Evening star., 1901-08-06
.PLATT AND PARRAN
Nominees Of the Maryland State Re-
publican Convention.
CONSIDERED STRONG CANDIDATES
Platform Contains Ringing De-
nunciation of the Democrats.
PARTY RECORDS REVIEWED

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, August 6.-The repub-
iican state convention met at Fords Thea
ter today at noon and nominated for con-
troller Mr.. Herman 8. Platt of Baltimore
city; for clerk Of the court of appeals. Mr..
Thomas Parran of Calvert county. Both
are strong candidates.
The convention. which was ably presided
over by Representative George A. Pearre,
was harmonious and enthusiastic, and Sem
ator McComas said that the reports brought
to him by the delegates showed confidence
Of success in all parts OF the state.
The platform is probably the best ever
enunciated by any party in Maryland, and
in brief is as follows:
After a strong eulogy Of the administra-
tion of President Mckinley it says regard
ing state affairs: After a generation Of
fraud and violence at the polls, republi-
cans gave our people peaceful, fair and
free elections, reaSsesSed property and
eQualized the burden of taxation; in ease
of the laborer and the farmer, assessed
sixty millions additional stocks and bonds;
gave free school books to our children;
gave Baltimore modern city charter; re-
funded the public debt at lower interest
and so reduced the debt that it would have
been wiped out in four more years Of re-
publican rule.
The republican party compelled officials
of the Gorman-Rasin administrations to
disgorge public moneys, and collected pub
lie dues from lOng-exempted corporations.
Republicans first gave. in counties and
cities, minority representation in the ad-
ministratfon OF our schools. In four years
republican state administration redeem
ed every pledge whereupon it was elected.
Democrats Broke Every Pledge.
In two years the present democratic ad-
nlinistration has broken every pledge
whereby democracy regained power. 1t
promised to pass the laws to repress the
great and growing evil Of trusts. The
democratic legislature defeated a bill to
redeem this pledge, which the democratic
convention was ashamed even to repeat in
this years platform. 1t pledged nom
partisan administration of the police de-
psrtment of Baltimore and to emancipate
the force from partisan control. Instead,
the administration Of the police law Is a
sham and fraud. 1t pledged reduction of
state taxes, yet in the regular session the
legislature was extravagant and corrupt
beyond precedent, and in extraordinary
session wasted money on a partisan CEN
sus, useless to the state, but valuable to
the democratic campaign workers; at the
taxpayers expense perpetrated most un-
fair gerrymander of Baltimore city dis
trlcts and made itself Infamous by it's un-
constitutional disfranchising election law.
1t twice defeated the corrupt practices
act which it promised to enact. 1t prom
public schools, and yet promptly SO en-
powered a partisan governor that he forth
with turned out every non-partisan board
and put the public schools in every county
upon political basis.
Republican, New Promises.
The republican party, which redeemed all
It's pledges to the people Of our state now
gives these new promises, which it will as
suredly perform.
T. onIc - Iao ~ f{oy, nf
rights, we reafflrm that 1.-The right Of the
the best security of liberty and the foun-
dation OF all free government. And
every male citizen having the qualifications
prescribed by the constitution ought to
have the right of surage." Therefore re-
publican legislature will repeal our uncon-
stituttonal election law and enact the bill
prepared by the same association that for
mulated the election law Of 1896, and re-
store manhood suffrage in Maryland.
1t will enact the corrupt practices bill
prepared by the same organization, and
thereby decrease or prevent the bribery of
voters.
It will take out of politics the police of
Baltimore city, secure appointments by
the merit system, and put an end to pro-
motions and dismissals for political rea-
sons. It will pass new police bill pre-
pared by the same organization.
1t will regulate primary elections It will
adopt a compulsory primary election law,
anu make the dS AdlE dS IL LIDS
made our general elections.
It will bring the local control OF the
schools In the counties near to the school
district, and yet remove 1t further from
partisan politics.
Ready to Curb Trusts.
It never legislates In reckless disregard of
business interests, but 1t is ready by law
to curb and defeat organized trusts which
stifle competition in trade and to suppress
all combinations which create q monopoly.
trusts, and in this state will handle these
problems with conservatism and courage.
In regard to ex-senator German it says:
We appeal to all good citizens to unite in
defeating the selfish political bosses in
their conspiracy. begun with the extra ses-
sion, to perpetuate themselves and their
methods, by one-sided elections, and to
by defeating the election to the United
States Senate of the democratic leader
who dictated the disfranchising election
law to servile assembly. Their victory
would again fasten upon our state the
reign of corruption and violence over
thrown in 1885, and enable them to en-
trench themselves for generation behind
far worse disfranchising election law
than the un-American law we are pledged
to repeal
If we succeed, we will defeat the election
to the United States Senate of man
whose views on tariff and finance fiuctuate
with political exigencies. who Is stable
only In unvarying control OF the democratic
party machine. II we succeed, we will for
ever destroy the power Of that democratic
city boss, who, beyond the average span
of human life, has tolled legislation and
controlled Baltimore politics for revenue
only.