The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-10-26
HOW LOWNDES Was NOMINATED.
THE PART THAT CLABAUGH,
WELLINGTON AND OTHERS
TOOK.
Some History of the State and City
Conventions.


nation of the respective Democratic and Republi-
cans tickets, Master Republican alludes to the fact
in the Baltimore papers and then proceeds to give
some history of the State and Baltimore city CON
ventions, as follows:
Asa matter of fact. however, not the Honorable
Llovd Lowndes but Mr. William 7. Master repre-
scented the sentiment of the Republican masses ana
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 Wohlo
now he inspecting live stock at the county iars ana
iourneving around the State seeking woes Inc a"-
hcrents of Mr.. Master were early III the heiu an"
that gentleman himself has always been outSpoEen
and honest in regard to his ambition 10 achieNe te
nomination. whereas ii is susceptible of proof that
Mr. Iowndes while openly asserting that he would
pnder no circumstances accept the nomination I'M
unless il came to him entirely unsolicited. was
secretly attempting to undermine the growing
strength of Mr.. Master, and was, throughout the
State, through his active leutenants, bargaining
successfully as the outcome of the Republican con
yention shOws-for the support of those pledged To
the interests of his rival For few weeks prior 10
convention the general Republican headquarters al
the Carrollton Hotel for the support of which all
Republicans contributed and which were supposed
v to be used to further the interests OF the Repub
ddate for the nomination. became nothing less thah
a ..Lowudes Club where the means of lrSurlnS
that genteman's success at the convention was the
au-engrossing subject discussed by the officers OF
the general State Commttee-a state OF affairs out
rageorslv unjust to Mr. Master and an tInwarrant-
ed imposition that has never been eqnaled in Mary
land.
The supporters of Mr. Malster were drawn from
the bone and Sinew of the party-he was the choice
and idol of the workingmen of the city and state
he was the undOubted 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 INSCRIPTIONS machine. working
in the interest of Lloyd Lowndcs and in addition
the "kid-gloved" element of the party. which was
uscd by the bosses to cloak the workings of the
machine The recent Chairman of the State Com
mittcc and present Republican candidate for At
Iornev-General Mr.. Harry NJ Cabaugh, and the
present Chairman, Mr.. George L. Wellington lett III"
stone untrned in their efforts to check the rising
tide in favor of Master and that they succeeded Ill
doing 50 is their constant boast. Inaddition to the
enormous power welded in favor of the nominee
by the machine the Republican Congressman elect,
McssrS. Baker. Coffin and Wellington. cXcrted every
influence in their power To induce the supporters
of Mr. Malstcr to desert his cause for Mr. LowndeS.
These gentlemen. approaching the fact that the
ticchodrrS and ofiice-seekcrS of both parties are
generally influential in conventions. approach
ed those members of the Cambridge Convention
who had been in office or who aSpircd To he. Win
promises of the federal patronage they would CON
troll in case the national election goes Repuh-
lican. In all parts of the state the iieutclahtN "I
Mr. LowndcS worked to insure the overthrow OF
MaIstcr notably after the primaries in Montg"nl-
ary county during. the week preceding the Cam
bridge convention. where Mr. Master had an I'M
doubted majority of the delegates and where Chair
man Wellington and other supporters oil MT.
Lowndcs succeeded by thcuSe of illegitimate means
in capturing Il substantial portion of the votes "i
the delegation and dcmoralizing the MaSlcr forces
there and everywhere. But despite the vast AID at
the machine. despite the influence of the Congress
men elect and the tricky methods employed i'll
winning votes from the County delegates. Mr.. NAL
stcr would have undoubtedly received the nomina-
ton had not the Republican machine. driven todeS-
pcraton, rcsorted to the preparation in Baltimore
city of the most outrageous acts of political FaS-
c.lltv ever known in the of machine politics
in Maryland in any party.
ON August II the Republican primaries were held
in Baltimore and the scenes of lawlcssncSs which
characterized them have never been cqualed i'll the
history of local politics-isgHceul brolS and en-
counters were the order of the day, and in one ward
alone twenty-five rioters were arrested. an UMPIRE
ccdcntcd incident here. Despite the fact that the
Lowndcs wing had the officers of election i'll SIN
teen ont of the twenty-five wards, and was well
represented i'll the other wards, Mr.. MaSter carried
the third Legislative District by such overwhelm
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 I'M
doubtedlv carried the other two districts by good
maiorities 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 iowndeS 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 1"
the Lowndes Headquarters, the Headquarters of the
Republican State committee at the Carrollton
Hotel and were clOscted with the leaders up to
midnight anil as Il result of this conference, they
were induced to announce that Mr. Lowndes had
carried the first and second districts by very small
majOritieS The Indignation Of the MalScr men at
this treatment was most violent. They claimed
that the transfer of - votes in 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 10 the Car
rollton after the primaries on that Monday night,
the MalStcr 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.
together with the y votes from the city, Mr. Nal
ster'S nomination assured on the first ballot
without the city delegates, or at least II of them
they were defeated. Hence the delight ut the vie
tory they had won against such odds including tho
window, against them. But they soon found thai
they had shouted too soon, for they little realized
IL, -ftl, trl,FN,A
they had to deal.
As soon as the returns were i'll Mr.. Wellington
aud the other leaders of Mr.. Lowndcs's forces$cn
out orders TO their officers of election i'll the FirS
ami Second Districts To hold back the returns ant
give out no figures. This done. and the officer
FASTENED to the Carrollton. where final conference
held i'll an upper room, which lasted unit
midnight. The announcement was sent out to TIT
public and sent to the morning papers that Mr.
Lowndes had carried the first and second district
and had thus won the nomination. The return
had not been signed, and were not signed i'll tn
disputed wards until the next day, but they wer
made out To correspond with the changed result
and then were signed. The Malster people wer
indignant and protested. but their protests were il
vain The LowndeS men had the State Commute
back of them: they had the City Committee on thei
side and all opposition eventually crushe
ont one of the officers of the primary who aide
in the nefariOus work is said by reliable Repuol
cans to have received $500 for his share and il
known that Others received considerable s,;fns II
pay.
In the first district the Master men carried thel
protest into the Convention, and when they foun
that there was no possibility of having their wrong
redressed they bolted and established Separat
convention of their own and elected delegates VIII
were not admitted in the Convention.
When the delegates met two days later at Can
bridge it was found that Mr.. Malster still had
following which threatened to make the chance
of Lowndes's success very problematic, and it wa
only after making deals with politicians who col
troled delegates, backed up by promises of feder'
patronage, sufficient votes were gained to Offset ii
strength of that candidate and eventually to brii
about the nomination of Mr. Lowndes.
But the last and browning outrage remained
be committed when the State Convention wa
finally called to order Mr.. Harry NJ. Clabaugh, IL
Chairman of the State Committee, was a candida
for Attorney General and mis- nomination depen'
ed entirely on the success of the scheme to nom
nate Lowndes. As Chairman he was empowers
to pass on the credentials of all delegates before u
permanent organization. In defiance OF all prec
dent, in defiance of all justice he admitted to vo
in the preliminary proceedings all the Lownd'
1aIaoa tas whore seats wore contested and Above