Evening star., 1898-01-26

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Mr.. German. His speech was full of as
perity and called down upon him a number
| OF interruptions from members OF the DEM
ocratic forces. He continued, however, to
| the end. in spite of the fact that he had
been denominated unparliamentary by his
colleagues. His frequent references to Mr..
McComas drew cheers. The arraignment
| of Mr.. German was received in partial ST.
lence He ended by casting his ballot for
Mr.. McComas.
The Break Begins.
When Senator Wescott's name was
reached there was evinced marked interest
He arose and stated that he wished to ex-
| plain his vote. He was watched most
closely by the Baltimore delegation
Hes all right, he'll vote for Shaw" was
their comment. He kept them guessing
for some time, however, but It was not un-
| til he had nearly finished that it was real
lied he would cast his vote for Mr. Nc
Comas. He did this, and caused no little
gratincation, which was evinced by ap-
plause.
Senator Day made a stirring speech for
Mr McComas, in which he said that, not
Withstanding the fact that he had not been
ava1led the opportunity of collegiate edu-
cation, having received his early training
| at the plough handles and cou.. not
orate" as could some of the delegates
present, he was willing to do what he
could for his candidate. In his speech in
1avor OF Mr.. McComas, Senator Randall
hao entreated the members of the Bati-
! more delegation to come into camp" but
| TINS offer was received by them with jeers
delegate Miles of Dorchester county OBJ
talned the floor, and replied to Senator
Randali In a ringing speech, defending Mr..
Gorlnan he caused some amusement by
quoting ShakeSpearean utteranceS in re-
gard to Senator Randall. Senator German
he declared, stood head and shoulders
| above majority of his colleagues The
| penalty of greatness, he said was to be
1 xryIi inp
| were attributed as done to great men. Mr..
| McConias, he said, not having experience,
tnls greatness had therefore not reached
the point to which the penalty was at
tdchsd. His speech was received with ap-
| plause on the democratic side
| When 1t came time for Mr.. Schaefer,
| speaker OF the house, 10 cast mis- vote, thers
was noticeable silence. The delegate ap-
| peared to hold their breath while he arose
| 10 explain his vote. There was loud ap-
plause when he announced that i'll obe-
dience to the call of the majority of his
party, he cast 1t for Mr.. McComas. At
this the five Baltimore delegates looked
exceedingly blue, and counseled frequently
among themselves, shaking their heads
| graveiy, as If they knew that the end had
come.
From then on it appeared to be one sue
cession Of McComas, McComas, with an
occs sional ballot for Mr.. German, until ths
| five were reached. 1t seemed for a time as
| if they would throw their votes to McCo-
mas and make 1t unanimous, but they con-
cluded not to do SO, but to stand by their
guns When their names were announced
they voted for Shaw. Delegate Delacour
declared in short speech that he had been
told If he held out he would become dead
politically, but he preferred to occupy
grave marked unknown" TO changing his
vote even at the last moment.
After the ballots of the Baltimore delega-
tion had been cast, Mr.. Charles l.. Wilson,
an original Malster man, who worked for
him at Ocean City and was leader in his
| to the Baltimore delegation. He told them
that thu jig was up, and that they had bet
ter wheel into line. There was no chance
for Maj. Shaw, he told them, and there
was use CT their putting themselves on
record as obstructionists or failing to re-
spend to the wish of the party. This
seemed to have some effect later on Mr.
jacob, who, while the opportunity re-
mained changed his vote to Mr.. McComas.
with a short explanation to why he
did so.
Delegate Phillip H. Lenderking of Balti-
more, who had formerly voted FOR Maj.
Shaw, announced his intention of changing
to McComas, which caused still more con-
sternation in the ranks of the minority. He
likened his case to battle in which he had
taken part during the war, in which he and
his comrades had fought bravely, but at
last were forced to throw up the sponge.
Recognizing that the result was event
able" probably meaning inevitable, as he
expressed it, he would vote for the choice
of the party. Four of the Baltimore dele
cation still remained out in the cold, hav-
iEg refused to change their vote from Maj.
Shaw to McComas. These four We're Messrs.
Baldwin, Quasi, Short and Delacour.
The Result.
When the final result was announced,
giving Mr.. McComas 63 votes, Mr.. German
Al and Major Shaw 4, eecting Mr.. Nc
Comas, there was hearty applause. 1t was
then announced that the House would ad-
q
rush for the exit and congratulations were
heard on all sides as to the result.
1t was after o'clock when the joint ses-
sion closed and the delegates and others
who had been attending left the state
house to go to dinner. Many of the poll
ticians left by the $3.50 train for Baltimore
and Washington. Representatives Nc
Donald and Barber were among these, as
were some of the democratic leaders.
1t was something of coincidence that
on the train which made connection for
Washington with the Annapolis train was
Senator German. He appeared careless as
to the result and wore the same bland
smile for which he Is characteristic. There
was not a shade of trouble on his counte-
nance, and he appeared to be at peace
with himself and the world in general.
1t was disagreeable day in the extreme
in Annapolis yesterday, not only from the
physical point of view, but from that
Of some Of the politicians who failed to
get in out of the wet when the snow, rain
and hail of party disapproval fell upon
them. The general expression OF opinion
was that the choice Of Mr.. McComas had
been a most excellent one, and the
suit was satisfying in every respect. Even
the bolting four from Baltimore could not
decrease the sounds of applause which fell
upon their ears, harshly, perhaps, when
the election of Mr.. McComas was finally
announced.
What Was Said.
Representative Mudd had this to say on
the election:
''The result will be beneficial to the re-
publican party Of Maryland. While for
time there was some antagonism to Mr..
McComas through the idea that his cleo
tiOn was centralizing the prominent offices
into sixth district, the record of his univer-
sal abilities and the high personal regard
for him in all sections of the state will act
In unifcation that will be most wholesome,
and speed the party onward to a renewed
and long lease of power. There was some
friction and much Jealous activity among
the friends of all the candidates. But the
result has been accepted with undoubted
good humor, and there Is feeling that
after all 1t was the best thing for the
party's future prospects.
There is this about Mr.. McComas which