
VOTERS ADDRESSED" BY THE
STATE NOMINEES IN OAK
LAND, FRIDAY.
Negro Domination" Their Theme-In-
suits Heaped Upon the Republican
Auditors by the STANDARDIZATION
Made Not Borne Out BY Facts.

On last Friday afternoon MesSrS.
Warfield and Bryan, the Democratic
nominees respectively for the Cover
ship and Attorney-Generalship of
Maryland, made their appearance be-
fore an Oakland audience. From
the character of the meeting one
would have naturally thought that
men nominated for such representa-
tive stations, would have confined
their remarks to the living, vital
issues of the day. But such was not
the case, The burden of the speech
of each was negro domination in Ma
ryland.' lnasmuch as no such calam-
ity stares the people of Maryland in
the face, the proportion of cOlored
voters to the white voters in Mary
land being as to ), and as there are
but % colored voters in Garrett coun-
ty, this appeal to prejudice fell upon
ears unused to such appeals. In a
great Republican county like Garrett,
the Gibraltar of Republicanism in the
State of Maryland, Democratic candi-
dates seeking office should appeal to
the intellect, and not to the baser
passions, in seeking Republican votes.
The white Republicans of the State of
Maryland in all that goes to make up
intelligent citizenship, are the equal,
man for man, to the Democracy of the
State. The sturdy farmers, mechan-
les and professional men of the Re-
publican faith, will at least bear a
comparison with our Democratic cit
liens. No one party in our State
has monopoly of all the virtues
which go to make up its citizenship,
If Republican speaker should go
into any community in the State and
defame our Democratic friends, as
they have spoken about us Republi-
cans, he would be given a short shrift.
Here are some of Mr.. VIM. Sheppard
Bryan's "witticismsn in his speech of
last Friday afternoon in Oakland.
Speaking of President RooseYelt's en-
tertainment of Mr.. Williams he said :
Mr.. Roosevelt did not have Mr..
Williams to dine with him because
he Mr.. Williams is member of the
Caucasian race, and hope Mr.. Will
liams will not black his face before he
again calls on him the president. I"
Speaking of Mr.. Williams social
standing he said "Mr. Williams is
even respectable in spite of his asso-
ciates.' Speaking of the colored
voters he said "Sixty thousand ne
gro voters are lined up for the Repub-
lican ticket" Yet he knows there
are only about fifty thousand eligible
colored voters in the State, and TWEEN
ty-siX thousand of them have been
disfranchised by John Walter Smith S
Election Law. MANY negroes" he
continues, live in Washington 1868
days in the year and the other DAYS
IN Charles county. When you com
pare the Democratic city councils and
legislatures with those of the Repub-
licans, there seems to be a difference
in the very air. The effect is the
same as before and after taking a
bath. You go in soiled and smelling,
you come out sweet and clean. But
after all it is not negro domination
we fear; it is the domination of low
down white people"
Apologizing for the fraud and VIC
lence which accompanied all elections
from 1867 to 1891, he said; "Only a
few isolated cases of misdemeanor
occurred in Baltimore city prior to
1896, and they occurred wide apart. -
Yet every citizen of Maryland knows
that fraud and bloodshed abouuded
at almost every election prior to
1896 In one section of Baltimore
city alone $50 arrests were made in
the November election of 1895. Re
fer to the Baltimore S1t11 after cleo
ton day of 1895. He admitted there
should be some amendment to the
present Election Law. II admit" he
said, that the intent of the voter
ought to be considered in the present
Election Law And yet the Demo
cratic platform is absolutely silent
on the question. As the Democrats
have kept no pledges they made the
people in 1899, what assurance have
we that they will now give the PEG.
pie any relief Continuing, he said
1.-THE reason the administration Of
Coy. Lowndes was not respectable
was due to the fact that the Repub
lican party was made up of a low
class of people, and therefore they
had not the material from which t.
select their magistrates and Other
appointive officers. For this reason
it is incumbent upon every decenr
man to vote the Democratic ticket
because the Democratic party is mad,