Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-12
Democratic Convention of the Sixth
Maryland District.
A CONTEST over THE RESOLUTIONS
Tariff Reformers Win and Indorse
the President.
CONSERVATIVES DEFEATED
Special Dispa tch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
| HAGERSTOWN. Nd, September 12.-The
| democratic congressional convention for the
sixth district met today in the Academy OF
| Mrsic, which was appropriately decorated
| with American flags, black and orange
bunting. chrome of President Cleveland
| stood at one side on an easel.
| George II. Hager, chairman Of the Wash
| ington county executive committee, called
| the convention TO order at IL :25. ]. A. Ma
| son of Washington county proposed Gen.
| William NJ. McKaig. the present repre-
sentative of the district in Congress- as the
| temporary chairman of the convention, and
he was unanimously elected. Gen. McKaig's
| appearance on the stage was greeted with
| tuinultuous applause. Gen. McEaig upon
taking the platform sailed Immediately into
the repuDncaa party in his usual vigorous
| style and pointed cut the reasons why VIC
tory should perch on the democratic BAN
ners, IN MS opinion, at the coming election.
he pointed out that, in his opinion, Mr..
| ferdinand Williams, who would be the can
dldate OF today's convention, would have
| nity to seventy-fve per cent better chance
OF election than he, Mckaig. did in 1882
lie pointed out. the fallacies of the repub-
| hcan platform as adopted at Frederick last
| wednesday, and wound up with a predic-
Der.
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eiected temporary secretary. and then two
| committees, one on credentials and perma-
nent organization. and the other on resolu-
lions, were appointed.
Inc credential committee as selected was
as follows: Allegany, William E. Walsh
Jarrett, John L. Mitchell; Washington Wil-
nam ID. Witzenoacher; Frederick, Dr. l. r.
| - ,McCurdy; montgomery, John c. Bentley.
Alegany. James W. Thomas: Garrett Will
nam A Brydon; Frederick, L. V. Baugh-
man; washington. j. A. Mason; Mont
soinery. Capt b. j. Chisweil.
+ Sesserya&tses TariG Rssssseaoss.
oniy enc ripple disturbed the council Of
the braves. The resolutions came near
oeins the rock on which the good demo-
crats OF the district split. Last night a
number Of the delegates got together in
Col. buchanan Schley's Office and held
a grand pow-wow over the resolutions to
De adopted. Washington, Frederick and
Aliegany counties all wanted the particular
resolutions adopted at their county conyen-
u3ns maue the resolutions for the district.
Jarrett county presented no resolutions
ara the Montgomery county delegates did
not arrive until after the caucus had been
declared over. as their trains had been de-
layed. :
The Allegany and Garrett county people
were in favor Of a set of conservative reso-
lLtons on the tariff. They persuaded the
Washington county people to go with them,
We're opposed violently, however, by the
Frederick county delegation, who were in
favor OF open, positive expressions on the
subject of tariff reform. The three men
who opposed the resolutions were Col. l..
Victor Baughnau of Frederick, Col Isuch-
aEan Schley Of Washington and Gen. Nc
kaig himself They fought the conserva-
tive resolutions from post to pillar, but
the other side overruled them.
Gen. II. kyd Douglas Of Hagerstown,
w. &. Devecmon Of Cumberland and w.
y. Brydon of Garrett county were the lead
ers on the other side.
There was great dissatisfaction at the de-
ciSion OF the caucus. Gen. Mckaig was
openly vexed. and did not hesitate to say
was teing made.
Col. Baughman was also sore. He had
made all his arrangements to leave the
conveL ton this morning on the IL o'clock
train, but few minutes before the train
left the leaders of the other side agreed to
accept the Frederick county resolutions.
The doughty colonel was Immediately
placated, and his valise sent back to the
hotel.
Tariff RcfOrmers Win.
Two events contributed to this change of
front One was the position taken by the
Montgomery county delegation, very
strong and compact body. They demanded
that the resolutions should be reconsidered
and they given a show at them. and de-
clared that Montgomery county could not
ministration's tariff policy was positively
indorsei.
This influenced Col. Douglas and the 9TH
ers, and, in addition, Col. Schley and the
Frederick county people were working
them. So they abandoned their position
and adopted the Frederick county resolu-
tions, thereby averting considerable trou-
BILE.
The credential committee recommended
that the temporary officers be made perma-
nent, and this was done.
The Resolutions Read.
Col. L. Victor Baughman, the charm an
Of the committee on resolutions. then read
the resolutions over which much trouble
had occurred. and they were greeted with
much applause They were follows:
Be it resolved by the democrats of the
sixth congressional district, in convention
assembled, That We hereby reiterate our
devotion to the platform of the democratic
party adopted at its national convention
held at Chicago in 1892. and particularly
the tariff and financial principles therein
set forth.
We reaf.irm especially the tariff plank
which declares that we denounce republican
protection as a fraud and a robbery of the
great majority of the American people for
the benefits of the few.
We declare. 1t to be fundamental prin-
cple of the democratic party that the
federal government has no constitutional
power to impose and collect tariff duties.
and we demand that the collection of such
taxes shall be limited TO the necessities OF
the government honestly and economically
administered.
We accept the tariff bill passed in the
same spirit in which ii was accepted by
President Cleveland and the House of Rep
resentatives as vast improvement upon
the existing condition and as a measure
that will tighten the tariff burdens that
now rest heavily upon the people. 1t not
only erects a barrier against the return of
prot action, but furnishes vantage ground
from which may be better waged further
aggressive operations against protected
monopolies and governmental favoritism,
and pledge ourselves to carry forward
from this vantage ground the great battle
of tariff reform until tariff legislation is
freed from all suspicion of control by trusts
and monopolies, until relief is given an
overtaxei people and until the pledges of
the democratic party are wholly redeemed.
We heartily indcrse the present democrat
ic administration and especially the action
of President Cleveland i'm striving honestly
and couragcously to redeem the pledges of
the party and meet the expectation of the
people.
We commend the democratic Congress
for having swept from the statute books
the obnoxious federal elections law, ad-
rninistered for the purpose of promoting by
fraud and violence the interests of the re-