The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-02
To ELIMINATE NEGRO
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS TAKE I'M
PORTANT STEP.
Mr.. GoRMAN AT THE HELM.
GAVE HIS Personal SUPERVISION
TO PLATFORM.

Democratic Party Has 10000 Major
ity of White People of Maryland,
and the Prosperity and Future
Welfare of the State Depend Upon
Its Control by the Intelligent
White Rcsidents-Nfthout the Co.,
600 CoIored Voters Republicans
Would BE in Hopeless Minority.
The Platform Unanimously Adopt
ed-Itasin's Opponents Dropped
From Committee in baltimore.
Baltimore, Aug. 1.-The Democratic
State Convention, which met here to-
day, declared that the purpose of the
party, If successful in the coming cleo
tion, is to eliminate the negro from
politics in Maryland. if such a thing
be possible under the constitution of
the state. Upon this paramount issue
of the campaign will stand the can
didates nominated to-day for state Of
fees and those chosen in the various
county and district conventions as
candidates for places in the legislature
of 1902, which body will elect a United
States senator to succeed George L.
Wellington. That his successor in the
event of Democratic victory will be
Arthur p. German is settled beyond
question, although no formal announce
ment of his candidacy has as yet been
made
The nominal pun pose for which the
convention met was to select candi-
dates for offices of controller and clerk
of the Court of Appeals and it fulfilled
this task by unanimously naming DIR.
Joshua w. Herring of Carroll and ].
Frank Turner of Talbot to succeed
themselves in the places mentioned.
This action, however, was a foregone
conclusion and the real business of
the convention was the formulation
and adoption of a platform. The COM
bined sagacitY of all the Democratic
leaders in the state was called into
requisition for this purpose and under
the advice and guidance of Mr.. Cor
man the following declaration upon the
chief point in issue was eve we'd:
Declare for White Control.
THE Democratic party represents
more than 10000 majority of the white
people of Maryland They, in common
with their brethren of other states, In
which large masses of colored voters
have been injected into the body poll
tic, recognize that the peace, good or
der, personal safety and proper devel-
opment of our material interests de-
pend upon the control OF the common
wealth by its intelligent white resi-
dents. Without the aid of the so 600
colored voters, the Republican party
in Maryland would be in a hopeless
minority.
we therefore without hesitation pro-
claim that the success of the Demo-
cratic party will mean that, while we
shall deal with perfect fairness in Sc
curing all the benefits of good govern
ment and full and free opportunities
for education to all classes, such ac-
ton must be taken as to prevent the
control of the state government from
passing into the hands of those who
have neither the ability nor the interest
to manage public affairs wisely and
WELL"
Summary of State Issues.
The other planks make the platform
reaffirm the devotion of the local party
TO the principals enunciated by Thomas
Jefferson; assert that Democratic con-
troll is necessary to the welfare of the
state; commend the administration of
John Walter Smith as governor; pledge
the party to amend the oyster and
school laws in such manner as may
seem proper, declare the course of the
governor in calling a special session of
the Legislature and the action of that
body in passing laws to limit the ex-
ercise of the right of franchise to those
who are able to read and write to be
patriotic in the extreme, denounce the
federal authorities for frauds and ir-
regularities in the late federal census,
commend the state authorities for the
manner in which a recount of the peo-
pie was made and pledge the party to
the adoption of such laws as will make
the primary elections as fair as those
held under the general elections law.
The baltimore Factions.
The platform went through without
a dissenting voice or vote. The only
rift in the lutte of perfect harmony
came when the announcement of the
members of the State Central Commit
tee was made and it was discovered
that every opponent Of /. Freeman
Rasin in municipal politics has been
dropped from the list and their places
filled with those whose loyalty to the
organization is unquestioned.
Both Mr.. German and Mr.. Rasin
were present throughout the proceed
ings, but neither of them appeared on
the platform, nor did they occupy seats
in the body of the hall. After the con-
vention adjourned Mr.. German held an
informal reception behind the scenes
and great enthusiasm was shown by
those who crowded forward to shake