The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1878-11-16
MoMENToUs EVENT, ETC.

The Washington correspondent of the Balti
more American, writing under date of November
Sth, gives the above highly mOmentous and i'm
portant information, with large caption, saying:
Collector Thomas was in the city to-day, and
after transacting some official business at the
Treasury Department, called at the White House
and took lunch with the President. Referring to
the contest in Maryland, the President expressed
his qualification at the election of Mr.. Urner in
the Sixth district; and as to the general result,
the President observed that the great victory
achieved last Tuesday by the Republicans would
tend to solidify the party, and put it in the best
trim for still greater victory in $780,"
We feel confident the lunch cOmpOrted in every
respect to the dignity of the occasion and sat-
isfed the important information impaired of so
momentous a fact will be welcome intelligence to
the nation. How could it be otherwise? 1t is a
rare thing for so distinguished parsonage to en-
joy the honor of lunching with so exalted an Off
cial. =
1t must also have been very gratifying to Mr..
Thomas to find his Excellency so well pleased
with results of the recent Congressional elections
particularly the triumph of Mr.. Urner in the 9th
Maryland district, who was nominated independ-
emily, and wholly in disregard of, any aid asked
from Mr.. John L. Thomas, his ring the State
Central Committee, all of whom, finding they had
no other possible resort, were obliged to become
mere subservient followers and endorse Mr.. Urn
er, or step out in the cold. We are much inclin-
ed to believe, and should have deeply regretted
the fact, had the distinguished henehman been
permitted to control affairs of the Republican
party in Western Maryland he and his special
few friends did elsewhere, Mr. Urner would have
failed in getting the nomination; that a Demo-
crat might be in his place at present as is the
in every other Congressional district trough
out Maryland where the Collector and his bench
men endeavored to exercise their mighty influence.
We may say here, just now, firmly as We are
attached to and believe in Republican principles,
that other leaders than Mr. Thomas, Mr.. R. Stock
EFT Matthews and more of the same sort we might
name, must be seen at the head of our great pha-
Ianx before its adherents can hope for triumph
in this Commonwealth. They have been weighed
in the balance and found wanting.
Instead Of the Republican party in Baltimore
and Maryland being "solidifed," obedient to a
hope expressed by President Hayes at the lunch
ing of Mr.. Thomas, it has been segregated by bad
management upon the part of the Custom House
clique, headed by the Collector of the Port.
There is, beyond question, good, strong, in
emf, conservative Republican party in Mary
but its lack of unity or disposition to har-
re is the result Of egregiOus mismanagement
ant of confidence, to a great extent in men
BE its leaders. We feel hopeful, how
-esidents desired qualification will be
when the period arrives approving just
titan management as that which nomi-
tied Mr.. Urner, independent of and
ON dictations of tsgssentleman so
ed recently by lunching with his Ex-
( the White House.
IS bold, energetic, intelligent and honest
lead in management of the Republican
men who can command respect and conf
with the people; men of high tone who will
ss gentlemen to reliance upon them and
evil be no longer a split-up, dsintegerated,
dissatisfied, inharmonious, weak and defeated Re-
ublican party, as it has been and is now in Bal
imore and other parts of Maryland