The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-04-12
Powhatan. I'd District.-The polite

| POwhatan, I'd District.-The political cal
dron has begun to boil, and will continue to in
crease its caloric as the time for holding the pri-
maries nears. Now the best thing for the Repub-
licans to do is to keep COOL and let petty pre-
judice, political preferences and chickering's warp
| the judgment to destroy the present harmony OF
the party. As the district primaries the foun-
| datiOn stones upon which is erected our great
| National party edifce and from which defeat or
victory springs, hence the necessity of selecting
true and tried men at the primaries to go to the
| county convention. Then each county conven-
ton, being composed of men Of brains and of un-
swerving integrity, having the good of the party
at heart, will select only such men to the State
convention as are trustworthy. No doubt, then,
the delegates from the State convention to the
National convention will be of such calibre as to
select leader, not only worthy the great party
he is to lead, but able to achieve for it grand
victory. To the furtherance of this most desirable
end it is essential that the delegates elected at the
primaries to the county convention attend in per-
son. In many of the districts colored delegates
are selected, but certain party automatons go in
stead as proxies. Through these designing, in
triguing, manipulating proxies the conventions
amount to but little more than rabbe. The will
of the people is set aside, thwarted disregarded
made to subserve the selfish purposes of the
proxies. Then let none be elected at the prima-
ries but those who will attend the convention in
person.
party, is unit throughout the country and in
splendid fighting condition. Hence it matters not
whether Blaine, Logan, Arthur or Sherman be
made our armor- bearer, victory will be ours The
Democratic party, on the other hand, is divided
on the tariff and at as to O leader. They have
tried the father of Repubcanism-Horac Gree
lcy-and failed. Mr.. Tilden is too decrepit In
fact if they could not win with the father of Re-
publicanism, how can they expect to win with a
Bayard, Payne or q Ben Butler.
No doubt the Hon. Hart B. Holton will go to
the National convention delegate at large
Others spoken of desiring to go, all of whom
are good and trustworthy men, but they should 60
unpledged, ready and willing to listen, not to die
tate terms to such States as New York, Ohio, etc.,
as Maryland in the electoral makeup will count
but n cipher.
The literary at this place is uncomfortably
crowded every Thursday night. The lecture of
Rev. d. Jamison, on the subject "Go Ahead" was
interesting and beneficial and replete with appli
cable repartees, that made it very enjoyable.
The I'd district temperance alliance has not been
holding its regular meetings lately, but waiting
to what the Legislature would do in the prem
Uses. Now that the session of that august body has
closed, and in many instances the will of the peo
pie treated with silent contempt by their public
servants, the alliance will resume active war
fare against all such. business meeting will be
called to elect delegates to the State convention
and prepare programme for future operations
An entertainment will be held at st. Luke's church,
on the 10th of April which promises to be very
interesting. Hon. VIM. Daniel, president of the
State Temperance Alliance, spoke at Mt Pisgah |
tabernacle last Sunday afternoon, to a crowded |
house. He gave a succinct account of the temper
ance work in the State. He said "this Legisla- |
ture not so bad after all, as it had given us |
twelve bills. The Senate was with us but the |
House against In short time" con-
tinued he, eve will have eighteen counties out Of
twenty three, then it will not require stretch of
Imagination to behold the result" A lady from |
Ohio, the most eloquent female orator in the coun-
try, and a noted orator from Kentucky, will adj
dress the convention.
The cotton mill at this place. which has been |
running but four days in the week, is about to
shut down for the present. 1t may start up short
ly and it may not.
1t is regretted very much in this community by
many that no other good Democrat could be found
in the community to be appointed register but
man that runs gin-mill Why it is bad enough |
to have such a nuisance in our midst, preying
upon the morals of the community like buzzard,
much less to compel men to go there to be regis
tered or else lose that greatest boon of an Ameri
can ctizen-his franchise. Certainly Mr.. 0ffutt
made a great bunder in recommending such
Dne, if he did it, and it will no doubt have ten
iency to blight to extent at least his future
hopes in this end Of the district. Both parties
oud in their denunciations of and their indigna-
lion at such an appointment 7.