Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-05-08
POLITICS And POLITICIANS
GETTING READY FOR THE PR'MA
RY CONTEST.
Meeting of the Combine Faction-Fix-
ing the Delegates Ticket.
WHAT SENATOR MOSS SAYS.

WHAT SENATOR MOSS SAYS.
There was another meeting of the
Wells Bannon- Bond Potee combine yes
terday, at O'Connell's Hotel, for the
purpose of arranging for the Demo-
cratic primaries which come off on SAT-
urday in the several districts of the coun-
ty. Gen. Frank A. Bond, John g. Ban
non, DIR. George Wells and other leaders
of the combination were on hand. Dele
gate tickets were named-and all arrange
ments made for an exciting contest at
the primary meetings. Some of the dele
gates chosen to be voted for in the pri-
maries on the combination ticket are as
follows:
First DIstrict--B. Allen Welch, j. w.
Gardiner, DIR. q. Morris Cheston, John
McCarter, w. III. Claggett.
Second Djstrict-Richard Baldwin, I.
Lee, Robert Lamb, John III. Branzell.
Third District-Dr. Elijah Williams,
G. l.. Solley, J. M. Cook, DIR. ii. M. Rev
ell, Percy Williams.
Fifth District--J. G. Linthicum, Il. l..
Phelps, w. T. Shipley, Philip Myers, G..
N. Potee, DIR. q. II. Winterson and four
others,
Eighth District-Andrew Crandell, ].
Il. Hutchins, w. L. Rogers, Frank w.
Owens, Il. K. Phipps, w. Il. Owens, j..
w. Ireland, Waters Ford, Oliver Perry,
Edwin Gott.
Delegates have been selected from the
first district for the anti-combine ticket
as follows: DR.. w. @. Clayton, Angus
tus Hall, II. p Sellman, w. Il. Jones,
q. M. Suit, j. B. Stockett, William Witt,
}. III. Hunt. Frank Nj. Duckett, j. N.
Nichols. +. S. Revell, of the third dis
trict, and Harry G. Acton, of the fifth
district, are among the candidates for
sheriff.
1t is reported that the slate is as fol-
lows for next Tuesdays county cOnven
tion: For Senator, John &. Bann0n for
States attorney, James II. Brashears;
| for clerk of the Circuit Court, DIR. Geo.
Wells; for the House of Delegates, DR..
q. II. Winterson, George w. Hyde, DIR.
George w. Hammond and one place left
open. The county commissioners to he
nominated will, it is rumored, be John
III. Hopkins, of the First district. The
nomination for sheriff is left open.
State Senator Moss, leader of the anti
combine forces in Anne Arundel, charg-
es Senator German with debating the
ticket to be nominated at the county
convention in Annapolis next Tuesday.
He said II have positive proof that
Mr.. German has issued orders that the
convention nominate DIR. George Wells
| for clerk of the court, John G. Bannon
for Senator and James II. Brashears foI
State 3 attorney. These gentlemen have
been selected without any regard fol
their fitness for the positions they have
been ordered to take. 1t looks rs if Mr.
German, having ruined the party in the
nation and State, now proposes to take
each county in alphabetical order anC
hand us over to the republicans. This
statement Of Senator Moss was made
deliberately after he had been informed
that two of the combinations had inter
viewed Senator German in Washington
and from what he had heard.
/ Several gentlemen present at the con
ference denied that the ticket had beer
agreed upon with the exception Of DIR
Wells, who had been unanimously recon-
mended for court clerk.
| 1t is reported that prominent repub
lican politician remarked the other day
that il Wells was nominated for til,
clerkship and Bannon for the Senate
that Anne Arundel would have repub
lican clerk and a democratic Senator
| which led some of DIR. Wells friends Il
remark, that Bannon would play tn,
same game with Wells, that he did will
Major Sprigg Harwood two years ago
which came near defeating the Major.