The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-08-21
OAKLAND LETTER,
Tile Coming Elections In Maryland
Candidates in the Field-PerxonaI.


Candidates In the field-PersonaI.
OAKLAND, Mn, August l9.-Political
more than society news now engage the
attention Of the people, and as the season
advances and the time for the meeting OF
the nominating conventions draws near
the interest increases and is rapidly be-
coming the chief topic OF conversation
amongst the citizens. The coming elec.
tion is not only one Of importance be.
cause OF the officers to be elected-Con-
sressmen and Judges Of the Court-but is
of especial interest in consequence Of the
passage OF law at the last session OF the
Legislature requiring IN entirely new reg
istration Of all the qualified voters in the
State. Great anxiety is observable in
nearly every one to know what effect it
will have on the vote and TO see which OF
the parties, il either, will be benefited.
The registration officers have been and
are now engaged in the work
imposed upon them by this law,
and, judging from what has been done,
the indications are that large number OF
persons in Garrett county will not register
and the vote will necessarily be compare.
lively small. Many naturalized citizens
have lost their naturalization papers and
will not 80 to any trouble and expense to
procure copies Of them or certificates Of
citizenship, which mast be produced 10 en-.
title them to be registered. Particularly
does this appear to be the case with por-
ton OF the German clement. The Repub-
lican Judicial Convention OF this district
will meet ut Hagerstown on September l3,
and the Congressional Convention Mt
Frederick September 20. The district pri.
maries and county conventions have been
called TO select delegates to represent the
various counties in the nominating con.
ventions, and rs result the aspirants for
political honors are looming up more prom.
lnently than heretofore, but as as yet quiet
has reigned amongst them; from this out,
however, greater action will be displayed,
and the expectations are that the contest
will assume quite lively aspect before the
NOMINATIONS are made, especially OF the
Congressional canvass can this be said.
Only three or four seem to desire the
nomination for judges, and William
J. Reed, Esq, of Cumberland,
for Chief Judge, and Edward Stake,
Esq, OF llagerstown, for Asso-
ciate, will, in all probability, compose the
Republican Judicial ticket. There is now
little or no opposition 10 these gentlemen,
and nothing has been developed. to indi-
cate possibility OF any other nominations
being made. They are very popular, and
the counties composing the Judicial Dis.
trict being Republican. there is little doubt
but what they will poll a very large vote
and be elected, although Read will have
opposed to him, on the Democratic ticket,
Hon. R. Fl. Alvey, the present Chief
Judge, who is one Of the ablest judges, and
one oil the most popular men in the State.
! For the Congressional nomination there
are more aspirants, every county in the
district having one or more, and the contest
will be much more spirited and the result
much more uncertain. ;(55; iese z
Amongst those prominently mentioned
in connection Herewith are Hon. Milton
G. Urner, OF Frederick, the pres.
ent representative, Hon. LLOYD
Lowndes, Jr., Of Cumberland, an
ex.Congressmnn, Hon. Louis E.
McComas, OF ;Hagerstown., who was can
didate, and was defeated six years ago by
Hon, VIM. Walsh; II. Wheeler Combs, Of
Oakland, on the Presidential Electoral
ticket in 1850, and Francis Miller, Of Rock.
vile. Urner appears to have made him.
self unpopular to some extent in the Yves;
okE ts,,a 4
has many warm friends and strong ad.
herents), and will hardly have sufficient
strength to secure the nomination. OF
those named Lowndes seems to be the
favorite, and the strongest man in this sec
ton. He is popular, very strong amongst
the Germans; is wealthy and it is the opin.
ion that he will poll larger vote than any
one. else, consequently appearances favor
bis nomination. But any one OF several
named, il nominated can be elected ualess