Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-03-16
FoR THE SENTINEL.
OUR PARTY.

sei"o'e ~ ii'p"'J "ee'inss y" ''e if'" u"'
Of April next, to elect the usual number OF
| delegates 10 a County Convention 10 be held AT
! Rockville on the following Tuesday, "To take
into consideration the feasibility Of adopting
some uaifora. pg1a of holding Frin,ary MeetiRgS
/ and Generations " accompanied wiih.what is
/ termed "Plan for Primary Elections"
! II seems TO me that instead of the plan sug-
gesed by the Committee being Calcuiated 10
reme6y as far as possible The epils arising ont Of
Mepreseat system" (by present system meaning
the mode in use by the Democratic party from
infancy, through and by which us priHciples
have successfully withsood popular convul-
sons and the shock of civil war; il is just the
reverse, aud if adopted, will certainly breed
turmoil confusion and possible defeat to our
party in this county, for the following among
other reasons;
First il the people should determine upon
voting directly for their nominees and to 40
away with all delegated power the true and
correct expression OF the popular viii OF our
party could only be obtained by holding
general election at the same time Throughout
the county, confined alone to persons known
to be democrats and furnishing the voters with
printed list OF all asprants for the respective
oihces, who should send Their names IN 10 the
State Central Committee FOR the county hive
days before said election, with instructions to
voters to strike from said list all names except
The ones be desires to vote Tor Tor the respect
i've Offices, and in the case OF County Commits
sioners Legislators ana Judges OF the Or-
phans' Court, only one from district. Then
let tue judges OF eacn dlstrlct return 10 lAe
judges OF e!ecuon at Rockville the results oil
the vote IN the respective districts, and then
require the judges at Rockville to count the
votes ana the candidates having Inc largest
NUMBER oil vo'es Tor me respective olhees 70 DC
announced oy me said Judges 10 De the nomi-
nees for said positions, except IN the case OF
Conhly comm sslohefS Legislators ana Judges
0. Inc orphans Court-and IN those cases II
there should oe two or more from any one OF
the districts having more votes than those from
other districts, then the one having The high
est Vote snail DC ine nominee ana so on untii
each district snail nave one Commssioher, anu
sara legislators ana Judges shail oe properly
distributed among me respective diS'fic's OF
Tue county, ana not oV any such eumorous ma
chlhery, as mat suggested by the COMMITTEE,
defeat ana thwart Inc VIII OF the people as has
been done heretofore TOO OFTEN, and which mas
stirred up the hurricane mat they are seeking
10 CAIN oy an apparent acqHiescehce In Inc
cianof oil an indignant party against Tue pros
tuition OF It's purposes 10 inc seihsh aggr"nd'
cement oil ie" prominent persons WHO are
'.NNf -" 49, 49, '''"A'' 'S'S va
QuiXote mic Inc lists, ana are anxious to serve
the dedf people oy accepting an ONCE OF trust
ana pfoni on ali occasions.
0ecohnlY, because me plan suggested ny me
COMMITTEE wlll SUBJECT rockville district with
her large democratic vote 10 the o'her dls-
IIels' "nleh even no" ahohopoHzs most OF 'he
oniceS' Our variant ana victorious eohoflS are
Always Wlilhg' tor 'ne soou OF 'ne party, TO
oe piaced on an equality win Inc other as
Flc'S-out uuuer 'neh no. oy tue elerhal
gous' never
lhltuiy, because II Is all nonsense 10 vote a.
rectiy ior nominees ana theh send twenty hve
ueieRates from etcn district 10 announce me
result one "oulu 40 as wen. but nooody
can '"Si 70 see maj th's y "u attempt upon me
part oi saiu Conimit,ee 10 put tHe sIhahtr us
Fle's on "nat 'hey ueem an eqaall'y WIN the
larger districts Come gentlemen, II the peo-
pie are 10 RUE, Jet them RUE out nopeot TINS
aoe9sPocus' Every one knows mat the chalF-
man " appointing aeegaies boslile at heart
70 Tue successlui eauaiuA!e 10 a district lhat
IS lhs easiest thlng lmAglnaeIe Tor sara oeie-
s"'eS " ueiFa' s"lu eahuila'F " uleAs aud
ways mat are uathi hot"itns'ahdlng theY
themselves tlttEt give MIN "a reluctant vote
ms was le4ly Illustrated al our last ConTen-
ton Tor county oihcels.
FouHhly, because IL IS Impossible Tor the
asplf@hts LOT ounces 10 nave their cl"iIns larry
presented Tor any position IN meetings TO DC
held as suggested by the Committee. II would
DC very easy TO start meh III each district Tor
all the positions, in order to defeat any Que
outside OF the district, and then the wire
puiiers who are now by this artfal contrivance
seeking to escape detection in their willy prac-
ices, would, in order 10 successfully defeat
the wishes Of the people, only have TO secure
the chairman, and the people in tho honesty
of their convictions would be struggling
blindly for their choice among the many as
pirants, aud when the delegates met in Con-
yenlion the whole game would then he COM
pletely in the grasp of INSCRIPTIONS politicians
who thrive and fatten on public plumber.
Filthy, because the suggestion of this Com
mitee, that three other persons should be
selected from each district hy our State Cen
tfal Committee to cooperate with said Com
mttee is totally at war with their views that
the people shonld have n direct say in The
control of affairs, and in fact is HIGHLY i'm
proper because the State Central Committee is
not voted for by The people. and it seems as il
the whole sc6pe and design in this arranoement
were tn vest a trinmvirate or 6,,y,,,;r,fe with
the sole saw MS TO the reoulations Of Marty
affairs. Ii is far better that the people of each
district should themselves select their own
representatives 10 co-operate with the State
Central Committee. and il would be healthy
and invigorating to rotate frequently ALWAYS
bearins 10 mind that the office was created for
tbs people, and not the people for The Office
/ holder.
! 1t appears to nv mind that the only way
! TO conduct our marty meetinys or any other
meetings where friends with common pur-
/ pose. meet together TO consult for The al .
/ yancement of The nrinciples Of right Govern
ment, ana for the selection of the most Suitable
persons for offices to execute those principles
is the long standing and good old Democratic
plan and that is for the people of each district
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