The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-09-26
MAITLAND LoApBs AND FISHES.

A iIiah Old Fight In the Third Congress
siouul District Postmas ter-f3cn Cres-
we'll as the bismarck Of Maryinnd-He
superintends the Primaries, but IL Beaten
by n Newspaper Man.
Correspondence ofThe sur.
BALTIMORE, Sept A.-The Third Congress.
sional District imbroglio in the Republican party
thickens and muddes as II grows older. Postmas.
torGeneral Creswell came over to Baltimore on
Thursday to fix u by bringing the weight OF the
Administration to bear upon II. lie came here q
year ago TO superntend primary meeting business,
and compelled all the Federal on1cials TO pony up
moaey and support his ticket for the City Conven.
ton under threats made by their immediate ehefs
and his vassals OF expulsion from once. Somehow
or other things won't say fixed, but there is always
a tendency among the people to assert their indi.
Vidal preferences, and resent his dctation. His
policy has looked not TO an enlargement OF the
scope OF POI teal action so as TO build up party.
but to contra ction OF the active elements for ward
meeting purposes, so that there might only be lett
a SUFFICIENT number OF votes In the Republican
ranks 60 ri the Federal oces and hold Creswell up
king. Nevertheless. there are still necessarily
some Republicans who do not hold ofiees, and as
these are always nominating men who do not choose
10 lick his boot. he Is kent busy IN deysing ways
Of beating the people.
The las; dodge OF this sort was attempted at the
terday TO harInonike the differences OF the Third
District, where Creswcn (who awaited the result
near by through his agents, attempted to fost
canoidate upon the people without permitting them
IN have any voice in the matter at ali The two can.
didates both claiming to be regular nominees, no
10 the field. agreed 10 withdraw, and Creswoll had
third candidate In the person Of Mr. Booth to set
up without Going through the unnecessary trouble
OF primary elect ons and new convention. This
purpose Of bis was thwgrted, strange to say, by
friends, or, as II may yet turn out, enemies in his
own camp. Instead Of the state Central Committee
setting under his diciaton. Mr. q. G. Fulton. proprie-
tor Of the American newspaper. who justly claims to
be the Warwick OF King CTesvell, opposed his
didaie. 'A' A''A'eA '' 'pD's'u 70 u" sA1'
Ii was not d,ncuis for Fulton to get the county
people, for they realized that any attempt on their
part TO name candidate for the Third District would
be an unparalleled sct Of ussrpstion. SO, some OF
men being reasonable, MT. Creswell goes back to
Washington, hopping mad at bis defeat by Fulton.
can siations in shE city, and as he made Creswsil
q member OF the Cabinet BY sticking his name up at
the head Of his columns before the Late Convention
for the Vice-Presidency, and bcepatterng him with
undue praise all occasions, until lie was about a.
well Advertised - Hslmbolds Buchu, he claims that
he can unmaks him and that moreover, Old Ben
Wade, Senator Cameron, and others who endorsed
CrssweL 70 Grant, are dissatisnsd with him and
II appears that tho ultimate canse Of rivalry be-
tween IN se persons grows cut OF family aspirations
on one part, and personal aspirstioas the other
Fulton wants 70 DO the Republican candidate for
Governor, and Croswell has an uncle named Tome,
who also sAd to be an aspirant Cor that honor
Recently. when Judge Bond was the hvor1te, 1t Do
came necessary for these mon, his vindietiye %.
ponents, to put him out OF the way; so CresweI,
who had declared him to be " unworthy OF belief ca
his OATH" and Putoo, who had vlinej him 10 his
paper column NJ timo charging the Judge with
having packed the Grand jury Of tue United States
Court TO indict brother Of his, both united TO nave
him made Judge Of that very Court under the nev
Circuit Court law.
This placed these two msn'rulstor. in what would
nave been delicate dilemma, had there been any
sensbiity 10 act upon. II was plain that II Boa d
was what they represented him TO be sir months ago
he was not fit to be made Judge and h he Is
what they represented when they united on hun TO
get him out OF the way OF the Cover they had
grossly fasihed his character teiore However that
may be, they succeeded in eating their own words
and making him Judge, and now they have begun
TO quarrel on the ANTICIPATED spoil OF cubernatoral
nomination. In the mean time, the Third Distric:
nomination having been referred back 10 the De W
pie another promising bout Is 10 ante. patton Gsxt
week.