Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-08-03
BIuILT0V,S SIR BItX.


Binnon aud Wells in Aune Arundel
county puts new phase ~ Democratic
politics in this State. II has been ssm-
Cd. with much force. that this was al
advance guard fight between lInmiton
aud German TRUE. this view wG1 AID
l. more STRONGLY urged by the tEru,sn
men than by the Hamilton men. and
naturally 50 The latter now assert that
Hamilton was not in the fight at all and
that so far as they are concerned they
are glad BannOn il defeated, ~ they de-
not consider him a true apostle of rcEurm.
aud that his adhesion to the llaiailtonian
reform policy has rather weakened
their cause
However siis may be- people general
" have looked upon liannon as me Of
Governor Hamilton's right hand men
They believe that Hamilton helped him
out in his fight for the senatorial noni-
nation, aud thu bis defeat means a set
back for the Governor.
We say then this must make some
change III state politics. Up to a few
weeks ago there was possibility if not
probability that Hamilton would BE-
off, red the nomination for governor At
all events he was sufficiently strong to
luakc the fight AGAINST him a hard one
This Mr. German must have realized.
aud the fiat went firth ntU every euun-
ty that "IImitOn must go" We are
not autboriz d to speak for either Mr..
Iorman or GOV IlImilton or for any
one else. bot we do not believe Gov.
ilamilton h"'self has. aSSus,Ile within
~.s...u......,..s,D.sui-
M Sss. 80 months, desired re- non.
ration for governor. At all events we
dn not believe he has desired auything =,
more ,han'the offer Of a re- nom. nation )
wv the state convention From his own J.
ami those of his 'osest ,
friends We 10 not think he would have q
accepted denomination. lie has said
in the vigorous English sometimes call /
ed bad French) characteristic of the 4
man that. be would rather spcnd the
next four years in the hottest place '
khowR,tO theologians than in the office 7
he now hohls. Still he has been anxi
Gus to carry out bis policy, and his I
friends and the friends Of this policy
have thought this could best be effected 7
under his name They have, therefore, ,
iasisted that he should permit his name 8
ID be used as war cry in the fight
against the bosses, forgettin that they I
we're in'reality maguiying their favorite :
into boss. "
The friends Of rcform, or the advocates
&c a change in the state management, to !
put it more accurately, have, in the last
few weeks, been aparoaching a conclu
SION which must have amounted to
conviction on the reception VI last Sat
urday's news. that they cnulA' not beat
German under the nauir and leadership
of Hamilton, ami they will now pr ba-
bly, revise their plans if they propose t.
keep up-the fight They viii hardly b,
willing To CONFESS themselves routed yet.
aud We may expect to see the contest
carried on. as It should be, not in, the
namo Of any one man, but under the
direction Of the men. and they are men
Of no mean ability who have been fore
ing Hamilton into the foreground. liam
ilten will doubtless take Misplace among
them as a worker aad as out Of the rae
fT governor he will no longer be- the
bait for Mr.. Gorman's blows. and the
fight will be squarely made between the
presents state managers wi siiose who
desire a change-call it reform. or what
YOU choose.