Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-12-13

1886, and Mr.. Joseph III. Ching OF
st. Mary's, a member in 1890.
Captain Bowie continued ON the
farm. The next year the General
Assembly, then meeting annually,
he was renomiaated for the House
OF Delegates without his knowledge.
His father protested against his ac-
ceptance, but a committee from the
convention presented the desire Of
the Democrats to vote for his son
so strongly that he withdrew his op-
position. Captain Bowie was the
only Democrat elected in Prince
Georges county that year. He was
the youngest member of the House,
and had only one Democrat asso-
ciate, the Hon. Benjamin Gwinn
Harris, the famous wartime Dem
ocratic Congressman from Southern
Maryland, who is still living in st.
Mary's county at a venerable age.
John NJ. s. Causin was the Whig
leader. Captain Bowie voted for
the measure to reapportion the Leg
islative representation. After re-
firing to his home he refused to run
for the General Assembly again,
and also declined q nomination for
Judge of the Orphans Court.
Els Call On General Heoker.
Not until the Civil War did Cap
tain Bowie again take an interest in
politics. He was Southern sym
patbizer," and in 1868 was nomi-
mated by the "peace party" for the
State Senate by county convention
which met at Upper Marlboro after
being dispersed two or three times
by Federal cavalry. Captain Bowie,
in order to have his people allowed
the right to vote, went to see Gen.
Joe Hooker, who was in camp at
Bladensburg and had military con-
troll of Prince Georges county. In
an interview in The News in 1892
Ex-Governor Bowie thus described
his visit to General Hooker.
81 had served with him in the
Mexican Army, and we had been
good friends. He received me so
coldly when | was escorted into his
presence that / told him that he
must have forgotten me.
al shall never forget Lieutenant
Bowie of Monterey he replied.
"The way you formerly greeted
me- | said, 'is altogether different
from my present reception"
"Why have you no: been to see
me. You knew | was here. J M
derstand that you live only abtlt
10 miles from here. | have been
eating your chickens and pigeons" :"
"Circu instances are different
from what they were when we were
together in the Mexican War. Our
people look upon you as an invader,
| told him.
"Well, we soon became friends,
and l told him of the nature of my
errand, that our people wanted as
surance that they would be permit
ted to vote. He told me that we
were making mistake in styling
ourselves a peace party that if we
were Democrats we should announce
ourselves as such. He gave me the
desired assurance that we would not
be disturbed and l entered heartily
into the campaign"
Captain Bowie was interfered
with several times by the soldiery,
and was once arrested, but released
by General Hooker's direction. He
was defeated by the opposition Of
an old friend of his father, who
called the candidate a secessionist.
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In 1864 the Democratic members
of the General Assembly called Q
conference of the party leaders.
which was attended by Captain
Bowie. the Hon. A. Leo Knott, Ex.
Governor Thomas Pratt and the
late Judge Oliver Miller, and Col
John +. Dent, Col. James Z. Bris
coe and Col. John Jenkins, who
were members Of the House. The
conference arranged for a reorgani
zation of the Democrats and Cap
tain Bowie presided in the summer
over the State convention. The
chairman, Benjamin G. Harrie, A.
Leo Knott, Judge Richard Carmi
chael, Isaac ID. Jones, Capt. I'd,
mund La Fayette Hardcastle, Hi
ram Mccullough, George Fl. Car
men and James a. Mcclure wer,
sent as delegates to the nationa