The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-04-21
Meeting of. the State Democratic
Central Committee.

Barnum's Hotel corridors and parlors were
filed on Tuesday by Democrats from every
county in the State, the occasion being the
meeting ofthe State Democratic Central Com
mittee. The committee very wisely appointed
later day for Congressional Conventions
than had been formerly spoken of, which met
with almost unanimous vote. Below will
be found the proceedings as given in the Bal
timore Sun of Wednesday:
Hon. Stevenson Archer, chairman, called
the committee to order in the private dining
rooms on the Fayette- street side of the hotel.
James Bond, Baltimore city, was made sec
rotary in the absence of James A. L. Nc:
Clure. A call of the roll by counties showed
that all of the counties except Washington
were represented, and the attendance was
more than usually full.
Colonel John Carroll Walsh, of Hartford,
offered a series of resolutions, which were
finally adopted, as follows:
Pesolred That il Is hereby recommended to the
voters of Maryland to meet
in their respective counties and legislative districts
of Baltimore city and appoint delegates correspond
ing in number TO their representatives respectively
in both branches of the General Assembly to form
State convention to meet at Baltimore CITY on
Thursday May TO- at IL NJ, for the purpose of elect
ing two delegates from each congressional district
and four delegates from the State at large 10 the ma
tonal Democratic convention, TO be held at St Louis
June s. 1855 TO nominate a candidate for President
and Vice President of the United States and Tor the
nomination of electors for President and
dent of the United States favorable to the election of
the Democratic nominees for President and Vice
President, to be made by the said convention, to
be held at St. Louis, as aforesaid.
Resolved That for the purpose of presenting to
the voters of Maryland candidates for Congress TO
be voted for the State election to be held Noyem
Der G. 1855, Democratic conventions at II NJ De nelu
at the places following, to wit;
First congressional district at Denton; second at
fourth China Hall, Baltimore fifth Cross-street Hail.
Baltimore; sixth, Rockville, Montgomery county
all on Thursday, May a. 1888.
Res0lued That in the several conventions TO be
held under the aforegoing resolutions the coun-
ties comprising each congressional district shall De
entitled respectively to cast vote equal 10 the rep
resentation in the General Assembly, provided how
ever that the seventeenth ward Of Baltimore city
and the foar precincts of said city in the NTH con-
gressional district be allowed four votes, and the
two districts of Baltimore county be allowed Two
votes in the fifth congressional conYentiqn' anu IS
six votes in the second congressional convention.
ResOlred, That the members of the State central
committee representing resP Ss,rcis Of f Raimore
city be- and they are hereby, requested TO make
such arrangements in their respective countes anu
legislative districts Will give effect TO the lore
going resolutions by naming day or days on which
primary meetings to elect delegates TO sald eonveh-
on shall be held ana oy I91 eenas or
person to call each of such primary meetings 10
order.
SOME WANTED AN EARLIER DATE.
Hon. j. Fred. C. Talbot, member of the
State Central Committee from Baltimore
county, objected to having May "a name d for
the Congressional Conventions. He thought
the districts should have the right to fix the
dates for their convention. Congressman
Shaw, of Carroll, asked if Mr.. Talbot wanted
to POSTPONE the conventions to later day.
Mr.. Talbot said he was misunderstood, and
that he proposed an earlier date than May "a.
Mr.. Shaw replied that he would favor later
date in the summer, but that the wishes of
the State Central Committee members were
to name May "a as the day for all the CON
gressional conventions, and he would support
the resolutions as read. Col. Baughman and
Walsh took part in the debate. MIR. Talbot
withdrew his motion to leave the date blank,
to be filled by the districts, and he moved to
amend so that the congressional conventions
should be held prior to or May "a. This was
lost by decisive vote, and the resolutions
were adopted as above given.
ALL FOR CLEVELAND.
The Central Committee adjourned after a
harmonious session of less than an hour.
The members and others were invited to
lunch by Chairman Archer. Senator Cor
man, who was one Of the late arrivals at the
hotel, came into the lunch room, and he was
greeted with round of applause which was
SO hearty as to almost reach the proportions
of an ovation. Ex-SenatccJ. N. Camden, OF
West Virginia, who was guest at the hotel,
was also visitor at the lunch, and he was
introduced generally to the Maryland Demo
Gratis. No speeches were made either at the
committee meeting or afterwards, and it was
a business session all through. Every one
was for Cleveland, and when the State con
vention meets on May 10 the sixteen Mary
land delegates selected to go to st. Louis on
June will be unanimous for the renomina-
ton of President Cleveland.