The Democratic advocate., 1897-09-18
Secretary Lingenfelter and Treas
urer Creager Also Resign.
Colored Voters in Baltimore Make
a Vigorous Kick
An Independent Colored Republican
Ticket Nominated in Somerset.
second Republican Ticket in BaIti-
more County.
Two Republican Tickets in Prince
Georges County.

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! Committee on Tuesday. He made bitter
speech, relating how he was placed in supreme
control two years ago and how two success
| i've victories had been won; how he had
| planned and was certain of another victory
this fall but that his plans had been thwarted,
| the organization had been overthrown and
his enemies could take it and win if they can.
During his speech he said that when the state
| convention had declined to accept the result
| of the primaries in Baltimore it had HtrotcR
a,Cdy Republican chances of success, and in
resigning he presented the designations of
| Secretary Henry Lingenfelter and Treasurer
| Noble H. Creager All the designations were
accepted and during See Me- First's bitter
speech, in which he was both applauded and
Kissed, he used his fist with vigor on the table.
The meeting of the committee was illegal,
as the proper notice had not been given, but
! that was made right by confirmation of the
state convention on Wednesday.
Norman B. Scott, Jr., of Hagerstown, y
| Wellington man, or lCds, was made chairman
WellingtOn's resignation was the result of
| the action of the state convention in declining
| to admit the machine delegates from Balti
more city, and the admittance of the Mudd
machine delegates from Prince Georges
county. In his speech of resignation Senator
| Wellington said
''For 80 years the Republican party in this
state went to defeat after defeat. had always
believed that Maryland could be carried by
the Republicans. 1t dawned upon me that
unanimity of action and good ticket was all
that would be required. We had combi-
nation of these conditions in 1895 and won;
again we had them in 1896 and again we won.
1t was my purpose to again bring about such
victory. Everything that did was with an
| eye single to Republican success. We had
had it in the past and / mentioned that we
should have it again this year. For months |
have listened to all the attacks that have been
made upon me personally with deaf ear.
| | have heard the veil of hate the hiss of envy
aud the cry of folly without word, but there
have come events now which must be recog-
nized. The organization of which | was the
head has been discredited in Maryland and it
| is time for me to retire.
81 wanted candidate for mayor of Balti-
more who could be elected. said that
| Theodore Marburg should be the candidate.
| Kisses in the rear of the hall. All your
Kisses won't avail here. The primaries were
| fair and were according to the provisions of
| the State Central Committee. Everybody
should have gone into them and the result
should have been abided by There was IA
part of the party which was disloyal, and
which would not submit to the primaries,
'When in tbs state convention you recog-
nized this disloyalty, you lost your chance of
victory. ToH hare oUertipoWH the party
organization, Now take it and do what you
can with it, Vim If you can =
The state convention, as is well-known,
ordered new primaries in Baltimore, but de
| clined to order new primaries for Prince
| Georges county,
In the new primaries for Baltimore Marhurg
and Supplee declined to run, and Malster had
the Geld and expense to himself. The Nal
ster leaders promised the colored element
recognition, and a candidate on each of the
tickets in the three legislative districts of Bal
| timore.
The Malsterites won, of course, as there
was no opposition. They wanted to win in
the general election, but the ex-Rebels from
| the South who had come to Baltimore, and
who had made Republican success possible
| in 1895 and 1896, informed the Malster lead
ers that if Negroes were placed on the Repub-
licau ticket they would not support it.
This made an adjournment of the Republi
can conventions, held last Saturday, neces-
sary. The city convention, after nominating
Malster for Mayor, adjourned, and the con
vention re-convened last Friday night to
make nominations for city councilmen and
other city officers.
The conventions to nominate legislative
tickets were adjourned until Tuesday night.
| Before the conventions were held there was
meeting between the Master leaders and
leading colored men.
The meeting had been called by Mr.. Geo.
r. Gather, Jr., in order to lay before the
| colored leaders the objections which had
arisen to the placing of colored men upon the
/ ticket and to ask them to withdraw their de-
mand for recognition at this time. In ex
planning this Mr.. Gather said "All were
/ honest when you were given the promise that
| you should name one colored member of the
legislative ticket in each of the three districts
| of Baltimore. The question of race prejudice
| has since been aroused. |, myself, think that
| this could be fought down, but outside pressure
has been brought to bear against the naming
] of colored men on the ticket, and the question
| of party success is involved. You should care
more for party than for individuals. This has
now become question of reason and expe-
| diency rather than of pure equity and senti-
ment.
W. Ashbie Hawkins, colored, interrupted
| to ask 'What are those outside influences?
Mr. Gaither-'I do not feel at liberty to
| answer
Hiram Watty, colored-'I feel that as
was largely instrumental in bringing about all
the conferences between the Master leaders
and the colored men that | should answer.
| They came from gentleman who may be
nominated to a state Office and one who is
seeking nomination to a judicial office.
| Watty would not give their names.
In the conference there were over fifty col
ored men and Il few white leaders. Among
the latter were Capt. Fred. r. Bye, A. A.
| Sweeny, Monitor Watchman, George r.
Golden, Joseph Kingsley, State Senator
Strobridge and w. NJ. Stewart. Nearly all of
the white leaders stated that the sentiment of
their wards was in opposition to the placing
of colored men on the ticket.
Earnest appeals for the carrying out of the
promises to give the recognition asked by the
| colored men were made by Harry 5. Cum
mings. w. Ashbie Hawkins, James I. Brad
ford. Walker W. Lewis, Tsidor Oliver, w. f.
Allen, Samuel L. Young, DR.. j. 0. Credit,
Dr. William E. Harris, Bishop Handy and
Revs. John Hurst and Ernest Lyons.
! Cummings said in part; 81 can plainly
see that it is not the intention TO give us any
places on the legislative ticket. You leaders
are in the minority. You intended to deceive
us, and carefully looked after the formation of
those conventions. When | go back TO my
people | shall tell them that we were beaten
| by your perfdy, aud you may know what the
| consequences will be-your ticket will be cut
from top to bottom. | do not intend that |
shall rest under suspicion of unfair dealing
with my people.
Bishop Handy and Revs. Hurst and Lyons
warned the white leaders that if the promise
was broken the pulpits would work for the de-
feat of the Republican ticket, and Rev Ernest
Lyons asked at the conclusion of his speech :
''What can tell the people will be the ac
ton of the legislative district convention p
Mr.. Gaither-''It seems to me that the
majority of those conventions are opposed to
the placing of colored men upon the ticket. .
Rev. Ernest Lyons then announced that the
first condemnatory political sermon would be
preached by himself from the pulpit of John
Wesley Church on Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Speaking further Hiram Watty said
''Acting upon belief in the honesty of the
Malster leaders that colored men should be
given representation on the ticket if they sup
ported Mr.. Malster in the primaries, | went
into the homes and the churches of the col
ored people, asking their support. From the
pulpit came appeals in behalf of Mr.. Malster.
and we aided him in two primaries. You
have violated you promises; you have be
trayed the colored voters. From those homes
and those puIpits will come condemnations-
the effect Of which you may not now appre
ciate, but which, | think, you will see to your
sorrow in November.
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