Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-11-15
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LEADERS INVOLVED.
The internal strife involves some
OF the most prominent leaders.
Editor Boyer, of The A. z. A. organ,
''The United American" criticised
Mr.. Esssen in his paper, and in the
course Of his article denied that the
organization had sought to infiu-
ence the election in Maryland.
This assertion provoked the in
dignation Of President Burton, of
Council II, who, in order to refate
the statement of the editor, makes
Q remarkable disclosure. After
having coneradicted certain editor
ial utterances of Mr. Boyer, Mr..
Burton continues as follows:
cdr. Easton," said MIR. Burton,
"knows positively from Mr.. Boyer
how much the latter got from the
Democratic party in Maryland for
an issue of his paper, The United
American. Boyer's friend and col
league, J. G.. Birchfield, went to the
Republican headquarters before the
Maryland election and tried to ne
gotiate for the sale Of 10, ZOO copies
Of his paper.
He says In that paper, in regard
to some of his published statements
about Mr.. German, that after ma.
ture investigation he found himself
to be wrong. But he did not pub
lish the retraction Of these state
ments until he had hoisted his flag
for Hurst and German. In regard
to the disaffection of DIR. Easton, |
want to say it has been all some of
us could do to retain him in his
, place as president of Council No.
II since he returned from the ma
tional convention. Mr.. Boyer's
statement that DR.. Easton's griev-
ance was only personal one is un-
true. was a delegate TO the con-
vention of the national A. p. A. at
Milwaukee, and know of the facts
that have caused DIR. Easton's ac-
ton. and | indorse every word ut.
tered by him.
THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN.
81 want to say that Mr.. Boyer
has also misstated the facts in re.
gard to the Maryland campaign.
He says: "ln Maryland there was
no real American issues at stake,
and it cannot be said that any vic.
tory was scored there, for the rea.
son there was no fight of any i'm.
portance in which we took part. y
want to state that the reason Mr.
Boyer made this assertion was be.
cause of his arrangements to which
have already referred with the
Democratic party.
"Twenty-seven of the CO Demo.
Gratis on the Baltimore City ticket
were Catholics, while on the Repub.
lican ticket there were no Catholics
and of the G2 men to be- voted for,
Is belonged to the A. p. A. Henry
Williams, Democratic candidate fol-
Mayor, while a Protestant, refused
to sign documents brought to him
by committee of the A. p. A. On
the other hand, Mr.. Hooper, the
Republican candidate for Mayor,
acquiesced Immediately, and there
! fore the Republican ticket received
a majority of 10000 in Baltimore.
This is certainly the greatest vic
tory ever obtained by the American
people, they holding the balance of
power in the State. If Mr.. Boyer
calls this non-issue of our order,
we fail to discover where any victory
has ever been gained by the order.
LowNDEs AND HURST.
"The A. p. A. favored Lowndes,
the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor. While MIR. Lowndes is not
member of the A. z. A, he is a
member of the Junior Order of
American Mechanics and a member
of the Sons of the American Revo-
luton.
"Mr. Hurst is a Protestant, but
the reason of Hurst's defeat was be-
cause he had from Cardinal Glib
bons special dispensation to build
a Catholic altar in his house, for
which he paid and married his
daughter to Catholic prince of
Italy. Another thing that came up