The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-02-01
REPUBLICANS STRIKE A sNAa
The Democrats Will Have Their
Rights or VIII Hold Up all
Appointments.

All over the state the Republicans have un
dertaken to name the minority members o
the boards of Election Supervisors. They
have named, usually, uncertain Democratic
party men or assistant Republicans, and the
| Democratic Senators have revolted.
/ The Annapolis correspondent of the Bali
more Sun, on this matter, writes:
Holding up nominations is not the only hold
the Senate has on the situation. The consti
tuition provides that treasurer shall be ap
pointed at each regular session by the two
houses of the Legislature on joint ballot, and
the treasurer shall serve for two years and
until his successor shall qualify. The con.
stitution does not set any time for this cleo.
ton, nor is there any law specifying time.
If the Senate should decline to go into the
joint convention Mr.. Spencer C. Jones will
continue TO be treasurer until his successor
is chosen in 1898. No such step as this is pro-
posed, but there is some talk among Senators
abou: the ACCESSIBILITY of deferring any action
fixing date for the election of treasurer until
toward the last of the session, or at least until
the lists of supervisors are received.
Tonight the democratic Senators got to-
gether in the room of the President of the
Senate to decide upon a line of action in re-
gard to democratic supervisors of election.
After full and perfectly harmonious confer
ence it was decided to hold up all executive
nominations until satisfactory appointments
of minority supervisors are made. All of the
democratic Senators were present except one
or two who are out of town, and they are
known to be in accord with this action. Ii
was the conclusion of the Senators that there
is concerted movement all along the line to
put in for democratic supervisors men select
ed by republicans 20 suit their purposes and
not men selected nv democrats
After hearing of the assurance given by Gov
ernor Lowndes to Mr.. Talbot that he would
appoint the men selected by the democratic
committees, Senator Herring, of Carroll, went
to the Governor with one of the leading and
most respectable citizens of Westminster for
the appointment. He was told by the Gov
crnor that he would see Mr.. Clabaugh about
the appointment. DIR. Herring found out that
the Governor had on his list gentleman
recommended by DIR. Weaver, the defeated
republican candidate for the Senate.
Senator Bruce says that he made the de-
mand for honest republican supervisors from
the democratic Governor and he will do no
less for his own party than for the republicans.
Mr.. Bruce adds: 1--WE have shown the Gov
ernor every consideration and given him every
evidence of our intention not to hamper him i'll
his appointments. A majority of the com
mittee ON executive nominations is republican.
| have not made a single request of Governor
Lowndes for an appointment except when the
law requires a democrat nor have requested
him to retain any democrat in office except
the justice of the peace usually resorted to by
orr firm. 1t is my desire not to embarrass
him or myself in any respect. Ii | think he
does what is right want to support him. II
think he is wrong | want TO be free to take
my own course unhampered by any obliga-
tons. am perfectly satisfied OF the Cover
nor's good and honest intentions"