Steiner, Suffrage, 1895,
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Steiner, Suffrage, 1895,
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rrTrzr:~srrrr AND STTFPRAGE IN MARYLAND. 41 in tile penitentiary are imposed on those interfering with voters in any way, „r oiUin,~in illegal voting, or ta.mperin~; .with returns, or in any manner I„.,.,-,•ntili~ the election beinn a, fair expression of the popular vote. I n c onnection with the election of 18:19, an interesting the place, but Governor Hicks refused to administer Iota the oath of office.-- 'The affairs continued for a year without o.lranne. On flay 8, 181, the ComLxti;oller, who had been Jarrett's opponent and who had ;tlreacl held the offrce.fcir a. term before the election of 1859, resigned and tire (:m-ernor appointed a. successor. On June 25, 1891, the Legislature authorized ;mv jttd<_e of the Court of Appeals to administer Jarrett the oath and approve his lomd. This was done on July 9, 1861, and Jarrett it once drew a warrant crtt the State Treasurer. - -The latter refused to pay it and the case urns came une held, to protect t ltt• Union voters and to see that no (list nionists are allwved to intimidate t Itt•ttt. ()I' to interfere with their ri:;hts." He should order the arrest of all tli.mti,nlia. returned from Virginia and should suspend the ba7ie(I.c corlrtc.s :mt. _\t the polls a proclamation of General Dix was read, isking all to point mil cli.nninnists for arrest and especially those who, on the nineteenth <>f Alrril, and in the days following, took hart in opposing the march of United States troops or transmission of supplies. ' In ISO.' there was