The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-11-03
FACTS KNOWN.
Political Situation Up To Date.

Foiticai SITUATION UP 10 Ddte.
On Monday night last the Grand
Jury of Baltimore finished recounting
the ballots in that City for the past
Primary Election, and the result shows
that the discrepancies for the Demo
cratic ticket, as concerning Messrs.
German and Lee were trivial, In fact
the only serious discrepancies were
found in the count as between Hughes
and McNulty, the local candidates for
Sheriff in the City, and that McNulty
gained only about 500 votes, leaving
Hughes the nominee of the party, q
long way ahead in the general result.
In the presentments made by the
Grand Jury, only 8 per cent. of the
Democratic officials were indicted
against s $40 per cent. of the Repub-
lican officials in proportion, whereas,
in fact, as has been said before in each
polling place there was an equal num-
ber of Republicans to the Democrats
in the judges and clerks. 1t is fur
ther fact, that considering that this
was the first vote on an entirely now
obtuse Primary Law which even the
brightest lawyers have not been able
to interpret in entire to their satisfac-
tion, the differences are comparatively
small, and it seems that 1t is an abso-
lutte fallacy, to charge the great DEM
ocratic party of Baltimore, consisting
of $4,000 white men, in all conditions
of society and property worth, with
being wrong doers because few of its
members have made what might large
ly be called careless clerical errors. As
against this, the Republican officials
in the Republican ballot boxes have
made the most significant and glaring
errors. In the Third precinct of the
Twenty-first ward every Republican
candidate for the Legislature and every
State Central Committeeman of that
party taking part in the primaries,
with one single exception, gained on
the recount In the Twenty-second
ward, Third precinct, adjoining, every
Republican candidate for the Legisla-
ture, with two exceptions, lost by the
Grand Jury count, and every single one
of the Republican State Central Com
mittee candidates lost on the Grand
Jury count In the same ward and pre-
cinct.
Basing the assumption on these
facts, the errors, wrong doings, or
what might be called frauds in the
Baltimore City election, cannot be
charged up to either the Democratic
or Republican party in this State 1t
Is simply local condition and a battle
between local men of either party for
the supremacy over their fellow men,
bers in their own parties and has no
bearing at all upon either party in its
application to the State candidates. OF
course such a condition as has arisen
is to be very much regretted, but as
an object lesson it should be fruitful
in notice to the people of this State,
that those who are property owners
and taxpayers hereafter must take
deeper interest in all matters pertain
ing to the details of elections. While
the Republicans have had the advan-
tage of what may be considered bla-
tant and garrulous Grand Jury fore
man, to tell the people without war
rant or license and against the sancti-
ty of his oath that he was going to
through his Grand Jury, to smash the
rank and file of the Democratic party,
which he called the Democratic ring.
1t should be ever remembered that
the peerless young statesman, Arthur
P. Gorman the standard bearer of the
Democratic party, and it's candidate
for Governor, at this time was the first
man in the State to insist that these
election irregularities should be
probed to the bottom, and it is to him
alone, whether he is elected or not,
that Maryland hereafter will have
purer and more representative cleo
tions. Those of the people who have
been crying for purer elections should
at once join hands with Mr.. German
and see that he is put in the Executive
Chair by their votes on November 7th,
because without question, he will make
| good in every particular.
We have no such guarantee from
Mr.. Goldsborough, he is a creature OF
a close political machine in nomination
and his whole record and that of his
party in the State of Maryland has
been absolutely and continually against
pure and honest elections and progress
siveness in every shape for the grand
old State of Maryland. Long may she
live and progress. Her best and high
est destinies can only be achieved
through and under Democratic govern
ment administered by her white pe0-
! pie.