Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-10-26
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power, when 00,OOV OF these voters are
negroes. Do you want equal equality
for your children with the negro chill
dTen? VIII not such association DO.
grade and retrograds the white racer
The use Of frauds in elections 10 an
other reason for not voting the Re
publican Ticket. The greatest fraud.
however, IL the Political Purest. Did
you ever know the Republican Elec-
torate TO have o political contest in
their own party where the grossest
frauds were not practiced. Give them
the political machinery, then good bye
white man. Just now the cry comes
from Baltimore. Wolf! Wolf! Election
frauds, in which both the Democrats
and Republicans have been concerned
But the investigation Of the ballot
boxes on q recount after three weeks
work under q biased Grand Jury Fore
man, who broke the sasctity OF his
Grand Jurors Oath by sttting publicly
that before he got through the work
OF his Jury, he would smash the
Democratic Ring" OF that City. which
meant the Democratic Party, after all
the buster, after all the sensation up
TO Saturday night, Oct. 14th, Mr.. Cor
man. the successful candidate In the
late primary in that City only gained
on the recount 40 votes. And Mr..
Lee, his unsuccessful opponent only
gained II votes. Mr.. Lee has never
intimated that he was cheated in any
way. In one Ward, the 18th, 10th
Precinct, German gained by the re-
count for second choice and Lee
gained 2 for second choice, but upon
this tremendous irreuuIsrity- Elec-
ton Judges and two Election Clerks
one half OF these being Republicans
were indicted, and among them was
VIM. r. WheatIey. for 2s years Score
tary OF the Corn and Flour Exchange
OF Baltimore and afterwards the Presi-
dent OF a Trust Company. and known
far and wide. as one OF the most hon.
est, reliable and upright men the city
ever produced.
In the new Registration IN Baltt
more which Republicans and Dem
ocrats alike agree, leaves the voting
books OF that City cleaner than ever
before. there were stricken OF OF the
books 4.317 names, 1884 OF these only
were Democrats and 2.139 Republi-
cans. and OF these Republicans 1.404
were negroes A great deal has been
said In Baltimore about the voting OF
repeaters, foaters and dead men.
Upon an investigation OF this list az
presented by the Reform League, II
was found that most OF the people
that they claimed were dead. repeat.
ers or hoaters were actual citizens,
regular legal voters. who at the time
OF the spring election were in the
country, picking Strawberries and
peas, and are now engaged in catch
ing and shocking oysters down the
Bay, and have only n change OF resi-
dence brought about by the temporary
necessities OF trade II Ia a cruel in
situation, II nothing worse, to call
these people fraudulently acting vot-
ers. Mr.. Goldsborough in his speech
at Frostburg, Md, talks upon the ques-
ton OF the Wilson Ballot again and
speaks of the election supervisors in
the Wilson Ballot Law Counties, one
third OF whom are Republicans, mem
bers OF his own political family, as
men who annually violate their oaths.
II seems TO us that the Republican
supervisors in these Counties should
be as indignant at Mr. Goldsborough
in this sweeping assertion as 10 wrong
doing, as the Democrats naturally are.
To show how the negroes are be
ginning to feel toward the Republican
Party, the Afro-American-Ledg OF
Baltimore in Its issue OF October 14th,
and II must be understood that this 10
the leading negro Newspaper in the
South. says editorially, Republicans
have Numbered enough in dealing with
the black race and what this race de.
mands is that colored men OF probity
be placed In charge OF the political az
fairs or the race, which means that
with Republicans in power the
negroes will demand as they have q
right to demand. that they be given a
proportion OF the public ofices and
political management equal TO their
vote representation. Fx-Attorney Gen
eral William Sheppard Bryan. one OF
the most thoughtful men in the State,
recently said "A Republican Cover
nor II he be elected by the necessities
OF the case Is restricted in filing the
appointed Offices to the members OF
his own party. and he cannot appoint
q set OF officers who will be n credit
to the State OF Maryland. or who will
give satisfaction TO our people because
he has not the material within that
party from which to select good ap-
pointees"
The Republican Party has in II
some OF our best. most cultivated and
high-minded citizens. II also has a
great number OF negroes. both worthy
and unworthy. and also a large num-
Der OF white mon Of the basest sort.
who are active in politics and who
try. through controlling the negro
vote. TO he active and influential in
Republican politics. but undoubtedly
maintain the vast mass Of the great
respectable producing class in our
State. which gives the moral tone to
every community and from which the
officials to he appointed by the Gov
ernor to the minor public positions
should be selected. Is c0nspiCuousIv
absent from the Republican Party.
Therefore for those places and MANY
like them a Republican Governor
would have to 20 TO Gus Barney or
Solomon. who have been active in
securing the negro registration or in
fuential in controlling the negro vote
at Republican Primary"