The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-01-21
THURSDAY, JANUARY 81, 1904
!. FREEMAN RASIN, OWNER |

/. FREEMAN RASIN, OWNERI
Since the converting Of the Legisla-
ture Mr.. l. Freeman Rasin, the Dem
ocratic political boss of Baltimore
and the State of Maryland, has pre-
empted a section of the Maryland
State House at Annapolis and en-
throned himself as supreme dictator
of the people of this commonwealth.
Heretofore Mr.. Rasin has issued his
edicts through his trusty lieutenants
who have carried out to the letter his
orders. Monday night, however, he
stepped out into the open, taking
personal charge of the work mapped
out for the caucus of the Democratic
members of the Legisla ture and to
carry his schemes through ordered
certain corridors of the State House
closed and placed them in charge of
some Baltimore city policemen with
orders to arrest all who should step
over the death line drawn by him.
Mr.. Rasin thus disposessed the peo-
pie of Maryland of their own proper
ty and said to them: This is mine
trespass at your peril -
His actions called forth indignant
protests from everyone acquainted
with the facts. The Baltimore city
papers were especially, and justly,
too, harsh in their criticisms The
San of Tuesday under the head IAN
Insult to the State which the Legisla-
ture and Governor Warfieid Should
investigated deals with the matter
as follows:
1.-The statement contained in The
Suns special dispatches from Annap-
oils as to the autocratic conduct of |.
Freeman Rasin yesterday and last
night in Mary lands State House will
create storm of Indignation in every
section of the State if the people of
Maryland are not dead to every i'm
pulse of self-respect and manhood.
The Black Beast of Baltimore poll
tics, as he has been appropriately
called, has been accustomed hereto
fore to ply his nefarious trade under
cover and to hide from rather than
invite public scrutiny. But yester-
day and last night he boldly took
possession of certain important rooms
in the State Capitol and, placing Bal
timore city policemen and detectives
on guard, refused admission to all but
his own followers. He even had the
supreme insolence to forbid not only
the public, but persons connected
with the Legislature, access to GER
tain halls and corridors which he had
preempted, and to threaten his police
and detective agents violence to those
who should refuse to obey his will.
such an usurpation of the author
ity that belongs to the State of Ma
ryland alone calls for positive action
on the part of the General Assembly
1t is without parallel or precedent
in the history of Maryland and CON
stitutes an offense againrt the dignity
and honor of the State, and the Gen
eral Assembly owes it to the common
wealth and to itself to investigate
and punish it, The Police commits
sioners of this city cannot escape the
obligation of at once calling to account
the members of the force who lent
themselves to these outrageous and
high handed proceedings.
Mr.. Bernard Carter owes it to his
good name and his standing before
the community to say whether he in
dorses this conduct on the part of the
man who is supposed to represent his
interests at Annapolis.
ITO be in such company as that of
the political buccaneer who has had
the audacity to take armed posses
sion of the State House is enough in
itself to damn any candidate in the
public estimation. |. Freeman Rasin
has long been a stencil in the nostris
of all decent people. Yesterdays pro-
,ceedings cap the climax of his long
and unspeakable career. He should
be whipped from the State House
with the lash ofpublic scorn and in
dignation.
IF Governor Warfield has any au.
thority in the matter he should exer.
else it for the protection of public
rights and the pres ervation of public
decency. He is a hight toned gentle
man and such scenes as those of yes
terday will unquestionably excite his
deep Indignation"
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