Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-07-08

The only notice Of this primary eIee-
| tion vouched 70 The publie. and che
Democrats party, ether than those in
The secret uas The Es,lIowing which ap-
peared unostsntatiously in the adversis-
/ ing eolumns Of The Snn On the morning
of the 18th. of which the following i
almost fac-simile:
~ NOTlCB.-An ELECTION win Be heia
On THIS WEDNESDAY, Jane 10, 1850 in
the SEVENTEENTH WARD, at the Cos
erect market betwesnz b. o. In c1elock'
nocn and O'Clock r ~, Tor The purposs Of
ELECTlNG FOUR DELEGATES 70 MEET
IN CONVENTION on WEDNESDAY, sep
sent she Fifth Congressional District In The
Congress q the uniled States.
BY order.
E.H. WALTER,
r.. A. 0BRIEN,
JOHN 2. WEYLER.
iei5-ts Members Of Stale Cenfral Committee.
II will be observed that though the
Congressional Convention Is moi 10 be
held until the 1st day Of September. and
primaries we're 70 be held for no other
purpose on the 10Th, vet the Central
Committee for that Ward thought pro-
per, for reasons which The public are
justified in inferring from their subse-
quent conduct, 10 call this isolated pri-
mary election two months and a-hali
prior to the meeting Of the nominating
convention. Had the primary meeting
in this ward for Congressional delegates
been called al the same time and place
as were the primaries Tor delegates to
The State convention few weeks ago.
as was done in some counties we be-
lieve, the excuse or public convenience
in having only one primary election.
would have been ample. But We are
reliably informed that Mr.. John n.
Weyier, the chairman Of the Central
Committee for that ward when an
preached on the subject of calling the
Congressional primary, gave every as
surance that il should moi be called un-
Ill the latter part Of August. Yet with.
out any pubic demand or discussion or
any reason known to the public the
primary election was suddenly and on
one days notice called to meet two
months and a-lIalf before the day Of as
sembling of the nominating convention.
From the same papers We learn that
DR.. Henkle then in Washington attend
ing the closing hours of the session OF
Congress. which adiourneda at 12 o. clock
Of Wednesday. hearing OF the call of
the primary Tor Wednesday evening,
hurried 10 Baltimore and made a written
protest before The committee against
this unseemly and untmeiy haste
Mr. @. Blackstone Of 81. Mary's coun-
w, who was also m Baltimore did the |
same thing in behalf Of Col. John +.
Dent Of that county, who has aspira-
tons for the Congressional nomination.
Other aspirsnts tor this honor, Messrs.
Marbury Of Prince George county and
Wilson Of Calvert heard nothing Of the
call Ior the primary in the seventeenth
ward until q was al over and Of course
none Of them had any opportunity OF
making the slightest canvass with q
view Of obtaining the favorable consid-
Grafton Of the people of that ward or
taking any steps in their Interests. All
this ives Get lorth in the protests, bot
no attention was paid to them. Dr..
Henkle then named ticket and in ae-
cordance with the established rules and
custom asked that he be allowed to
name one Judge and one clerk 10 see
that bis interests were fairly dealt with
81 the primary election. This was ac-
eeded to at first. But when the time
came for holding the election and Il
became apparent to those ward manip-
ulators that the popular indignation was
aroused and they were in danger Of be-
ing beat at their own game. they per-
emptoFily refused admittance 10 the
room or 10 take any part in the election,
to the Judge and Clerk selected by
DR.. Henkle IN accordance with usage,
fair play and the rules OF the city con-
vention. Upon this all contest was
abandoned and the primary was held
entirely under the auspices OF these re-
doubtable ward managers, who made
return Of upwards oi SIX hundred votes,
Of which ticket favorable 10 The nom
inaiion OF Gen. A. G. Chapman received
40 votes and that of DR.. Henkle the
balance.
Now we do not mean 10 charge Gen.
Chapman with being party to this
outrageous and indecent fraud. We
know he is an ardent politician, we
know he is very much in earnest in
promoting his laudable ambition. but
we do not Tor moment believe that be
would do thing like this. II be i
capable Of aiding and abetting such 3
scheme, we are most woiully mistaken
in the man. But that this shameful
manipulation Of the primary election
was done in bis interest and that Il il
proposed that be shall be the benefci-
airy OF the outrage j. unquestloned end
1t behooves him, or his friends Tor him,
IL they do not uphold the outrage 10 put
ia speedy disclaimer.
Such methods may suit The political
atmosphere OF Baltimore where ward
packing and ballot-box stulEing has been
reduced to ine art, but nd man who
upholds IL can at the same time expect
10 bold 90 10 the respect Of decent and
far minded people in this latitude.
We do not believe that any delegations
of gentlemen from this county. however
warm and xealons in behalf Of General
Chapman's nomination, can be found
who viii tolerate such IN outrage b.
admitting 10 seats u the convention men
elected in this way. We speak warmly
On this subject, but We speak ID the
interest or The whole party, for what
will become Of II IL matters like this
are 10 be permitted 70 20 unrebuked J