Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-11-03


Vote The Republicans Ticket And why7
This campaign more Of the people
than It is 81 politics. It Is more a
campaign Of honesty against dishonesty
than Il i campeign OF republicanism
against democracy. The republican
partJ inthis eIection as it has in the
past stands for honest and fair selections
and economy il the administration Of
the an rs - This County ard the State.
The Democratic party On the other band
favors the contrary This is not rdinary
campaign talk. The facts bear out the
above statements The IL cords Of tbs two
parties inihe State proves them. When
the republican party was in power from
1896 to 1900 the people of this state
enjoyed an honest election law under
which every man could cast one ballot
and have that ballot counted ss cast.
As soon, however. as the democrats got
into power they changed the election
law and have continued to change it
ever since until to-day the people Of this
State and especially in this County have
had to face one of the worse election
laws undes which any civilized com
munity ever lived
The constitution Of the United States
guarantees 70 every man regardless Of
race, color or previous condition a
servitude provided he has never been
convicted Of an Infamous crime the right
to cast one vote and haveit counted as
cast. Under the law. however. passed by
the late Senator Wilson. Of prince
Georges county known as the Wilson
Ballot Law, a very large percentage Of
the people q this County b tn white
and coloredsre deprived Of that right.
Thedemocratic politicians say th,t the
purpose Of the Wilson ballot law is to
disfranehise the eniored man. Mr.. Yer
non S. Bradley in his history Of the
"Wison ballot law in Mary land
politics, says, fits purpose and reason
able and sen,ible mon must agre with
him, that "The Wilson ballot Is rart Of
a system and deliberate scheme framed
by politicians to steal opposing votes
and continueing themselves in power.
The purpose is not to disfranchise the
eolored man but to rob every white re-
publican and Independent of his vote
for the sole and lone purpose Of perpe-
tuatiug democratic politicians 10 office.
II the people or anyone doubts this,
let him compare the calibre Of men
Nominated on the local tickets in this
county two years ago and again those
Nominated on the two local tickets this
year. II there was sincerity in the
claim Of the democratic party that the
only purpose Of the Wilson ballot law
is to disfrauchise the coiored voter why
don't that PARTY nominate on their state
and local tickets the men Of the highest
degree of ability and charaeterg III
their statement IS true why do they
disfranchise white men as weIlg That
a large persentage of white men are
disfranchised under the Wilson ballot
law cannot be denied.
The people Of this County remember
only too well the blanket ticket that
was given them by the election crooks
two years ago. Are you the people Of
Charles County going to tolerate such
dishonest and fraudulent schemes that
deprives You Of the most sacred right
given to American citizens. In his
valuable work on 1.-THE Wilson Ballot
Law Maryland Politics" Mr.. Bradley
sets forth that: The Wilson ballot
steals the votes Of thousands and
stealing mans vote is robbing him OF
bis political freedom and denying him
his right 70 participate ia the govern
Of the state. This is true and must be
admitted.
As was said BY the late Chief Judge
Bartel, in Bevard VS.. Hoffman Us Nd.
1881:
The right legged to have been yiolsL-
eds justly esteemed as one OF the most
precious and valuable belonging to the
citizen. In our State, where's almost
every public officer is chosen by the
votes of the people, the right Of suffer-
age cannot be too highly priced or too
carefully protected.
No comment on such scheme could
be more appropriate than the words Of
Cardinal Gibbons:
| The ballot Is the expression Ct the
will of free people and its purity
should be guarded with the utmost
jealously.
| The violation of its purity leads direct
" to the point where there is either less
of liberty or revolution to restore II.
| Mr.. Charles ]. Bonaparte says.
These words are none too SIR NJ a
government whose title rests, in lat
resort, on nothing worthier than chronic
and brazen fraud, preiury and breach of
public trust, will one day have It's claim
to obedience challenged.
The voters Of this County should rise
in their might and condemn the Wilson
ballot in no uncertain terms by electing
the republican cand dates who favor aud
will repeal it. The people should show