Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1883-03-23

the greatest detection exists.
The Baltimore Sun to whose efforts last
fall, more than to any o her agency, is due
the great detection IN the party in Balti
more city, has recently busted itself in in
terviewing the prominent leaders in The
different factions of the party as to tie
best means of restoring harmony, and has
laid their views before its readers. Sena-
tor German, the chairman of the Demo
cratic State Central Committee. spent sew
eral days in Baltimore last week investi
eating the political situation. Although
he refused to be interviewed, the Sun OBJ
Gratis with whom he had couvsrsed and
published them in its columns. Mr.. Cor
man was of opinion that the party in Bal
timore city must be entirely reorganized
and suggested = plan for accomplishing
the same. He also expressed a purpose
| if the city organization continued to he
arrayed into two hostile factions, to call
upon the State Central committee, which
will soon be called together, to take ac-
tion in the premises.
The San also interviewed Mayor WHITE
and Gen. Brad 'sy T. johnson, the latter Of
whom professed to express the views Of
Gov. Hamilton also, in regard 10 the mat
ter. Both of these gentlemen appeared to
admit the feasibility of the plan of reor
ganization in the city proposed by Mr.
German, but both of them Iesen ed the
proposal of the interference of the State
Central committee, as an undemocratic and
unauthorized interference with the right
OF local selfgovernment 1t must he I'M
derstood. however, that such action on
the part of the State committee was only
proposed by Mr.. German as an alternative
in the event that The city organization
should continue to be kept asunder by the
hositilities of last fall. SO as to prevent
harmonious ac ion on itspart The views
Of Mayor Whyte gave unmstakable evil
dences of personal hostility to Mr.. German
with which in the present emergency the
people have no manner of patience. The
views of Gen. Johnson and of Gov. HIM
ilton, whom he professed to represent.
while manifesting in a lesser degree the
same spirit of unfriendliness to Mr.. Cor
man were, however, temperate and judi
cious.
Tn he frat nj he
Hamilton will not be candidate for re-
election, and expressed the opinion that
the question of the gubernatorial candi-
date ought to be left to the untrammeled
choice of a representative convention Of
the people, and that when such conven-
ton fairly nominate a candidate for Gov
ernor it will be the duty OF all party men
to give him full, frank and hear sup
port In response to the question if it
was practicable to get such free conven-
ton, Gen. johnson said:
1t is perfectly prs cticable il the solid men,
the intelligence, patriotism and virtue Of the
party will take the trouble TO exert themselves
only little. The machine is broken ia MARY
land. We have all heard of gentleman who
was promised the appointment of Governor by
the late managers for superserviceable zeal in
their employment. But il is absolutely certain
that any candidate that is put before the people
with the brand of the machine on him in this
State will be beat at the polls The ndepen-
dent mevemen' last fall showed this | believe
from 10, 900 to 1900 as good Democrats rs
ever voted joined with the Republicans in elect
ing the Independent ticket. They believe in
I -
they will not submit to its manipulation by
BOSSES. Ibelieve the combination pas grand
mistake. But they were angry at the perpetual
and reiterated outrages on fair dealing in part,
matters and in their rage they smashed the
machine. II struck henry JIo,c at Democratic
supremacy in the city and State. The same SEN
timent operated all over the State Some Of
these Democrats, and all Democrats, are Offer
ed fair chance in the party The great body
of them will unite in the organization, and the
patriotic and well-meaning members Of it can
send such convention as | suggest, and that
convention will restore public confidence to Us
and secure long continuance of power.
The views of Hon. Barnes Compton were
also obtained in an interview, which we
| publish in full elsewhere. 1t will be seen
from a comparison of the views of these
leading Democrats, that they all concur in
the opinion that Democratic supremacy in
The State is threatened by the existing
state of affairs that The only way to avoid
the impending danger is for the intelli-
gent and respectable members of the par
ty in every section to turn out in full at
the gubernatorial primaries, to send re-
preventative men of character and judg-
ment to the State convention and to earn
estly support the nominee Of the conven-
ton. They al concur, too, in the opinion
that the greatest point of danger is in Bal
timore city, where The unfortunate combi-
nation of las year 80 seriously disrupted
the party. They al concur that prompt
measures must be taken to res ore harmony
there, though they differ slightly as to the
means of accomplishing it. The counties
of the STATE have right to an assurance
that harmony viii be restored there, be-
cause it is we'll known that the detection
which was created there last fall will be
sufficient to turn the State over to he Re
publicans. 1t is to be hoped, therefore,
that prompt measures will be taken by the
city Democrats to secure such harmony
and give the counties assurance thereof
| For US of the counties, all we have to do
is to turn out in full force at the prima-
ries and send representative men to the
convention.