The evening times., 1898-09-12
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS
Lakeland Association Stands
by the Chicago Platform.
STATE WELL REPRESENTED
senator German Critfcised-None hut
Genuine Democrats, Those Favor
ing the Free Coinage of silver. to
BE Placed in Nomination for Com
Eress-ConyentiOn September II.

A rousing meeting of representative
Democrats from every Congressional dis
trist in Maryland was held Saturday
afternoon at the Metropolitan Hotel in
this city, at which vigorous resolutions
We're adopted and an organization per-
fected to hold a convention in the city of
Baltimore on the 2lst instant, to nomi-
nate or indorse candidates for Congress
who are pledged TO the principles of The
Chicago platform.
A call for this meeting was issued on
August q, by Edwin A. Newman, presi-
dent of the Lakeland Democratic Asso-
citation of Lakeland. The call sets forth
the fact that it was imperative, that inn
mediate steps should be taken to save
the party in the State, as plans were on
foot to betray il into the hands of the
gold Democrats.
The response to the call was very graf
flying as large number of enthusiastic
supporters of the Chicago platform We're
in attendance when the hour arrived for
the opening of the meeting, notwith-
standing the fact that primaries were be-
ing held in many of the Congressional
districts at the same time.
The past practice of compromising on
candidates who were little off color on
the money question for the purpose of
harmony was repudiated in the most
vigorous manner by all but two of the
speakers and their voices were entirely
drowned by cries of, mo more policy!
I'VE have played policy too often al
ready and Give us candidates who
stand sQuarely on the Chicago platform,
or give us none at all
Thomas {. Weeks. of Baltimore, made
vigorous arraignment of Senator Cor
man, whom he denounced as an enemy to
silver and pure Democracy.
I'VE have come 10 the parting of the
WAYS he said. I'VE will have no more
compromise no more harmony with
party which is Democratic only in name.
AS for myself, ] stsall support no noml-
nee-I should not support the Apostle Paul
if he stood on a platform not consonant
with those great principles of Democrat
&c government enunciated at the Chicago
convention of 1896. -.
IL seems highly probable that boiling
conventions and separate nominations by
the two wings of the party will result.
Those at the meeting freely admitted
that they intended TO continue just this
line of attack at any sacrifice. Some
hoped that, an immediate result OF
Yesterdays meeting, the monome;allists
would at once consent TO the adoption of
free silver planks in the platforms. and
TO the nomination in all the districts of
candidates favoring the national party
platform.
This association was formed last ye2r
by the Lakeland club, at Lakeland. Nd,
which then consolidated with siXty-s wen
other Democratic clubs. For several
months the subject of getting seperate
nrganiza tion for the free silver Democra-
with the elections again impending with
a platform adopted in the first district
hostile to the free silver interests and
with a prominent monometallist as con-
gressional nominee the free silyerites
have been reused to action. circular
letter was sent out by the Lakeland as
sociatiOn calling the leaders together.
Before the meeting adjourned perma-
nent organization was perfected and a
committee selected to make arrangements
for a convention TO be held in Baltimore
on September q.
The meeting was called to order by
President Newman, who set forth the OBJ
iect and necessity for the meeting in
brief address. in which he urged that the
time was at hand when definite under
standing should be had and the secret de
signs Of the goldbugs should be laid bare
so that no one who wished to remain true
to the principles laid down in the Chicago
platform would be misled by the willy de
ceivers.
Mr. Newman said:
Gentlemen: You have been called 10
gether because after consultation with
number of Maryland Democrats il wa
deemed necessary that steps should b
taken to save the party in the State froT
betrayal into the hands Of its enemies.
In 1896, the returns show that tn
Democratic vote In Maryland-the vot
for our distinguished champion, William
j. Bryan, was 104 735-and that 2,507 vote
the votes of traitors to the party-wert
given TO Palmer and Buckner. the side