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714 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
Counties. Dem. Pep.
Montgomery 2,436 1,791
Prince George's 2,220 2,221
Queen Anne's 2,031 1,622
St. Mary's 1,671 1,419
Somerset 1,816 1,547
Talbot 1,760 1,500
Washington 3,756 3,284
Wicomico ••... 1,944 933
Worcester. 1,982 1,109
Total 76,796 57,729
57,729
Democratic Conservative majority 19,0671 '
For the negro voters, the result also .had its moral. They had been flattered by those who had sought to use and control their votes with the idea
that they held the balance of political power in their hands. They had been
promised, as the reward of their blind, unquestioning devotion to one political party, a large share in the offices and patronage which by their joint
efforts they Avere to secure. The idea proved illusive, and the promises were
not fulfilled, and from this time they have refused, to a great extent, to recognize any right of property in their votes in any political party or to accept
any set of politicians as their natural and infallible guides.
At the municipal election in Baltimore on the 25th of October, 1871,-for
Mayor and City Council, the entire vote cast on the Mayoralty ticket was
29,159, of which Joshua Vansant, the democratic conservative candidate,
received 18,157 votes, and Charles Dunlap, the national reformer's candidate
11,062, showing a majority of 7,095 for Vansant. In the State election for
governor, comptroller, attorney-general and members of the Legislature, held
on the 7th of November, the democrats were also successful. On the State
ticket the democratic candidates Avere: For Governor, William Pinkney
Whyte, Baltimore City; Attorney General, A.K. Syester, Washington County;
Comptroller, Levin K. Woolford,Worcester County. Kepublican candidates:
For Governor, Jacob Tome, Cecil County; Attorney General, Alexander
Eandall, Anne Arundel County; Comptroller, Lawrence J. Brengle, of Frederick. The election resulted in the success of the Democratic State ticket,
as well as the democratic candidates for the Legislature and county officers
in a large majority of the counties, though the colored voters, assisted by
dissensions in the democratic ranks, enabled the republicans, in some
instances, to break through the hitherto solid democratic front of the Legislature. In the congressional election of 1870, the republicans had carried
1 The result in the several congressional dis- 15,137; Booth, rep., 10,414—Swann's majority,,
tricts was as follows : First district—Hambleton, 4,723. Fourth district—Ritchie, dem., 14,304;
dem., 17,502; Torbert, rep., 13,328—Hamble- Smith, rep., 12,486—Ritchie's majority, 1,818.
ton's majority, 4,174. Second district—Archer, Fifth district—Merrick, dem., 15,231; Gary„
dem., 14,622; Marine, rep., 8,062—Archer's rep., 13,437—Merrick's majority, 1,794.
majority, 6,560. Third district—Swann, dem.,
| Title | History of Maryland - 3 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000751 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 714 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. Counties. Dem. Pep. Montgomery 2,436 1,791 Prince George's 2,220 2,221 Queen Anne's 2,031 1,622 St. Mary's 1,671 1,419 Somerset 1,816 1,547 Talbot 1,760 1,500 Washington 3,756 3,284 Wicomico ••... 1,944 933 Worcester. 1,982 1,109 Total 76,796 57,729 57,729 Democratic Conservative majority 19,0671 ' For the negro voters, the result also .had its moral. They had been flattered by those who had sought to use and control their votes with the idea that they held the balance of political power in their hands. They had been promised, as the reward of their blind, unquestioning devotion to one political party, a large share in the offices and patronage which by their joint efforts they Avere to secure. The idea proved illusive, and the promises were not fulfilled, and from this time they have refused, to a great extent, to recognize any right of property in their votes in any political party or to accept any set of politicians as their natural and infallible guides. At the municipal election in Baltimore on the 25th of October, 1871,-for Mayor and City Council, the entire vote cast on the Mayoralty ticket was 29,159, of which Joshua Vansant, the democratic conservative candidate, received 18,157 votes, and Charles Dunlap, the national reformer's candidate 11,062, showing a majority of 7,095 for Vansant. In the State election for governor, comptroller, attorney-general and members of the Legislature, held on the 7th of November, the democrats were also successful. On the State ticket the democratic candidates Avere: For Governor, William Pinkney Whyte, Baltimore City; Attorney General, A.K. Syester, Washington County; Comptroller, Levin K. Woolford,Worcester County. Kepublican candidates: For Governor, Jacob Tome, Cecil County; Attorney General, Alexander Eandall, Anne Arundel County; Comptroller, Lawrence J. Brengle, of Frederick. The election resulted in the success of the Democratic State ticket, as well as the democratic candidates for the Legislature and county officers in a large majority of the counties, though the colored voters, assisted by dissensions in the democratic ranks, enabled the republicans, in some instances, to break through the hitherto solid democratic front of the Legislature. In the congressional election of 1870, the republicans had carried 1 The result in the several congressional dis- 15,137; Booth, rep., 10,414—Swann's majority,, tricts was as follows : First district—Hambleton, 4,723. Fourth district—Ritchie, dem., 14,304; dem., 17,502; Torbert, rep., 13,328—Hamble- Smith, rep., 12,486—Ritchie's majority, 1,818. ton's majority, 4,174. Second district—Archer, Fifth district—Merrick, dem., 15,231; Gary„ dem., 14,622; Marine, rep., 8,062—Archer's rep., 13,437—Merrick's majority, 1,794. majority, 6,560. Third district—Swann, dem., |
