The evening times., 1898-09-12

show candidates selected by Mark Hanna
to aid in the election of the Republican
gold bugs.
I'm the First Congressional District,
IL. 4S4 votes were given TO Bryan and 1856
TO Palmer, and now the so-called DEM
ocratic machine in that district has nom
mated a gold bug. who is president Of a
national bank and indorses the Mckinley
Gage policy of retiring all our legal ten
der currency except gold.
''It is said that in two other Districts
gold-bug candidates will be presented
who openly bolted the Democratic ticket
and the platform of 1896.
Can any self-respecting Democrat vote
for such men?
What, then, is the duty of the honest
! Democrats of Maryland-the men who in
| 1896 organized clubs to support William j.
! Bryan and the principles of the Chicago
! platform?
Il can see but one pathway for them to
! follow They must nominate Democrats.
Patrick Henry said: Give me liberty
give me DEATH and we say: Give US
true Democrat or a Republican. Better
! a known enemy than treacherous
friend
IF We tamely submit to the action of
the goldbug traitors in this campaign
! Maryland will be lost to the Democratic
! party in 1900. l am glad 10 say that some
! of the leading Democrats of Baltimore
| have organized a Committee of Ninety
| six who are work intelligently and ardu-
! ously on the lines we propose. Some gen
! tlemen from that committee are present
at our meeting and we propose TO act in
| perfect unison with them"
After Mr.. Newman had concluded his
remarks a number of letters of regret
were read from gentlemen who had been
| invited to attend the meeting but who
were unable 10 do so. With one eXcep-
ton they all expressed a hearty sympa
thy with the movement and wished il sue
cess. The exception was a letter from
Joseph II. Johnson, prominent eX-Demo-
crat and business man of Cambridge
which was declared to be in itself a sad
commentary on the lukewarmness of
Maryland politics and also to substantfate
the statement made by loyal Democrats
that the State was carried in the last
election through bribery, debauchery and
fraud. Mr.. Johnson writes that in his
| Congressional district thousands shouted
themselves hoarse in 1896 for Bryan and
free silver, but on the day of election sold
out at the absurd price of from two to
five dollars.
To illustrate, he stated that rich men
who had 500 TO spend for election pur-
poses purchased from twenty to fifty votes
of free silverites
After letters had been read from prom
inent Democrats who could not attend,
resolutions of the Lakeland Club were
introduced and read by Mr.. Irving Dun
gan. These resolutions condemned the
efforts of all members of the party who
would not support the Chicago platform,
and called for the organization of clubs
in every district, county and city of the
State to place congressional candidates
before the people who are fully in accord
with the principles of the Democratic
platform.
s s. Fields then introduced another set
of resolutions. which omitteG the general
condemnation of the Republican admins
| tratfon and in confining themselves to the
question of Maryland State politics went
much further than the original document.
| These resolutions called for convention
, | TO meet in Baltimore on September q,
with a view to nominating Democratic
: candidates wherever gold men had, been
nominated by the present organization. A
brief resolution, indorsing free silver, but
practically negativing the plan of nomi-
, mating opposition candidates, was then
introduced by Blair Lee, of Montgomery.
4 After some debate a committee was ap-
pointed, which reported in favor of the
Fields resolution. Vigorous speeches
! were made and the report of the COM
! mitttee was adopted by an almost unani.
? nous vote.
e The various resolutions were then in
troduced S s. Field read from his man
uscript with considerable feeling and his
remarks were frequently interrupted by
anplause. His resolutions referred al
. length to the policy of Jefferson and
= Jackson with regard to currency and
, banking.
: The following committee was then ap
= pointed to draft resolutions: S. S. Field
chairman, Baltimore: Blair Lee Silvel
s Springs; William Willis, st. Michaels
| Charles R. Darby, Barnesvile; F. r
e | Gordon. Laurel; L. c. Weeks. Baltimore
!, John l. Yellott, Towson; D. Meredith
$ Reese, Baltimore; Edwin A. Newman
e Lakeland. The committee retired, ant
d after a short deliberation presented th
following resolutions, which were after
. wards adopted with only one opposin;
s vote, that of Mr.. Blair Lee:
The Resolutions.
) | We Democratic voters of Maryland, in confer
ence assembled. upon the invitation of the Lake
:, land Democratic Association, do hereby declar
r and suggest as follows:
Whereas Thomas jefferson, the founder of tn
Democratic party, in letter to Hamilton il
1892 said al concur with You in thinking tha
o the unit must stand both metals, and tn
unit was fixed on both metals by Congress; an
Democratic Congress passed, and Andrew Jacl