The Democratic advocate., 1895-10-19
How LOWNDES Was NOMINATED.
THE PART THAT CLABAUGH,
WELLINGTON AND OTHERS
TOOK.
Some History of the State and City
Conventions.

The Republican press and the nominees on the
Republican ticket particularly Mr. LoWndes, nav
ing repeatedly cOntTasted the manner of the nomi-
nation of the respective Democratic and Republl-
cans tickets Malster Republican alludcs to the fact
in the Baltimore papers and then proceeds TO give
some history of the State and Baltimore City con
yentions, IT'S follows:
As Il matter of fact however, not the Honorable
Lloyd LOwndes, but Mr.. William T. Malster repre-
sented the sentiment of the Republican masses and
had il not been for such machine intervention as
has been unparalleled in the history of the state or
country, the genial president of the Columbian Iron
Works and not the Cumberland millionaire. would
now be inspecting live stock the county fairs and
iourneying around the State Seekin" votes The ad-
hercnts of Mr. Malster were early in the field ana
that gentleman himself has always been outspoEen
and honest i'll regard to his ambition 10 achieve the
nomination, whereas it is susceptible of proof that
Mr.. LOwndes, while openly asserting that he would
under no circumstances accept the nomination I'M
unless ii came to him entirely unsolicited, was
secretly attempting to undermine the growing
strength of Mr.. Malster and was, throughout the
state through his active lieutcnants. bargaining
successfully us the outcome of the Republican con-
vention shows-for the support of those pledged to
the interests of his rival. For few weeks prior 10
convention the general Republican Headquarters at
the CarroltOn Hotel, for the support OF which all
Republicans contributed and which were supposed
" to be used to further the interests of the Rcpub
lican party and not the chances o! particular cam
didate for the nomination. became nothing less than
IL ''Lowndcs Club where the means of inSuring
that gentlemans success at the convention was the
all-cngrossing subject discussed by the officers Of
the general State Committcc-a state Of affairs out
IN Mr. y +
ed imposition that has never been cqualed in Mary
land
The supporters of Mr.. Malstcr were drawn from
the bone and sinew of the party-he was the choice
and idol of the workingmcn of the CITY and state,
he was the undoubtcd choice Of the coorcd voters,
and would have represented in every sense the
wishes of the people had they been allowed to pre-
vail. Arrayed against the Malster forces was the
most corrupt and unscrupulous machine working
in the interest of Lloyd LowndcS, and in addition
the 'kid-@lovcd' element of the party which was
used 10y the bosses to cloak the workings of the
machine. The recent Chairman of the state Com
mittcc and present Republican candidate for At
tOrncy-C ienrral. Mr.. Harry VI. Clabaugh, and the
present Chairman Mr.. George L. Wellington. left no
stone unturncd III their efforts To check the rising
tide in favor of Mastcr and that they succeeded in
doing So is their constant boast. additiOn to the
enormous power welded in favor of the nomnc"
by the machine, the Republican Congressman elect,
MrssrS. Baker, Coffin and Wellington, cNertcd every
influence in their power 10 induce the supporters
of Mr. MalStcr to desert his cause for Mr. L0"ndcS.
These gentlemen, appreciating the fact that the
Otcc-hOldCrS and oficc-ScckcrS of bon parties are
generally influential in conventions, approach
cd those members of the Cambridge Convention
who had been in office or who aspircd 10 be, with
l. - ..tI,. l,.,t,
troll i'll ease the next national election goes Eepuh-
lican In all parts Of the State the licutcnantS OF
Mr.. I.owndes worked to insure the overthrow OF
MalStcr notably after the primaries i'll Montgom-
cry county during. the week preceding the cam
bridge convention, where Mr.. Milstcr had an un-
doubted majority of the delegates, and where Chair
man Wellington and other supporters of Mr..
LowndcS succeeded by the of illcgitimatr means
in capturing substantial portion of the votes OF
the delegation and dcmOralzing the Master forces
there and everywhere But despite the vast aid of
the machine despite the influence of the Congress
men elect and the tricky methods employed in
winning votes from the County delegates, Mr.. Nal
Stcr would have undoubtedly received the nomina-
ton had the Republican machine, driven To dc-
peration, resOrtcd to the preparation in Baltimore
City of the most outrageous acts of political raS-
caity ever known in the career of machine politics
in Maryland III any party.
on August l. the Republicans primaries were held
in Baltimore and the scenes Of lawlcSSnesS which
characterized them have never been equaled in the
history of local pOlicS-disgmcefu brOilS and en-
counters were the order of the day and in one ward
alone twenty-five rioters were arrested, an unprc-
cedented incident here. Despite the fact that the
Lowndcs wing had the officers of election i'll siN-
teen out of the twenty-five wards, and was well
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the third Legislative District by such oyerwhelm-
ing majority that the machine did not dare to at
tempt to change the result there and when the
polls were closed at o'clock that night he had un-
doubtedlv carried the other two districts by good
majoritieS which, in addition to The third and the
county delegates already pledged to him, would
have insured him the nomination. The situation
which confronted the Lowndes managers that
night was well nigh overwhelming, but they re
sorted to desperate means to meet it. The officers
of the primary election were hastily summoned to
the Lowndes Headquarters, the Headquarters of the
Republican State committee at the. CarrOton
Hotel, and were cloSeted with the leaders up to
midnight, and, result Of this conference. they
were induced" to announce that Mr LoWndeS had
carried the first and second districts by very small
maiorties- The indignation of the MalSter men III
this treatment was most violent. They claimed
that the transfer of 80 votes i'll certain wards
changed the result in these two districts and that
this change was made after the conference between
the bosses and officers of election.
When the unofficial returns first came TO the Car
rollton, after the primaries on that Monday night
the Malster men were shouting with joy, for every
report indicated that they had carried the entire
town and had won the fight. With the delegates
from the counties instructed for their candidate
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ster's nomination was assured on the first ballot
Without the city delegates or at least II of them
they were defeated. Hence the delight AT the vie
tory they had against such odds, including the
window, against them. But they soon found that
they had shouted too soon, for they little realized
the unscrupuous nature of the foe with whom
they had 10 deal
As soon as the returns were in Mr.. Wellington
and the other leaders of Mr. Lowndes's forces sent
orders to their officers Of election in the First
and Second Districts to hold back the returns and
give out no figures. This was DONE and the officers
hastened TO the Carrolton where final conference
was held III an upper room, which lasted until
The announcement was sent out to the
public and sent to the morning papers that Mr..
Lowndes had carried the first and second districts
and had thus won the nomination. The returns
had not been signed, and were not signed III the
disputed wards until the next day, but they were
made out to correspond with the changed results
and then were signed. The Malster people were
indignant and protested, but their protests were in
vain The Lowndes men had the State Committee
back of them; they had the City Committee on their
side, and all opposition eventually crushed
ont. one Of the officers of the primary who aided
in the netariouS work is said by reliable Repubi-
cans to have received $500 for his share and it is
known that others received considerable sums
pay.
In the first district the Malster men carried their
protest into the Convention, and when they found
that there was no possibility of having their wrongs
redressed they bolted and established Il separate
convention of their own and elected delegates who
were not admitted in the Convention.
When the delegates met two days later at Cam
bridge it was found that Mr.. Malster still had
following which threatened to make the chances
of Lowndes's success very problematic, and it was
only after making deals with politicians who con-
rolled delegates backed up by promises of federal
patronage sufficient votes were gained to offset the
strength of that candidate and eventually to bring
about the nomination of Mr.. Lowndes
But the last and crowning outrage remained 10
ho committed when the State Convention was