The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-02-21
To Secure immigration.

A convention met in Baltimore on Wed.
nesday, at the call of Governor Jackson to
consider ways and means to attract people to
the State. A number of speeches were made,
but mostly to the effect that the need of the
State was not labor, but employers of labor
and particularly land buyers, to purchase and
till the lands that are now uncultivated or
poorly TILED for want of means, as is the case
particularly in Prince Georges, Charles, St.
Mary's Calvert, Anne Arundel, and the lower
counties on the Eastern Shore.
The following resolutions, the practical out.
come of the convention, we're adopted
''That the convention hereby organizes it..
self into the Maryland State Immigration
Society. Its officers shall be a president, a
secretary, "a treasurer and a vice president
for each county and each legislative district
of Baltimore city. These shall appoint an
executive committe to be chosen at this
time, to serve until their successors are
elected.
"That there shall be an annual meeting of
the society held in Baltimore on the third
Wednesday of January of each year, and that
the society shall be composed of delegates
from each legislative district of Baltimore
city and from each county immigration socie-
ty, one of which, it is recommended, be
formed in each county of the State and in
each Legislative district of Baltimore city.
THAT in the absence of such a county or
district society, the vice president for that
county or district shall call a public meeting
of the citizens interested in the question, and
appoint as delegates to the State meeting a
number of persons equal to the number of
representatives such county or district has in
both branches of the General Assembly.
''That the executive committee appointed
at this meeting shall prepare, and submit to
the next meeting, by laws for the regulation
of the society, and transact such other bust
ness as may be necessary to promote the OBJ
iects of its formation.
ELECTING THE OFFICERS
Mr.. James u. Dennis was elected president
of the permanent organization; Mr.. VIM. B.
Sands, of Baltimore, secretary, and Col.
Fred. Rane, treasurer. The executive com.
mittee was appointed, as follows: Colonel
Edward Lloyd, Edwin f. Abel, Enoch Pratt.
Col Richard Contee, Edward Stake, Major
Henry Z. Alvord, and the Rev. Augustus u.
Schade, the representative of the German
Union Ministers Meeting, which is interested
in bringing to America a desirable class of
German immigrants.
Vice, presidents from the counties were
elected, as follows: Baltimore, Thomas r
Todd; Anne Arundel, Richard Baldwin; Cal
vert, James T. Briscoe; Carroll, Frank Brown:
Charles Samuel Cox; Dorchester, Capt. T.
b. Travers; Frederick, l.. V. Baughman;
Howard, John W. Renehan; Hartford, VIM. l..
Amos; Kent, VIM. b. Usilton; Montgomery,
Charles Albert; Somerset, II. H. Dashieil;
Talbot, William Collins; Wicomico, James E.
Ellegood; Worcester, Rev. William Dali:
Washington, William II. Armstrong. Vice.
presidents from Allegany, Cecil, Garrett,
Queen Anne's and St. Marys counties will be
appointed by President Dennis, who was also
instructed TO appoint special finance com
mttee of ten business men of Maryland, who
are in full sympathy with the movement,
whose duty it shall be to collect funds to carry
out the purposes of the organization