Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-10-27

AS we have determipej not lQ support
the so-called Republican Ldch Ticket
now in the field. and a.. We are bpeu and
sbove-board IN our opposition tUlit. being
neither afiaid nor ashamed Of our Dos. ti,n
1t is due to oal frlhs- La Ne. Is A;
state, briefly, some d he er6Shds Of our
sc,ion. ---1t y = "
Some time sgo1hs SsTimesv newspa-
per began strangely 70 advocate Chapel
Point as the futsre 9eoasty Sesfef ,din.
eouHty. About the same tiasS M y.
@ Lancaster. nonsresidcn, sftbis State,
a resident and prscileins lawysrlof Wash
iBgton City, bought Up cllsbel Point
mostly on credit and gave q mOrtgage,to
secure the crcdii .paynsns I'D; tbs
mortgage il isstipalated that he Is to sell
sOne Of the land fSt ii period,
for less - than tvo5 hum
dred and 6'ty- dolilrssaIf -aere As he
has monopoly q tie laid aid as the
location Of the Coa6ty Seat there would
precipitate the purchase Of building los.
1t is very evident that Mr.. E.ssRSssider is
playing a bold game for n small fortune.
For this We have no word Of censure Tor
Mr.. Ian ,astcr; &. IS o8ly shss asaers and
abeuers in this county that we blame.
The Democratic. County convention
met in the Ssnmer and split. Il. NJ
Cox of the Times sndsiiis followers,
almost all Of them advoca es of Chapel
Point, bolted from that convention: bui
the State Convestion. recoeniAsd3he ma:
jOrity. andrhe Tunes" at legst,dpyar-
entity, acquicsced. - *. 81
The regular Demacratic Cc6vensioni
met and nominated q highly Hsbectabie;
and worthy ticket. The gentlemen so
nominated declared By. resdlu'nu9of the
Convention that separate vote should
be taken on the County Seat question
this Fall and pledged theinselves te-car-
-y-out the will Ofsshe people So esp press
ed, and. >ssn evidence ofthtis good faith,
agreed that each faction should have a
judge Of the special election as guar
antee of its fairness.
We were opposed 10 a call for Re-
publican Convention, not IN the interest
Of or IN orpositioa TO any candidate OF
set of candidates, but because we fore
saw a split also in our party If any con
vention should be held. We saw no Re-
publican principle in issue. 1t was only
question of the possibility of two or
three Republicans being in the Legisla-
ture, which will be overwhelmingly
Democratic. where they could do abso-
lutely nothing Except to draw five dol
lars a day., and split in the patty
aud we preferred not to have fhe split.
| But the question Of the location Of the
County Seat was and is the most import.
ant question Of the day for the people Of
Charles county. That location ,wal sz-
ert an influence over the progress and
well-being Of the county for years TO
come, aud we thoughttse best jdlgmens
Of the whole people could bebest Jbtsins
ed IN it without the clash Of opposing
political parties. aud when no votes would
be uraded uor money spent So
But tie bulting Democrats. or some
Of them. although failingito carry their
,Onyentisn, did mt ( Ebusy1. abe
Ratchet. but, ne believe. determined to
beat their opponents through The Be-
I'publicans We belieye they; III realty
brought about the. Republican Conner.
ftion Some, We BELIEVE. held 6itiss j
rate pro nises Of support and some .le-
clared openly they would not tAts he
Democratic ticket. If proof Of this Be
desired !, it will be found iHthe, last issue
Lof the Times"
! We are perfectly satisfied thas. had she.
4 Democratic party hsaa. harmchious Ca. IRE
would have been no Republican nomiha-
]. lions. and that only ttsA hope Of Demo-
cratic support induced the candidatss 10
press for y nomination. sa {
|, Now what class Of DsmAnrats oShese
Republicans expect to support them. and
who will. if any do7 u is that class who
are devoted followers ,of the rITi.%s
and who are bitterly hostile 10 every Re
publican principle; who have 'hnsparing-
y denounced us in the past and who EiII
do 80 again when they shall have used
that party to beat down opposition ;ia
their own. s;A 80 [.G-.lss.
But even il the SO. called Republican
ticket be elected what can the Senator
and delegates do at ABnapeliry They
eau pass no bill on the Court House
question that their Democratic support
ers aud G.. z. Lancaster do not approve
The Court House question will be hela
open indefinitely, unless they frsme q
bill to suit them. This is shown by the
Republican Convention refusing to sub:
nit the Court House question TO s,.vots
Of the people this Fa,l as the Democrats
tpropo,ed No! They must saddle us with
the expense Of special election TO Fofe
on bill that would suit their allies
The Democratic Convention acted fair
ly and did all they could for >; fais
vote, but the Republicans broke up that
plan by utterly refusing to accept it.
What does this refusal meant Fit
means that the Republican nominees do
not want free and fair vote 1t q1eatis
that they want their per diem and that
only. 1t means that for that considers-
ton they are willing to barter away the
best interests of the county. 1t means
that they are willing III gravel in the
dust at the feet of the boiling Democras
cy for two years sheriffalty. county
commissionerships and membership in
the Legislature which can be of-no use
to any body except the z"Times" and
Mr. Lancaster.
For ourselves, as true and genuine
Republicans, we refuse to be made cats
paw to draw the ,hestnuts from the FIRE
for c. c. Lancaster & Co. I'VE utterly
refuse to lower the Republican STANDARD
SO as to make it the mere agent Of the
minority of Democrats. and that minOri-
ty cf our most bitter enemies,
We therefore refuse to sup iorti the
ticket and we call upon all Republicans
who have the dignity and welfare of the
party at heart to join with u.s..