The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-08-10
CLABAUGH'S CONVENTION.
The Young Republican Leader Owned the
Republican Convention and Ran il
to Suit Himself.

districts in the Republican primaries last Sat
urday, and particularly in Westminster dis
| trict, where nearly 500 votes were polled.
| The real contest was on the GovernOrShip.
! Harry NJ. Clabaugh had promised the comfy
to Lloyd Lowndes. and A. II. Huber, the
leader of the opposition. believed that Con
gresham Baker was the logical candidate, as
| he proved his interest in a reasSesSment by
voting for the Hayes bill. while LowndeS APP
| peared before Senator Hayes and his commit
| tee against the Hayes bill. The Baker sup
porters also believed the counties of the
second congressional district should stand to-
gether as a matter of policy for the future.
| Other issues, of local matter, relative To the
county ticket, entered the contest. and the
! slate that was partly made up will be changed.
| All but two districts were carried by the
! Clabaugh -Sharrer faction. and the delegates
| from these two made virtue of necessity and
remained silent or got ON the Clabaugh band
| wagon.
The convention on Monday moved as nicely
/ as perfect piece of machinery well oiled.
| Senator German in his palmiest days never
/ had better acting machine. There was not
| a hitch nor jar anywhere, and the master
machinist looked supremely happy until he
asked the convention if it was It's pleasure that
/ he should name the delegates to the Cambridge
! convention. The convention had agreed To
| not been on the Clahaugh band wagon very
| long. proposed that a delegation Of twenty be
| sent to the state convention 10 work for
! lowndeS and Clahaugh. This was carried
| also, and the master machiuiSt was then per
! picked. II was hig job. without notice, ia
| select twenty delegates. but he went at il aud
| finally completed the list. The selections
/ were hastily but not wisely made. Ia the
| whole delegation there Is not a good speaker
Q L Il IL.
| as Attorney General. This will not matter
/ much. however, As the Lowndes- Clabaugh-
Dixon Dennis combine viii likely win ut the
/ Cambridge convention. and nominating
speeches will count for very little.
Chairman William Wood called the con
| yention Ia order, and made. a short speech,
! saving that he was grati6ed at the ontpOuring
/ Of the Republicans. and closed with the state
/ ment that good state and county nominations
would result in Republican victory IN the state
/ and county.
| II. VI. Clahaugh proposed DIR. George I.
| Motter. Of faneytown. ia n highly eulogis'ic
| speech. for temporary chairman, aud Or.
/ Luther Kemp. Of UniOniown. aud Or. Morris
/ Wooden. Of Hampstead. were proposed for
/ temporary secretaries. These Mere accepted.
II. VI. Clahaugh proposed that as there
I were no coniesting delegations d committee
I ou credentials be dispensed with. which pro-
/ posal vas accepted because Mr.. Clahaugh
| himself had said il. and upon the suggestion
| of W. l.. W. Seabrook the districts were called
and the credentials we're handed 10 the secr"-
I taries.
/ HIN. Clahaugh moved that a vice. president
from each district. b. chosen, to be- named
4 hv the district delegations. aud the motion
4 prevailed These wrre chussR-Iamss {.
F, Gait John u. MYERS. LOUIS +. Shrivcr
Joshua Barnes. Charles H. COnoway. Charles
/ J. II. Gant-r. Fred y Hook. Chas H.
Sapp. :. A. Zile. John +. Befhug;on, y H.
Bale. Ezra T. Biaehari. William II. hoos
Ter.
Had there been more districts there would
( have been more viee-presideafs. As ii wa~,
| however. the services of none of them uers
I needed. still Il did 40; casJ anything, hui g
I little time, "a confer ihc compliments. and
/ Mr.. Clahaugh donbly sealrd the frisndship -
I. thirteen Republicans.
II. NJ Clahaugh having exhausted hls
( stock ~ motions. " J. W. Sealronk came
/ to the ryseae. aud moved thu appointment oi
Z a committee on resolutions. has mwgluu
prevailed slSa. Cor i uas part 81 the pro
{ gram 10 resaluie and sci had bcva prepared
I in advance of the meeting Of the convention.
I These had been read to = COMMITTEE 81 one
fram each district thai held little caucus iu
a rlom ia the rear pf the stage an hour pre-
,ioHs and were heartily applsnded.
The folloNiRg committee aas selcciet-W
Jesse Roberts, T. II. RanfEan. Harvey iagy
I W. Alice Wampler. T. T. HaiEhf. e. W.
Eyerhart. " l. VI. Seahrook. John N.
I Gin, CharIes Nicosiealus, W. y. Brown. ".
y Drach. j. p. Lambert ans Rudney C.
/ Glisan. This committee filed dgwn Stair Tor
considerations 81 of the resolutions. and ibe
convention took q recsss for ten miunfs~,
upoa motion al II. NJ. Ciahauah-
The resolutions were rad O. the cummiiiszs
and adapse,. and ". l.. W. Seabrsok uas
authorized to report ihvm. Up cane she
( committee and Chairman N1uer eaily,i The
convention 10 order. The chairman ~ ihr
committee said the chirogruphy chirnErnphs
Is the elegant Cor band writing va 80 rad b.
thought the secretaries wrrc tao daiuh. ~
. words ta that eit.st Ia rad ths-m. aHd b.
wuuld do that acg himself Tie pEoc,y,ls,i 10
read the resolutions part ~ which Vas 3
r,.hash IT the editorials IL thr Nfsfissf lnirad
/ ei u throw the blame ga Heu4ocrsiie Ad.
minisization Tor the hanl times and bstsiaH-4
depression resulting trom Ackluief tsrn, TIE
sherman silver purchasing aci and RePah.t,sn
extravaganza, and claiming thsi thg elrcs'an
II q Repubhcan Hoa>r % Representative
that has u.; So; met. and aiii uy5 me,t uBi53
December. r,..ior,.d confidence. started ihe
wheels Of industry aud caused . gl.r iu he
wages uf labor Ihr resolutions sf.skr -
broken I,r0misss Da the rt.lssi.sslasIti lcsioss.
declared that there ought % b. 8 gs-t.iiuaiiun
Of property. and endorsed i.inyJ ls7~a,ls'- hsr
Governor the same l.ssndrs shu appeared
before Senator HAYES and hfs committee at
Annapolis, aud made protest against The
tsssae, 81 the Have. hill The resolutions
also enlogized u. VI Clshsugh and instructed
the delegates to use all honorable means %
secure his nomination for Attorney. tiraerg,i,
and also ior The nomination OF i.layd i.0unds-s
Tor Governor.
The resolutions sere adopted viihoui de-
hate. and later H. " Clalaugh made q
speech aeknov lodging the cemp limrni 10 him
although he said IL was uumeriiej pom
( this point some Of the antis ou tbr oat.idF
agreed With has iheagh The convention was
solid the other way.
THE BELFEArf1~.
H. NJ Claiaagh then selected hi- delegates
Ia the state convention ~ fellows; Ilr
George r. MoiieF. Louis Reese, Louis G.
Shriyer. Alfred Buckingham, Asa Hepuer,
Cbas. J. II. GaEier. James :. Baer. Nm. A.
Shriver. John ". KelhaHgh. f. A. lille, VIM.
f. +. Cover. Frank j. Devilbiss. j. J. White
Walter K. Rndv. jane. W Beacham. Z. y.
Englar. Thomas A. Barnes. Cleveland An
ders. Capt Whitfield Stansbury and George
! Z. Paanebaker.
The members Of the state central committee
arr Harry n. Clabaagh, W. T.. W. Seabrook
/ William Y, Frizzell. William Wood and
.Insaph 4 Siogfer.
shaw'S Administration Commended.
The Washington correspondent of the Bal
tmOre American, Ang saws :--NessrS- L.