The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-09-14
The Republicans Muddled

The second act ofthe Custom House play
took place in Bel Air, on Monday. 1t has
been loudly boosted that the late Republican
convention had placed so excellent a ticket
in the field that the public would be blinded
to the bare faced methods of "bossism" used
in its selection. 1t appears now that the
whole thing is too heavy and is dropping to
pieces of its own weight The break was
started by Mr. Kirkwood, IL candidate for the
Legislature, who declined 10 serve. This
necessitated II gathering ofthe managers here
on Monday to I'LL up the breach. Not sim
gle cOlOled Republican was in the "meet," that
element being now apparently excluded from
all select Republican conferences. As the re-
dispatched to Marshalps district to seek a
man who would stop up the gap in the Gus
tom House ticket, and Mr.. John r. Ward is
reported to have been selected, to fill Mr..
Kirkwood's place.
1t also transpired that Mr.. Joshua G.
Smith, Republican candidate for Commission
er from Dublin district, would also decline
the honor and Mr. Michael Whiteford was
on hand pushing his chances The latter, it
seems, will be selected by nomination or en-
dorsement, later in the campaign, as may
seem best for the purpose, to fill Mr.. Smiths
place.
This is conspicuous example of the great
boast that the Republican ticket is composed
of men whom the Office has sought, and not
men who seek the office.
Still another detection from the Republi-
can ticket is imminent The candidate for
County Commissioner in the third district is
said to be not well pleased at all this "swap-
ping of horses in crossing the stream" and
threatens to vacate his place upon the ticket
This, up TO this time, is the position of our
Custom House friends. Truly, n pretty mud
die it is, and now, what is the cause of all
this, and what is the matter? Plausible rea-
sons by the score will be given for the facts
above narrated. But the true cause of the
disruption of the Republican ticket is appar.
cnt to every one. This is not square, fail
Republican ticket. 1t is a Custom House
ticket. gotten up in the Republican party, and
it fails to command the strength it would be
entitled to command as Republican ticket
Many Republicans are unwilling to be drag
ged to the support of merely part or {
faction of their party, whilst they are totally
ignored in the choice of candidates. TIT
pn1nra1 nlnnnnt hair vnt
opened to this fact, As one of them remark
ed in Baltimore, this week at mass meeting
of colored citizens: "Thc colored pcopl,
have lived on promises and it is time fol
them to demand proper recognition will
their ballots" Neither the colored voters no
a large mass of the white Republicans hay,
had proper recognition in the bare-facet
fix up of the Republican ticket in this coun
ty. That is the reason, and it is good one
too, why many of them hesitate to lend them
selves to forward the schemes of a faction o
their party particularly when those scheme
all centre upon the selfish end of benefit t,
one man.
All the blowing of horns, and beating q
drums and boasting of Republican Custom
House organs that can be be brought to bea
will not float ticket weighted as this one is
Intelligent voters of Hartford county will re
fuse their sanction to such schemes. Tn
last act of the play will be fashioned some
what after the model of the falling of til
grand stand at lIavre de Grace, and on th,
9th day of November next the crash will
come and II great many people get bruised.