The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1877-09-29
AN EXCELLENT PROPOSITION.
How the Different Elements Opposing
the Ring may be United.
WAvERLEY, BALTIMORE COUNTY,

WAvERLEY, BALTIMORE COUNTY,
September 25th, 1877.
Editors of the Union With your permission I
will enter plea for Cancellation, unity and victo
ry. 1 am well convinced that majority of the
voters of the county are opposed to the return of
the Ring to power and influence. This would be
demonstrated if there were but one ticket upon
which all people who favor good government, To-
cally, could concentrate their force. There
enough people of prominence and influence who
have sufficient interests at stake to unite the dis
cordant elements in this way, and, believe, if
necessary, to push aside the malcontents, whoever
they may be, and compel them to desist from de-
featng the purposes of the people and the interest
of the entire community, if they will take the
sponsibility of doing it.
With three tickets ir the field against the Ring
which it is supposed the friends of all three desire
to defeat, it will be singular if it does not succeed
in Selling power again. 1t is not pertinent to the
object to be attained-a union of all the opposition
upon a single ticket-to discuss here the relative
merits or dement's of either ticket or the power
and influences which brought them into the field.
But the vital question is, "cant all the opposition
be concentrated upon single ticket which might
be selected in such way as to be generally salts
factory to the friends of all three?" This is the
question of the hour. Why can't it be accom-
plished? 1t is fair to presume that all the gentle
men who upon the respective tickets do not ex-
pect to be elected matters stand, and it is lust
as fair to presume that they do not care to run for
the sake of empty notoriety. l believe there are
gentlemen all three tickets possessed of that
commendable, patriotic impulse which would
prompt them to voluntary retirement, if they were
convinced that by so doing it would produce har-
mony, unity of action and cheerful, cordial sup
port of proper ticket that would give promise of
pushing the reformatory changes that have been
made in the recent past. 1t is certain the major
ity of sentiment is running in that direction.
All it needs to put it into practical execution is
that it shall not be frittered away upon than
one ticket. This retirement from the ticket, as l
have put it, would be contingent upon the accom-
plishment of the ultimate purpose-the union of
all parties upon a single ticket The difficulty
seems to be to get the work started in a way to
prove successful. The problem is not easy of sou-
ton. While it is one of great importance to the
county, it is not of such Importance the settle
ment of the late Presidential contest the mode of
settling which is familiar to all the people, 1t, in
all probability, averted grave revolution in our
country. Why not let the respective candidates
submit the settlement of this matter to some such
mode of arrangement, all obgating themselves
beforehand to abide the result? Why not let some
person interested in good county government
and unconnected in any way with either ticket
solicit conference of all the candidates, or why
not let some one of the candidates who desires a
concentration of forces with them all to confer to-
gether? There might grow out of this conference
something which would bring about the desired
result.
throw out these suggestions for the purpose of
securing the object desired-success. There are
others who have other suggestions and they should
make them public in order that they may accom-
plish beneficial results. If everybody waits until
some one else moves there will be nothing done.
And what is to be done must be done quickly
The vast majority of the people have no political
interests of personal character to serve and they
are the proper ones to move in the premises. 1t
is to be hoped that union of all the opposition
upon single ticket devoted alone to the public
welfare be speedily consummated. Then the Ring
receives its ouetus HARuoNy