The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-10-24
A VETERAN SPEAKS.
Calls Upon al True nen to Support
the Republican Ticket.


To the Editor of The Republican:
My DEAR Mr.. EDIToR:-I hope that
you VIII give these few lines space in
your paper, We have an election in
this county and State on Tuesday,
November 5th, and | have been follow
ing the campaign made by our candi-
date for Governor, Mr.. Geo. r. Gather,
as printed in the Baltimore daily papers,
with a great deal of interest. His
speeches regarding the election law
passed by the Democratic party at their
extra session. are straight from the
shoulder This law cost we tax payers
over 100000, at least that was the cost
of the extra session. The money to
pay for this came out of the Treasury of
the State and every man that pays any
taxes contributed his share This law
was passed. we believe, to keep the
Republican party out Of power. It has
the effect Of destroying the votes of
over $4,000 of our citizens of the State
These citizens that lose their votes pay
their taxes, yet by throwing out their
ballots they are not allowed to take
part in electing the officers who run our
government. If the farmer, the labor
err or the man who is nervous from old
age, or from disease, though he may
have been one Of the early settlers Of
our county and state, and q heavy tax
payer for the last forty years, marks
his ballot over the square, the election
law of the Democratic party says he has
not voted. Though our country called
US into active service in the COS, and at
a time when an awful crisis was pend
ing in this Union, when the dark clouds
of secession were lowering over and
about US, threatening as it were to
break down the Union, we left the fire
side of our home, with all its comforts,
a loving wife and an infant babe to rem
der our country service upon its battle
fields, no man then thought to ask us
if we could read or write nor did any
man think even for a moment Of making
inquiry as to our efficiency, manhood
and patriotism, because of a lack of
educations. 1t was not, and should not
have been, for we We're able to render
and did render to our country service
upon its battle fields. We have receive
the plaudits and commentators of a
grateful people from the close of the
great Civil war up until to-day, and
even now the American hearts throb
with emotion and gratitude toward
the few remaining veterans. And thus
it has been, thus it is, and thus it should
be as long as the citizens of this Repub-
lie breathe the atmosphere of freedom.
What an awful wrong. what a glazing
injustice and base ingratitude has been
shown the old veteran by this trick bal
lot law of the Democratic party. 1t is
unfair, unpatriotic and certainly I'M
American.
Another part of this Democratic
trickery is in its registration law. 1t
requires citizen coming into our State,
or even a veteran who has once lived
here and remained away year, when
he returns he must go to the county
seat, distance of q miles, and make
an affidavit that he intends to become a
citizen of the County and State before
he can register and vote. In this COM
munity there are men who have bought
homes and farms, have become large
taxpayers, and who have in the last
several years not cast a ballot on ac-
count of the expense and loss of time
required to drive to the county seat and
return, distance of "a miles, with a
doubt as to whether their ballot would
be counted as cast after all this trouble
This law is curse to manhood suffrage.
1t is endangering our liberties and the
people of my section are aroused as
never before. | tell them the remedy
is IN their hands. Two years ago we
voted down the Infamous Poe amend
men,. By this they intended to make
he law more cursed. The Democratic