Democratic messenger., 1881-09-10
Harmony all Along the Line.

Democratic nominating conventions
having already been held in Baltimore
city and nearly one half of the coun-
ties, we are enabled to see wherein lies
the vaunted strength of the o. l. DIS,
and in what quarters they propose to
wage their reasonable warfare against
the Democratic party.
In Baltimore city, after months of
wrangling among themselves, and after
numerous "dark- lantern" meetings,
they have succeeded in securing the
consent of nearly enough fossils to fill
up their still skeleton ticket III sev-
eral wards they have boldly and un-
blushingly used the names of gentle
men who had already received the reg
ular Democratic nomination, and the
remainder of their still incomplete
ticket is made up of "soreheads" and
chronic seekers after Offices which they
never got. OF course it could not be
expected that the regularly nominated
Democrats would refuse to let the O..
l.. d. S vote for them N November.
They could not prevent it if they
would but we have no doubt none Of
them feel honored by such an enforced
preference. Certainly it would not
have been proffered in a single instance
if suitable persons could have been
induced to accept the barren honor of
straightout O J.. d. nomination.
Anyway, this is the situation of that
traitorous faction in Baltimore they
have not yet been able to string to-
gether complete ticket, even after
months of effort; and a considerable
portion of that Incomplete ticket is
made up Of regular Democratic nomi-
nees. For the rest, the election re-
turns in November will show that the
"soreheads" on that ticket will find
themselves utterly unrecognized by
voters and many precincts, and will
likewise be thoroughly disgusted at
the meagre aggregate of their votes in
the city AT present it is evident that
they have not corporals guard there ;
and it is quite probable that when
election day comes the only corporals
left to officer the handful of misguided
privates will be found to be the two
who manage, or want to manage" :"
political affairs in Baltimore city, but
hold their voting residence in this
county.
Outside of Baltimore city, thus far,
the only ticket nominated by the o..
L. DIS is in Anne Arundel being
that aggregation Of political wisdom
which the Baltimore SIM accurately
describes as "thc Benjamin Tongue
ticket" OF the methods by which it
was formulated, we have already spoken
fully. Gifts prospects in November
well, our microscope has gotten out OF
order by our frequent use of it in en-
deavoring to ascertain the where
abouts of the faction and the size of its
principles" Both these matters are
so inhnitesimal that our once power
full microscope has become exhausted !;
and we are sure it will continue to be
too weak to discover the minute guam
tity of votes that will be polled for that
minute faction in November. At pres
ent there are frantic appeals to the
Republicans not to nominate ticket,
but to bring up all "Africa" in sup,
port of the Benjamin Tongue ticket. !"
If any such corrupt bargain be con-
summated, our microscope may not be
needed: but even in such event our
regular ticket will boom up grandly
with at least thousand majority for
Heating and true Democracy.
We see, then, that only in this coun-
ty and in Baltimore city have the O..
l.. DIS made any sort of success in the
formulation of tickets In the other
counties where nominating conven-
tions have been held, they made, here
and there, some feebly spasmodic
efferts, but were severely sat down
upon every time. Utmost harmony
and Cancellation have prevailed, and
the regular and pure Democracy has
had no difficulty in asserting itself and
in maintaining its honorable suprema-
cy.
And there is not shadow of doubt
that there will be like results in all the
counties where conventions are yet to
be held. In fact all the trumpet blow
ing to the contrary Notwithstanding,
there is not any "split" in our party
worth being the least anxious about.
That there are some malcontents and
"soreheads" we admit but they are
few and far between, and their boasted
"power" consist chiefly of large
amount of ''cheek" piled upon a very
scant surface. ce.-''Maryland Republi
can"
TIE MELLOW HARVEST Moon
| 1. Gill; IL AZ.