The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-09-30
RING PERIL" VS.. NEGRO PERIL.
First is Real, Latter Imaginary, says
Frank E. Williams, Republican
Candidate for Comptroller.

Republican party, Frank L. Will
liams sounded the keynote of the
campaign, when he declared last
Wednesday that the Negro Peril"
is a myth, but the Ring Peril"
is not only reality, but menace
fraught with such danger that no
good citizen can afford to ignore
it. In support of his first conten-
ton, he referred, among other
proofs, to an editorial in the Balti-
more Sun of Sept. 20, 1895, in
which that erratic journal solemn
ly declared, that There is no
possibility of negro domination in
this State" and attributes the agi-
tation of it at that time to the
low cunning Of the bosses" whose
only object in doing so was ito
try to save themselves by raising a
false alarm against danger that
in no way threatens us.
That the danger of Ring"
domination is upon the other hand
not only real, but imminent, be-
comes startllngly apparent awhen
the registration and election figures
are studied. Without going into
all the details, it is a sufficient
warning to say that, with the
negro vote eliminated the present
Democratic machine" will have
almost undisputed control in
every branch of the State and City
government. With majority of
$4,000 in the State and 10000 in
Baltimore, it would OF course,
choose both Governor andkMayor,
thereby securing all the appointive
Offices in both. With a majority
of at least so per cent in every
county in the State, except Fred
erick, Washington, Allegany and
Garrett, it would have % senators,
ont Of 27, and 81 members, out of
GOI, in the House, thus controlling
that body overwhelmingly. In
Baltimore City it would have
safe majority in every ward ex-
cept three. With these figures
before us and with the memory of
what happened under the domina-
ton of the German Rasin Ring"
can it be doubted for an instant
that their successors, who now
run the machine if vested with
such enormous power, would treat
both State and City to saturnalia
of graft and corruption compared
with which the work of the old
time Ringsters would appear in
significant
Second only to Mr.. William 5
address of acceptance in point of
Importance, was the hearing OF the
Black Line" ballot cases before
Attorney General Straus, on Fri
day last. Former L. S. Attorney
General Charles J. Bonaparte, L.
5. District Attorney John c. Ross
and former State Senator Henry
NJ. Mccullough made the argu-
ments on behalf of the Republican
State Central Committee, and Mr..
Leigh Bonsal appeared for the in
dependent Democrats. The Demo-
cratic Machine" had no repre-
sentative, the presumption being
that they could find no reputable
lawyer, even among their own
ranks, who would attem 1T to de-
fend such an infamous outrage
upon the electorate of the counties
involved. The points made in
the arguments were that the entire
scheme is illegal because: Ist. 1t
is the work of the two Democratic
Supervisors of Election alone, the
Republican Supervisor being de-
barred from even entering a pro-
test. end. Because it is a direct
violation Of the provisions of the
Election Law prohibiting emblems,
the BLACK Line" being declared
equivalent thereto, if not better
than any emblem. 3rd. Because
it is designed to assist, and actually
does assist, illiterates of one party
in voting while it confuses those
OF the other party, even if they
are not illiterate. Attorney Cen
eral Straus listened attentively to