The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-07-22

appeared, upon the tax books of the
county as taxpayer in the sum of even
one penny. still he brays like donkey
at the wa tie of the peoples money. 1t
reminds one of the pearls before swine,
so Mr.. Green's heartache for the poor
down trOdden taxpayer in this respect
is born of desire to create votes for
Mr. Green.
Mr.. Green, in his platform of princi-
pies, states that he stands firmly for
the untrammeled rights of all citizens.
irrespective of party, and opposed to
infrlngements upon their liberty and
rights of suffrage by the present unfair
registration and election laws, and the
proposed Constitutional amendment. 4"
Now comes the most damning record
of Mr.. Green's short public career of
three months at Annapolis. He was
sent there presumably as representa-
tive of the people of Garrett county, or
a majority of them at least, and this
majority being overwhelmingly Repub-
lican, Mr.. Green's first duty was to
look after their interests. How he full
filled his promise and his duty to his
constituents is told in the following:
Turning to page 1853 of the Journal
of the House of Delegates | find Mr..
Green vote recorded as having been
40 - for I no ,,ocg.rrn cF CAV a. IN 80
the qualifications of voters at municipal
elections in the city of ANNAPOLIS. and
to provide for the registration of said
voters. " This law is in effect the same
as the proposed Constitutional amend
ment, and by it at the registration of
voters conducted few weeks ago in
Annapolis nearly thousand Republican
residents of that city were denied their
rights and refused registration under
the grandfather clause of the act,
which law Mr.. Green vote for, and by
thus keeping the names Of this number
of Republicans from the registration
lists every Democratic candidate in the
city was elected no later than last
Tuesday by majorities ranging from
215 to $50.
Mr.. Green 5 assertion that he is OPP
posed to the proposed Constitutional
amendment is mt borne out by his
record as member of the last House.
For years the Democrats have been try
ing to so amend the Constitution of the
State that thousands Of Republicans
would be disfranchised and upon this
question the fight has been made to the
exclusion of other important matters of
State government. Mr. Green, by his
vote for the Annapolis measure, aided
the enemies of the party he wants so
badly to misrepresent in the next House
of Delegates, but he is still opposed to
the curtailment of the privileges Of the
ballot Forsooth, his record gives this
assertion the lie direct!
So much for Mr.. Green's public rec
ord.
Now for brief paragraph touching
upon the late presidential campaign.
During that period last fall series of
articles appeared in the Democratic
Journal attacking Mr. Taft's religious
views At the time Mr. Green was
openly accused of being the author of
these articles but he would neither deny
nor affirm their authorship. He was in
vited, after an exposure was made of
his duplicity in the matter by a Penn
sylvania newspaper, to state over his
own signature in The REPUBLICAN
whether or not he wrote the articles,
and in his reply he was evasive, which
firmly fixed in the minds of the Garrett
county people that Mr.. Green was the
author of these articles and they are
still of this opinion. viii Mr.. Green
come out and in a manly manner define
his position with respect to his votes on
the local laws passed by the last Legis-
lature, and also not evade this direct,
pointed question: Did you or did you
not write the anti-Taft articles appear
ing in the Journal last fall and signed
Republican,.
A TRUE BLUE REPUBLICAN.
Friendsville, July 10, 1909