The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-10-30
A D1sGUsTED BEL AIR DEMOCRAT.

Editor of The Union News The so-called
Democratic party, which is managed by the
r1ngsters and cliques of the party. is now striv-
ing hard to mislead honest voters by advocating
that miserable and INSCRIPTIONS measure called
the Disfrauchisement act. The sound thinking
voters of Hartford and Baltimore counties are
not ashamed to proclaim themselves Democrats,
but they are disguised with this old ring and it's
rule. A simple pretext is all you can call their
scheme for this farcical measure. 1t is a mere
blind to hide behind until the voters have rein
stated them for another term in ofhce-the same
set of men from start to finish, many of whom
have done nothing for years but live at the
public crib. Now the sound thinking man says.
II do not intend to vote for the amendment.
What difference does it make to the ring
whether the amendment is carried or lost, If
their political henchmen are placed back in
their old positions at large salaries ?' This is
the end in view and the only object the Demo-
cratic managers really expect to accomplish.
Think of such important offices as the Clerks
of the Courts of the two counties being held
repeatedly by the same men, no other man.
young or old, having any chance for small
share of the salariesl Think of the Treasurers',
County Commissioners and other offices all
sharing the same fate, as though there were no
other men outside this certain happy little
band in Baltimore county, under the guiding
hand of Mr.. Talbot, being able to fill these
positions What encouragement is there to the
young man of today to take an interest in pub
lie affairs? The only use the ring have for them
is once year, when they are expected to walk
to the polls and cast their votes for the re-elec
ton of the same old set and then go back to
their homes and work hard to earn money and
carry it to Bel Air and Towson, respectively,
and deposit it for the support and maintenance
of the grand old office holders. who, now in
their great clamor for re election. can do no
better than to put up the nonsensical pretext
that there is grave danger of the negroes domi-
mating the whites.
In travelling over the greater and most busy
portions of Baltimore and Hartford counties
within the last six weeks l have met great
many leading Democrats who have unhesitat
iugly told me that in their Judgment one might
as well support the full Republican ticket as to
simply vote against the amendment and re- elect
the men to office who only advocating his
measure for self ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, and many
have said they intend to vote the Republican
ticket from top to bottom.
Take into consideration the character OF men
offered to the people of these two counties ny
the Republican party. There is Mr.. William Ii.
Baker of Hartford. candidate for the Senate.
No man in Maryland has purer character,
political, public or private. He is sure to win
that is conceded on all sides. In Baltimore
county, for Clerk of the Court, the Republicans
offer one of the leading citizens of the upper
end of the county, Mr.. James n. Frederick. He
is one of the county's most thrifty farmers and
successful dairymen; a director in the First
National Bank of Parkton perfectly unaSsum-
ing and yet capable of discharging the duties of
is Harry w. Dilworth, candidate for Treasurer,
one of the county's energetic young merchants,
and in fact the candidates for all the different
Offices are of exemplary character. and l am
frank to say that in my judgment do not think
there is any doubt that the Republican ticket
will go through in both counties. have never
voted anything except a straight Democratic
ticket in % years, but shall never vote it again
until new men, new measures and better
methods are offered.
DISGUISED DEMOCRAT.
Bel Air, Nd. October ~.