The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1882-09-23
A LETTER WHICH THE AMERICAN
WOULD NOT PUBLIeH.
The following letter was sent to the Baltimore
Amerieaa on the 18th instant:

The following letter was sent to the Baltimore
Americaa on the 18th instant:
SEPTEMBER l9rH, 1889.
Editor Anaerieam In your editorial Of the 18th
Inst. you say nothing but malicious spirit could
have prompted the authors Of the statements that
the Republican Executive COMMITTEES Of Baltimore
county intended fraud when Il appointed the pri.
mariss In the LIST and 18th districts for Friday,
Sept. 10Th. day in advance Of those In the other
districts Of the county; that the date was lxed TO
suit butchers and market gardeners who are most
numerous In those two districts and who have
business In the city on Saturday; that the county
committee violated the instructions Of the Repub-
lean State Central Committee ~ 90 date BY mere
inadvsrtence, and that chairman Peters had called
meeting 10 correct this error before any CON-
plant was made. You also published In your
issue Of the 18th inst. . card from Mr.. Peters Of
similar purpoTt Now. considering that furnish.
cd you with copy Of the correspondence which
appeared In the Herald Of the 18th inst, showing
that therc are far H'ore butchers aad market gar.
deners ~ ths I'd, Sd, Oh aad i?h than IN hs lsf
and l3h Districts Of baltimore county, which fact
must be well known 10 you ~ journalists indie
pendent Of any assertion Of mine. might fairly
rotor, that nothing but malicious spirit could
have prompted your editorial.
II Is perfectly manifest that both you and Mr.
Peters err In assigning \ reason for this action
Of the county committee desire 20 accommodate
the butchers aud market gardeners; while I am
fully justified in assuming that the real purpose
the same one that caused similar action in 1850
and then flooded the lst and 18th districts with
Democrats, repeatcrs and nor. residents, who
sweled the vote as returned for Mr. Ensors ticket
10 several hundred. when the evidence produced
at the Frederick convention showed that honest
returns would have given less than thirty votes.
You and Mr.. Peters also err In saying that the
action % the county committee was not intentional
and was taken In ignorance Of the resolution Of
Nha Han (.u A. al.
primaries for the 30th inst. Al the meeting of
the county committee on the 9th inst, called the
attention Of the county committee 90 this rcsolu.
ton Of the Republican State Central Committee,
whsreupon Mr.. Ensor. who though not member
Of the county committee, aJsoIaieiy diefaf,s it,
srery action, tried 90 expel me. q lawful member
Of the committee. from the room. There would
be no dispute possible 60 this fact had not the
doors of the committee room been closed against
the gentlemen of the press at Mr. Ensor's request
aud against my protest.
You and Mr.. Peters err also in saying that Mr..
Peters of his own motion took steps early last week
a. correct the mistake of th. county committee
No action was taken by anybody until after my
letter Of the lith inst. O. Mr.. Stockbridge called
forth from that gentleman the letter 81 date
addressed 10 me. in which he denounced the action
of the county committee ~ "disorganiEing, dis.
turbing. ruinous, and after he had also addressed
n similar letter 60 Mr.. Ensor. mot Mr.. Peters
he recognized the boss of the county committee
Then Mr.. Ensor ordered Mr.. Peter. TO reconyene
the county committee. which. when IL met on sat
urday. again closed its doors against the reporters
by Mr.. Ensor's wish aud against the protest of
those who had nothing TO hide from the public.
Col. II. y. Taylor offered certain resolutions. n
copy Of which ! herewith enclose. establishing
precinct voting and guarding against fraud. They
were centemptuously rejected. and when Col Tay
Tor asked for them in order 10 have them publish
ed. the secretary had mislaid them. Ne he did m
important paper in iss0 upon which the whole
legality of the contested elections in Baltimore
county depended. when these resolutions were
rejected and precinct voting denied, our friend.
endsavorei To have the primaries he'd a; central
points. but Mr.. Ensor said no. and the committee
obeyed. The lst district. for instance. il divided
into three preenets-tho first in and about Carroll.
the second in aud about CatonsVille and the third
in and about Gray's Factory, near the Howard
county line our friends desired TO hold the pri-
maries at Gainesville, which l. central, but Mr..
Ensor had IL fixed at Carroll. which IL at the ex
treme eastern extremity Of the district. at least
eight miles from the people Of the 81 precinct and
fully twelve miles from those Of the I'd precinct
who live on the White Grounds.
will merely add that all that honest Republi-
cans in Baltimore county ask j. fair primaries and
fair treatment by the press. You will Of course.
therefore. do and my friends the justice To pub
lish this. You have been fighting ''bossism' for
long time and IL Is astonishing TO End you sup
porting II In Baltimore county under its worst and
most ofiensive type. Very respectfully.
j. SoorT MERRTNAN.