The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-10-01
VICTORY IN THE AIR.
Democrats Nominate Their Best
Men-Harmony Prevails-An En-
thusiastic Convention - Conces-
sions Made All Along the Line.

Seldom has more representative
body OF men ever met in this city than
was seen at the Democratic County
Nominating Convention, which met
here on Saturday last. Every district
was fully represented, some sending as
high as twenty delegates, others send
ing mass delegations. With such a
body of men the true interest of the
party was sure to be carried out. 1t is
well known that the CITIZEN has la
bored to secure the nomination of the
best men of the party; there were no
personal fights to be made for any
man, and but few names were even
mentioned before the Convention for
any of the positions to be filled. A fair
and free consultation was held with
delegates from most of the county dis
tricts before the assembling of the Con-
vention. The many true friends of
MIR. Biser, of Petersville, who has been
one of the most faithful and unselfish
workers in the party, were anxious to
see him nominated for Clerk. Six
years ago, throught the manly course he
pursued, Mr.. Jordon secured the NOM
ination which Mr.. Biser's friends had
urged him to accept. There were some
objections made to his nomination at
this time, which at last caused him
to place the interest of his party above
his own personal desires and he re-
tired from the contest in order to pro-
mote harmony in the ranks of his par
ty; thus it was that DR.. Chas. Colds
borough was made the accepted candi-
date of the convention. In the person
OF Mr.. Chas. Waters, who has been the
obllglng and efficient deputy Register
under his father, many young men
OF the county were anxious for his
nomination as Register of Wills. Mr.
Waters had visited most of the dis
tricts ofthe county and no one else had
aspired to the position. Some thought
a new man might be more desirable,
but there was no earnest objections to
Mr. Waters, and consequently the lit
tie opposition soon passed away and in
this way he was made the unanimous
choice of the convention. Mr.. John
Grove, who made such gallant fight
for sheriff two years ago, was readily
accepted as the nominee for the posi-
ton. Mr.. Neighbours, of Buckeyes
town district, was selected without op-
position for Treasurer and a better
nomination could not have been made.
The aim of the convention was to Sc
cure the best men of the county for
commissioners; no names had been
mentioned, no canvass had been made
by any of the gentlemen selected. The
entire number We're recognized as
among the most prominent farmers of
the county, all of them standing well
in their respective districts, all of them
well-to-do and all good business men.
Such is the commissioner ticket pre-.
sented to the people by the Democratic
Convention. The gentlemen selected
for the Legislature were nominated in
the same way, no single individual
was pledged in any manner, they are
all men standing well in the commu-
nifUs fhnxy hnun tho s,,ko e -.
party at heart and are bold and indie
pendent enough to act for the good of
their party, their county and State.
They belong to no man and wear no
mans collar and will vote as their
conscience dictates, matters not who
it may please or displease. The sur
veyor was also nominated by acclama-
ton. We do not hesitate to say that
we never saw a con vention more ready
to carry out what was considered to be
the best interest of the party. Whilst
some may have differed as to individ.
uals, it was done in a spirit of har-
mony and the best of feeling prevailed.
Many prominent Republicans did not
hesitate to declare that they considered
the ticket one of the very best that had
been nominated for twenty years.
Look at the men presented to the peo-
pie; examine the entire ticket, our
Clerk, our Register, our Sheriff, our
Treasurer and the entire ticket is
one that will command the united
vote of the party, and numbers of
prominent Republicans will gladly
help to elect it in November. Let us
now close up the ranks. Concessions
were made all along the line; no man
calling himself a Democrat has cause
to find fault; if we stand together we
will elect the entire ticket; if we are
not true and faithful to our nominees
now, when can the party ever be de-
pended on to do its duty.
Seldom have the delegates to any
political convention in Frederick
County assembled with more ideal evil
dence of harmony and fulfilled their
obligations to the party whose repre-
sentatives they were with more unan-
unity of spirit and action than those
that came 10 Frederick on Saturday
last, to nominate Democratic ticket
to be voted for in November next.
The personelle of the ticket can be
seen at the head of the editorial page
aud by all it is pronounced good one.
Every name from the judge down to
the surveyor is eminently qualified for
the position he aspires to by the votes
of the people of this county.