The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-09-26

Baltimore. Nd Sept. Emitted Sat-,
senator George l. Wellington TODAY D
signed the Craftsmanship Of the Rgpga.-.-
state central committee, in slaor..--
with the recent written reques, ~ g,,
Lloyd Lowndes. who is a caaI,E.-. a.
reelection on the Republican rirEe. o.
Thomas J. Shryock was elected 10 s,.,..s
him.
Raines' Hall was filed when S.r...-
Wellington arrived at O'Clock Ha .-.rr.l
the rcll, announced the presence ~ .
quorum. made a speech resirrior -r,
Craftsmanship. and, denouncl1g o.,
Lowndes, took up his hat and '.f, m.
hall Mr. s r, Mason was chosen. f.,-
pOfary chairman No word u r.fs-.-.,,
was made 10 Senator Wellington as,s- b..
left the hall The resolutions ,-t..l
caused the split were not rasciude5 ban.
'he personnel OF the campaign coumirts,
VIII Dc charged. Ii will now be spuo.D-s8
oy The Chairman OF the State and -,.,
committees. together with the c1ecJri,s
committee
"hen the roll was called Il was found
That Allegany was the only county ,1-
represented. Senator Wellington proras8.
ca 10 business at once.
Gentlemen OF the committee y, =,
gan; 1t seems that there is A ou,r,,r,
present both OF the members of the m
mittee and of the counties. This metz,
IS an extraordinary one. Ii has Nh r.g.i
STATUS Iof II was not called by the chair
man OF the State central commute. =.
through the agency of the committee H.
SELL ana the time required for calling 2
meeting mas not elapsed. 80 far as am
concerned. however, there shall ne no oh
lection to It, and trust that nobody her.
will object.
desire to say further that this meet
ing was called by the candidates on the
state ticket, who are naturally much In.
terested in the outcome Of the nyass,,
campaign, and for the purpose OF selecting
another chairman.
Most Dasiardly Conduct on Record.
i wish to say for myself that from the
une that l knew OF the full intent and
purpose there was no question but that
CouId not serve as chairman for a cam
palgn IN the interest Of Lloyd Lowudag
as a candidate for the govern0rship after
MS actions toward myself. i'm which be
played me false from start TO finish
believe that there is no other case in no.
Iitlcal history in which such dastarlrv
conduct has been displayed as that which
Lloyd Lowndes has displayed toward me.
Into your hands, gentlemen of the COM
mittee, from whence Il came. | intend 10
lay down the honor with which Won "a
Vored me. but before / do so I want 10
give some Of my reasons for so doing.
Il had imagined that your candidate for
litlcal. Political history will show that
II II had not been for my efforts he would
not have been governor OF Maryland. and
he himself has admitted this. II is also
true that had IL not been for nv efforts
Of the last four or five months Il would
have been impossible 10 have harmoHizsd
the interests I'm Baltimore city and 10
have made possible at all his election az
this time.
His Interyiew with the Governor.
HE showed in every way possible that
Il was his desire that | should lead In the
fight this fall Certain things did occur
now and then. from time to time which
did infuse doubt into my mind whether
this was really the case, and on last Tues
day night / took occasion to visit him in
his rooms at the Hotel ReHnert, and spoke
to him again on the subject, desiring q
frank avowal Of his position. / said this
TO the governor then:
If there is any doubt In your mind
that am not the man for this chairman
ship / will willingly step down and ont
II there is any hesitation at all about il,
II you are not absolutely convinced IN
your own mind, then l will willingly re-
tire
He told me that I was the man he
wanted and for me to 90 right ahead. Al
his very moment he was. and had been.
resolutions to rob the chairman
IF all his prer0gatiyes and rights in the
OF the committee.
II have never seen the resolutions
which were presented to the committee.
had heard read in a garbled manner
What purported 10 be the resolutions
adopted, but when / examined them after
he meeting ! found that what / suppOs-
II / had been supporting was by To
means like what was really contained In
hem. They had not been read properly
found that they cut short the rights
# the organization in Baltimore city
ITO this / could not agree. Neither my
manhood nor my honor would permit me
o subscribe 10 these. ard resolved that 4
Hartman Of this committee.
Rescue Your Party.
81 cannot take ny the fight for one who
las abused every principle OF friendship
md honor. / Will be a Republican IN the
uture. and / say 10 you all. Go back %
our counties and tell your people there
o rescue your party for 1t IS now being
old into the hands OF men who do not de-
ire It's permanent success. / want 10 see
he marty az a party Of Republicans man
ged by Republicans. ! now desire 20 ten
er my resignation. and l Suggest as
emporary chairman. Mr. Stevenson a.
Williams. OF Hartford County"
Mr. Williams suggested Instead that Mr.
Il Mason should be the temporary
hartman. and he vas selected unanlmous-
Y He shook hands with the Senator.
mo Immediately took his hat and um-
rella and left the hall. stopping 10 SHAKE
ands with one man IN the rear OF the
Oom.
Mr.. Could moved that the resigust ton
. accepted. and this was done uuaH.-
.Ously Mr Mason then called for nom
lations and State Comptroller Phillips
ZEE GOldsbOrOugh placed the name =
en- Thomas J. Shryock before the coa-
-ntiou.
There was considerable applause ar Es
unanimous election. and IL LASTED several
.lnutes. when ne vas led ~ the stage ~
euatOr NcCOmas and Mr. T. II. Hon
IAN. Gen. ShD0ck spoke FOR On.y q"
linuteS. but what he said was foFc4D.s
nd 70 the point.
The Executive Committee.
The executive committee. With Cecil a.
omerset vacant. was then announced As
blows. the vacancies 70 be aned a. one.
ilegany. George " snyder; Anne AruE-
e. Or. Washington @. Tuck, Baltimore
ity. william N Stewart 5teghea T.
IasOa, and Alfred J. schultz. Baltimore
ounty. 6 Ellsworth Upton. Calvert
h0mas Parrsn. Caroline. John 4. s-g.ef.
arrou, James :. Baer. Charles. sSdney
. Mud. Dorset. Phllllp.s Lee Gol1sJOl'
lgk. Frederick. john T. Markell, Car
a.. ". ~. SWeeuy. Hartford SteyeAa9a
Williams. Howard. human q. HeiIfs'
.ent Wilbur r. E!izzou. Agu' SotneiSs
ora c. SOyes. Prince George james ..
eli; Queen Anne. John +. Wilson, 81
Iafy's Enoch O. AD@ll. Talbot Isaac 4.
srber, washington. John y. Cable. 81
lnlcO. Robert +. Graham. worcester.
dali +. Barnes