Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1891-08-06

Above is the result of the Demo-
cratic State Convention which met
in Baltimore, Thursday last. Hon.
Barnes Compton called the Con.
ventiOn to order Ex.Gov. Henry
Lloyd, of Dorchester, was made
chairman and Edward Mulvaney
and John n. Benson, secretaries.
For st. .Mary's, J. Frank Smith
was one Of the vice-presidents /; J.
j. Cough was on the credentials
committee, and s. G.. Thompson
on the committee on resolutions.
In accepting the Craftsmanship, Ex-
Gov. Lloyd made strong and elo-
quent speech. DIR. Frank Shaw, of
Carroll, placed Mr.. Browns name
before the Convention, and Robert
Grain and Edwin Warfield second
ed the nomination which was made
by reclamation. Delegate Samuel
Cacy, of Kent county, nominated
Marion DeKalb Smith for Comp
troller, and State Senator John s.
Writ, as the representative Of Mr..
Brattan--Smith's competitor--mov-
ed that Mr.. Smith be declared the
choice Of the convention by acclaim.
alton. 1t was done. Mr.. 4. Kew
Buchanan, of Baltimore, nominal
ed John Prentiss Poe for Attorney
General, and Hattersley w. Talbot,
of Montgomery, seconded the NOM
ination. Mr.. Poe was declared the
unanimous choice of the Conven-
ton.
ST. MARY's HONoRED.
The nomination for the Court of
Appeals Clerkship was next in or
der ard Mr.. +. NJ. Cox, of Charles
county, in placing Mr.. Ford's name
before the convention, said:
II arise to say word in behalf of South
ern Maryland This naturally favored
section Of our Commonwealth, where the
magnanimous founder of the Land of
Mary first set foot upon her soil and pro-
claimed to the world liberty of conscience
and freedom Of thought was in her early
history and and until comparatively re
cent period among the fairest of her fair
acres. Peculiarly favored by nature in
many Of those gifts that serve to make a
land lovely, noted for the productiveness
OF her soil, her generous hospitality, the
graces Of her women and the gallantry of
her men, Southern Maryland was, in the
anti-bellum days, often denominated as
the garden spot of the State, and was
then, perhaps, entitled to that distinction.
"But the war between the States brought
q cruel blight upon this section of Mary
land which was not shared by other sec.
tons. II would be useless and not within
the scope Of the few words shall address
10 this convention to review the history of
that period and the results Of the war as
they fell severely upon our unfortunate
section. Ii Is sufficient 10 say that our
people were deprived Of the bulk of what
had previously been esteemed their prop
erty by stroke Of the pen in the parental,
but II must be said unnatural, hand of our
government, and were at the same time in
vested with the guardianship Of large
class Of unfortunate people. who hsve
proved to be very troublesome and expen-
wards.
"0ut of the civil war and its results
grew q new and dangerous element in cit
izenship. which the people of Southern
Maryland have had in its chief magnitude
and danger to contend against Organized
a. this element has been into solid fac
ton and autonomic political machine, il
has constituted standing menace 10 the
citizenship, local selfgoyernmeut, and es.
pecially to democratic principles in our
section Of the State.
"But our people have fought the unequal
fight with courage and perseverance, and
sometimes with success. They have kept the
faith under great trials, and attested their de-
votion TO the principles Of democracy by the
crucial test Of leading SO long 9 forlorn
hope. We are encouraged, however, by
the manifestations Of sympathy for us
which have been shown in recent years by
our democratic brethren ofthe State. With
this, together with the consciousness OF
duty well done, we come here today, and
without presumption. but with confidence
claim kindred here and hope to have cur
claims allowed.
"Sir, it has been many years since South
ern Maryland has had q representative on
the State ticket and we come here asking
that privilege today. Our candidate whom
Southern Maryland proposes with united
voice is q typical representative Of her true
democracy, her chivalry and her honorable
manhood He ID Bayard in politics, q