Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-04-18

Inc pleodiu gathering, yCltpl tue IlePuo-
lican County Convention, assembled in the
Court House here on Monday last for the pur-
pose of selecting four delegates to represent the
republican party of Charles county in the State
Convention to be held at Hagerstown on Thurs
day, May LIST, and four delegates to the dis
trict convention at Annapolis on Thursday,
April cath. As usual in these gatherings
there were about four negroes to every white
man and these were there to do the will of a
couple of the leaders who had the program cut
and dried many weeks before the convention
met. In this county as elSew here throughout
| tue country there are two factions of the repub-
lican party, the stalwarts and half breeds, and
the stalwarts who controlled the convention
ere favorable to sending delegates to the State
convention in the interest of President Arthur,
while the half breeds favored Jas. G. Blaine.
The Grand Mogal of the county and Naval
officer of the Port of Baltimore, came down on
Saturday and had himself elected a delegate
from Port Tobacco in order that he might run
the convention to suit himself and do the speech
making that was necessary to carry the day.
The convention organized by selecting W. E.
W. Rowe as chairman. AS soon as he took
the chair DR.. F. NJ Lancaster, the leader Of the
half breeds made a motion to take recess for
an hour in order to give these delegates who
had not yet arrived an opportunity to get here.
This motion was bitterly opposed by Messrs
Wilmer and Stonestreet, who having given the
delegates their instructions before the conven-
ton assembled and placed the ticket they were
to vote in their pockets, did not think it safe
to allow the opposition one hour to tamper
with their feelings and probably get The ,icke,
from them, so they moved TO table motion 10
take recess, which Was carried. Dr.. Lancas-
ter then moved that a committee on credentials
be appointed who retire and report on the
validity Of the delegates 10 their seats. This
again brought DR.. Wilmer TO his feet and he
claimed that as there Was no contest there was
10 occasion for the delay by the appointment
Of such committee. Dr. Lancaster replied that
in all deliberate bodies il was customary and be
asked hing harsh or unjust but simply that
custom be adhered to, This debate then led
to ordinations and recrminations between the
leaders and many personalities were INDUCED in
DR.. Lancaster accused Wilmer of leaving home
at the very time the people he now protested 10
love so much were most in need of his ASST tnn,e
while he (Lancaster) remained al home and
administered TO their wants he further accus-
ed him of sending men and money from Balri
more and Washington irio the county on thr
day of the prima les with printed tickets in
their packets to humliase people al home
and carry the day in his interest, also of carry
ing The will of this convention in his vest
pocket, and using it as he saw FIT. DR.. Wilmer
replied in one of his characteristic speeches
in which he said that DR.. Lancaster had been
elected by our peop'e four times 10 public Of
6ce ~hile he (Wimer) had never held an Office
from the people He said that when he first
approached DR.. Lancaster and asked him TO
join hands in The reput licnn cause be tl.ancas-
ter) had res lectfully declined, but the seed sown
had taken root and developed in time and hr
had been honored four times with n seat in the
Legislative halls. He then went on aud told
my friends all about the assassination of
Lincoln that day being he 10Th anniversary
Of his DEATH and VIII Il Lincoln, the Republican
party and DR. Wilmer had done for them This
was toe much {, r their feelings and they cheer /
ID the DR.. Justify. DR.. lancaster saw he fight .
was up so he gave in and The program as pre-
viously arranged by the leaders was carried .
ouf. The names of the two sets OF delegates
% a printed ticket Wa, hand,d around and the
'ollowing deIegates were elected BY forty votes
he FIVE votes of Harris Lot district being cast
blank: To Hagerstown: DR. Geo. n. Mudd,
W. E. W. Rowe, 3. G. S,onestreet, H.
Wade. To Annapolis; Bernard ke~, Jas. NJ
Harvey, L. A. Wilmer, George |. Chspp.lear
Thus it will be seen that the Dr. is invincibly 1
md cannot be beaten among my .friends."