The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-11-03
AS OTHER STATES SEE MARY.
LAND POLITICS.
The MARYLAND Campaign"

Gan editorial from the Wilmington,
(Del) Every Evening of October 49,
While the grand jury of Baltimore
City kept on with its interesting WORK
of recounting the votes at the recent
primaries in that city and indicting
Democratic and Republican election
officers in equal numbers, for rascally
frauds in the count, the campaign
committees of both parties are work
ing hard in carrying on the great con-
test that will come to an end on Tues
day, November Z. In this respect they
seem to be undisturbed by the sensa-
tional developments that appear from
day to day in Baltimore.
The chief argument of the Republi-
can campaign speakers is that the pri-
mary election frauds in Baltimore
have damned the Democratic party
throughout the State and deprived it
of all claim upon the confidence and
votes of the people. To read the re-
ports of Republican meetings, without
any other means of enlightenment, one
would suppose that all political virtue
was concentrated in the Republican
organization, while the Democratic
party stood for nothing but political
rascality and corruption. YET the facts
are that rascality was practioed by Re-
publicans at the Baltimore primaries,
as well as by Democrats, and that each
Democratic election official indicted by
the grand jury has an indicted Repub-
lican election official to keep disrepu-
table company with him.
In these circumstances it is difficult
to conceive what the Republican cam
paign managers expect to gain politi-
cally by harping so vigorously upon
the primary frauds in Baltimore, and
especially in holding them up as
warning TO the people against electing
the Democratic ticket in November
For this argument applies with equal
force as an arraignment of the Repub-
lican party. II accepted at its face
value, it must leave the people OF
Maryland between the devil and the
deep sea" in respect of the decision
they make at the election between the
two leading political parties. And
there is not the remotest probability
that they will seek political salvation
y
organizations that have tickets in the
field.
There is this TO be said, however, in
respect OF the Democratic party and to
the discredit of the Republican purity
campaign: The Democratic candi.
dates and the Democratic organization
are not defending the primary election
frauds committed by the agents of the
so-called corrupt Democratic machine
in Baltimore. The grand jury that is
making such rigid and just investi-
. cation and righteously indicting Dem.
ocratic rascals and Republican rascals
with strict impartiality, is composed
of majority of Democrats. Demo
cratic leaders and Democratic State
candidates voice their approval of this
good work and demand the summary
punishment of the election thieves. On
the other hand, the Republican organi-
cation proceeds on the impudent as
sumption that the frauds in the Bal
timore primaries were committed only
by Democrats and are defended by the
Democratic party, entirely ignoring
the frauds by Republicans, as indicat-
ed by the indictment of Republicans
VINO served as ofncerS at the primary
elections. Also, the Democratic party
has practically repudiated the offensive
Democratic machine OF Baltimore CITY
and its leaders, while the Republican
party is apparently subservient to the
dlctation of the Republican machine
of Baltimore. which dictated the Re
publican State ticket and most of the
local party nominations.
With such conditions prevailing. il
is not surprising TO read of the vigor-
Gus, animated cam Daign which the
Democratic organization is conducting
throughout the State. especially in the
counties. The meetings are largely at.
tended, and much enthusiasm prevails
Despite the serious handicap of the
conditions in Baltimore. ii is certain
that the Democratic party will be sue
cessful at the November election.
WHAT CAN A DEMOC PAT