The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1896-04-24
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party were held on Saturday
throughout the county and the
county convention on Monday.
There was generally warm work at
the primaries, the contest being
between the partisans of Smith and
the partisans of Torbert, the two
candidates for conventional honors.
At Rising Sun 20 votes were cast,
r. L. Christie being the leader of
the Smith forces. whose ticket was
elected. The delegation from the
sixth was r. l.. Christie, John A.
Hartenstine, A. M. Perry, H. Fl.
Kirk and Geo. G. Reynolds.
On Monday when the county
convention assembled at Elkton
the slate had been made out in
advance. Smith had 80 delegates
and Torbert 10. w. J. Smith as
chairman of the State Central Com
mittee called the convention to
order. He prophesied, and his
prophecy was that the Republican
paaty would elect all the presidents
of the United States for the next
twenty years. Mr.. Smith also an
nounced himself a fighter. A
Fighter" he may be but his claim
to the gift of prophecy is of the
political boss species, not to be de-
pended upon, as few months will
demonstrate.
l.. Marshall Haines was made
chairman and John Hartenstine
secretary.
Resolutions indorsing the admin
istration of Governor Lowndes and
the republican party at large were
adopted, also condemning the
Senate of Maryland for refusing to
confirm the nomination of Samuel
G. Bye for school commissioner of
Cecil county.
The delegates elected to the State
convention are Henry M. McCul-
Tough, John III. Drummond, Robt.
L. Chistie and Theo. j. Vanneman.
To the district convention, VIM.
j. Smith, Thomas 2. Jones, Jr.,
Walter Buckwith and Lewis T.
Logan.
THE DISTRICT CONVENTION.
The second congressional district con-
vention, comprising Baltimore, Har-
ford, Cecil and Carroll counties and the
twentieth, twenty first and twenty second
wards and ninth precinct of the eleventh
ward of Baltimore city, met at I O'Clock
Tuesday at Harlem Hall, Stricken street,
Baltimore and made the following selec-
tions:
District delegates to the St. Louis con-
vention-William ]. Smith, of Cecil
county, A. Ross Mace of Baltimore county.
Alternates-E. M. Hoffman of Baltimore
city, Mayor Shaffer of Westminster, Car
roll county. Presidential Elector-Moni,
tor Waterman, of Baltimore city.
Mr.. Smith from Cecil, got excited be-
cause, although he had received a sufi-
cient number of votes to elect, he was not
declared elected. The chairman took
the view that the motion under which the
balloting was being conducted provided
that the two delegates should be elected
at the same time. Messrs. Harry M
Clabaugh and Mace had tied, each re-
ceiving IS votes, while Mr.. Smith had re-
ceived IS. He did not believe, therefore,
that there had been an election.
81 demand fair treatment" Mr.. Smith
yelled several times at the chairman, at
the same time advancing toward the
presiding officer.
''You can't scare me-" said the chair
man. After things quoted down the
chairman reviewed the situation and said:
| ''You all looked like pack of hounds"
The final vote was as follows: Smith,
| IS; Mace, ID; Clabaugh, IL; Strobridge,
II.
THE WORK OF THE CONVENTION.
The republican State convention
met in Albaugh's Lyceum Theatre,
Baltimore, on Wednesday, one hun
dred and sixteen delegates present.
They chose four delegates-at-
large to the national convention,
four alternates, and two electors at
large.
DELEGATES-AT-LA
George l.. Wellington,
William t. Master,
James A. Gary,
Robert p. Graham.
ALTERNATE DELEGATEs-AT-
VIM. B. Fletcher, Anne Arundel
county, colored.
DIR. George w. Bryant, colored,
Baltimore city.
H. M. Sinclair, Dorchester Co.
N. NJ. Rittenhouse, BALTIC. city.
ELECTORS AT-LARGE.
Gen. Adam E. King, Baltimore
city.
J. Goodman Boyd, Baltimore
county.
The main plank of the platform is