The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-09-29
The Simple Confessions" of a
Republican Politician,

banner with the strange device
"vote against both m e n d.
ments." l can't for the life of
me see why he has taken this
position, as only one of them
affects the political side in this
contest. There can be only one
explanation-it is done for the
same reason that the Republi-
cans intended not to make any
local nominations in certain
counties in lower Maryland, to
avoid confusing the negro voters,
so that they can get every count
against the disfr n C h isin e
amendment. That is tn cir
whole fight and they are willing
to sacrifice anything to win it.
am not one of the Harp
wing" of the party and altho' |
was a voter when he was taking
his first Kindergarten lessons,
he seems to have been thrust
upon the party without much
reason, and without much con-
sideration for those who merited
reward for services rendered.
To my mind he does not draw
quite enough water for the place,
and then besides, he is not pop
/ ular with the negroes, who re-
scented his Oily white" meeting
at the City Opera House in the
campaign in 1903. They are
the main support of the Repub-
lican party in this fight, and un-
less he can subordinate himself
to the issues at stake, the result
will be a surprise to him and to
those who have placed him in
the chairman's chair. The dis
/ satisfaction over the nomination
of his man Martz for Sheriff
has not yet been healed up, and
the votes will show how true my
words are.
The two tickets are in the
field now and the hustle for
votes will 90 on in earnest until
election day. Of course it would
be manifestly improper for me
to dissect the two tickets, be-
cause | feel kindly toward the
Republican ticket and am per-
sonally interested in the success
of some of them. The Demo-
Gratis have a strong Commission
er and a strong Delegate ticket
All admit that, and further thev
consider the chances likely for
some of them to be elected.
The nomination of Davis was a
surprise to the Republicans.
They thought Coblentz or Neigh
bours would get the prize. But
we are not counting chickens
before they are Matched. John
Davis is as staunch a Democrat
as you can find and he has been
a party worker for years. That
will count some. Then he has
strong individuality and a
good appearance. That will
count again.
Martz has no walk over by
any means and he must stir his
stumps if he wants to be elected.
1t may be that with too many
irons in the fire this fall the
Republicans may let some of
them get cold. Politics devel-
ops strange situations and re-
suits sometimes.
| was looking over some of my
papers and records the other dav
and come across some data con-
corning the campaign of 1861 to
1867, shortly before the Demo-
Gratis regained the State. 1t
brought back recollections with
a degree of vividness that made
me feel young again. | remem-
Der the "catechism" of 1867,
and how it was administered by
Judges of Election Jimmy"
Whitehill, James Hopwood and
old man Rockwell. They were
artists in their line. Very few
undesirable voters passed their
inquisatorial presence. They
were judges of the law, the facts
and everything else, and there
was no appeal. Many worthy
white men were denied the right
to vote on one pretext or another
and | could mention several
who never cast a vote since then.
You had to be Union sympa-
thizer or you got no vote. One of
the questions propounded to an
applicant was eff the Union and
Confederate armies were to en-
gage in battle, which would you
| want to see victorious pr