Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-09-12
Correspondence Of the Beaeoa.l
GINrowa, Sept. 2. 1873

GINrown. Sept. 2. 1873.
MRssas. EDTTURs.-DEsR SURs.-
In accordance with our resolushuns, we
du awl we kud fur our party. stteH-
ded our primarys on Saturday, August
24th. We had considerable tork, and
did good deal OF planing for our kaIa-
pane this Fall. Befor we attempted tU
organize and white we wur making az
rangements the Republicans kummen-
sed kuning in, for you see they met on
the same day.
Gud day, ses Mr.. Snodgrass tn wun
of their leders. What ses you ia jim
ing our cur kavalry as rekummended
By the BEKUN? Oh ses he, kant think
Of it. Your horses ar tu bard to ride.
Oh no, ses Mr.. Snodgrass. / du not
think they ar. What makes you think
soi Ses he, they have bin framed tn
foller so menny leders. with such diff
ferent Ideers, that they shi when you
ar not thinking about il, as they ar
bound Ia folier the ledeT whose horn
sounds nearest tu them. Tu illustrate,
ses he, if yon go East YOU viii find
Tildsn aad a host NV utbers who veil
hard money and full rekognishun nv
the Konstitushunal Amendments. TO
West and you viii find the Ewings. the
Thurmans; the Hendricks and voorhees,
hugging their rag babies and indulging
tbe fond hope that when those prodi-
gies uv their brains shall reecb proud
mans estate, they kan each uv them
purchase a presidenshal chare. 60
South aud you Will still hear The OK
kashnnal crying Nv the rag babies, bii:
the chefe sound will be the neighing Nv
the CRATE demokratie scar horSes-Har-
ris, Tombs, s. Co.-who spend their
time kussingth the Konstitushunai Amend
ments and Niger voting. Gentlemen,
if | knu which track your horse wud
take it wud be sumthing else, but am
rather afrsde Nv him. Well, ses Mr..
Snodgrass, if you wont jine US you
needn't ekspekt eny Nv the spoils.
Well, we du not, ses he, but fyou men
wnd du as you have bin den By, you
wud give US gudly share. With this
the konversashun ended.
As two Nv our men who had bin riding
Henkle horses were gettinga little skary,
lestibey shud hythe trak when the Harris
horn wus blone, and as they began to
shake and trimbIe vIsibly, we kenkluded
ia finish our bisiness as quickly as pos
sible. Now / wished tu be a delegate,
but sum Nv them sed it wud not du. as
Hot Box had sed wus oppozed TO Mr..
Harris, and il wud not du iu offend him
as he had wurked very hard and rote
gud mehy rey-y efecffre articles fur the
party in 1871. Wv korse i YIELDED fur
the gud av the party, tho wus as red
dy and willing 10 rise and heller fur
Harris and vote fur Henkle as env Nv
them, yet we shud anyways yeeld when
there is eny danger w offending grafe
and true dsmokrafs, so we orgaueyesed
and elected our delegates. Shortly ai-
ter the Republicans dIa the same. and
We wus awl sune wending our way
homewud.
As il WIS sed to be nnwise fur me tu
attend the demokra;ic Couvenshun. /
did not go, tho wus very snkshus tn
form the acquaintance Of Ealum, sae
crate politishun. | proposed to Mr..
Saadgrass ~ 90 "a. tasgs anlhe day that
the republican Congenshnn net. 4
thort perhaps we mite Kill two birds
with wun stone. ] kud bckum ak
quanted with Ealum, and we mite awl-.
so have sum influence With sum nv the
delegates, and thus get weke man 10
oppoze Henkle. lie konsented TO 20.
I had not bin in town long befor be
kane and tugether VIC went in surch
Nv EaIum, bu. found he was not in town,
which wns CRATE disappointment | as
sLure you.
We then turnea our astenshun tu the
delegates and thort that we did sum
gud, but kant tell vet. Hope It viii
not be sekund disappointment. lYhse
looking around We found MF. Tocmkins.
who is Ealum's deputy. lIe acts for
him when absent. After torkinr surs
time N the strefe. We repared 10 bis or
as, and then We had konsiaerahle tork.
lie lafsd about the way We fgled she
niggar.
Sed he. We told them what sSe had
done ard what We wud du FOR them ii
tie way nv edguSasbun. yet We siedi-
" 90 On Fedasins the appFopriashun Tar
ileIr sAulss. leu see Il wont ID III
e6yukate them Ia much; thev wlai sGne
understand our ;Fiks. We endeyor IA
make iAem csy koHserning their rite ir
vote ret We still kere our Old laws.
They uy korse ar dorm rnt acw, but We
may sane be rbie IA yuse them. He
tell shesa thai Mr. Harris i "a ell fczy
and that no ~ua pays eny attenshan /.
bin. Vel We endorse fssn- We profess
10 ts their friends I've shua be- yet ws