Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1911-10-27

nothing was done.
On the following Tuesday, Oct
10th, however, determined to attend
to this important matter in good time
the gentlemen appeared again before
the Curtis Bay registration officers
with their list Of suspects" this time
at 8 a. m. On this occasion Mr..
Cecil and Mr.. Bannon came, and Mr..
Cecil had brought j. Holme a Balii-
more attorney, with him as bis coun-
sci. Immediately the registration
ofiicers objected to the presence Of
Mr.. johnson, the lawyer, and when
be declined to obey their mandate to
get out, he was first elected from the
room and then arrested by order Of
the Democratic registration officers,
although they were told that the
law gave the attorney the right to be
there. In the meantime Mr.. Morgan
arrived, and, being asked his business
there, stated that eing citizen and
voter of the county, he had right to
be there, and further that he desired
to assist in purging the list Of illegal
voters. The registration officers de-
clare they did not know Morgan, and
he, too, was promptly arrested and
locked up. Morgan was to have
vouched for the correct1ess Of Cecil's
list, and both bad offered to swear to
the names either separately or col
lectively as the registrars might re-
qaire. The registration officers ex-
planned to Mr.. Bannon, who protest.
ed against snch high-handed proceed
ings, that they themselve had made
up list OF suspects containing 80
names which they intended to use
Instead If the list vi $50, submitted
y these gentlemen.
BAnnon endeavoied to show the
registrars thar Morgan is legal voter
but To no purpose. He then asked
on what charge johnson and Morgan
had beer arrested, but this informa-
lioL was refused, as was also his re-
quest that he be allow ed 10 confer
with them in the capa',ity Of counsel.
And wien the deputy sheriff put the
handouts on the prisoners, Bannon
again protested, but Magistrate Potee
ordered the deputy to agive them
what Is coming to them" When it
is known that M@gan is a medium
size man and johnson is slender,
short and weighs not more than leo
pounds, the necessity of t,king the
precaution against tier escape by
Handwriting them will at once be ap-
parent to all.
They were then chained together
like common felons, brought through
Baltimore to Annepolis-we were
about to say to be hanged. Arriving
there, happily, they secured lawyer
and drink Of water, both of which
had been denied t..em from the time
of their arrest. Judge Brashears, be-
fore whom they were at once taken,
admitted them to 5000 bail, and The
following Friday morning, wi en- the
men'were given hearing or habeas
corpus proceedings, the States At
torney asked that they he dismissed,
and Judge Brashears took occasion to
refer to the proceeding in vigorous
language, declaring the men to have
been well within their legal rights in
the performance Of a commendable
pubic duty; he also intimated that
other proceedings would follow. He
denounced their arrest az wholly
unwarranted and unjasti6able.
1t developed that these same re-
gistration officers had been before
Judge Brashears year ago for re-
fusing to accept suspect list, but
had been allowed to go on their plea
that they dill not know there was
such a law; but they will hardly be-
able to offer this excuse as defense
in this instance. 1t also comes about
that the reg stration officers. the
sheriff and the committing magistrate
in this case are all members If the
notorious political gang known as the
Reyell- Pottee- Wells machine
Has the Democratic party not yet
provided sufficient evidence to con-
vince the letter element Of liz ns
and voters Of all classes in every $ G.
ton Of Maryland that to logger re-
turn in power that party as at present
constituted and controlled will mean
the thorough and absoiu e degradation
Of the ballot and the utter disregard
Of every voter and citizsn when il
comes to elections?
Aren't the people yet convinced
that the only way to prevent the
Baltimore Democratic machil with
1Sonny" Malion a. the head from *.
tending its control from the Cit,
through the State-isn't the onl,
way to bring about new and better
and cleaner order Of things to elest
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