The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-31
THE STATE CENTRAL COM
MITTEE.

ne democratic State Central Com
mittee met in Baltimore on Wednesday
and fixed the dates for the State conven-
tion and for the two judicial Circuit
conventions. The State convention
will assemble in Baltimore Oh August
lst; the First Judicial Circuit conven-
ton at Ocean City on July llth. and
the Fifth Judicial Circuit convention
at Westminster on August 18th.
Resolutions governing the primaries
which are to elect delegates to the
Legislative Conventions were adopted
and special committee of seven
chosen, to which is delegated the
supreme power to settle all appeals
and disputes. The committee is COM
posed of the following: Ex-Gov. Elihu
E. Jackson, chairman, of Wicomico
county; W. Laird Henry, of Dorches-
te: county; John Hubner. of Baltimore
county: Samuel Rosenthal, of Balti-
more city; Archibald H. Taylor, OF
Baltimore city; Charles II. Stanley, OF
Prince Georges county; Gilmor S.
Hamill, Of Garrett county.
In calling the meeting to order
Chairman Vandiver spoke as follows:
"Gemlemen cfthe Committee: There seems
to be feeling that the work of organiza-
ton for our fall campaign should be lie
gun early this year, and hence have call
ed this meeting that immediate steps may
be taken for the assembling of our State
Convention without delay and for thor
ough preparation in all sections of the State
for tie important work before US.
"The unanimity and frmness exhibited
by you at your meeting at Annapolis in
March were most gratifying, and contrib
uted largely to the admirable work of the
special session and to the creation in our
ranks everywhere of most encouraging
spirit of confidence and harmony.
"But we cannot reasonably expect to
preserve the fruits of our victory of 1899
without cordial cooperation and repe-
tition in the coming campaign of the &C
tivity and enthusiasm which enables US to
recover political control of the State
THAT control must not be wrested from
US, and it cannot be lost if Democrats will
only do their duty.
what we need is organization, the
purging of the registration books of all
names not justly and lawfully entitled to
be there and generous abandonment every
where of all strife and discussions in our
ranks, and the selection of candidates
whose character and qualifications will
secure for them the hearty support of our
people.
"The new election law does not inter-
fere at all with casting of our full party
vote for our whole ticket, but at the same
time, by requiring all voters to put a
crossmark opposite the name of every
candidate for whom they desire to vote,
it compels an independent scrutiny of each
and every candidate which cannot fail to
materially strengthen US.
"Our candidates should be those who
can well stand such scrutiny, ard with
our ticket made up exclusively of candi-
dates fully measuring up to the Jefferson
ian standard there ought not to be any
doubt of the result
The tests given by the municipal cleo
tions in Frederick and Baltimore to the
new Election law have effectually answer
ed the ferocious attacks made upon it by
our adversaries and abundantly vindicat-
ed its passage, and in the more thorough
and complete test to which it will be sub.
jected at the polls next November the ex-
cellence of its provisions will be more
fully manifested"
Among the resolutions adopted was
the following:
That the members of this committee
from each of the several counties and
from the Legislative districts of Baltimore
city, respectively, or the county or local
committees in the counties, where by Gus
tom or resolution the same have charge.
respectively, shall give at least two weeks
notice of the time and places for holding
primary elections to choose delegates to
county and Legislative district conven-
tions to select delegates to the State con-
vention hereinbefore provided for and to
nominate candidates for State Senator,
members of the House Of Delegates and |
other State and county officers to be voted |
for at the ensuing general election.
And to this end it is hereby declared |
and directed that all primary meetings !
must be so conducted as to give free, full |
and ample opportunity to each and every
person who will support the nominees of
the Democratic party at the ensuing cleo
ton to participate in said primary meet
ings and to have his vote received, fairly