The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1905-11-10

Stand Up Against the Forces
Arrayed Against The m
Thousands Stay Away From
the Polls and Many Ballots
Cast Out as Defective.
The Republican victory in
Frederick county. aside from the
Amendments defeat,i complete,
and the official returns publish
ed in table form in another
column will tell YOU, after care
full study, the story in more ac-
citrate manner than words. II
is complete collection Of the
election figures without detailed
analysis. 1t was a Republican
sweep and whilst some eandi-
dates have greater plurali'ies
than others the vote of the lowest
on the Republican ticket over
the highest on the Democratic
ticket, gives Il substantial mar
GIN. II was thought all along
that our party had a fair chance
of electing a portion of the
ticket and a number of bets were
made that way.
The stay-away vote cost the
Democratic candidate dearly. as
the greater portion was Demo-
Gratis. The thrown out ballots
operated against the Democrats
more than the Republicans and
this was a costly loss. 1t SEEM
ed, aud the figures bear out the
statement, that the negro knew
how TO mark his ballot because
he took the interest and the
time-,he Democrats who spoil
ed theirs. did not.
This has been the case every
year, with the complicated bal
lot We now have, and il is decid-
eddy questionable # the pur-
pose sought TO be subservei by
this agency, have come 10 pass.
With this argument and the
facts aswe have stated il would sp-
pear that the results have been
againss the psrty. The purpose
OF the ballo. system NJ ROW hare,
inagurased in 1901, wzs the CON
fusing Of the ill5;srz1s negro Eho
swarms over os-isin portions Of
the State. to the 3eiriman1 Of
government and the pssos and
welfare Of the community
When The census frauds were
exposed. negro colonization was
also apparent, and this form Q
ballot was devised 10 mitigate
this growing evil. The ballots
voted in Frederick and the
counties in the Black Belt this
year. were made out under the
Wilson Law, without any party
designaIion-all for the restric-
iion of the ignorant negro, until
such means could be taken to
limit his suffrage in registration,
so that il would no longer be nee
essary. How i, has all worked
out, is plain 10 any observer,
and it IS certain tina; a simple
form OF ballot is a desirability,
now that a decided decision has
been passed on the Amendment.
The fight for the county
ticket has been worked out along
definite lines
The CITIZEN has endesvored
to show the need of a more
economical government, in ac-
cord with the declaration in the
local platform of the Democratic
party.
The Republican party has
been in power for eight years
and with all the opportunities
existing during that time has
not given the taxation relief
that was promised and that wa:
to be expected.
The arguments and criticism:
were given with no personal
animosity nor feeling, outside OF
a strict political presentation Of
the facts, and we feel sure that
if Interior motives and siren,
uous circumstances had not
operated to divert the public
mind, the result would have
been far different.
Never has a better ticket
been placed before the people
and never has a more strictly
personal campaign been made
by those comprising its per
sonnet.
The odds were too many
to be overcome. and not