The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-06-12
UEDEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

tesy. The convention declared in favor
of sound money and an international
gold standard, refusing by vote OF
81! to 30. to substitute free silver
plank.
A double delegation of eight dele
gates-at-large to the national cOnven-
ton at Chicago July 18th was elected
as follows:
John F. Hurst. of Baltimore, city.
Major Richard NJ. Nenable, of Balti.
more city.
Charles c. Homer. of Baltimore city
president of the Second National Bank
and author Of the gold-standard resolu'
tions in the recent convention of Mary.
land bankers
John 2. Poe. of Baltimore city. eN.
encouragement Of Maryland.
Gen. John Gill, of Baltimore county
president of the Mercantile Trust and
Deposit Company of Baltimore City
Edwin Warfield. of Howard county
president of the Fidelity and Deposit
Company of Baltimore City.
Charles G.. Crothers. of Cecil county
State Senator and late candidate fol
encouragement.
Marion de kalb Smith, of Kent coun
ty, eN-State comptroller and late can.
didate for reelection.
The congressional district delegates
to the national convention will be as
follows:
First District-IIenry X. Lewis
Caroline county, John II. Pattison
Dorchester county.
Second District W. vol
kapf, Baltimore county; Thomas ii
Robinson, Hartford county.
Third District-.John Hannibal and
Lewis NJ. Duvall, Baltimore city.
Fourth District--Jas. W. McEIroy
and VIM. T. Biedler, Baltimore city
Fifth District William b. Clagett
Prince Georges county: DIR. George
II. Jones, Calvert county.
Sixth District-Spencer Watkins
Montgomery county: Henry F. Win
CERT, Washington county.
Maryland will have, therefore, TWEEN.
ty delegates in the national convention
The State is only entitled to sixteen
votes, but this will he arranged by Civ
ing each of the delegates at large half
vote.
The presidential electors are:
Randolph Barton, of Baltimore city
at large.
George w. Purncll, of Worcester
county, at large.
William NJ. Stay, Kent county, first
district
George W. Alhaugh, of Carroll
county, second district
John Hubert, of Baltimore city
third district.
Edward Raine, of Baltimore city
fourth district.
Thomas II. Bond. of st. Mary
county, fifth district.
William II. Getty, of Garrett coun
ty, sixth district.
The platform, which was adopted by
reclamation after the silverites haG
been defeated, reads as follows:
1.-The campaign upon which we ar,
now about to enter involves no merely
local OF State issues. and hence all tina,
the democrats of MARYLAND are at this
time really concerned in is to max,
known with emphasis and distinctnes.
their attitude upon the national uueS
tons which are to he discussed an(
settled IN our approaching presidential
struggle: i'll the hope that without re-
gard to past differences all who heliev,
in the principles of the party will hearth
ly unite in Il vigorous and harmoniou.
effort to preserve our people from tn,
evils Of Mckinleyism and to rcstor.
our State to its true place in the dtmc
cratic column
Our position upon the question @
tariff reform is so well and thorough
ly known that nothing more is needed
from us on this subject than Il clea
this article Of our political faith rs Sc
forth in the Chicago platform of 1892
leaving to the coming national demo
cratic convention such further dccl;,r;l
ton upon this important subject as it
wisdom shall deem proper. and con
tenting ourselves with the expression
ofour satisfaction that under the vigor
Gus administration of President Clevc
land. who has at all times cOura@eouSlS
maintained the public credit. and by
the patriotic and iudicious action of :;
democratic Congress. the country has
been eXtricated from so many of the
evils put upon it 10y the ill-advised and
disastrous policy of the republicans
"Orlinarily in advance of the assem-
bling Ofthe representatives Of the whole
party i'll national convention, the franz
ing of the declaration of party princi-
pies might well be left to them, but the
overshadowing Importance at this
time of the financial question makes it
incumbent upon us to speak with no
uncertain sound upon this subject in