The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1888-05-11
Friday Morning, May II, 1888
The Nomination for Congress.

The Nomination for Congress.
The Democratic convention which met III
Bel Air on Tuesday was composed OF earnest |
minded, representative Democrats, and we |
have no louht their action will meet with the !
approval of their fellow Democrats OF the
county. The delegates selected 10 represent
Hartford in the congressional convention were /
unpledged, except So far AS they may e con
strained by their desire To secure the numi T.
nation of Col. Herman Stump or by the reso
luton oi the convention endorsing him as u
nominee who would b" acceptable 10 Hartford.
The four counties comprising the congress
sional district have each candidate To pre-
sent 10 the convention. Cecil will offer the
name of Mr.. G. w. Cruikshank, the able and
fearless editor of the Elklon Democrat Car
roll county wants her favorite son, DR. Frank
4. Shaw, for II third term, and the delegates
from Baltimore county were chosen in the
interest of Hon. ]. &c. Talbot. The Har-
ford delegates will present the name of Col
Stump.
AS to the relative claims Of each county to
the nomination, we think those of Hartford
are the strongest. Our friends in Carroll
county have Ind the proud satisfaction of
seeing The district represented in Congress,
and well represented, by two of her foremost
citizens, Hon. Charles b. Roberts and Hon.
Frank r. Shaw. Besides, Mr.. Roberts now
occupies tue honorable place of Attorney
General. Our nearer neighbor, Baltimore
county has had her wishes gratfied by the
nomination of her luvOrite son, Mr.. Talbot,
for three successive terms.
Our friends in Cecil, we observe, are dspos-
ed to complain because they have not had the
Congressman since the Democratic party was
restored to power, but we think their com
plants are unjust. In the distribution of
offices they should not forget that dislin-
guished son of Cecil, Hon. james B. Groomc
during the period named, filled acceptably the
position of Governor and United States Scna.
tor, and is now Collector of the port of Bal
timore, lucrative and honorable place. Be-
sides, many smaller gifts of the party have
fallen to the lot Of Cecil county, so that she
has really no grounds for the complaint that
she has been neglected or her claims over
looked. Hartford, on the contrary, has more
reason to feel aggrieved at IL want OF consld-
Grafton by her associates in the district
Her wishes have been set aside, time and
again, when she presented for Congress can
didates the peers of those from any other
county in point of ability and devotion to
Democracy, aud we submit that this time the
nomination for Congress should come to Har-
ford. No good reason can be urged why
Harlord's claim should be ignored and we
trust our friends in The other counties will
recognize this fact and act justly.
The Deer Creek and Susquehanna Rail
road
Messrs. Cutler and Martin, engineers, with
Mr.. +. r. Williams, who have hecn survey
ing route for the Deer Creek and Susque-
hanna Railroad from Bel Air to the Susque-
hanna river, arrived at Stafford, last Friday
Starting nj the Y on the Maryland Central
Railroad, Il, Bel Air, the line surveyed rail- as
follows:
Passing through the lands of Col. i. H.
Webster, VIM. II. Doxen, Mrs. Mccormick,
IL.
ID. Lee, John Moores, r. John Rogers, VIM.
Oldfeld S. A. S. Kyle the Booth FARM wood
land belonglngto ]. c. Lee, N. W. S. Hays,
Jos. Loln, ]. II. Ball, Henry Ruff, Jas. Wat
tiers, Judge Walters, crossing the public road
between Joseph McGuigan's dwelling house
and Thomas Run NJ. L. Church Thence
through the Milton Bull property, the farm
formerly occupied by B. A. Sladc, the farm
belonging to the heirs of Stephen NJ Magraw,
Johns ii. Jannev, crossing Deer Creek on
the north side of Thomas Run crossing the
public road 300 or 400 yards above Priest
ford Bridge, and thence through the farm of
} Crawford Nelson, the farms of the late
james Silver, Gerard Cover, Benjamin Noble,
VIM. j. Hopkins, James GorrcIl, r. S. Nc
Mutt, Che old Josiah Lee property Isaac
Wilson, ID. L. Wilson, at Wilson's MIL, L. NJ.
Allen, David L. Price, Dr. David Harlan,
(the old Cumberland Mill property Jemima
Forwood, Ann Smithson the StafFordshire
Flint Company, E. NJ. Allen, to the Canal
Mr.. Cutler pronounced the route practical
BILE, the distance being 15i miles from Bel Air
to Stafford, and the steepest grade being not
over SO feet to the mile.
The highest point is on the farm of Mr.. s.
A. 5. Kyle, which seems to be all indispensa.
BILE point TO reach in getting from Bel Air to
the Susquehanna river, all of the surveysh ay-
ing included it,
1t was suggested to the engineers that
better route would be by way of Tobacco
Run, but to reach the head waters of Tobac-
co run would require wide detour to the
south and deep cut on the Churchville road.
Before any further surveys are made esti-
mates and maps of the route already traversed
will be prepared. AS we have said before the
the route which will be adopted-if the rail-
road is built-will be the one upon which
the largest amount of money is subscribed to
the capital stock and the most liberal public
spirit shown in giving the right.ofway
Since Senator Conkling's death an ex-
PLANTATION has been made of tho failure of
Conkling to support Blaine in 1884. 1t ap-
pears that when an appeal was made TO
Conkling to assist Blaine he promised to do
-" 50 ~>'N'N "ouIu VIM DCIsOUhl lpJlGT re-
questing bis assistance. Blaine wrote the
letter and entrusted it 10 his son, Walker
Blaine, to deliver to Conkllng. Young
Blaine mentioned the letter to the Republi.
can managers in New York, who thought fit
TO ignore Conkling and consequently the let.
ter was not delivered Blaine lost New York
and the Presidency and Conkling' 8 animosi,y
TO Blaine was intensified.
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The Republican convention of the sec
ond congressional district, which met in Bal.
tmore, on Wednesday, organized with DIR.
j. j. Weaver, Jr., of Carroll county, Pres
iden,, and w. Elwood Harry, of Hartford,
Secretary. The nominations for district del
egates to Chicago, were John r. Eusor, of
Baltimore county Samuel Roop, of Carroll.
VIM. +. Warburton, of Cecil, and VIM. NJ.
Marine, of Hartford. On the 19Gth ballot
Messrs. Warburlon and Marine were chosen.