The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1891-08-14
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The Republican primaries were
held last Saturday, and the nominal
ing convention on Tuesday. The
work of the latter having superseded
the former, the result of the pri-
maries in the several districts lose
their significance, and report of the
work of the convention is all that
the public feels an interest in. We
publish proceedings of the conven-
ton elsewhere; and arise to remark
that the legislative ticket of both
parties are nominations not fit to be
made, ana are an insult to the PEG.
pie of Cecil county who represent it's
worth, wealth, morality and industry,
and we challenge a successful denial
of this indictment. There is not a
paper in the county that will dare
defend the legislative nominees of
either ticket on the ground of fitness
for the place they are designed to
occupy. They are as conspicuous
insists as Paddy from Cork's coat
which buttoned behind to keep his
belly warm. All such nominations
are designed to warm the jobs, mo.
nopolies and syndicates that swarm
about Annapolis during the session
to capture franchises, defeat laws for
equitable taxation and promote class
Legislation generally. But it is not
worth while to waste words comment
ing on such tickets. The moral and
object of such nominations are plain
to everybody, as city set upon a
hill that cannot be hid. This is the
last straw that breaks the cancels
back-or ought to. 1t is a cool, de.
liberate defiance to the people The
next legislature of Maryland is to be
one of the most important that has
assembled in 20 years. Almost a
new departure in legislation is de-
manded and provision is to be made
by amendments to the con stitution to
enable such legislation, and at the
very Threshold, the huxtering poll
tician, the political fake. shakes his
dice. presto out drops Monies
to represent Cecil in that extraordi.
narily important law making body.
We have not a single word to say
against any other part of either
ticket. They are fairly good. Where
one may lack something the opposite
offers better material to draw from,
but the legislative tickets are like
salt that has lost its SAVIOR and should
be disposed of as such.
But the time for protesting is past.
Let there be mass meeting organ
lied at the Woodlawn farmers meet.
ing and their representative men be
placed in nomination, in order that
citizens may not be compelled to
lose their votes by refusing to vote
for such nominees or throw them
away by voting for them. The self
respect, the manhood, the brain and
Drawn. the intelligence of every cit.
izen of the county is put to thestest
W bHIo OpSA oCuobCS, du0 6uC COm
mercial politician says, in the Ian
guage of the millionaire Vanderbilt
the people be id"
IS Geo. A. Blake, who was one of the
nominees for the legislature, was not
present when nominated, and of
course is not included in our stric
lures. He would make an intelli.
gent, conscientious legislator. The
following card is published in the
appeal:
A CARD.
Mr.. EDITOR :-Haying been adv:s
| ed that my name was placed in nom.
ination before the Republican con-
yention yesterday for the position of
States Attorney and also es aom-
inee for the House of Delegates,
wish to say that / most positively
declined to allow my name to be used
before the convention for any posi-
ton whatever, and that it was done
without authority. While thanking
the gentlemen of the convention for
the honor intended, | hereby decline
the nomination made.
GEORGE A. BLAKE.