Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-09-06

all the vim that | possess to have il
repealed. The tongefs are lucky in
having their frit nd, Mr. Frank Revell.
on the Shellfish Commission, who will
see that their inter ests are protect
ed. Their opposition to the Dsmo-
cratic State Central Committee for
Anne Arundel county is conspiracy
on the part Of the so-called progress
ives 10 elect their own State Central
Committee in every county in the
State, so that they may control State
politics. Talk about fraud under
the present management Under the
old regime, the Fourth district gave
1, 200 Democratic majority at one
election, which was more majority
than the combined Democratic and
Re publican vote in the entire district.
II the present Democratic State
Central Committee for Anne Arundel
county. after leading the party to
victory in every campaign of which
il has had charge. has been guilty Of
the violation of single trust re-
posed in it, turn il out, and place Mr..
Moss and his friends in charge of
party affairs, so that they may knife
the party at their pleasure, without
let cr hindance. Let US compare the
two tickes presented to you for your
sutfrages in the primary NEE ting to
be held next Monday, September s.
The ticket known az the so-called
progressive ticket, headed by Mr..
Bruner R. Anderson FOR the State
Senate. and the Democratic ticket
headed by Mr.. Benjamin Watkins,
Jr., for the same office, both having
served the county in the House of
Delegates, Mr. Anderson one term,
Mr.. Watkins two terms. Mr.. Ander-
son . lawyer, Mr.. Watkins a grad
uate of the Agricultural College in
this State. farmer. think the
candidates on our ticket, the true
Democratic ticket, compare favor.
ably with those on the so-called pro-
gressive ticket, to say the least. Ii
is not my intention, nor my desire,
to say anything derogatory of any
candidate on the progressive ticket
but | will say this that would ratI.
er be represented by Democrats than
by Mugwumps.
Mr. Robert Moss, the leader of the
so-cslled progressives in the county,
has seen at to term the Democratic
State Central Committee for Anne
Arundel county 1.-THE Royal Fam.
ily.' an expression not original
with him, but borrowed from the Bal.
timore Sun, which applied il to what
it termed the Estate Ring, of which
! am not member and never was.
/ would rather be anything, even q
"yellow dog, than political
jack the Ripper, who rips the party
up and down the back when things do
not suit him When was County
Treasurer, Judge Oliver Miller was
on the bench in this Judicial Circuit,
and informed me that ! was entitled
to the same fees in settling up de.
linquent taxes that a lawyer was in
settling an estate, namely, searching
the records, so as to give clear title
&c the purchasers, auctioneers fee 5,
etc. followed his advice in the
matter, employing Mr.. Roland Brady
to do the work and paid him for the
same, deriving NJ personal benefit
whatever from il. Some one objeeted d
to these costs and suit was brought
against me and this same Judge
Miller sat in the case and decided il
against me- Mr.. Brady then offered
to return the money, which decli ned,
as he had performed the work, and
was entitled to be paid. but ] re.
funded the money out Of my private
means.
No, my fellow Democrats, wouldn I
you rather be represented in the Sen.
ate by plain honest, sincere, in
corruptible farmer than by law
yer who will decide that case il
white today and black tomorrow.
certainly would. In conclusion my
fellow Democrats, the so-called
progressives claim the credit of pass.
ing the bill providing for State
wide primary election law and moi
giving the deleg alton from Anne
Arundel county any credit whatever
for its passage, even going so fal
as to say that they opposed ii:
passage. The original bill called
for a new registration of the voters
in Baltimore city as well as il
the counties, so that the votevI
might affiliate as the law required
that is to say, to state to which
party they belonged, so as to pre-
vent Republicans from voting in
Democratic primaries aud Democrats
from voting in Republican primaries
in other words, to insure fair prima
ries as was promised in the Demo
cratic platform. The counties as
well as the city of Baltimore objected
to the passage of the bill on the
ground that it would entail upon the
people of the State. who were already
overburdened with taxes. an addi.
tional great expense which members
of the Legislature, both Republicans
and Democrats, would not agree tovote
for and the bill, as it then stood was
dead beyond resurrection. as Senator
Lee informed me and which knew
at the time. AS our dele cation in
the House, as well rs myself, We re
desirous and anxious that this pledge
in the Democratic platform should be
rdeemed, our delegation, two or thrt e
days before the time for the Legis-
lature to adjourn. asked me If could
not devise some plan by which the
bill might be passed withou. pueting
upon the taxpayers the expense Of q
new registration. then suggested
that instead of q new registration
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