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

egate TO the DetHocta,iC A'o''o",-
which meets in Kansas City. July 4. In an
interview he says:
IT have been asked by number OF people
to 90 TO Kansas City as a delegate to tne Ma
iional Democratic Convention. Ii such Is the
wish Of the Democracy of this section | anl
willing to comply, but will make no enoft 10
control conventions IN my behah au, op-
posed to 'bossism' in all its forms, and oeiieVe
,b.t the will of the people in convention as
sembled should control.
s.Who do favor for President? Mr.. Bryan.
On what platform On one framed 10 NEE,
present and living issues. The assembled
wisdom of the Democracy is OF more value
and fought TO bel more nearly correct than
the views of any individual. l therefore
believe and hope the Democracy OF Maryland
will accent the views of the convention upon
all questions and support the nominees.
"While am individually for Bryan, II the
party thinks otherwise will cheeriuiy DOW
to the result. -,
lent one. The people are disguised with the
nolieies of the present Administration, both
home and foreign. We will certainly win If
we bebaye ourselves. | am opposed to an
instructed delegation. If the people can't
RELY upon the judgement Of the persons they
send as delegates they ought to remain al
home. Those who need instructors IN order
to perform their duties are not capable OF
representing Democracy.
In order 10 show the great harmony existing
among the Republicans of the Second Con-
pressional District, we give the following ae-
count of the convention held in Baltimore on
Tuesday, from the American of Wednesday
The Second Congressional District Conven-
t;on. which was held at the Young Mems Re
publican Club at noon yesterday, was one oil
those delectable farces of politics which relieve
the game of its tedious monotony. The DIS,
trict includes Cecil, Hartford, Baltimore and
Carroll counties, with the Twelfth, Sixteenth,
Seventeenth and Eighteenth wards of Balti-
more city, Of these Hartford and Baltimore
counties are uncertain ground tor the Repup-
licans, while Carroll countys majority Is
usually so small that it does not count Ii
follows. therefore, that the Republican con-
gressional candidate has to look 10 the four
wards of Baltimore city and to Cecil county
for the majority he is always so anxious to
receive. This fact has always impressed the
representatives of the city wards and Cecil
county with the idea that they should receive
some consideration in the distribution OF the
honors The absurdity of such an idea was
well demonstrated yesterday when the dele
gates from the uOuDtIul COuutiCo SOt 'o5S'hSA,
with the sixteen votes necessary to control
the convention, and fixed the whole thing up
in their own way 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 in the day at
the Office of c. Ross Mace. The delegates
from Cecil county were invited and presented
themselves, but were unceremonlously turned
down, the sixteen delegates from the other
counties caucusing privately while the Cecil
contingent cooled its heels in Mr.. Mace's pub
lie Office. The basis of the agreement by the
sixteen delegates was that exCounty Com
missioner A. A. Blakeney, of Baltimore coun-
ty. shall be nominated for Congress when the
convention meets to make that nomination on
the 9Th of August Hartford county and Car
roll agreed to support Blakeney, in return for
which it 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 to the
assembling of the convention Baltimore city
and Cecil county got together and determined
not to allow the slate that had been fixed to
go through without making protest.
The convention organized by electng Con-
gresham William B. Baker as chairman, and
Milton Sehaeffer, of Westminster, as secretary.
Mr.. Baker made a little speech, in which he
prophesied the reelection of Mckinley, and
then the convention got down to business.
REPUBLICAN SECTIONS PROTEST.
Nominations for delegates to the Phila-
delphia convention were called for. Mr..
Clarence Seabrook, in nominating ex-Sherif
Edmund NJ. Hoffman, called the attention of
the convention TO the manner III which 1t 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 Schaetfer nominated
DR., George E. Baughman, of Carroll county.
Then came Cecil's turn, and VIM. j. Smith,
Of Elkton, 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 MIR.
Seabrook. He declared that the majority
giving sections Of the district would not stand
for such treatment, and said if the close cor
poration methods that had been decided upon
in the morning caucus were adhered TO the
constituency in the district would pronounce
against them at the polls in November. FIX
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 Baughman
and Webster, according to the cut-and dried
program, thus giving them Is votes each to
Ten for each Of Hoffman and Mccullough
which ten were cast by Cecil county and Bal
timore city's contingent.
sLArEMAKERs GOT THEIR FILL.
Subsequent developments showed that thi
was as far as the satemakers had gone il
their scheme, for when it came to naming al
ternates, the city wards and Cecil county de
clined to make nominations, thinking the.
were entirely shut out. None OF the ofhe
counties had candidates, and, for few min
utes it looked like the convention would no
elect allernates AT this jnncture, forme
Police Justice W. H. II. Sulzer arose an,
very sarcaslically moved that the three coun
ties which were running things on a clos
corporation method get together and name thu
alternates. Later the motion was withdrawn
and the ity wards jumped into the ring Il
pick the bones that had been left. They cam
out with Albert H. Ohr as the presidents
elector, while Charles NJ. Short, of Baltimor
city, and P. Leslie Hopper, of Hartford coun
ty. were named as al:ernates to the Phiadel
phia convention. Mr.. Clarence Nj. Seabroo
was elected the districts member ofthe boar
of appeals, and the convention then Adjourned
The bitterness over the arbitrary and high
handed methods by which the doubtful por
concealed, and predictions of disaster to fol
low the ticket in November were freely made
The representatives of these doubtful counte
claimed that they were playing legtimat
game, and that as Baltimore city was to hav
Hon. William T. Master as one Of the dele
gates large to the Philadelphia convention
It was entitled to no recognition from tn
Second Congressional district. If the schem
mapped out Yesterday holds until the 9Th 9
August, MIR. A. A. Blakeney is as good a
nominated for Congress. That a determine
effort will be made to break the combination
and punish those who combined to keep Ba
timore city and Cecil county out of what
claimed to be their right, is more than proba
BILE.
On Wednesday the State Republican COZ
vention selected delegates 10 the nations
convention, which meets in Philadelphia i