The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-11-16
Thigh MORAL IDEAS.


falsely attempted to show that the |
Republicans justified negro ravish-
ers. Well-the people of Hartford
NORMALLY a strong Democratic |
county, answered the charge by |
turning down the Democratic candi-
date and giving 80 Republican ma
jority. Now will The Egis mend its |
ways and be good?"
Newspaper controversies for the
purpose of amusing readers are sell
dom attractive and soon become
tiresome; for the purpose of enlight-
enment they are sometimes useful,
and for this reason a final word of
advice is now extended to the Times.
The unquestioned record is that
during the period of registration
Jesse Norris, negro, convicted in this
court on December Z, 1867, of an at
tempted criminal assault, and duly
incarcerated for nine years and seven
months in the State penitentiary,
had had, through all the subsequent
thirty odd years, too much becom-
ing shame to present himself for reg
istry. 1t should be here stated that
his crime being an attempted assault,
it was not felony, and his right Of
franchise was not lost. On October
9 last, however, Jesse was brought
in by the manager of the Republican
campaign, and, in spite of his crimi-
nal record at the time fully disclosed,
and in spite of the protest of Demo
Gratis and at least one Republican Of
fetal, his registration was required,
and Jesse, after nearly eighty years
of deeply ignorant habitually
drunken criminal existence, becamea
full-hedged American citizen for the
benefit of the party of "high moral
ideas" Even Jesse said he did not
know why he was there, but said
that Mr.. - had told him to come.
1t gives us pleasure to state that
SO high is our regard for the personal
honor of the editor of the Times, we
are confident that had he been pres
ent, he too would have added his pro-
test to that of the Republican official.
But when from his exalted position
as chairman of the Republican State
Central Committee he pauses long
enough from his campaign duties in
Baltimore to deny the assertion oil
the Egis that such action is practl-
cally condoning the objectionable
crime of the negro, which is today
destroying so many happy homes OF
our fair land, we now charge that he
makes his party an accessory after
the fact, and in virtue Of his high po-
litical position adds weight and a
consequent responsibility which
would not be attached to an ordi-
nary utterance of the Bel Air Times.
We further advise this apostle Of
"high neral IDEAS" who in season
and out Of season draws on his i'm
agination about good government"
and pure politics and manhood
suffrage" ETC., to analyze for his en-
iightenment Mr.. Robert CARROTS SO
majority in Hartford and get there.
from all the comfort it affords.
Possibly we can help him in his
task: the vote shows that Mr.. Gar.
rett received 1913 more votes than he
did two years ago, while 500 Demo
Gratis, either because of our listless
campaign or because of the Republi'
can campaign editorially commended
by the Times as having been icon.
Quoted with great ability" staid
ut home.
What was the nature of this cam.
paigu in which the chairman, his
associates and the precinct execu
tives '1abored intelligently and indie.
fatigably? ?"
1t was not one of education-not a
public meeting was held in the whole
county-it was whiskey and money
With a generous hand which knew
no stint, either or both were gotten
for the asking; and in making this
assertion we are prepared, if required
to give dates, places and parties con
cerned. Starting with headquarters
their refreshing influence was felt
throughout the county, a young
Democrat about to cast his first
vote openly saying to a solicitor
"They have offered me two dollars
do better and l will vote with my
party"
If the party of "high moral ideas
intends to continue its policy during
the late campaign of robbing "th'
cradle and the grave" to secure
votes, we would advise them at it
close to follow the course of guilty
silence furnished by their newly
elected congressman, William H. Jack
son, who fagrantly broke his writer
ante-election pledge not to bride
voters, merely adding now, "What
are you going to do about it ?"
Governor Warheld has issued a
proclamation designating Thursday.
November %, as Thanksgiving
While the day is the same as that
named by the President, the procla