Washington sentinel., 1855-01-07
BALTIMORE KNOw-NOTHINGs-
THEY BEGIN TO FALL OUT.


party" in which the funny fact is developed
that this young organization boasts Of its old
liners, who claim all the spoils for themselves,
and rebuke the presumption of the new con-
yerts who have an itching for Office. If it
shall become fixed rule that none bat the
"old line" Know-nothings shall receive honor
and Office, then will speedy end be put to
new recruits, since it is but struggle for
spoils. No new men will join them, except to
better their fortunes. When they find out that
the ignoble drudgery is to be performed by
them, and the rewards enjoyed by others, en-
listments will at once stop. But another ugly
feature in the affair is, that an outside commit
tee has undertaken to direct and control the
Mayor. Such are the loose ideas that prevail,
that sworn and respectable magistrate is re-
quired to submit himself bindly to an ire
sponsible selfconstituted tribunal. The arti-
Gle Of the american is as follows:
"The trouble in the American party begins
to assume serious aspect. We stated day
or two since that there had been meeting OF
the Superior or State Council to take into con.
sideration the course pursued by Mayor Kinks
in his nominations of officers for the city, and
committee was appointed to advise with him,
and direct the course which he should follow
for the future. The few facts which were pub.
lished in the AmericGn on Thursday morning
has brought about an inquiry as to the source
from which these facts were obtained. 1t has
been charged that they were obtained through
the connivance ofthe Mayor, which it is scarcely
necessary for us to say is without shadow OF
foundation. A member ofthe committee called
on that officer yesterday to make the inquiry,
and also to speak to that functionary upon the
course he intended to pursue. The Mayor, We
learn from gentleman who was present, would
not acknowledge any authority of the commit
tee, nor its control over his actions nor sub
NIT to its dictation. He said he thought he
know his duty quite as well as the committee
did, and if he was not disturbed he would per-
form it. He had accepted the nomination upon
the platform adopted by the party, had laid
down his course in his inaugural address, and
would adhere to it.
Another meeting of the committee was held
at Temperance Hail. when it was resolved to
discover who divulged the facts which have
been made public. The following are the
members Of the committee: DR.. Il. p Bouldn;
John II. Wilson, regalia maker; John &. Will
mot, paper hanger; William E. Beale, carpen.
ter; John Mitchell, tobacconist; and William
I. Valiant, china and glass dealer. This com
mittee was appointed to receive the action OF
the subordinate Councils throughout the city,
and to ex plain to the Mayor his duty of adher-
ence to the party who elected him. The Mayor
says that he shall not be governed by any out
side dictation, as he accepted the nomination
with the express understanding that he WAS to
be left perfectly free in his actions, except so
far as the following platform, which was adopted
by the party before the election, prescribes:
Let those vote the enclosed ticket who wish
to preserve to the Mayor of this city the just
and full powers conferred upon him by its char.
ter, with his accompanying responsibility to
the whole people of Baltimore, for its proper
exercise, uninterrupted by the dictation or in
trigues of voluntary associations in ward meet
ings or conventions:
"Or who desire the exertion Of official pa
tronage, in the appointment of competent and
faithful oficers-without reference to party de-
signations or services.
"And those also, who believe that the dis
tinctions of parties, whether Wings or Demo
Gratis, drawn from differences of opinion upon
the measures of the General Government,
should not be introduced, either in names or
influence, into the management and conduct
of our corporate and domestic affairs, or into.
the election or appointment of officers purely
municipal:
"And let all those who are in favor Of our
present Public School System, and opposed
70 division or distribution Of the funds, by
which it is maintained, among different sects
Of Christians, gire TO the ticket their cordial
support"
The Mayor, in reply to the committee, we
- tlox ,>Iot he,
continue to stand. He supposed there was no
obligation resting upon him to confne himself
wholly to the organization in his appointments
as thereby large number Of Americans who
had sustained his nomination might be pro
,cribed. He supposes that if he comes up to
the requirements Of the party in appointing
none to Office than those who are of American
birth, &C., thereby exercising the liberty ac-
knowledged to him in the first paragraph OF
the platform above given, that his course will
give satisfaction to the great mass of those
who elected him.
Those who oppose the chief magistrate in the
exercise Of the right which he supposes is grant
ed by the charter of the city, and the platform
of the party, are known as the third branch"
of the City Council, and their attendance upon
the Council is as regular as the session. When
a member departs from the rule adopted by the
Superior Council, his fault is at once noted and
transmitted to the subordinate Council of which
he is a member for the consideration and action
of that body. Two eases have occurred in
which members have been reported. In the
first case the course was approved but we have
not learned the result in the other.
The Committee not being able to arrange
matters with the Mayor, q special meeting Of
the Superior Council has been called for We'd
nesday evening next when it is said full re-
ports will be submitted and decisive action
taken as to what will be the future movements
Of the party so far the control of that body is
concerned.
The American remarks editorially as follows
on the above facts
ave regard this whole movement rs but an.
other pass Of the 'Onearmed Johny' demon
stration, when an excited crowd demanded Of
Mayor Hollins that he should forthwith resign
Their demand now is, that Mayor Kinks should
become mere automaton, that he should vio
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