Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-02-05


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.zlessvs. EaIsiors .---If = well knomn
there are some defscts in Cur present
scbosI lac, but since We are bpggars
end not rhoosers. anY attempt 10 agiiate
the opening Of tAe school question on
the par Of The representatives Of The
poorer counlies might terminate. mate
rally, % or disadvantage. As money
is the great motive power Cor running
/ the schools, and as We receive, eFatui-
tously, (alihoosh under general uni-
form systeml that money from the
weather. portlonsoglheS State, itisto fhe
Representatives OF such portions. we
should lease the school question, con-
tending % COR part only for uniform
system ofresenue distribution. These,
sud these only. are the reasons why /
indoFse the present cho0l-law--faken
as . srkois, II eguifa5ly adminisfered.
Now. slnee . q Progress says.
agree vii fsm on Ire main point atis.
e-the srI.os = --aAt BE has little
oIt . 60 Niih ne. Try generous. 4
must adm. Then Why & Il be thinks /
an greatly inctnsed & his eo.nmunica-
lions On the school question:
Since Progress" stiIl contends that
Mr.. Holmes vote shows a vindication
Of the School Board, and as / have mis-
apprehended him In his base Of draw
ing comparisons, ! am quite willing 10
follow hsm on bis own ground.
The official returns Of Bird, 4ih and
9Th, districts give Gary 500, 200. 1876
--6S6. Holmes 388. 217. 2l8-S23.
differences in his favor Of 1856 votes.
evidently Democratic, but no eentle-
man OF judgment would for a moment
entertain the idea that Mr.. Holmes re-
ceised the unanimous support Of the
republicans in these districts. "pro-
gyess' admits that n. lost IS IN kse GA
district. Then il must be conceded
that be received a greater democratic
vote than the judgment Of Progress"
awards. Now, Il "Progress'' l. moi
overscrupuious, ] will make him =
wager OF two beers" that the name OF
Holmes appears on more than 1856 Ham
iltou tickets cast in the 3rd, election
district III the late election. I make
this wager, with the pr0viso, that .tht
loser make public the count when rem
deTed by our courteous Clerk, ]. r. +.
The astonishing revelation made by
sProgFess" that there was issue be-
tween Holmes and HsmiIton-Legisla-
tive and Observation-Disclosures the last
campaign, upon the administration oil
school affairs in our county, is something
new. Really, Progress Is on the
progressive. | was under the impress
sion that the issue was between Holmes
on one part and the Democratic Legis-
latave nominees on the other, although
one OF them was known TO be adverse
to the School Board administration. he
having acted as secretary OF the large
indignation meeting held at Leonard
town about eighteen months ago, and
the supposition is, that said conspi-
cuous act gave him the greater part OF
his majority over Loker at the late cleo
ton. AS we have considered Holmes,
in part, we will now take up the Ham
ilton and Matiingly vote as per Official
returns, and We find the LIST, 2nd, Ord,
9th and 9Th, districts giving Hamilton
1876. l69, TT, 136-1016-Mattingly
III, 124, 357, l5S, 102 -S52-showing
conclusively, that MattingIy received
1874 votes less than the Democratic
strength IN 5 Of The 8 election districts
in the county. But IL Is reasonable that
some republicans voted for him in the
5 districts named, consequently more
than 1874 democrats must have tailed 10
support him in 8 districts.
We vii next consider The Hamilton
and Loker vote rs officially returned,
and we find the lst, Bird, 4th, 5th, 9Th,
7th and 9Th, districts giving Hamilton
1876. 500, 256. lit, PA, 1869, 1885,
14S6-Boker 100, S27, 1875, 1854. 178.
131, 1l4-1222-showing Loker to have
received 264 votes less than Hamilton
IN Z Of the 9Th districts in the county
II would be but fair to allow Mr.. LokeI
. small republican vote, and then he
would fall considerably behind the
Democratic strength in the county. !.
OF Mr.. Graves, although elected, lit
tie can be said, other than that he felI
behind his party strength in nearly ev-
cry district in the county. Certainly,
he received but few, if any, democrat
ic vote-but we do think It shows
weakness on the part Of bis contestant
10 base his claim 10 seat on the ground
OF fraud clearly shown TO have been
perpetrated By some unknown and
unscrupulous members ofhis own ICON
testant's) party. II is too frivolous,
too fhia. The majority of the Demo
Gratis in the county can view il in no
other light and would. should the Leg
islature nnseat Graves. look upon their
action as casting stigma upon the es-
cutcheon OF The time honored Demo-
cracy of the "Old Pilgrim county"
X. Y. z.