Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-10-28

sue Of the 7th insf.s there appears ="
article over the signature Of John L.
hs,lburn. 10 which BIZ complains because
Of the card which had published 10
the Baltimore Sun Of The 23rd ultimo-
This card was addressed TO the SH" Tor
the purpose Of correcting statement
made in that paper Of the 18th oil Sept.
that ,.John T.. MIlburn, on the part Of
81. Msry's, nominated Col. Fred. Stofe
a the Convention held al Laurel on the
dav before" Now, II was not my OBJ
Il cs 10 detract from Judge MilbuTn any
honor which may have been due nim,
bot simply 10 conyince the friends OF
Mr.. Stone tha. did make an effort TO
induce Mr.. Sl0nestreet 10 allow Mr..
stones name 10 be presented TO the
Convention as being willing to accept
the nomination. and in dong this, be-
Iieved ct the time, snd do nov believe,
that had Mr. Stone consented 10 serve
a. The candidate that he would have
been dominated, and he would have re-
eeived the paFty support OF DR.. Wilmer,
our present able and popular candidate.
Bot Judge Milbnrn says that dad not
nominate Mr.. Stone, but Endorsed him
un,y, as he did also. after be had been
nominated by Mr.. Wilmington, Of A. A.
county. Now, il hes been The practice
Of Conventions which have attended
when the counties were called to make
nominations for some member OF The re-
spective delegations TO rise and name
some one who may be the choice Of his
delegation, and ii The county last called
name the person which proves to be the
choice Of the first county, this fact dad
n1r could not detract any honor which
NAV have been due for making the
nomination. Now, admit that Mr..
Wilmington nominated Mr.. Stone on
the part OF Anne Arundel couniy-the
counties were then called in order. and
each county named some gentleman as
its choice, when ST. Mays was called
(being the last county,. | waited re-
spectabIe length OF time for Judge Mil
burn TO speak, but not doing so or evin.
cling any desire 70 do SO, arose, and
after speaking in praise WORTHY terms OF
DR.. Wilmer, nominated Mr.. Stone, be-
cause believed him to be popular in my
county. After the nominations were
declared closed lull in the proceedings
followed. Mr.. Wilmington came over to
where Judge MiIburn and myself were
sitting and remarked as near as ! can
now remember in the following words:
"WeIl, gentlemen, what are we to dol
I see but one alternative, and that is to
vote for DR.. Wilmer" To this Judge
Milburn, to my understanding, agreed
10 do. Alter this, leaving Judge Mil
burn and Mr.. Wilmington still talking
about the matter. / went over TO MIR.
Stonestreet and the following converse
ton took place-"Mr. Stonestreet, don I
YOU think Mr.. Stone could be persuaded
10 accept the nomination Z" 81 am very
certain, Mr.. Graves, he could not be iu-
duced to accept even IL he knew hrs
election would be certain" then left
HIM fully satisfied that il would be no
use to waste the time by dominating
Mr.. Stone. Before having any further
talk with Judge Milburn the vote was
called, and after Mr.. Wilmington had
cast the vote OF his county for DR.. Will
mer, I felt morally certain that il was
fully understood that st. Mary's was to
vote for Wilmer also. When st. Ma
rvs was reached on the Secretary's
roll, Judge MiIburn asked me to cast
the vote, and did so, and for DR.. Will
mer. as l thought had been agreed upon.
Judge Milburn says he TODD me to
cast the vote, etc, | deny that ke told
me in the manner in which he wishes
il 10 be understood by the public. for
this would be in the nature OF COM
mand, liberty do not allow 10 Judge
Milburn or any one else. After the
vote was taken, but before 1t had
been announced. MIR. Butler remarked
that ne did not wish his vote recorded
for DR.. Wilmer. | suggested TO him
that he better 60 to the Secretary aud
have il changed, and no sooner bad he
done so than Judge Milburn did like
wise. The above are the facts as near
rs can remember them.
But really was not aware that Judge
Milburn was so entirely satisfied with
the report of the Convention at Laurel
that any correction thereof should SO
terribly excite his ire. Had have had
the least idea that lac desired no change
in the reports made by the papers, l
should have written no card to the Sun.
But if | am laboring under mistake
when say that nominated Mr.. Stone
on the part of ST. Mary's, the San and
the american have fallen in the same
great error, for they say that Johh L.
MiIburn on the part Of st. Msry's NOM
mated Col. Fred. Stone, while they had
Just before stated that Mr.. Stone had
been nominated BY Mr. Wilmington.
They seemed to have recognized the
fact that each county had The right and
did nominate candidate. The only
error in the statements Of these papers
IL, Judge Milburn's name appears where
mine should have been. Judge Mil
burn says he Endorsed the nomination
of Mr.. Stone when made by Mr.. Whit
tington. This he might have done, but
II Judge Mllburn addressed the chair
for any purpose at that particular time,
/ was both deal end blind. While | am
sorry. Messrs. Editors, that my card to
the Sun has given offence to Judge Mil
burn, | shall in the future, as / have
done in the past. consider it my duty to
correct any statement in which my name
appears where another's ought to be.
am very certain had been arrested
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