Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-03-22

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+ the once. He intrusted most OF It's functions
/ 70 me. You know that. IN those DAYS. IA fact
\ Gown 70 about 1877. place IN the Senate was
f considered life position. When | was forced
out OF my position politics intruded into the
I old methods of the Senate. and IL finally de-
stroyed the civil service in the only place
where IL had q strong fo0thOld.n
what was your Offensee"
although my father was a strong Union
man. and was put in prison in Richmond for
his Unionism. he was Democrat, and after
1 the war was over the legislation OF the Re
\ puDllcans concerning the negroes dlsfran-
ehisement, &C, aroused my Democratic blood.
Two SenatorS-MnrRan OF New YORK and
Dickson OF Connectieut-were sick when a
1 vote was taken on the Freedman's Bureau
! bill. or something OF that sort, and l exerted
myself 70 bring those men, who were for the
non-conseryatiyes 10 the Capitol, that they
might vote. That was noticed, ana Pomeroy
/ or Kansas. who is stilI living. aud one or tw :.
Others made il a subject OF complaint against
Mt Brown. sergeant-at-arms. Brown said
that he would take the responsibility on him.
4 self, but said mo- ana that 1 would now
follow Judge Douglas voice and go home 10
I my district ana see II / could not enter the
i senate Dy another than the servants door.
I | refused the nomination for Congress twice
J IN our district. I wanted 70 go 10 the Legis-
1 lature and from the Legislature TO the senate
''Noa say your father was native OF the
"Father was born in Baltimore His father
I and mother came To this country In 1900,
/ just after the Irish revolt OF 1T9S. in when my
/ grandfather must have been participant. for
I we have always understood that he had 20
I leave in hurry. he landed, / think, in New
York. and came on 70 Harrisburg, pursuing
the Scotch-Irisn trail. He was q stOrekeeper.
or country merchant. and he wagoned his
goods from Baltimore, and, therefore, he had
customers at York and up through Pennsyl
/ yania who sustained his sons. who kept shops
! one OF them was a tailor IN Baltimore.
"iiave you been antagoniEed in Maryland
I because you were not seoessionistg"
"That 10 the basis OF the charge that am n
/ Republican because | was Union man and
I Ia the war period retained my clerical POSI-
I ton IN the United states Senate. Some OF the
+ old extreme Bourbons have, undoubtedly,
/ held II against me that would not take theif
4 course, but the younger Confederates have
never shown the same hostile spirit. MY Of
4 Tense 20 those old magnates was in composing
I the new Democratic party OF the state out OF
Z a later generation. | did not take them out OF
1 the clubs Of Baltimore No Democratic party,
Z properly speaking, existed in Maryla when
( | went home there in 1866, laying down the
Office Of postmaster of the Senate with de-
( liberation. Having come from among the
people wanted persons who would help me
make an organization from the ground up,
{ for we were dealing with reSolute politicians
& who had the military arm and the education
/ Of the war TO sustain them. Ny district con-
7 tanned the old slave COUNTIES, ana over it was
/ internal revenue collector under johnson.
/ Montgomery county, which lies next 10
I NashingtoDi Howard county on the Patap.
I SEQ, where | lived, ana the region thence To
I the Potomac and Chesapeake were under my
4 collectOrship. had young men with me like
4 John Davis, VINO died few years ago, after
! filing many important situations, and HlndS
Z OF the Eastern Shore, who was mechanic.
7 but was wonderful man and knew almost
4 everybody In the state.aDd Cotton ana Compton
4 OF some OF the country counties ana Victor
/ B9ughman, from Frederick, and his father,
/ a country editor, and Mr.. RasiD, OF Baltimore,
\ Of whom you have heard often. We called 20
our ala TO form the Democratic party All ele-
ments which were conservative and opposed
I 10 radcalism, but from the outset certain
4 gentlemen fought me, and they nave d0ns 80
Z Tor % years. 1 do not complain, however, for
the political story of Maryland is one OF con-
tentIon within the lines OF both parties
I think that none or our senators has been sent
4 twice TO the Senate, except James Alfred
/ Pierce. who got three terms Even Justice
4 Taney was set back.
ssMaryiand was Federal state and AFTER
ward a Wing state. except during the Jack
son period. But the Wings, like the Demo
Gratis did not tolerate permanent leaders IL
was considered etiquette for nobody 70 op-
pose the member OF Congress for the second
term, but also for him 20 decline 20 run again
for third term. As a volunteer 60 take the
state away from the radicals and 10 make ~
Democratic, had 10 encounter the repro0a-
ton OF number of hlgh-strung and proud
men, who regarded the return of the Democ-
rdcy as a vlndlcation Of their secession
lanors. Among these was Teakle Wallis, an
aOle man, who was originally from the
Eastern Shore OF Maryland, aud the leader OF
I The movement TO take Maryland out OF the
/ Union py snap Legislature, which General
Mcclellan scattered from Frederick City.
/ u "a az s,insE me the bar, for, ,altnough / bad
studied law with Reverdy johnson two years
4 and a-han, ] had never been admitted. They
I thought 10 extraordinary that layInAn should
| take precedence of the lawyers.
'Then i had against me the railroad inter-
est. which was Intimately connected with the
best lawyers in the state. The people expected
that the Legislature would relieve them from
some OF the railroad pressure which existed.
To the bar and the railroads were ADDED the
irreconcilaole Bourbons who had failed TO
drag the state into the vortex Of the war. Then
all the ambitious men who thought that
their talents were superior 70 mine took UNI
bragg at my prominence, such as the late
Richard Merrick, OF Washington. who had
been In Illinois as one of Nr. Douglas orators.
He was imprudenJ out there, and, coming
home, he moved into my district and county,
where his father-in-law had farm, with the
probable intention OF becoming United states
Senator. He did not effect his purpose, and he
pitched into me. He came down TO Washing
ton ana wrote an ADDRESS denounelng me-
"How have you succeeded In beating this
opposition?'
Tins opposition Is extremely select. I do
not believe that It numbers 1000 men, most
OF whom live in the City OF Baltimore. From
| time 10 time the exaspeTatlOn OF some g ntle-
man who mas tried 10 be Governor or Senator
once, or more than once, gives temporary
boost TO TINS select 1000. which al other times
receives depressing blow from the return OF
some one OF them TO party regularity and mag
nanimity. In the course OF our general pur-
pose TO preserve the state Democratic we have
had 10 turn somebody down, ike Governor
| Hamilton. Of Western Maryland. who. wanting
more than ene term in the Senate and finding
| opposition, declared for reform. Hamilton
| had been the principal railroad lawyer for the
| Baltimore and Ohio Company in the western
| part OF the state. | always had the railroad
| influence against me. But the Republicans
| invariably have refused 70 form unit 10 ac-
| cOmpllsh the personal reyenRes Of my critics.
Are the Republicans in Maryland numer-
ous9n ,.. -
Maryland, OF which about one-half are, per-
| haps. negro votes. Speaking generally, all
| the negroes vote the Republican ticket. yet
our legitimate @ ms3od 9n d n Il nIIyan1 RsIar = g y
/ only from 1000 TO 5000. When Mt. Cleye-
/ land was elected IL was determined that
| Two or three Of my appointments were
bounced upon by concert, and the President
/ was called upon to make an example OF me.
/ | mad been courteous. however, across the po-
/ htical line, ana when the Republicans found
/ that the motive TO ln1ure me was 70 put In
my place some extreme man whose ambition
had been hurt they divided II you reneIL1-
| cans supported the same ticket The conse-
.1uence was tnat we had 10000 majority.
When Mr. Cievelana ran Io5 fe-elsetlon @ ,.i..s Ms
/ last year the issue was directly made over my
/ name 20 come back 70 the Senate, and the
same combination was attempted. We had
/ majority OF 5000 in Maryland. They had not
called me a Republican in vain. for the Re
puOiIcans found that every attempt 20 make
their organization an ally OF Bourbon dlsaf-
lection 70 me brought them 70 the brink OF
what did you think OF Reverdy Johnson"
s.He was no politician, and ne had sense
enough TO know IL, and he did not Try TO
/ manipulate party things; but, 10 my JHdg-
ment. he was the ablest individual, as q
| lawyer. statesman, senator. counselor &C..
1 that Marylan has had since the fore part OF
this century. J0hns0n's views were very rep
/ resentafive Of the conservative uniontsEn OF
Maryland. He became near-s1ghted As ne
| grew older, and as he was sensitive on the
subject he would not let anybody lead him
! about While dining with Governor Carroll