Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-05
THEY TURNED SILVER DOWN
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS. HOWEVER.
INDORSE w. j. BRYAN.
Ex-senator German Credited With De-
feating a ReaffirmatiOn of Chi
caEO Platform.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, June 5.-The Mary
land state democratic convention met
shortly after noon today in Ford's Opera
House. Elected delegates and alternates
to the Kansas City convention, mildly in
dorsed Bryan, condemned Imperialism (al-
legged to be synonymous with Mckinley
ism), opposed trusts and combinations OF
wealth. but failed to reafiirm the Chicago
platform. This failure was due to the per-
sonal efforts of ex-senator Arthur Pue
German, who succeeded in dlsSuadlng
| many of the county delegates from indors-
ing free silver to which they had been
committed by instructions of their respec-
tive county conventions. Senator Gofman
came here yesterday and last nlght ne
worked hard to prevent the injection OF tne
money question into the convention. His
missionary work was aided by the success
full work of the organization in TINS CITY,
all three district conventions yesterday pc
inc dominated by the organization Whlcn
squelched all mention OF the Chlcago pat
fern. ,o,
The silver people had anticipated contfol-
ling todays convention. but We're outsen-
eraled by Senator German and the state
machine Dr. George Wells of Anne Arun-
del county. leader of the silver forces,
made the last despairinS fight Tor recoshl-
ton of the Chicago platform. he ln,fo.
duced a resolution to such e1ect, Dut Il
was sent to the committee unread "here
the majority voted it down and reported
the cut-and-dried resolutions already re-
ferred to- Tho W ellis resolutions We're re
ported by the minority and We're defeated
the object being to place the county deie-
gates who had been instructed for the
Chicago platform on record
Contrary to expectation, the convention
was SHINY attended, there being scarcely
any seats occupied outside of those hiled
bv delegates Col James q. Berret, for
mer mayor of Washington was promi-
nent figure in the convention. He was a
delegate from Carroll county, and despite
his eigf1ty-siX years, was active. Senator
German did not attend the convention, be-
ing satisfied his instructions would be car
ried out He only consented to Bryan's can
diCacy being indorsed as q sop to the
county delegates, who had been instructed
for a free silver declaration. Chair
man Murray Van Diver of the state
committee called the convention to order
and named Col. l.. Victor Baughman OF
Frederick county temporary chairman
and NJ L. Hewes. Baltimore city, and }.
S Adams of Wicomico county secretaries,
The Sc officers were afterward made perna-
nent.
The only contest was over the resolutions
and the defeat of the siverites was antici-
pated and did not cause the expected up
roar although there We're charges of many
delegates being false to their instructions
1t was after . o'clock before the resolutions
were reported. The slate for delegates at
large-Gov. John Walter Smith. l.. Victor
Raughman, Murray Nandiver and A. Lee
Krctt-went through. The latter Is the only
pronounced silver advocate.