The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-08-18
The Republican Strife.
Will Col. Webster he COerced by G'Or
greSSIman EEOItOn-S Friends.

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From the Baltimore Dun:
The talk about anything like harmony pre-
vailing in the Republican ranks at this time is
the veriest twaddle. The feeling in this city
between the followers is as bitter as ever. 1t
now looks as though there would be an open
rupture at an early day between the forces of
the custom house on the one hand and the
post-Otiice and internal revenue departments
on the other The custom house people, it is
asserted, will not allow the control of the city
convention to pass into the hands of the Hol-
ton men without a struggle. The colored vo-
tiers are up in arms and say that they have re-
VOTED and at their State convention will de-
clare in favor of the nomination of full in.
dependent ticket except in cases where they
feel satisfied to indOrse the Democratic can
didates. They say that it is out of the ques-
ton for them to support any Republican can
didates this fall after the way they have been
treated by the bosses. All down the Eastern
Shore there is great dissatisfaction among the
Republicans, and in Anne Arundel, where
the bolt of Michael Bannon has given the
Republicans so much pleasure, a fight is brew
ing, which is bound to disrupt the party and
make its vote smaller than ever before The
same influence which led to the overthrow of
the Republicans i'll Annapolis is at work. and
he can against the Sellman interest. He was
in town the other day in conference with peo-
pie opposed to the Holton influence, and
there is no doubt he intends to fight hard at
the coming Republican primaries both for a
county ticket and delegates to the State con-
vention. In Howard county there is the
same influence at work, and Mr.. Orson Adams.
whose peculiar party methods have recently
been explained by the Day to the intense
qualification of other Republicans in the coun-
ty who would lead its affairs, is going ahead
settling up ticket for himself and Holton.
A friend of Mr.. Adams has given it out that
they intend to manage things as usual in How
ard. Major Joseph Carter, of the first dis
trict in Howard, was in town the other day
and expressed plain opinion of Mr.. Adams.
Major Carter and his friends intend to make
hight against the bank Inspector, it is under
Stood
All this doesn't look like harmony. pure
and unallowed, land developments are expected
in the city soon which will cause all appear
ances to be thrown to the winds and war to
the knife will be declared. There is "a we'll
founded impression that prominent Republi
cans who do not favor Holton are getting tired
of him figuring as the only Republican who
has a chance for the nomination for governor.
and that they will soon speak their minds. /
Day after day 1t is represented that he is the |
only candidate and that the rest of the party
must take him, for no one else can be nomi- |
mated. Col. Webster has. it is stated. other
preferences, and Mr.. Archibald Stirling is a
Shaw man, or was the day the State central
committee met Col. NALL would, of course.
prefer some one else, even if it isn't Col. |
Trail, and there is a suspicion that these gen |
tlemen Will unite on that some one else,