The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1884-08-29
Political.

Republican primary meetings were held
in Baltimore county, last Friday and Satur-
day. All the districts sent delegates to the
county convention favorable to the nomina.
ton of Mr.. T. G. Blair, of Baltimore county,
for Congress.
Mr.. Hart B. Hoton said recently to a
representative of the Sun:
you may state emphatically, that | am
not candidate, nor will l be under any circum-
stances. / am tired of political life and am
also tired of being pulled and hauled about by
politicians. | can occupy my time to better
advantage by looking after my private business
and keeping out of politics."
Somebody else will have to open Repub.
lcan bar'l in the fifth district, this time
The Republican newspapers should ex-
plain why so many iron furnaces are closing,
under the present high tariff on imported
iron, thereby throwing thousands of needy
workmen out of employment 1t was sug.
gested by speaker at the late Hartford coun-
ty Republican convention that the tariff on
iron is not high enough. That is to say,
farmers should pay more than they do for their
farming implements to benefit the grasping
iron monopolists.
Tits understood that number of Balti.
more county Democrats will in few days
address letter to ex-Judge Richard Grason,
requesting that he will enter the congress
sonal contest against Hon. j. Fred G. Tai.
bolt. A reply will be made to the letter, in
which it is believed that Judge Grason will
allow his name to be used, and if such is done
the contest will settle between Mr.. Talbot
and Judge Grason, both of whom have q
number of warm personal friends and sup.
porters.
The New York Sun lends its support tc
Ben. Butler, and the cruel newspapers are
printing extracts from articles published in
the Sun few years ago on Gen. Butler, in
one of which Ben is pictured as rejoicing in
his own shame, coming money from open
venality, scoffing at religion. cowardly by
nature, mereenary from habit, and destitute
of one ennobling quality" The San, in ex
cuse, says it knows Butler better now tEan il
did then Perhaps its judgment of Cleveland
may also berevised when it gets to know him
better.
Senator German, chairman of the State
| Central Committee, has requested the mem
bers thereof to meet in Baltimore on Monday
next, September 1st, to take the necessary
steps to call a new convention. When asked
| if it might not be wise for some one to give
that contest shape, so as to prevent injury
to the party, Mr. German said: mo. My
| experience has always been that the only
safe way to get party out of trouble is tc
submit the question to the people withou
much management, and there will be no diff
Guilty in the end"
| The Blaine managers, after dickerin!
with Butler until he was persuaded to accep
| his numerous nominations and run fusiol
tickets in the interest of Blaine, now flint
that the well-laid scheme will inevitably in
jurc the Plumed Knight, and perhaps defea
him in Michigan, Wisconsin, Kansas and II
linois. Secretary Chandler is therefore re
ported as having made an unsuccessful effor
to persuade Butler TO abandon his fusio
electoral ticket and run straight Butler cleo
toral tickets in all the States 1t is likely t
be case of the engineer hoist with his owl
petard."