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

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Some time age the Times ncwsps-
per began strangely 70 advocate Chapel
Point as tie future County Seat Of ttis
county, Atoot the same time Nh. y
G Lancaster. Hen resident OF this State.
resident and pruencing lawyer Of Wash
iBgton City. bought up Chapel Point
nestly on credit and gave mortgage to
secure the credit payment. In this
mortgage i issiipnlated that he is o Neil
AOne Of tue land for period,
for less than two hun
dred md fifty doinrs an acre. As he
has monopoly OF the land aud as the
locaton Of the unaniy Seat there would
prccipitaie the purchase Of building 10 s.,
is is very evident that Mr. lancaster j.
playing bold game for a small fortune
For this We have NJ word Of eousure for
Mr. Lancaster; it is Gully his aiders and
a6etiers in this county that We blame.
The Democratic County Convention
met in the Ssmmer and split Z. NJ
Cex of the Times and his followers,
almost all of them adyoca es Of Chapel
Point. boltcd from that convention; but
the State Convention recognized he ma-
iority, and The Times" ut least ap5gr-
sHHy. acqui seed
The REGULAR Dem ,cratie Convention
met and nom,u tied nightly 5espce'a' lu
and worthy ticket. The geAilemen SO
dominated declared by RESOLUTION Of the
Convention that a separate vote should
be isken on the County Seat qaastion
This Fall ana pledged themselves 20 ear-
y out the will CT the people 30 esDsess-
ed. and. Is an evidence Of their gooi' fai.h
agreed that each sae ion should have o
nudge Of the sDe,ail election as q guar
autce Of its fairness.
We we're opposed 80 call for Re
publican Convention aot ia ne iaiere-!
| q, or ~ o,3pos',ion to afg caad.9a'e o.
set If candidates, out because we fore.
saw a split also in our party il any con
veation should lie held. llesaw no Re
publican principle in issue. 1t was oulv
question Of the possibility of Two of
three Republicans being in the Legisla-
TUE. which will be Overwhelmingly
Democratic where they could do abso-
lutely nothing except to draw FIVE dol
las a day). aud q split in lie party, ~
aud we preferred not to have ,be split.
But the question Of 'hc location Of the
County Seat was aud is the most inpo, .
ant question Of the day for the p-ople oil
Charles county That location will ex-
ert 90 influence over the progress aud
well-being of the county for yeas 70
come, and we thought tue best jusgmcnt
Of the whole people could be best obtain
ed en- it without the clash Of opposing
political pa,rcs, aud when no votes would
be raded uor money spent
! But the boiling Deinocr is. Or some
Of them although falling to cary ;heir
convention. DID noe bury tae
hs.ehet, but, We believe determined TO
beat their opponents through the Re
publirans. We believe they in reality
brought abou, the Republican Con rem
tien Some we believe, held out p,f-
eaie pro nises Of support and some de-
c arcd openly hey would Rot vote lie
Democratic ticket. II proof of this be
desired it will be found in the last Issue
Of the Times.
We are perfectly Sliisfed that had the
/ Democratic party been harmonious there
would have been no Republican nomina-
tons. and that only the hope Of Demo
critic support induced the candidates to
press for nomination.
Nov what class Of Democrats do these
Republicans expect o support them. and
who will. if any do? It is that class who
ale devoted followers Of the "l'izes'
and who are bitterly hostile to every Re-
publican principle; who have unsparing-
Y denounced US in the past and who will
do so again when they shall have used
that party to beat down opposition in
their own
But e en if the so called Republican
ticket be elected what eau tie Seuator
and delegates DO at Annapolis? They
can pass 40 bill on the Court House
question that their Democratic support
rrs aud c. &. Lancaster do not approve.
The Court House question will Be held
open indefinitely, unless they frame a
| bill to suit them. This is shown By the
RepuDlican Convention refusing to sub
init the Court House question 10 vote
Of the people this Fa,l as the Democrats
propoaed Mo- They must saddle us with
the expense Of srecial election TO vote
on a bill that would suit their allies
The Democratic Convention sc.ed fair
" and did all they could for fair
vote, but the Republicans broke up that
plan by utterly refusing TO accept it.
What DOES this refusal mean? 1t
means that the Republican nominees do
not want free and fair vote Il means
that they want their per diem and that
only, 1t means that for that considera-
lion they are silling to barter away the
best interests of the county 1t means
that they are willing to gravel in the
dust at the feet Of the boiling Democra-
cy for a two years sheriGalty, county
commissiouership and membership in
the Legislature which eau be Of 10 use
. any body except the ',Timcsl ana
.ar si,liRli.aisk......,u.-.-.,...,.,ussss r.
I Fdr ourselves, .39ssab ana genuine
Republicans, we refuse to be made cats
paw to draw the ,hestnuts from the FIRE
for c. C. Lancaster 4 Co. We utterly
refuse to lower the Republican standard