Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-02-08

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per. in an editorial upoa the Gnber-
material oueasiou. nal 80 follow
ing criticism npou The cansidaey II
Mr. Wlliam MeKenhsy. u Qneen
Anne's, whose name has been soprom-
inentIy associated with the democrat
ic nomination. Says The Uaion:
I've are not posted in Democratic
secrets, but We have observed their
practices long enough TO learn that,
like the gnnnaEs OF the Susquehannay
they use dscoys put up to 20 ahead
and carry their counties some
dark horse, remaining under cover.
In this category. we think, belongs
Mr. McKemney Of Queen Anns'e. IL
II evident that neither Mr.. Mckinney.
nor lis friends in Queen Anne's ex-
pect or desire his nomination, and ii
II certainly manifest that it cannot
be accomplished If they do. They do
not desire it. because he and his
friends are professedly. and we he
Iieve truly. devoted followers and adj
herents Of Judge Robinson, from whose
vision q seat in the Senate Of the
u 5. haa not yet faded awav. Eomi-
nate McKenney and Judge Robinson
election to the Senate becomes m i'm
possibility. and cOnsigns him and al his
hopes for such perferment to Carpen-
ter's Island. without 80 much as q
shelter tent for protection against the
political storm of the future. They
don't desire or intend Judge Robin
cons overthrow, and therefore, don't
want McKenney nominated. But If
they do, they will not succeed, be-
cause that means the death of Mr..
German, Mr.. Hines, and the rest of
the boys-not made probable by
recent events. The fact that McKen-
ney and Hines are cousins will not
change the result, for Mr.. Hines il too
good q politician, and knows his rela-
tires too we'll to expect much from a
cousin, or the mild hammered gentle
man who would be the power behind
the throne. greater than the throne
itself. if Mr.. MeKenney should be
governor. The nomination of Mr..
McKenney can only be made by con-
ceding the COmptrollership to DIR.
Gale. Of Somerset, and taking a Wes-
tern Shoreman for Attorney General,
with O solemn contract for the re-
peal of the Eastern Shore law and
the election Of Mayor Whyte to the
Senate, with further possible pro-
vision that after thai, the law should
be re enacted Ia S.OGnn. But this
involves toe many uncertainties. On
the part of Mayor Whyte it requires,
first, bargaining and intriguing for
the place: secondly. breach of faith
towards his candidate for Governor
Mr.. Archer thirdly, the control of
the primaries in Baltimore and last
", the most improbable of all-it can
be accomplished only by marching
over the political grave of every Eas-
tern Shoreman from Cecil to Wor-
chester. . Then, it is reason
ably certain that Mr.. McKenney can
not be nominated, Why, then, is he
in the field? Simply to carry Queen
GAnne's county for Wm. T. Hamilton.
The farmer Of Washington county is
to capture the Western, while the
farmer of Queen Anne's goes ahead
and scoops in the Eastern Shore
counties and prepares the way for
the second coming of VIM. T. Hamil-
ton"
To these speculations, the Center
vile Observer, the democratic organ
Of Mr.. McKenney's county, replies /:
"Upon reading the above we called
at once upon Mr.. McKenney for his
views upon the article. That gen.
tleman authorizes us TO say that so
far as he and his friends are concern
ed the article is one entirely of i'm
agination, and has no truth whatever
in it. He is not the decoy for Gov.
Hamilton nor anybody else, and his
candidacy has no connection with the
candidacy of any other gentleman for
any other place. He is the bora fde
candidate for Governor, and is not mp
for the purpose of promoting or des-
troying the chances of any other per-
son. 1t is impossible to see how the
nomination of an Eastern Shoreman
for Governor includes "a solemn con-
tract for the repeal Of the Eastern
Shore law" nor the necessity for
marching over the political grave Of
every Eastern Shoreman from Cecil
to Worcester" 10 accomplish it. The
COMPREHENSIVE has come to be re-
garded as an Eastern Shore Office, at
the same time conceding the Attorney
General and Treasurer to the Wes-
tern Shore. The Governor belongs to
no section particularly, and can occa-
siopadily be taken from the Eastern
Shore. We people over here think the
occasion has now arisen, and Mr.. Nc
Kenney has been presented to the
people as the candidate of no faction
or interest, but "a one around whom
all the factions of the party can raj
ly. and to whom cheerful support
can be given BY every democrat. He
is not a member of any faction, but
has Glirays voted the Democratic tick
ct as nominated. aud always counsel
ell his friends to do the same thing.
He does not belong to the Hamilton
faction, nor to the German or
Whyie factions. and Of the numerous
letters received by him since his name
has been before the people quite as
many have come from one faction as
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