The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-05
FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR.
WILLIAM N. GIBSON.



Mr.. Z. Irving Dilty, q pronounced Repub
lcnn reads tbe nnl,ica, rocord of Mr. uol.
49, VI MA Lava
ton' the hepupllcan candidate for Governor,
in the following manner.
az ost r,,,.t,a,,,,,.,,.
ti.I'ot ns ,,hnI 49,, ~ It 10 siio meahesl
n t ID WHY tne hepuolicah purity nus ever
anrsaPpo,t -, f.nn Is purity en-
previous political record that was at ali credita
pie, ana was entirely unknown prior to his
brother in.law and a. HAVING heem santcd in ihe
State Senate, not because he was elected by the
xiv Of his suecnssf"i o e o1Soy
1Iolton's nomination last fall was procured by
o oPe, o"trageoas iraua ana Violence and his
strength, but to that of other candidates on the
lickct ana 10 the further TACT that there was
the fifth district There is notbinp in Mr. un H.
toms past record or personal character that will
"Mr uoIton vii, | s,,ar ,no p "o doo, e
to secure his election At party meeting held
AZ A. me Carroliton Hotel on September 10, 1882,
mated tIe Marty fnnd wonId nor he co,ied nnnn
10 conduct the campaign, as he would furnish
81 do nnt thins Try pe,,,,,oon ,,o,,ot will
get any.of the Democratic vote which belongs
10 .ne feiori, element OF ,hat party, Tor Hoiton
doing TO the very worst member of the Demo,
cratic ring. l think there will be great deal
er narty viii east its t"i strength even tor an
otf,year vote. The reform element of the Re
iaat aroat ra wv, ho, i a,uy az n1'i,o III
Der have said they will cut their tickets"
The Maclin case to which Col. Ditty re-
fers relates to the State election of 1864, when
Hoton was candidate for election to the
State Senate from Howard county, and was
defeated by the Democratic candidate, Little
ton b. Macin. IIoltom contested the cleo
ton, and on February g. 1860, the State Sen
ate, by a strict party vote, placed IIolton in
Macin's seat, on the ground chat Littlcton
Macin was not duly elected as Senator for
Howard county, being disqualified by the 4th
section of article of the constitution of 1864,
(for alleged 'dsloyaiy,) and is therefore not
entitled to n seat in this body"
This is about rs concise and exact an ac
count of the mysterious manner in which
Mr.. Holton moves, his political wonders to
perform, as could be given in the same space
1t shows Mr.. Holton, from the mouth of a
prominent and influential member of his own
party, TO be true disciple ofthe Hayes wing
OF Republicanism. He started in his political
career by usurping and enjoying a position
in this State to which he was never elected
After the manner of Hayes in 1876 he was
simply counted inland worse, if possible,
n
-, a,oo,;o
"l oi.''"'
ii these are The reforms meant by Republi-
can platforms and speakers, preserve us from
such
Mr.. r. Stockett Mathews, whom the Re
pubicans nominated for Attorney General
was few years ago named by the President
to Il Federal judgeship in Maryland, but was
so obnoxious to his own party that Repub-
lican Senate rejected his appointment Now
Mathews in turn refuses the nomination of
his marty. Wisely rejecting the place with
inevitable defeat staring him in the face, Mr..
Mathews lets off his wrath in quite an explo.
sve manner in three hours speech in Ma
sonic Temple, Baltimore. The explosion
however is as disastrous to his own friends
rs to his old-timc enemy, the Dcmocracy,-
Surely Mr.. Mathews, when he uttered the
following, "shot an arrow oyer the house,
that 'struck several of his brothers" Mr.
Holton not excepted, pretty hard blow
He says:
1--WE have seen our strength dissipated wear
after year because we have few trucking
hepu I4;a VINO wan" n ONCE wv ene we,
voies of his ow-citizsns he shonId lu 'mv
that he has clean hands," &c.
Mr.. Holton's candidacy, measured by these
utterances, does not seem to be upon the
highest level.
The influence of such State ticket must
be felt in the county contests. The platform
laid down as defining the principles of the
Republican party has nothing new in it.
Mr. Holton in accepting that nomination
told his hearers that the best he could say to
them was that he would carry out the prn-
which he claimed they had failed tn 1o