Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-03-16
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
Want Fair Primaries-The Candidates for
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once.
A committee has been appointed to
draft resolutions demanding fair demo-
cratic primaries and report at a meeting
of democrats to be held in Annapolis ON
Tuesday. This committee is composed
of Richard p. Sellman, first district:
George Duvall, second district; DIR. Eli
jah Williams, third district; r. Shipley,
fourth district; Fulton Kelly, of Mar
shall, fifth district; DIR. w. Z. Clande,
sixth district; Isaac $ Nutwell, eighth
district, and Il. Eugene Wathen, sec
retary.
Politicians are beginning to stir around
and many inquiries have been made rs
to the makeup of the ticket for the city
and county elections, which take place
in July and November respectively.
Among the candidates most prominent
~ spoken Of for Mayor are John III.
Thomas, the present incumbent, and
Alderman Allen Mccullough, of the
Second ward.
Meetings are being held by members
of the Bannon-Moss faction, and the
political situation of the county thor
onghly discussed. Yesterday Messrs. j.
&. Bannon, Isaac n. Nutwell, james ).
Armiger aud others held a conference at
fight will lie made for State Senatorship
for which Office Senator Robert Moss is
a candidate for denomination. James
r.. BrasheaTs is also strongly urged for
this position. AS a compromise State
Senator Moss 3 name has been mention
ed in connection with the States attor-
neyship.
DR.. G.. Morris Cheston's name has
La 4. g..
the Legislature, but it is not believed
that the Doctor would accept the place
if rendered. DIR. Cheston is a popular
physician of the first district. Four
years ago he was a candidate for the
State Senate. He is an ardent support
er of DIR. George Wells.
DR.. w. @. Clayton, also from the first
district, has large following, and his
friends are making an active canvass for
hun for clerk of the court. Richard Il.
Sellman is an ex-sheriff of the county,
and is willing to accept the position
again.
Charles f. Sappington, who has serv-
ed as delegate to the legislature for the
past two sessions, has declined rc-n0mi-
nation. The candidates most promi-
nently mentioned are
r. Brashears, ID. Clinton Lyles.
House of Delegates-George w. Hyde,
George NJ. Murray, r. Shipley, e. b.
Watts, DIR. q. II. Winterson, DR.. J. e..
Mcpherson.
Clerk of the Court--Dr. Geo. Wells,
John G. Bannon, DIR. w. Q. Claytor.
Sheriff-Harry G. Acton, Richard p.
Sellman, w. Il. Shipley.
County Commissioner p. Way
son, Augustus Hall, Samuel III. Hop
kins, John ii. Hopkins.
Only one county commissioner is
to be nominated. If elected he will
serve for the full term of six years, sue
ceeding James +. Baldwin, whose term
expires i'm 1895. The other commission
ers are w. G. Gischel and r. III. Phelps,
whose terms expire in 1899 and 1897,
respectively.
State Senator Hattersly NJ. Talbot,
chairman of the democratic State CELL
tral committee, who was in Baltimore
! yesterday, said he has decided to call the
State committee together in that city
on Wednesday, April 3rd. Notices to
| this effect will be sent out on Monday
| by Mr.. Spencer Watkins, secretary to
| the committee, who will go to Balti-
will meet at the Carrollton Hotel at
noon on the day named.
The Senator says he decided on an
early meeting of the committee after
consultation with leading democrats
throughout the State. While opinions
differed as to the time for the meeting,
he said he found the preponderatinp
sentiment favorable to an early call.
| Democrats in the State recognize that
the fight this year will be stubbornly
contested, as the republicans will enter
success last fall. Therefore, Senator
Talbot thinks, the democratic party
committee should get together early and
map out its plan of action.