, 1874-09-26
WASHINGTON.
Four llelagscrs n. q. Curtin '-C. ].
Faulkner-:M. Blair-.G. Walker
Rubil Hoods Recruits.
Passing Things in Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia, md ponnsyl-:
vania Politics
ETo,,, Our O1en Eoryfspo,Mc'it.

WARRINGTON, svps. 20, 1874.
Ma,l,ea potltics, inBt nj proscnt, consists Of
James q. Blaiuo. THAT gentleman kcopa hia
borough vol mp, holped by llB strong Licuton-
anita, 11ato, Lynch, IIam1in, rotop, md mnt,y
moro. 10 lool at Lis work, ono would roy the
nopublicnn party oboscd tho holm; but looking
elsewhere, tho OBJECTIONS nro notable. For iu-
glauca:
MARYLAND pnLIrfCg.
Montgomery Blair, 4 citizen Of Maryland in
tho autumn Of his days, lns boon gadly cant
doun by falluro to reasecnd into national poll
tics through tho su!Iragcn Of that Slate. Lie
nppea1cd, undor strong patronage to DO nonlt-
natcd by tho Democratic Convention for the dyo
wostorn counties Of Maryland. This wouldhayo
1ucdo lin tho representative of tho nourbons OF
Frederick. tho bushnlon Of Montgomery, tho
Dutchmon Of Washington, tho coal-aiggors of
Alegauy, and tho elalors Of dnr-
ro.t Counties, Will, sueh on animated
conatltuoucy, llo might hayo bcon ro-olcctea
from yoar to year, md become MI inHtitr-
.tiou agaiu, In lis favor sroro tho, Stuto Hing,
lcntlol by scnator- elect Pincknoy Whyte. aud
tho Canal lling, headed by 0osnan. Whyto will
tako lis scat IN tho SonAtn In 1876, and ho relied
upon Dlair, who lives iu style opposite tho Wllto
1iousc, to onabo him. under that imposing roof,
! IL tho olu Know -NoIhing Mayor Of Baltimore;
l,o married rich, grow richor, and bought u
Washington 1nansion In tho block built by Se,a-
ator Morton s son' 8 fatLor-in-law, Drown. Thcro
swann is next door to Blaine, Buckingham, Fer
! nando Waoa, md many othor arehera Of 5oab.
Nhyto IL intircrontly vol OF; living tn Dalti-
moro ho would nut keep Washington calab-
| lislrnont, and It would DO prcpostcrons to hayo
beaten Swarm for tho Sennse, and bo beaten by
| him III display. So tho BInir llouso might tavo
played it's part in rnnny rovel doyotcd to Light
biac.,it md Annapolis tcrrapin,
Thc Cana! Ring, meantime, poescsalug tho
! revenues OF a State work, wanted D|air TO push
| tho Chesapeake & Ohio Canal over tho mouth
| tains to tho Monongahala. This Ring had
money, aud, onco nominated, thla money would
| probably have elected Blair with case for I
| lnyo hoard tho Chairman of tho Convention say
| Tint, In the two Western counties, tlero was
! good dcal Of yonality. Said lo:
II woudor Tom Swami donft run mp in this
district, instead Of spending mint of money IN
Baltimore. Ton thousand dollars would mako 4
| l1cap Of difference in our contest"
But it was not in tito poror Of tho Maryland
| Democratic leaders to Gst tho solemn truth out
OF tho hoads Of their olectora, TINT D}air hal
boon in I4incoln'a Cabinet and siSnod tho procla-
! nation OF Emancipation. This mas now hagntcllo
| to Whvtc md tho roat, who, being sonsibie mon,
| mnKt despiso such Boggy ideas, though thoy
leach md encourage them: Iho constituency, N
| part did not know who Bair Wns. Such ia
| sroatucss letweon tho Zig PattsoIlt and tho
| foughiogheny. Accordingly tho Convention
met at Hagerstoun, tho homo Of United statss
| Senator Hamilton. After triiing awlliio with
Irishman named Walsh. Of tho Town Of Cnlnbcr-
| laud. Exit tho non OF Jackaou'a oditor, oyer
| wl.eIncd NTH Bcnso Of injury.
| Maryland politics is = gond doal lilo
TIE a1oLLusGuLAR LIFE
| Mt tho bottom. of tho chesapeake Yol1r voters
lio like oyHtera III allcya with mouths wilo open
to net the political nutri1neEt flowing by. Along
comes tho average politician. !'ko crab, aud
scoopu yo.c out Of tho oystor-Bllcll. This crao
phoda bis shell once year: and grows noft IN his
principles; but. toward olection-tin,es, lardons
| in tho Bourbon faith. aud steals tho oystor's y
voto again juAt Tho eatuo. Wc cau RECALL in ancli
1nolltlscan's political lifo tho proud boast Of
Honry Winter Davis: Tho Legislature, Of
| Except tho Stata Of llhodo 1slard n part Of
which lies III tho Atlantic Ocean, aud tho rest III
| rertaiu Hunnpo and rocks in tho swaslsoh OF
! lSnrragansatt bay, thoro noyor Was M American
,,oiitlcul State 10 diaintcgral as larylantl: Ihe
i.astorn Siloro must l,nvo M alternate United
| States Senator, whether tlsoro be pig1ny thero
OF paat ncroaA tho bay. Tfus, in tho economy
0: Provldonce, Holiday Hicks, former oystot-
Sss sSgofo ssa IL Eta civil %s e ts
| splits, or "Shores," Of tic State, aro hntanccd
| biz tho art4clns OF coal md oysters. Tho poll
tinaua Of the Wost want to tux tho oysters: tic
J:att wants to tux coal cents . ton: IsHtimott
rollsd to take its police, ctc, from Legislative
Con.miHsion, In order to dignity The patronage o
tho Commonwealth. Tho EaHter, Shore is .rih
ntary to rhiadolpLin, and tho Western to Balti
mora. Meantime tho cluof corporation. tlie
| Baltimore Il Ohio RAILROAD, has State Of lit
own. YeHt Virginia, and profosaea littlo Interest
] in anything Of Maryland except Dnltimoro CNy
10 Went Vrsinia it is about to eivo rni1road-alops
at Now CrcoI;; n,ll tho Sonator from that State
DAVIS, il moro trusted BY tho railroad than auy
otlor politician. Political aeorbity is stronge,
hero amongst tho leaders than in kcntncky
Croswo!l wns novor forgiven for bning poat
mastor-Goncral. while ko'tuclty Domocrat'
congratulated BrlBtow. and their newspaper
gonora1ly renroct tho Spccds, Casslna Clay, nns
tho small 1lopnbcan pha!Ans. AIR. Swan
In now literally besot in baltimore hy
Hont'mont which refuses to forget that ho was {
liabilities arc supporting for his p1aco i sou ol
LOWS Mclean. Of DolAwaro, Jacksonn Socrota
ry of tho Treasury. a stranger. looking on
would conclude that tho lnan vino ,ah rnlsat
funla to open ths rairoa1 to Ohio when roSor
ty, worao ttan mountains block tho way, wiz
assiatod to kosp tilo State in c0rnnson-sonao 70
lation 10 ita national ntorstB who bought pnrl
for Baltimore anl lnntlo tho streot-rallwayH sup
UOTt IT, Atlu VINO c0HlcH H1afDf tLo IlaIh " Enll
rrol,onsibiIity by Northern men tlMt my pros
ent Maryland Congressman, would bo bntto
contnuod In lin acat than poripatetio hrlofslc
with hiB fatheru name.
hir. I4onutloy, nominated for Wostorn hlary
laud by tho Republicans, is q rich young man o
an old md ,1nlocayed Virginia family. Hn say
that, 1t ilo carries his district. tho Republican
will l!ayo ono member III Conesess, nnt Il
THINKS, ITO moro. lie yotod sluaroly aGaiiAnt III
Civil ltighs hill.
6aia to LounloB, fow days aftor ho va
nomtuatol:
''Doea tho Baltimore american support you Z
"No, not much. turned out ono Of its pull
llsl,oru to give att ad!nrent Of mine tho Surveyor
slip. For that they dislike mo, ~ tl.oy opp0sot
Cromwell becallsn Ao wanted his uliclo, Jak
.lonlo, to DO tho Republican candidate Instead 0
, Fulton"
Thus arc tho litto iasuos subordinate to til
groat mon In oyory Commonwealth. "If Chal
lintn had boon In powor," naid Qorman orltit
"do yon aupposa ho would have opposed til
American WARP"
. Another aspiraut for Congress Ia
ClIAnLEB JAMES FAULKNER,