The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-04-29
Congressional Convention.
SECOND DISTRICT.

oGCONO II.
The republican convention of thu
second congressional district, which
met at Waverly, Wednesday. was run
entirely by the counties of Baltimore
Carroll, Cecil and Hartford. Ths
twentieth. twenty-first. twenty -secont
wards and ninth precinct of the
eleventh ward of Baltimore city, which
form part of this congressional dis
trict, had no voice and were allowed te
take no part in the proceedings. Two
sets delegates from the city wards were
at the meeting, but the committee on
credentials, consisting of one member
from each of the four counties, declined
to seat either. Both of tie contestine
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 secretary. District Attor-
ney John 7. Enser, of Baltimore county
and Samuel Roop, of Carroll county
were chosen as delegates to the national
convention, with Robert l.. Christie, Of
Cecil, and E. M. Hoffman, of the
twenty-second ward, as alternates.
Col. j. T. Freeze, of Hartford county,
was unanimously elected as presidential
elector for the district,
District Attorney Ensor managed
the convention. He has always had q
strong desire to be delegate to the
natianal convention. AS the State con.
vention will be dominated by influence
that has been heretofore inimical to
Mr.. Ensor, he had no hope of being
selected as delegate at large His only
chance was to effect such com promise
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 fac
ton. He carried Baltimore county aud
controlled it. while Mr.. Marines
friends controlled Hartford. These
counties together have eleven votes in
the convention, while Carroll and Cecil
whose delegates were friendly to the
Gary faction, had nine. In the con-
vention proper this would have given
Ensor and Marine, had they combined,
a majority. But the difficulty was
with the committee on credentials, In
this body each county had an equal
vote in settling the dispute OF the Balti-
more city delegation.
Mr.. Ensor, it Is said, was not willing
to trust to the action of this committee
to seat the city delegates who would be
favorable to his cause. so before the
convention met he effected the COM
promise which resulted in his selection
as national delegate. He prepared, ii
is asserted, a written agreement in
binding legal phraseology by the terms
of which Baltimore county would CO.
operate with any other counties that
would aid MIR. 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.. Roop, while Cecil's
motive was solely to defeat Mr.. Steven.
son A. Williams, the Marine candidate
from Hartford. The compact was made
before the convention assembled, and
its terms were strictly adhered to byall
parties. The same agreement, it is
said, was also submitted to the Hartford
delegation, but was repudiated by Mr.
Williams.
The Hartford people denounce the
action of Mr.. Enson in unmeasured
terms and say he sold out Mr.. Marine
and hls friends for a purely selfish
purpose. Mr.. Roop, the delegate from
Carroll county, is an uncompromisine
adherent of the Gray faction. After
his action yesterday, the politicians say
they do not know where to place Mr.
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