The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-10-26
the law would pass in it's original

Talbot fills the bill exactly, and
the voters would make an absurd
if they elect Il man of theory,
whose only legislative experience has
been gained out of musty textbooks
or impaired by professors who know
little of the practical routine of pub
lie life. Mr.. Garrett is a theorist
only, and the people can make no
greater mistake than by sending HIM
to Congress to practice on their ne
cessities. These are critical times,
and we want to be represented by
the best man that we can get. That
man is Congressman Talbot.
THE STRENUOUS REPUBLICANS. "
AS a rule, it is unnecessary for any
self-respecting journal to try to re-
ply to all of the talk of 1ittle people"
which it has to contend with in try
ing to carry out a clean and conscien-
tious newspaper course. Sometimes
there are, however, exceptions to
the rule, and this will be one when
we make a statement regarding an
editorial that appeared in last week S
Bel Air Times.
This journal has taken offense be-
cause we have charged the managers
of its party with having registered
an ex-convict-a would-be negro raw,
isher-who has served term i'll the
penitentiary for attempting to as.
sault white woman. The facts in
this case are matters of record, and
the only portion of the editorial to
which we take exception is the state
ment, eff any Republican urged Nor
ris to register, and we have not
heard of anyone who did, the fact O
his criminal record was probably
unknow n to him."
In reply to this, we state as fact
vouchsafed by the Republican regis
ter Of Bel Air precinct, that the chair
man of the Republican campaign
committee brought the criminal
docket, which showed the conviction
and sentence of Norris before the
registers for their inspection. We
further state that Norris, with all o.
his II years modesty, during which
time he never tried to exercise his
privilege of franchise, i'll response to
the question asked by one of the reg
listers as to why he was there, said
that he did not know, except Mr.. -
had sent. for him. We omit this
name, because it is hateful to drag in
personalities unless it be necessary,
yet we will submit unquestioned
proof to the above whenever called
upon to do so.
We are both chagrined and dis,
gusted to think that any paper which
circulates in the homes Of our people
in this county should take the posi-
ton that the Times does in Justify
ing a negro to commit crime against
nature and the sacred honor of Our
women, by trying TO explain it away
or apologize for it in hesitating,
uncertain manner. 1t justifies the
negro, because he is now a harmless,
inoffensive old man, and that "the
writer has lived here since boyhood
and never heard it, and knew old
Jesse Norris as an inoffensive colored
man, who sawed wood and did odd
Jobs around the town"
1t is enough to make ones blood
boil to see any such extenuating cir
thrown around this re-
voting crime, even if it happened
before the writer's recollection. 1t
was Just about that time that ne
gro assaults upon white women be-
gan; although they did not have
their ballot then, yet it was within
the grasp of the near future. Again
and again we have pointed out that
the Acknowledgement of the negro
runs hand in hand with this crime
against the womanhood of our coun-
try. We have felt that the Republi-
can managers would go to almost
any extent in order to make a vote,
but never before did we believe that
in print they would attempt to con-
done or apologize for the work of a
who has served term in
the penitentiary for such a heirous
crime.