The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1892-07-16
REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEE.
Dates for Congressional Conventions
Faction Spirit still Prevails.

from tue Sulli july 10.
The Republican State central committee
met at Dushane Post Hall yesterday and Sc
lected dates for the congressional district con-
ventions, as follows:
First District-Ocean City, Thursday, Au,
gust IS, at II o clock.
Second District-Brook's Hall on Druid
Hill avenue, Baltimore city, Wednesday, Au-
gust 81, at II O'Clock.
Third District-On Tuesday, August 80, at
II o'clock, at some place to be hereafter
selected.
Fourth District-China Hall, Baltimore, on
Wednesday, August 81, AZ u o'clock.
Fifth District-Laurel, Tuesday, Septem-
Der 6, at Il o'clock.
Sixth Observation-Disclosures, Wednesday,
August 10, at II o'clock
The time and place for holding the ratiica.
ton meeting was referred to the executive
committee.
The central committee met promptly at
noon, with every county represented either
by committeeman or proxy. The attend
ance was small, as no county was represented
by its full membership. In calling the COM
mittee to order Chairman Clabaugh made u
brief speech, in which he urged all members
of the party to let bygones be bygones, to for
get personal differences and to labor for the
common good of the whole party in the state
He added: "The time is approaching when
all good Republicans in Maryland should get
into working harness and labor for success
1t devolves upon the committee to put the
machinery in operation, and | suggest that
this be done as early as practicable. There
is great work ahead in getting the Republi-
can vote registered and attending to other
details essential to success. So long as per-
sonal chickering's are considered above party
l.. L =
in the minority in Maryland ~ .ss-. I 4
The chairman had hardly taken his seat
when the same old factiona fight that has al
ways existed in Baltimore cropped out in
spirited debate between Henry NJ. Wigart, of
the Gary faction, and Charles F. Riehl, of the
Johnson-AiIey element. The fight was start
ed in a speech by Mr.. Wigart, who questioned
the sincerity of those who participated in the
Carrollton Hotel conference in desiring peace
in the party. He said the participants in that
conference had all signed paper agreeing to
harmonic and to hereafter recognize the or
ganized machinery in all party matters.
Among the signers to that agreement was
VIM. +. Airey. IN Notwithstanding this fact,
said Mr.. Wigart, "Mr. Airey has ignored the
accredited party machinery in many wards in
the selection of deputy marshals for service
at the election. In the fifth and twenty sec
Onu "arus tne warn executives suonltteu d
list to Marshal Airey for the service. In
both cases the list was turned down and the
ward executives were smphatioally told that
they would not be recognized. This is not
what | regard as party unity or an effort to
forget tactional differences. 1t is the same
old selfish feeling. | therefore question the
sincerity of that meeting and would like some
action to be taken by this committee"
Mr.. Riehl defended Marshal Airey and
ynrdy var was about to commence between
him and Mr.. Wigart, when the chair called
them to order. 1t was then decided that the
central committee had nothing to do with the
actions of individual members of the party,
and the Carrollton Hotel meeting was not
within the province of the committee meeting.
One member remarked that the Carrollton
Hotel conferees made all the trouble in the
party, ANYWAY.