Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-07-27
Political.


Hanna, published last week, made him
10 years too old. He was born Scptem-
Der s, 1868, not 1888. Moreover, any
body can see that he is 10 years less than
43 years old.
In the districts named Lelow the fol
lowing delegates were elected by the re-
publicans Monday evening:
No. IL
No. l2-James Campbell, Alfred Hawkins,
David X. Smith, d. f. ShaiIer and William
Lewis.
No. 26-Otto Hohlng, Owen England,
Charles q. Watson, f. B. Gales and J. B.
Williams.
These meetings were SHINY attended.
In "big 26' nobody took any part except
those present, and these except Gales,
without organization, elected themselves
delegates. As representing any portion
of Hc J,ropir, the delegation was 0.
1t is said to be the State committee
mans duty to provide posters and other
wise inform the voters of the time and
location of primaries, but no posters We're
posted and i'll the State committeeman $
own newspaper the meeting for No. II
was fixed at "McNeill's livery office, y
where there is now no such office, and
of "big 26'' at "Hanson's Office now
upstairs III No. II.
Across the streetim big 26'' the demo-
Gratis polled 66 votes, little contest
arising over one name, DR.. w. o. Nc
Lane defeating James n. Parker.
The following delegates We're elected;
No. u-John b. Shannon, Conrad Pfatf,
Philip L. Wolfe, William Carney, DIR. J.
Marshall Price.
No 12-John Footen, John Metzner,
Charles McAlliser, Z. Cosgrove James
Harvey.
No. 26-Dr. W. o. McLane, John H.
Domahue, Henry Mayer, f. J. Donohue, J..
Powers.
The law apportiOning delegates to
registration strength i'll election districts
is il curiosity i'll legislation. No mining
Act. SO often denounced and ridiculed, is
delegates to cast , votes for one district
and for another.
When pending it was understood that
its objects We're to destroy minority rule
by reducing the convention strength of
a district to its voting strength and to
make conventions less unwieldy.
But while accomplishing these results
i'll some sort of way, it also keeps the
body III Il needless muddle with vulgar
fractions. \ delegate from big 26, if
he has the manlineSs to insist upon
rights which the unit rule does not allow
to the minority. will have and three
tlfthS of a vote.
The truly representative convention is
that wherein every delegate has supreme
command of his own vote.
1t is to be noted that the election SUI
pervisors paid no attention to the pro
vision requiring them to give notice of
the number of delegates each district is
entitled to.
Possibly they think law which per-
mits as many as ) persons to be elected
i'll each district, no matter about the
voting strength, doesn't need to be adj
vcrtised. The old number is ); 3 is IL
majority of ); II districts is Il majority
of 26, and thus II delegates can uutvotc
the other 81, as of yOre.
Whatever Mr. Dick 5 mining laws may
be, his equal representation law is Il
roaring farce.
The republican county committee has
improved the call for the next primaries
somewhat. These will take place Satur-
day, August 3, convention Monday,
August ).
That special to the Baltimore
.imcrcon and Hrruid Monday night
concerning the democratic primaries
here occasioned considerable speculation
1t was couched i'll language no more ma
tive to Frostburg than the buzz of the
mosquito.
The county convention was held We'd
ncSday. ID. E. Shatfer, of Frostburg,
presided. Congressman Pearre repudi
atcd the slate, and IS delegates, loaded
with votes We're sent to Baltimore
The administration III Washington was
endorsed by resolutions and that III
Frostburg by reelection of the Home
Transfer, Cemetery Conveyance and
Foreign Improvement company as State
committeeman