The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1885-10-30
TO THE PEOPLE OF HARTFORD
COUNTY,

Mr.. EDITOR: On the first of August was an
active participant in the nomination of n ticket
for election on Nov. Sd. My faith in the Demo-
cratic party convinced me that n ticket COM
posed of gentlemen of high character, fully and
entirely meriting the support of Democratic and
Independent voters would be nominated. That
faith was justified. The Democratic ticket is
worthy of the support of the voters of this coun-
personal character of this ticket.
a few days ago heard vile ISLANDERS uttered
against the personal character of two of the gen.
tlemen on that ticket. Though indignant paid
little attention to the reports, knowing such
R arS ap S bose
repeated by men whose motives are usually
honest, my voice was raised in their defence, as
l have never observed anything in either of
those gentlemen to justify the charges, and
have known one of them intimately since my
boyhood. refer to Capt A. L. jarrett and Mr..
Robert Carman. My confidence in Capt. JAR
EFT was not shaken.
Not having an intimate acquaintance with Mr..
Carman felt it to be my duty to make inquiry
into the charges against him, as could not vote
for any one guilty of the vices charged against
Mr.. Carman.. / sought information concerning
the charges from the most prominent and relia-
bic gentlemen of Bel Air, where Mr.. Carman's
public record is best known MesSrs. Henry ID.
Farnandis, Henry W: Archer, A. Preston Gill
bert Geo. L. NanBibber, Herman stump Ste
venson Archer, j. Il. G. Hopkins, Thos. Ii. Rob-
inson, +. w. Baker, w. Smithson Forwood, Geo.
+. Walker and others, assured me in the strong
est terms that the charges are utterly and alb
surdly false These gentlemen state that since
Mr.. Carman has been living in Bel Air he has
conducted himself in the most upright and re-
spectacle manner, and is regarded as one of the
most efficient and conscientious Deputy SheriifS
that has ever served the people of this county,
and by his attention to business has won their
confidence. These gentlemen whom l have
named as authority for Mr.. Carman's character,
are sufficietly well-known to convince the people
of Hartford county, especially Democrats, that
no man would receive their endorsement unless
deserved.
Among other objections to Mr.. Carman it is
said he is not native of this county. Admitting
it, did not Mr.. Ball emgrate to Hartford from
New Jersey? But this is no argument against
either gentleman.
will give one instance where Mr.. Carman is
encountering opposition growing out of his very
efficiency as an officer of the law. warrant
was issued against one Jacob Armstead for vio-
lating the local option law. In order to execute
the warrant Mr. Carman lay for three nights ex-
posed to Indictment weather, and did effect Arm
stead's capture. The consequence is Armstead
and his friends are in violent opposition to Mr..
Carman. Do the people of Hartford join in such
opposition for such cause?
Capt. Jarrett needs no defence from me. His
defence lies in the hearts of the people of Har-
ford county, who have too high regard, too
strong affection for him to give heed, now in his
old age, TO sanderous reports against his person.
al character, There are too many people in+his
rett with grateful feelings to admit of hfs polit-
ical opponents making political capital of this
malicious, contemplate, personal abuse Mr..
Henry W. Archer said to me he did not believe
there is man in the county who has rendered
as much gratuitous service to so many people rs
Capt Jarrett has, in his official capacity.
\ word to the gentlemen who are the pro-
claimed advocates of temperance. Do not be
lured into trap by the Republican party. Your
cause it does not seek to promote. 1t seeks to
regain that lost power it once exercised so arbi-
trarily in this county. The sting of its arbitrary
measures yet smart in the hearts of many.
Can the Republican party claim to be the
champion of temperance? Did not Demo-
cratic legislature give you the local option law
you asked for? You say the law is not executed.
Why? Because jures cannot convict when wit
nesses perjure themselves. Yet you would sad
die this failure to execute a law on the shoulders
of a Democratic Sheriff and States Attorney.
This is unjust and unfair. Mr.. Carman never
shrank from executing n warrant placed in his
hands. He has risked his life more than once to
arrest violaters of law, add he will be found
ready, when elected, as he will be, to do all that
a sheriff can and ought to do to sustain every
law upon our statute books.
GEO. II. STEPHENSON.