Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-06-21

Co1uUHIcxrED.
CHARLoTTE HALL. Jsne ioth. 1877.
Mssws. Editors :-Ysur essssu9un-
dent being but . unit il the p0liticsl
Arena. has refrainsd unlil bon from en-
pressing his views in seg,rd 10 yoss
plan ola minority representation 4
our county conventions. From cod.-
versations with numerous friends and
the article ia your issue ofthe 7th inst,
over the signature Of O.. am induced
to hope that. lift is energetieslly can
vsssed, Il may yet have the benefit Of .
trial. have been - yet unable to end
the man, with the faculty of reasoning.
that 10 noe pleased with il. except . lev
perhaps that have IN axe to grind and are
sure Of being On the winning ssds un-
der the old segime. And then they
have no otkss sryumen. to Offer against
il than thst ''the majority must rule. :"
They seem tol lose sight ofthe fact tbatthe
minority rules - often - the majority
snder the present system and. a. man.
aged BY the wire-pullsrs. irequently
partakes Of the nature Of ths '.hsads ]
win and tails you lose" principle. !
Under the present system. il i pos
sible for one.fourth Of the votes cast 1t
our primary elections to defeatthe other
three-fourths. as in the case where four
districts elect by bare majority Of one
in each. and three districts cast their
entire vote on the opposite eide. But
under your plan, il is impossible for the
majority to lose, and at the same time
the minority must necessarily have as
fair representation as the losing side
can have under the present. Moreover,
under the present system, the minority
may have no hearing at all.
would respectfully suggest. for want
Of better name, an can't Primary
Election" to take place in the same
way as our primary elections, at some
time previous to the call of the Central
Committee, should one be made, for the
purpose Of ascertaining the sentiment
Of the democrats Of the county in refer
ence to the proposed change. ! am
satisfied that, if it is once
fairly tested. our people will never re-
vert to the present system of choosing
candidates.
A general scramble for office, as in
the days OF one party. must ever result
in disaster. Our present system is un-
satisfactory. And to secure the solid
vote Of the democracy, il is highly ne
cessary that the ticket should be brought
out through the agency OF some fair and
equitable plan. That We need party
for the Fall campaign, I
think with o. is beyond the range Of
argument"
II the democrats will hold together,
the day is not distant when The scum of
radicalism will be wiped OF our politi-
zeal escutcheon. Then, and not till
then, will the general scramble plan be
acceptable.
But l have wandered from the imme-
date purpose of this communication
have been requested by several friends
to place the following gentlemen, pro-
vided they will serve. in nomination for
the Office Of County Commissioners,
subject to nominating convention, viz
Jas. H. Alvey, J. Hillery Parsons. JEFF.
d. Loker, VIM. A. Loker and G. WI
Buckler.
The Office Of County Commissioner,
being taxpayers affair, il is very de-
sirable that none but substantial men Of
business capacity should occupy the po-
sition. 1.-THE above named gentlemen
will consent to serve, and there are but
the FIVE on the ticket, they can safely
bet their bottom dollar on the banner
district. Very Respectfully,
H.