Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-08-17
For Ureck-moster,
LITTLETON p. BIRCH.
For Surveyor.
WILLIAM SHOCKLEY.
COUNTY POLITICS.

The meeting of Independent Dem
ocrats which was advertised extensively
for several weeks from one end of the
county to the ether to be held in the
Court House here last Tuesday. and
which was TO be great uprising of
the people, was failure in its most
essential feature. There were only IS
persons in the court room during the
meeting. 4 number of these being Re-
puhlicans. Prohibiiionists and others
who went, not TO participate in the
meeting, but TO sit on the back benches
and watch the proceedings There
We're also present Of the 46, two re-
poriers who were after news. Several
Democrats who had been led to come
here under the representation that the
meeting was TO be big affair and
would he n representative body made
up of host of people from all sections
of the county, were so disguised that
they would not 20 into the meeting.
One gentleman said that the Poc0moke
leader told him that he was going to
bring over 300 people here from POGO
moke City; he had about ten followers.
some Of whom have since declared
they were done with such politics and
that someone had fooled them. From
Berlin il was given out that 800 would
come down to terrify the Democracy,
but there were present only few,
who went TO make up the small num-
Der of i6, including Republicans and
Prohibitionists present. We have
nothing now to say of the personel of
the convention-because we are conf
dent there were men present who think
different today about moss meetings
than they did last Tuesday. They
now understand that it will not do to
rely upon Republican newspaper TO
give good advice 10 Democrats. One
of the notable features Of the meeting
here Tuesday was the activity displayed
by the chairman Of the Republican
party, who is also a candidate for
States Attorney on the Republican
Ticket. lie was in frequent consulta-
ton with the arch-conspirator of the
enterprise and no doubt gave his able
lieutenant his orders as 10 how To pro-
coed with the convention. lie is one
of the stockholders in the Worcester
Enfefprisc, and in fact the Republicans
hold nearly all Of the stock in the
concern, or at least a majority of il,
another candidate on the Republican
ticket also being a stakeholder. These
Republicans were in close consultation
with the Pocomoke leader according
to a reliable Pocom0kian) on Monday
evening previous TO the convention on
Tuesday afternoon, and ii is the we'll
founded opinion Of a majority of Dem
ocrats that the Chairman Of the Repub.
lican party OF Worcester county is the
man who Is endeavoring TO stir up
strife in the Democratic party Some
of the Democrats who came to the
meeting last Tuesday see it and they
will wash their hands of the movement.
Nobody hlamcs Mr.. Chairman il j.
a rather cute Tick of his, but Dem
ocrats who DO not want to be lei into
the Republican camp may now open
their eyes before they cross the ditch.
More circulars will no doubt food the
county and the literary committee Of
the gigantic combination will do its
duty. but Democrats who find these
circulars thrust into their hands can
feel well assured that Mr.. Chairman
of the Republican party is laughing in
his sleeves at their innocence. and If
they are right smart they will be like
Bre'r Fox and lay low. Democrats are |