Saint Mary's beacon., 1889-09-05

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Ss man should publish any article con-
tainisg insulting personal allasiens or At
tacks cvon another he onghs, think, to
sign his l>~i nsnae, 50 that The person as
sauIsed mas have The opportunits Of cali
ing for recsction or satisfaction Bat
otherwise think perfecfl5 fair lor him 20
adept The anons .uous mode or sign bis
name as he chooses. Inmy card there j.
certainly nssshing personaaiy insulting ID
regard TO Mr. Holmes. All appear % be
legitimate references and Ssgaments from
his position, such IS an opponent might
use from the hustings in polfEcai coriest
fafibsst being csusidered the Ieass person
ally esepssVe. Esls stT@ss9ss uss:sht be
worr5iae. hui tAeF el.d rat anie 2 b
biackg,sard language which Mr. 55-snS >
has applied 10 Citizen. If he shbufd be
elected TO the Senate, and Senator were
to make such structures upon his course,
that Senator would not be called to order
therefor, but If Mr.. Holmes should reply
with such offensive language as he has
used, the President OF the Senate would
call bim 10 order and order him to take his
seat, and would not allow him TO proceed
without apologizing for his unparliamen-
tary language. This would show that our
ST. Mary's Senator was not qualified for the
place, in consequence Of being destitute Of
good manners What was the substance
Of my card
Mr.. Holmes said "a Number Of his friends
had importuned him to be candidate fof
the Senatorial nomination.s Their names
are not given 10 the public, and therefore
the public cannot infer the particular mo-
tives operating upon their friendly hearts.
50 they Are nom dc plumes (as Mr. Holmes
calls suchl who without making themselves
known to any one, except Mr. Holmes. ats
in fIUOr of his nomination Now, If nom
dc plupes, can they favor Mr.. Holmes
nomination? I think il but fair that Citi-
zen or any one else should have the priyi-
lege Of declaring by opposition TO HIM in
the same nom de plume fashion. Citizen
gave him at least five, and as Mr.. Holmes
declared he would not electioneer for the
place, it was not an unreasonable inference
that they considered his nomination was
assured. The next reference Of Citizen
was 70 the fact that Mr.. Holmes, If elected
TO the Senate, would have to resign the
profitable Office he now holds and take one
that would pay him comparatively small
salary. And, under the circumstances, I
could not account for that, unless he or his
friends had some other motive than merely
subscribing the interest of the Republican
party. 1t was sufficient to excite curiosi-
ty and cause comment. He ends his first
card by saying in the plainest manner that
'he is in favor of placing the name of a (one)
good, honest colored man on the ticket"
And as he declares in his last card that he
"said what he meant, and meant what he
said," / think all viii agree that my re-
marks on that point were fair eommen-
tary upon his sayings The fact is, Mr.
irritates bad temper when he is compel
led TO step down from the high position,
he assumes, to walk on the earth like an
average man. We common people like to
be electi0ncered with little. Il tends 10
enlighten our minds and lead us 70 inqui-
~ in regard 20 our public men. Trusts
are unpopular at this time
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