The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-03-16
Important!

sure to attend the Democratic primaries,
and vote for instructed or pledged dele
gates. You will vote for delegates to the
City Convention, if you are in Baltimre,
or to your County Convention, if in a
County. At every polling place there
will be list of delegates headed For
Bryan" or i'll some way pledged on the
ticket for him. Be careful to see that you
do not vote for any delegates who are not
SO pledged; for we warn yon that "un-
pledged" or "uninstructed' delegates will
mean delegates against Bryan. Don't be
deceived by delegates saying they are for
Bryan, but see that your ticket says they
are for him before you vote.
We must get the delegation from our
State SO as TO make sure of carrying the
State at the general election; it will never
do to send delegates who will be kickers
in the Convention and boilers when they
get home, as was the case in 1896
There would not be particle of doubt
ofsecuring Bryan delegation from Mary
land, if his opponents would meet us in a
fair and manly way. We challenge them
to put up delegates in the primaries openly
pledged for the gold Standard" or
against Bryan and We will put up del
egates openly pledged 'for Bryan" and
see which will win.
| Isn't that fair proposition?
But if they refuse to do this it can only
be for the purpose of deceiving persons
into voting for delegates supposed to be
for Bryan, but who would turn out, in
the Convention to be against him. There
fore, we issue this warning, which we
expect to repeat, and ask you to repeat to
others Beware of unpledged delegates.
Any delegate who refuses to be instructed
to vote for Bryan does not intend to vote
for him; any delegate who is not pledged
for Bryan, YOU may be sure, is secretly
pledged against him.
UNRESTRICTED delegates may be very
proper when it is not known definitely
just what questions will be before the
Convention, but i'll this coming conven-
ton there will be but one question, viz. +:
For Bryan and the Chicago platform, with
the addition of planks against trusts and
Imperialism. Upon that question it is
the right and duty of the people them
selves to speak, and the only way they
can do SO is by instructing the delegates.
This is our only safe course, aud the
only course for Democrats to pursue.
Any talk of sending contesting dele
CATION, would be disapproved, we assure
you, by the National Committee and Mr..
Bryan himself, and, besides, it is folly,
because, five are minority, we have no
right to send delegation. but, if we are
majority, then, in the absence of fraud.
which is not TO be anticipated, we can
send the regular delegation.
We believe that large majority of the
Democrats of Maryland are for Bryan,
and that we will carry the primaries for
him.
The primaries will be called by the
Democratic State Central Committee in
conjunction with the Committee of Seven
in Baltimore. and the County Committees
in the Counties, and every voter who
intends to support the nominee of the
Democratic National Convention will
have the right to vote in the primaries
and no others, and we urge every friend
of Bryan to be sure to vote in the
primaries.
The only danger we have feared is that
Bryan's friends might be deceived in
voting for unpledged delegates. and
therefore we repeat again the warning
Insist upon instructed delegates.
Yours for Bryan and victory,
MARYLAND DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION, |
3o5 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Md.