The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-10-13
VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN.

The Democrats are preparing TO con
duct the most vigorous and forcefu cam
palgn that has ever been waged in this
State. The real and true issues involved
In this fight will be presented to the
voters and every subterfuge that has
been made by the Republicans will be
unearthed. Unfortunately for the Dem
ocrats their campaign has been allowed
to lag somewhat because OF the Grand
jury investigation in Baltimore, but as
the investigation has now advanced to
such stage as to clearly show that SEN
ator Arthur p. German carried every
legislative district in Baltimore City by
big malorities and that he was fairly
and honestly nominated. it is proposed
that from now on nothing will be
allowed to interfere with the progress of
the contest. The cry of fraud and cor
ruption must be wiped aside and il will
be. If fraud was committed in the sew
eral precincts in Baltimore, the candi-
dates are in no way responsible tor it,
and neither are the party leaders. 1t was
done by the clerks and Judges upon
their own responsibility, and the Repub-
leans occupy the same position as the
Democrats in these precincts as it would
have been utterly impossible for the
Democratic election officials to have
committed fraud without the co-opera-
ton and assistance Of the Republicans
1.-THE Democratic leaders can be charged
by the Republican press for being re-
sponsible for the fraud. then it should at
the same time hold the Republican
leaders equally responsible. 1t is but
tar to contend that the Republican have
as much influence and power over the
Republican election officials to make
them lalsifv the returns as the Demo
cratic leaders have over the representa-
tives of their party in the polling offices.
The people of Maryland, that is the
white people, will not hold the Demo-
cratic party as whole responsible for
this fraud and they will not connect the
partys standard bearers with it. They
cannot. 1t is but fair to say that but for
Senator German it is doubtful if the in
vestigation would ever have been made.
When the first cry of fraud was raised
an it was backed up by suspicious cir
cumstances in the Twenty-third ward
of Baltimore City, Senator German was
the first TO ask for full and complete
investigation. He wrote to States At
torney Owens of Baltimore City, urging
him to go 10 the bottom OF the allega-
tons, and at the same time stated that
If it were shown that he had been fraud:
uenty nominated he would not have the
Gubernatorial nomination.
After the first evidences OF fraud were
brought TO light it was Senator German
who headed delegation of prominent
lawyers that appeared before Judge
Duty in the Criminal Court of Balti-
more City, and asked that every ballot
voted in the primary be recounted and
it was this move that brought about the
complete recount by the Grand Jury.
Had not the Grand Jury declared that it
would recount all of the ballots as expe-
ditiouslv as possible, Senator German
would have insisted that Governor
Crothers call the Legislature into extra
session for the purpose of making full
recount. The people of Maryland should
these facts. They conclus-
lively show that Senator German has no
connection with the fraud and that as
far as he is concerned he deplores the
fact that any votes were miscounted.
The foreman the Grand Jury has been
severely criticised for his numerous COM