The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-08-25
Republican Harmony Disappearing.
Eocti0u Fights i'm Baltimore. Anne Arun'
HI Cecil and EISeWhere-Mr. Ores.
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ImdepemdentS.

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del Cecil and ElSeWhere-Mr: ores,
weirs Setback in CeciI-The COlOred
Independents.
Republicans of Maryland have been III high
| olee over personal contests in the Democratic
party, and have been talking extraVagantly
| about electing Republican Governor, OBJ
tanning controlling power IN the Legislature
and eIecting a Republican United States
Senator to succeed Senator Groome. The
Stalwarts and Half Breeds seemed to have
| barmonized and an easy victory looked prom
ising. Holton, Gary Creswell and others
MANNED affairs nicely. Holton, Gary S SON
! !n.Iaw. was to be Governor and Creswell was
| 10 no limited States Senator. Others of their
influential friends were to be nicely fixed IN
various places, and all looked bright and
! cheering. But Just now there does not seem
| to be so much harmony. Mr.. Holton has
enemies that will oppose his nomination, ana
will labor for his defeat, if he secures the
nomination Mr.. Creswell meets with so
much opposition in his own county, Cecll,
that he cannot get his friends nominated 1oF
/ the Legislature. He called a meeting OF
nrominent men of his party last week to patch
nm a truce. but it was a failure, and he Will
! he completely set back in the county. Col
/ lector Selman, the ardent supporter OF the
/ combination, will have some difficulty III car
! rying Anne Arundel; and if he should sue
! coed he cannot count upon sohd RepnDh-
can vote there in November.
Besides these drawbacks, the colored vote
will not be solid this year. \ call for a con
vention of colored people in September has
been issued, and the colored Independents
propose nominating state ticket OF their
| own. Ex-Colector Dity will in all probabll-
itv be their nominee for Governor, and he
| will make it particularly warm for Mr. Hol-
| ton. who will most likely be the regular Re
| publican nominee. Collector Dirty, whilst IN
office, gave recognition to the cOlored voters
Inv giving them places under him. Mr.. Hol-
ton had Mr.. Dirty removed from Office be-
cause he would not vote for him for congress,
! and both Mr.. Ditty and the cOlOred men will
be glad of an opportunity to punish Mr.. Hoi-
! ton.
The Republican managers see the hope OF
carving the Legislature fast going from them.
In Anne Arundel, where they expected the
Bannon bolt from the Democrats to be OF
much service to them, they are now face to
face with a serious split in their own ranks.
Dr. Tuck is the leader of faction who is
opposed to Holton, Sellman and that clan,
and wants to be Senator. If not nominated
he will undertake to defeat the whole Repub-
lican ticket He thinks he has been badly
I treated lOT SchcISl SCStlo: anu piOPO9N' "
have due recognition or punish the other
leaders He showed his strength last month
when he aided the Democrats to carry An
napolis, giving that party large majority IN
city that has been going Republican for
years by several hundred. The Sellman-
Holton faction say they will have nothing to
do with DR.. Tuck, and the war there has now
begun.
In Anne Arundel, too, where the Republi
can party numbers 1900 colored and 300
whites, the colored voters propose to ask for
nominations on the county ticket, and will
not vote if their request is not acceded to-.
They do the voting, and think eighteen years
long enough to work for the exclusive benefit
of the whites.
In Baltimore city the colored voters will
not be solid any more. Independent colored
clubs are forming all over the city, and they
have established a newspaper to further their
cause.
In fact there seems to be little harmony in
the Republican ranks anywhere, and instead
of carrying the legislature and electing Re
publican Governor, it now seems likely they
will make poorer showing than they have
done for years.