Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-06-09

Both Democrat and Cyphef altempt 10
defend the management Of the party IN
'79 by calling attention TO the fact, that
in that year, the nominations were
made under the " Crawford System,
where each aspirant had an equal show"
And | would ask, pray, for whose paTtic-
ular benefit was this system adoptedthat
vear1 Was not the Office Of Register Of
Wills the only principal one fol which
there were two aspirants in the party :
Were there not otheraspirants Tor the leg
islature who were generally admitted
10 be better suited Tor the position than
those whom the "clique" pushed for
ward But did r. use his influence TO
get these men before the people Was
not his reason for not pushing them for
ward due 10 the fact that he could not
use them as easily as he could the 9TH
ers ir electedi Did he not see that TO
push these men forward bis own cleo
lion would not have been SO much ben
Gifted as il would il the others be selec-
ted should be on the tlcket3 VIVA; is
this but sacrificing the general welfare
and success Of the party TO personal in-
terestl
contend that even under the Craw-
ford System each asplrant does not have
an equal show, nor are The interests OF
the party advanced if the ticket is per-
mitted To be "made up" before ii is
placed in the hands OF the yotersFa ma
iority of whom do not botherthemselyes
much as 10 who are candidates by self
interested politicians, who place there
on not those who are best suited TO the
places-who can add dignity to the
ticket in point of ability and competen-
cy-bui those who can WELD the largest
amount of political influence, which
seems to be the highest standard Of their
competency. But Democrat and Cy-
pher both admit the defeat was due to
democrats acceptngrepublican endorse
ments, and | will tell them that the
kind of management referred to above
is the very thing that has caused the
change-the discomfort.
In further answer 10 the charge OF
Encouragement in 10, Democrat in
stances the campaign OF 10. What
this has 10 do with mismanagemeni
several years later, / fail to discover.
WHY, Democrat, do you not perceive
that by such argument you plainly beg
the question that you taeilly admit
the truth Of what You attempt TO DIS
proye Because man does not com
mt a wrong IN one year, is il logical 70
conclude that under different eireum-
stances he will not commit a similaI
wrong several years lalcr' But since
YOU have called attention 20 the date
and so strongly proclaim the honesty o.
that election, ! would ask who was II
that sold out 10 the Republicans o par
of the Democratic ticket Who vast
that formed combination with the en-.
envy at the cost aud sacrifice Of a par
of The Democratic ticket Echo an
swers--Raley II is asked II my op
,ag,tino- 10 IIsnl,la =, 49, A-----.y ~.
| Of sound judgment will perceive that
oppose neither through spite, but both
from an honest condemnation on prin.
ciple. | oppose Henke because be il
a thoroughbred politician. no statesman.
because my humble judgment and com.
mon sense teach me that 10 advance the
interest Of good government, we must
have IN our National Legislature repre-
sentatiycs Of the latter class, not of the
former. "Apah from ably and truly
representing u.s. etc. Able, indeed.
must be considered a representative
| whose voice IN the National Assembly
was heard more frequently at The roll
/ call than in the disc ussion OF national
topics The mere fact that represen-
tatiye did not disregard the faith re-
| posed IN HIM, or make a wilfuIl and
dlsgraceiul waste Of the publc's mon
ey, Is not all that IS required OF him a.
a Congressman. Democrats ideas Of
the essential characteristics and duties
OF representative ia Congress must be
limited, indeed, il an observance OF
faith and an unwilhngness to squander
the pubIlc's money, in addition 10 as-
sIstng IN passing a few approximation
bills, which have no doubt was a po-
litical "catch, constitute model Con-
gressman--a worthy representative Of
an intelligent people. An attempt il
made TO reiute my assertion, "that Mr.
Raley had lost caste with the partv."
by instancing his success in the Raley-
Henkle Us. Dent contest as confined 10
ST. Marys county. Now, any one who
is al all familiar with the English Ian.
guage could see that when | sad "wilb
the party" ! meant the leaders of the
party. Allthat your example proves is
that X. has some strength IN the Dem
ocralic party Of St. Mary county, but
surely the learned writer could moi have
supposed for an instant that would
have committed the objectionable error
of thinking the ruling power in the par
ty was confined TO the narrow limits Of
st. Mary's county. Evidently the wri-
ter is under the mental delusion that
Mr.. is the Democratic parly-that he
carries it in bis breaches pocket His
premise IS too narrow to Justify his con-
cluslon. But do not need argument
TO support my assertion---the truth Of il
is known 10 all in any ways familiar
with Stale politics, and am rather sur
prised that one who processes TO be such
politician should have displayed so
much ignorance. am also accused off
"displaying ignorance i'm regard fo the |