Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-09-27

tickets publicly in his interest In a
single election district or precinct
in the State, and If the point to
which.l Am now referring be we'll
taken, he would have been shut out
from legitimate consideration by
the convention. as well as l. OF
course, no Democrat can honestly
stand on such an untenable ground
of objection as this. BY pursuing
this line of attack upon us little
more closely, it is urged that my
right 10 demand the support Of the
party could not well be questioned,
1 II l had been nominated upon the
second OF third or fourth ballot,
instead of upon the first.
This pretext for boiling the ticket
for it is nothing but a pretext-
means that, Notwithstanding all
the talks among the delegates that
had been held after they arrived in
the city, had led 10 the definite con-
clusion that a large majority Of
them were in favor of my nomina-
tion, yet the farce Of several COM
plimentary and Intellectual ballots
wRraebs gone through with, III
ordsr that the appearance of an an
imated and doubtful struggle should
be presented.
Nobody was in reality to be de-
ceived by such show of a contest;
but still, to satisfy the scruples Of
those who insist that conventions
should always go'through the harm
less form of seeming 20 deliberate,
several ballots Should have been had,
and then the delegates, having suf-
fieiently amused themselves and the
public by casting votes for gentle
men, none of whom, it was well un-
derstood, were TO be nominnted.
should proceed to its real work and
cas-. their vote for the man whom
it was perfectly well understood be-
fore it met, three fourths, of the
convention had decided they would
nominate.
CAN, no WITHOUT THEIP VOTES.
lille ] am free to col -"Ts that
in this contest | should lilie to re-
ceive The votes of all sincere Dem
ocratsanho wish their part Z to re-
tain their control in III: land, /
am tempted to sey thaa sc can well
afford to do without the votes Of
those who are such stickiers for
form and deliberation as to see their
way clqar to abandon their party
simply because its lawfullysf fairly
and no tofably nominated candidate
received - nomination on the first
ballot py the unsolicited votes Of
eighty SIX 81 the one hundred and
seventeen Delegates who came to
thaeonvention nninstructed and un-
pledged, instead Of getting it after
a pretended competition extended
through several ballots, gone
through for the simple purpose of
practicing deceit that would not
have deceived, and was not intend
Ell to deceive anybody.
Receiving my nomination in this
way, upon the first ballot, from un-
pledged and uninstructed delegates
without personal solicitation on my
part, it would naturally be expected
to carry with it an absolute freedom
from entanglements and obligations
aad for this reason be entitled to
the support of all members OF our
party who desire their candidate to
.ecupy such an attitude of manly
Independence. Such a position,
standing here. looking you, my fel-
low citizens, squarely in the face, ]
kdeclare to you to occupy.
~ The office of Governor OF Mary
land is a high and dignified office,
we'll worthy of the ambition of any
honorable man; but high as hold
is to be, | would scorn to reach it
by the surrender of one iot or title
CT the priceless possession OF my
independence of thought or action,
and, although feel almost sense
Of personal degradation in beng
constrained to make this public
declaration, in order to repel the
ungenerous assaults that have been
made upon me, wish the people
OF Maryland to know that If they
shall see fl to make me Governor
! Of the State, they may rely upon it
that no man shall rule or govern or
dictate to me, but that up to the
full measure of the faculties which
| possess ] shall execute all its