The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-04-30
THE wAvERLY CONVENTION.
A shameful Decker Among the Bosses
EnsOr ana ROOp for Delegates.
From the Baltimore Sun.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The Republican convention OF the seeonf
congressional district, which met at Waverly
on Wednesday, was run entirely by the eoun 2
ties of Baltimore, Carroll, Cecil and Hartford
The twentieth. twenty first, twenty-seconC
wards and ninth precinct of the eleventh ware
| of Baltimore city, which form part OF TIL!
congressional district, had no voice and were
allowed to take no part in the proceedings
| Two sets of delegates from the city wards were
at the meeting, but the committee on credeh
tails. consisting of one member from each o.
the four counties, declined to seat either
Both of the contesting delegations from the
city were in the hall when the report was
made, and both quietly acquiesced;
| VIM. J. Smith, of Cecil, presided. Daniel
Shamberger, of Baltimore county, was secre
tarv District Attorney John L. Ensor, OF
Baltimore county, and Samuel hoop' OF Car
roll county, were chosen as delegates to the
national convention, with Robert l.. Christie,
of Cecil, and E. NJ. Hoffman, OF the twenty
second ward as alternates.
The colored Republicans are gwen no rep
resentation on the delegation, although Two
colored men-Joshua c. Simms and Joseph
Dorsey. both of Baltimore city-were put in
nomination. SiR1ms receiUed the fire rOteS
of Carroll county, but was defeated by Holt
man who got the votes of the other three
counties. Dorsey was not voted for at ALL
Col. j. T. Freeze, of Hartford county, was
unanimously elected as presidential elector
for the district.
District Attorney Ensor amnaged the con-
vention His only chance was to effect such
n compromise in the second district as would
insure his election as district delegate. Mr..
Ensor has heretofore been with the johnson
element of the party; and was supposed to be
friendly to the cause of Collector Marine, a
leader of that faction. He carried Baltimore
county and controlled it, while Mr.. Marine S
friends controlled Hartford These counties
to,,etber have eleven votes in the convention,
while Carroll and Cecil, whose delegates were
friendly to the Gary faction, had nine. In
the convention proper this would have given
Ensor and Marine, had they combined, ma
iority. But the difficulty was with the COM
mittee on credentials. In this body each
county had an equal vote in settling the dis
mute OF the Baltimore city delegation.
Mr.. Ensor, it is said, was not willing to
trust to the action of the committee TO seat
the city delegates who would be favorable to his
cause. so before the convention met he eff
fected the compromise which resulted in his
selection as a national delegate. He prepared,
it is asserted, a written agreement in binding
legal phraseology by the terms OF which Bal
timore county would co operate with any other
counties that would aid Mr.. Ensor in his fight.
This was submitted to all the counties, and
Cecil and Carroll signed the compact and the
work was done. Carroll readily entered into
the arrangement to secure the election of Mr..
Room, while Cecil's motive was solely to de,
feat Mr.. Stevenson A. Williams, the Marine
candidate from Hartford. The compact was
Z Al. .la1
its terms we're strictly adhered to by all par
ties. The same agreement, it is said, was al
so submitted to the Hartford delegation, but
was repudiated by Mr.. Williams.
The Hartford people denounce the action of
Mr.. Esnor in unmeasured terms and say he
sold out Mr. Marine and his friends for a
purely selfish puspose. Mr.. Roop, the dele
gate from Carroll county. is an uncompro-
missing adherent of the Gary faction. After
his action yesterday, the politicians say they
do not know where TO pi. .. Esnor.