St. Mary's beacon., 1853-04-21


learned that their seats were to be con.
tested. And why Becsuse Il va. Be.
Iieved they had received two Whig votes.
What was The esidencef A certificate
OF man Of noforiousIy bad charscier.
stating that he beiiered Mr.. Neale Zone
of The alledged Wing voters, voted for
them. Another man, mi d fesidem Of
ChaPtico district. swore or said that Neale
voted for General Scott. Another certifi.
cate, signed by George Goddard, stated
that Drury (ihe other alledped Wing
voter) was Wing. or voted for General
Scott Mr.. Goddard was an applican, for
keeper Of the Light House on Black.
is;one's Island. We openly and heartily
opposed him on The day Of election. Such
was the Testimony brought before the
committee. We know Of no other. les.
iimony as disgraceful 10 Those who pro-
duced ID as 10 the committee who received
II. Mr. Charles Morgan was in the coin.
miiiee room. We do not know %ha, he
told the Committee, but Mr.. Loves Ger
tiicate will show what he said on the day
of election. The Committee wete told.
.ihateas Messrs. Smith and Burroughs had.
Hot expected. 50 they were entirely
prepared to meet this thing. They asked
for time TO prepare themselves, but were
denied. They even refused to hear the
Testimony of one of the judges, Mr.. Glib
son, who was in the village. They said
they did not want him--they were going
to report. Mr.. J. 8. Morean told them
that he bad the certificate Of one OF The
contested voters, stating that he was O
democrat, and ready to support The cause
when required. But all would no, do.
They were TOO securely packed. They
manifested the utmost impotence, and we
Indignantly returned to the Convention TO
await their report. Al las, Il came.
Poor fellows they had made q most wo.
fu! slip. Instead of reporting upon the
credentials Of all the delegates, they
merely reported tha, Messrs. Smith and
Burroughs Were not entitled to their seats.
The secret-was out. They had performed
the duty for which they were appointed,
but forgot, or did not know how. to do j,
in a decent form. This was too bad.
They were instructed how to make the
report, and sent back to do il. They
made the report according 10 the instruc.
lions. Mr.. Key moved that the report be
referred To committee of the whole. Re.
aected. He then proposed that the whole
EhaPiico delegation should resign, and
NE remaining delegates make The 40.
Pin'ments. Refused. He again moved
nat the contested seats be sent back to
llhe people for reelection Rejected.
no proposition would be listened TO. The
Convention adopted the repor, OF the com.
nitiee, and Messrs. Key and Morgan
Withdrew with their friends.
Such. Democrats Of Chaptico and OF
ST. Mary's. is the history of the Conven.
tion From the appointment of the com.
mittee 10 the adoption Of their report. IL
hal no parallel. Who ever Leara Of .l.s
appointment OF such q committee to ST,
in judgment upon contested seatsl And
who ever heard Of a committee ejecting
members from their seats upon such evi.
dence ? The facts speak too clearly to
render comment necessary. So far as
lChaptico district ~ concerned, we most
solemnly protest against the appointment
of the Convention. On The day Of the
election, it is we'll known The direct issue
was made between Messrs. VIC. Chisel.
dine and G. Goddard for keeper OF the
Light House on Blackis,one's island.
The result Of the election shows thar Mr..
Chiseldine is evidently the choice of the
district. Yet the Convention disrega rded
it. Mr.. Goddard we'll knew the value of
his certificate. He got The appointment.
We will now ask, what was The object
Of Messrs. Miles and Co. in doing and
causing such disgraceful acts in demo.
cratic convention? Was it for the honor
and welfare Of the democratic party
Mr.. Miles, on the day Of the election. said
to Mr.. Love and others, as the certificate
will show, that any man who would
this day proclaim himself democrat,
and suffer his name to be registered, was
entitled to his vote that we had met in a
spirit OF friendly contest; that he hoped
1t would rebound to the benefit Of the
party" Mr.. Miles own resolution AL
thorized the judges to purge the polls,
And yet he, backed by his comrades,
appeared before the Convention. and con.
tested our seats. because we bad received
two dNedged Wing votes.
Will such double dealing 40 this re.
dound to the honor and benefit Of the pa r.
y7 will injustice and dissension
strengthen it7 Are we in so large d
majority in this county that we can afford
: to throw frebrands in any Of its sectioA
We DO not know how much good these
contestants have done The party, but they
can never repair the injury they have in.
iicted. We have performed a mos, un.
pleasant dnty, but it would be unjust to
our district. to the democratic party and
/ ourselves. were we TO submit tamely TO
such unparalleled wrongs.
JOHN II. KEY,
JAMES 8. MORGAN,
M0RTIM0R SMITfY