The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-09-22
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES
FORMALLY NOTIFIED.


The candidates on the Democratic
State ticket were officially notified of
their nominations at the Carrollton
Hotel, Baltimore, on Tuesday. The
address of notification was made by
Congressman Frank 7. Shaw, who
said that their nominations had been
made by the people, unsolicited by
themselves, and had been ratified by
reclamation by the Democratic State
Convention. This, he said, was a
compliment to their character, worth
and ability which will mark an epoch
in Maryland politics. 1t means a
united Democracy and Democratic
ascendancy in Maryland.
DIR. Shaw arraigned Governor
Lowndes, whom he charged with using
the offices at his disposal to further
personal ambitions and as reward
for partisan services. He gave as an
illustration the appointment by Gov
ernor Lowndes of the Speaker of the
House of Delegates and his subsequent
refusal to commission the man whom
he had appointed because he did not
facilitate the passage of the measure
which would have changed the Police
Department of Baltimore city and ac-
complished the destruction of an ad-
verse faction in his own party, hoping
thereby to clear the way for the up
building of another faction which
would have acted wholly in Governor
Lowndes' interest. Governor Lowndes
said the public school system should
be divorced from politics and yet he
had Republicanized every school
board in the State.
Except for Governor Lowndes' par
tisanship, he added, his administration
has been a negative one. What great
measure of reform has he instituted !?
What has he done to better the con-
dition of labor? In what way has he
promoted the agricultural, manu-
featuring or commercial interests of
the State Who is the better off for
his being Governor of Maryland
Tried by the answers of these supreme
questions his administration has been
a signal failure.
or the negro question DR.. Shaw
said:
lone of the worst results of Repub-
lican supremacy in MARYLAND is the
encouragement it affords the worst
element of our negro population to be-
lieve that it will secure them immun-
ity from punishment for the commits
sion of crime. This belief may not be
altogether we'll founded and may be
regretted as much by the Republicans
as it is by us, but that it does exist, and
that they are powerless to eradicate it,
is evidenced by the appalling increase
of crime by that class Of the negro
race since 1896"
Col. John Walter Smith, in accept
ing the nomination for Governor said
that his sole object, if elected, would
be to promote the welfare of the peo-
pie of the State. He said that the
questions involved are wholly separate
and distinct from those which divide
the parties upon National issues, and
that the people would elect the candi-
dates who can best serve them in the
determination of home issues. He
promised, if elected, to see to it that
the laws are faithfully and impartial
ly executed; to enforce strict economy
in the expenditure of the peoples
money, but while practicing the great
est economy, there should be reason
able expenditures for improving and
advancing the public interests-by en-
larging the opportunities for educa-
ton; for the care of the poor and for
the promotion of public enterprise
within the limits of the Constitution.
He insisted that the police and con-
stabulary forces in the city and State
should be organized and maintained
absolutely free from political control
in order to prevent the uses of such
forces for partisan purposes. There
fore, he said, in the selection of the
three romeo commissioners Tor Baltl-
more city not more than two should
be selected from one party. He also
favored an examination of applicants
for police officers to ascertain their
qualifications, both mental and physi
cal.
On the subject OF our public schools
Col. Smith uttered no uncertain
sound. He said:
1.-THE public schools fostered and
cared for by the State, and always
objects of great solicitude to me,
should be taken from the domain of
party politics, and their scope and
efficiency enlarged and improved, all
OF which can be accomplished with.