The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26


In AN interview in Baltimore few days ago
Mr.. George r. Gather, Republican nominee
for Governor, spoke most hopefully of the out
look in those sections of the State that had
been visited by himself and his colleagues.
Concluding he said: II might further add
that the Republicans of Maryland will not be
satisfied to have the gubernatorial candidate
meet with success, and at the same time have
the legislative ticket defeated. They are de-
termined to elect every Republican who has
been nominated. no matter what the Office
might be- 1t is deemed absolutely necessary
to safeguard the party's candidate for Govern
or, in case he is elected, with Republican Leg
islature. Our party believes that members of
the Legislature selected from its own ranks are
better qualified to carry out Republican poll
cies than anyone else, and all are fully deter
mined that defeat shall come to no one at the
polls in November. Throughout our campaign
our paramount issue, of course has been q
better election law, and our arguments in this
direction have fallen upon attentive ears.
You have no idea what burning issue this is
throughout the entire State. In every county
you hear the most bitter denunciation of the
present law, and the prevailing belief is that
Republican success is the only assurance of a
better law being enacted"
In HIS speech at Westminster a few days ago
Mr.. Hammond Urner, Republican nominee for
Attorney General, said: "Some of the DEM
ocratic speakers complain that we are empha-
sizing too strongly the issue of free and fair
elections in this campaign. Our reply is that
too much stress cannot be laid upon ques-
ton of such vital Importance to the people.
grievance of such magnitude as the destruction
of the elective franchise for many thousands
of our citizens of all parties at every election
requires the earnest and active attention of all
thoughtful citizens. In James edition of
McSherry's History of Maryland the disfran-
chisement of voters under the operation of the
extra session law is described by the impartial
historian as appalling do not believe that
the electorate of the State will longer tolerate
such an oppressive measure. The results in
Carroll county show that here, as elsewhere,
Democratic as well as Republican voters suffer
severely from the arbitrary and exacting pro-
visions of the present law. The Democratic
voters who have been thus disfranchised had
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and 60 to the polls in order to exercise the right
to vote which had been conferred upon them
by the Constitution of their State. 1t was not
because of their indisposition to discharge
their high prerogative, but because of their
inability to overcome the difficulties which
the law placed in their way that they failed
to have any voice in the election. We propose
to correct these abuses for the benefit of the
voters of the State without regard to party
afiliation for our appeal is broader than par
tisanship, and our demand is simply and solely
for square deal for all the people" If you
agree with Mr.. Urner-and every fair-minded
man should-you can have this wretched law
repealed by voting the Republican ticket on
the 5th of November. You can't accomplish
it in any other way.