The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1870-03-19
The Rattle.

The legislative arena of 'My Maryland
tlefeld of large orporations-Railroad and Ca
nal companes-to sharp, hand to hand fights for
the election of Police Commissioner, the success
sor of the late Lefevre Jarrett, on the 10th in
slant. The contest was one of great excitement
among the aspirants, their friends and the diff.
ferent wire-pullers, firing masters" caucus
leaders, &c.
The candidates, upon the first ballot for the
successorship of Commissioner Jarrett were Jno.
W. Davis, late Sheriff of Baltimore city; W.
H. Jillard, S. H. Miles, W. H. Hiss, W. H. Ow-
ems and Thomas w. Morse.
complimentary dinner was given on the
evening previous, to Mr.. Jillard, at the City Ho-
tel, by his friends and admirers which was
attended by thirty or forty members of the
House, three Senators and ''many friends" OF Mr.
Jillard. At this Democratic feast, much spirit
aous display, many flowers of rhetoric, a vol
uMe, more or less, of we'll rounded periods, sew
eral chapters of studied eloquence and well-meas-
ured poetry were profusely distributed for the
heneft of the candidate, his "friends and admit
rers," by the eloquent of the occasion, the
warehouses" big and little, of the Maryland
Democracy, among whom were VIM. P. Pres
ton, o. F. Hack asd Joseph 7. Merryman of
Baltimore city. Gen. Nelson also INDUCED in
eloquent and patriotic remarks in which he sta
ted that colored men, he understood, were to be
employed at Abbott's iron works in the place of
the aohite men who had ''struck" for higher
wages. From this he predicted that 'collision
was inevitable, " and that Tin such emergency we
wanted men who would stand in their places and
carry out the laws Of the Nation and of the
State" but he did not intimate who should be
favored in the ''war of races" We do not
know what they think of these remarks, but if
we occupied the boots of the other candidates,
we should consider them sanderous in their
terms upon discriminating at least that we
might not be willing to "carry out the laws of
the Nation and of the State" and that we might
not ''stand in our places" for this purpose
This is an unkind fling at the other candidates.
Who wishes to see anything else than the
laws of the Nation and of the State' carried
ont?
Speeches were made in behalf OF Mr. Jillard
by Mr.. Mccoy, Mr.. N. S. Harrison and Mr. G..
II. Nicolai Senator Kimmell ofBaltimore, wore
the lions skim of the occasion. He made a
loud noise, shook his heavy name, and assumed
all the airy importance of the indi0,duqL who
wears the clothes belonging to the 'King of the
Forest in spreading record, blazing with the
virtues Of Mr. Jillard, and then said he should
cast bis vote for Mr.. Morse, because he was from
his legislative district in the city. Upon count
ing the ballots cast by the Senators the first
time, it was discovered that there was one bal
LOT more than there were Senators present, and
not one for Mr.. Morse ! At this juncture Mr.. X.
stated that be had voted for Mr. Morse. but no
such ballot could be found, while there appeared
"plumper" two rolled in one.
Another ballot was taken, when Mr.. Morse got
one vote in the Senate. The election resulted
in the choice of Mr. Davis for the uuexpired
term Of Commissioner Jarrett aud Mr. Morse for
the long term of four years from the 10th of
March, 1871.