The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-09-04
For County Surveyor,
WILLIAM T. CLARK.
The Republican State Ticket.


The Republican State convention met at
Ocean City, on August 9th, and nominated
the following ticket
For Governor-William j. Vannort, of
Kent county.
For Capitalization McDo maid, of
Montgomery county.
For Attorney General-George NJ Sharp,
of Baltimore city.
For Clerk of the Court of Appeals-Enoch
B. Abel, of st. Mary's county.
Ex-Congressman Louis E. McComas, of
Washington county, presided. In his speech
hereferred to the "brave, pure and able admin
istration of President Harrison" and added, as
though the credit were due to Mr.. Harrison
Labor was never before 30 generally well
employed at good wages. The farmer beholds
bountiful crops. He receives higher price
for what he has to sell, and pays lower
price for what he has to buy. Business in
every avenue throbs more hopefully than DUR
ing years past. Reciprocity opens to US all
the markets of this continent for our bread
stuffs, meats and manufactures without in
jury to our home markets-the best of all
markets."
This is all very fine, but the farmers who
read the newspapers will be more more like
ly to attribute the higher prices of farm pro-
ducts TO the small crops of last year and the
general failure of the crops abroad rather than
to anything President Harrison, Major Nc
Kinley or the Billion-Dollar Congress has
done for the farmer. The American farmer
does not have q home market for all his grain
and cattle, and must seek to sell his surplus
products abroad. Secretary Blaine's reciproc-
ity scheme applies only TO countries which
buy chiefly of our manufactured articles and
raise their own breadstuffs. 1t does not in
clude England, France and Germany, which
are our farmers best customers and who are
driven away from us by our high tariff on ar
ticles which they manufacture.
In the Ocean City convention Mr.. s. o.
McCourtney, of Hartford, was placed on the
committee on credentials Mr.. s. j Seneca
on the committee on resolutions, and Mr.. 8.
A. Williams was chosen Vice, President from
the second congressional district.
The platform commends both Harrison and
Blaine, our Republican friends not being will
ling, apparently, to commit themselves I'm
reservedly and entirely to either, not know
ing upon which one of these two distinguish
ed gentlemen the Presidential nomination
may fall. The Democratic party is denounc-
ed, as usual. The eighth plank, pledging the
Republican party to pure primaries, is calcu-
lated to provoke smile if not broad grin,
when viewed in the light of Civil Service
Commissioner Roosevelt's account of his per-
sonal observations of a Republican primary
election in Baltimore city. If the conven-
ton was sincere in its expression of desire
for fair primaries, it is doubtless due to Mr..
Rooseyelps structures and recommendations
that certain offending government of1ce-hold-
ers should be removed, although no removals
have yet been made.
In canyassing the convention to ascertain
the preferences Of members for presidential
nominee in 1892, the Hartford delegation is re-
ported as follows:
SO. McCourtney, (nominee,) w. 81. Paul,
(Harrison,) Stevenson A. Williams (nominee)
John G. Robinson, (Harrison,) Stephen J..
Seneca, (nominee)