The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-05-12
Maryland Politics.

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The Republicans in the Fifth district have
nominated Sydney E. Mudd for Congress and
in the Sixth district Col. George A. Pearre
Thomas A. Poffenberger, States Attorney
for Washington county, is spoken OF as del-
eeate to the Democratic National Convention
which meets in Kansas City, July 4. In an
interview he says:
Il have been asked by number OF people
20 ao 10 Kansas CITY as a delegate to the Ma
tional Democratic Convention. Ii such IS the
wish of the Democracy of this section am
willing to comply, but will make no effort TO
control conventions in my behalf. am OPP
nosed to 'bossism' in all its forms, and believe
that the will of the people IN convention as
sembled should control.
l.Who do favor for PRESIDENT Mr.. Bryan
On what platform? On one framed to meet
present and living issues. The aSsemo,eo
wisdom of the Democracy is OF more value
and fought to be- more nearly correct IMAM
the views of any individual. | therefore
believe and hope the Democracy OF Maryland
will accept the views of the convention upon
all questions and support the nominees,
s.While | am individually tor bryan, II 'he
marty thinks otherwise | viii eheertuily bow
to the result. 1
sIWbat chance have we TO win An excel
lent one. The people are disguised with the
nolicies of the present Administration, both
home and foreign We will certainly wln u
we babaye ourselves. | am opposed to IN
;nstructed delegation. If the people can
RELY upon the judgement Of the persons they
send as delegates they ought to remain at
home. Those who need Instructors IN orueF
to perform their duties are not capable oil
representing Democracy
In order 10 show the great harmony existing
among the Republicans of the Second Con
eressional District, we give the following ac-
count of the convention held III Baltimore on
Tuesday, from the American of "Wednesday
The Second Congressional District Conven-
tion. which was held at the Young Men he
DnbIican Climb at noon yesterday, was one OF
those delectable farees ofpOliues which relieve
the game of its tedious monotony. Inc aus
trict includes Cecil, Hartford, BALTIMORE ana
Carroll counties, with the Twelfth, SiXteehtn'
Seventeenth and Eighteenth wards Of Balil-
more city. OF these Hartford and Baltimore
counties are uncertain ground for the Repuh-
Ecans while Carroll county majority :
nsuaIIv so small that il does not count. II
follows. therefore. that the Republican con
gressional candidate has TO look 10 the Tour
wards Of Baltimore city and to Cecil county
for the majority he is always SO ANXIOUS 10
receive. This fact has always impressed the
representatives of the city wards and Cecli
county with the idea that they should receive
some consideration in the distribution OF the
bonors. The absurdity Of such idea was
well demonstrated yesterday when the dele
gates from the doubtful counties got together,
with the sixteen votes necessary TO control
the convention. aud fixed the whole thing up
in their own wev without considering the sub
division from which the Republican majority
must come.
The caucus of the delegates from the three
counties named was held early ~ the day al
the Office Of c. Ross Mace. The delegates
from Cecil county were invited and presented
themselves but were unceremoniously turned
down, the sixteen delegates from the other
counties caucusiug privately while the Cecil
contingent cooled Its heels IN Mr.. Mace ; pub
lie Office. The basis of the agreement by the
sixteen delegates was that ex-County Com'
missioner A. A. Rlakeuey, Of Baltimore conn
", shall be nominated for Congress when the
convention meets to make that nomination on
the 9th of August. Hartford county and Gar
roll agreed to support Bla&eney, ~ return i"F
which il was determined that each OF them
should have one Of the district delegates to
the Philadelphia Convention. With this cut
and-dried program, the sixteen controlling
delegates went into convention. Prior 10 the
assembling of the convention Baltimore city
and Cecil county got together and determined
not to allow the slate that had been fixed 10
go through without making protest
The convention organized by eleetng Con
gresham William b. Baker as chairman, aud
Milton Schaeiier of Westminster. as secretary.
Mr.. Baker made a lit,le speech, N which be
prophesied the reelection Of AehinieN, and
then the convention got down TO business
REPUBLICAN SECTIONS PROTEST.
Nominations for delegates to the Phila
delphia convention we're called ioF. Mr.
Clarence Seabrook, in nominating ex-Sberlii
Edmund NJ Hoffman, called the attention OF
the convention to the manner IN which i was
disregarding the rights Of the majority giving
sections, and declared that such injustice
would produce resentment and apathy so
widespread that disaster would follow. With.
out comment Secretary Sehaeifer nominated
Dr. George E. Baaghman, of Carroll county.
Then came Cecil's turn, and VIM. J. Smith,
of Elkfon took the floor to nominate Henry
NJ. Mccullough. Mr.. Smith spoke from the
inspiration Of unjust treatment, and his re
marks were more pointed than those Of Mr..
Seabrook He declared that the majority
giving sections Of the district would not stand
for such treatment, aud said IL the close cor
DQratl0H uletuOus that iAA NNCu NENiAcl hlfA
In the morning caucus were adhered 10 the
constituency in the district would pronounce
against them at the polls in November. Elk
Secretary of State Richard Dalam nominated
]. Edwin Webster, Of Hartford county. The
convention proceeded TO ballot, With the re-
suit that Baltimore, Hartford and Carroll
counties cast their solid votes for Banghman
and Webster, according 10 the cut-and dried
program, thus giving taem 10 votes each 10
r. IL e I1,4f,n and Mo- fFtlnsruh
which ten we're cast by Cecil county and Bal
timore city's contingent
sLATEMAKERs GOT THEIR FILL.
Subsequent Developments showed that this
was as lar as the slatemakers had gone in
their scheme, for when it came to naming al
ternates, the city wards and Cecil county de-
clined to make nominations, thinking they
were entirely shut out. Nons OF the other
counties had candidates, and, for few min
utes it looked like the convention would not
elect alternates. At this juncture, former
Police Justice W. II. II. Suzer arose and
very sarcastically moved that the three eoun-
ties which were running things on close
corporatioH method get together and name the
alternates Later the motion was Withdrawn,
and the city wards jumped into the ring to
pick the bones that had been left. They came
out with Albert II. Ohr as the presidential
electOf. Wnlie GnaTieh NJ pnOits oI DaiAIiloEt
city, and p Leslie Hopper, of Hartford coun-
ty, we're named as alternates to the Philadel-
phia convention Mr. Clarence NJ. Seabrook
was elected the districts member ofthe board
of appeals, and the convention then Adjourned.
The bitterness over the arbitrary and high
handed methods by which the doubtful por-
ton of the district controlled matters was not
concealed. and predictions Of disaster to fol-
low the ticket in November were freely made.
The representatives Of these doubtful counties
claimed that they we're playing a legitimate
game, and that as Baltimore city was to have
Hon. William T. Master as one of the dele
gates at-large to the Philadelphia convention,
It was entitled to no recognition from the
Second Congressional district If the scheme
mapped out yesterday holds until the 9th Of
August. Mr. A. A. Blakeney is as good as
nominated for Congress. That determined
effort will be made to break the combination
and punish those who combined to keep Bal
timore city and Cecil county out of what is
claimed to be their right, is more than proba-
Bile.
On Wednesday the State Republican con-
veution selected delegates to the national
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