The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-08-02
TO ELIMINATE NEGRO VOTE
AVOWED PURPOSE OF THE DEMO
 CRAFTS OF MARTLAND.
Radical Action Taken by the State Con- vcntion-Forcing the Negro Out of All Politics Will be the Paramount Issue of the Cnmpnign-Ihe DecIara- ton of the Convention.

Baltimore Aug. 1.-The democratic
 state convention which met here to-day
 declared that the purpose of the party,
 if successful in the coming election, 1 is to eliminate the negro from politics | in Maryland, if such a thing be possi- ble under the constitution of the state. 1 Upon this, the paramount issue of the
 campaign, will stand the candidates
 nominated to-d day for state offices and | those chosen in the various county and | district conventions as candidates for
 places in the legislature of 1902, which | body will elect United States senator | to succeed George l.. Wellington. That | his successor in the event of democratic victory will be Arthur Pue German is thought to be proJable, althor gh no formal announcement of his candidacy has as yet been made.
 The nominal purpose for which the convention met was to select candidates for the offices of controller and clerk of the court of appeals and it fulfilled this task by unanimously naming Dr.
 Joshua w. Herring of Carroll and J,
 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 upon which the
 democrats could go before the people of
 the state with @ reasonable show of
 winning, The combined sagacity of
 all the democratic leaders in the state
 was called into reuuisition for this pur-
 1z.. tl1- I.v,- T
 ance of MT. German the following dec
 laration upon the chief points in issue
 was evolved:
 "The democratic party represents
 more than 45,000 majority fthe white
 people of Maryland. They, in com mon with their brethren of other states in which large masses of coored voters have been injected into the body polit- ic, recognize that the peace, good order, personal safety and proper development of our material interests depend upon the control of the commonwealth by it's intelligent white residents Without the aid of the 60000 colored voters, the re- publican party in Maryland would be In hopeless minority. We, therefore, without hesitation, proclaim that the success of the democratic party will mean that, while we shall deal with perfect fairness in securing all the ben efits of good government and full and free opportunities for education to all classes, such action must be taken as to prevent the control of the state gov ernment from passing into the hands of those who have neither the ability nor the interest to manage public affairs wisely and Well'
 The other blanks in the platform re- | affirm the devotion of the local party | to the principles enunciated by Thomas | Jefferson, assert that democratic con- trol 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 exer- else of the right of franchise to those | who are able to read and write to be in the extreme; denounce the federal authorities for frauds and ir- in the late federal census, the state authorities for the manner in which a recount of the peo- ole was made and pledge the party to the adoption of such laws as will make he primary elections as fair as those leld under the general elections law.
 The platform went through without dissenting voice or vote. The only rift n the lute of perfect harmony came when the announcement of the mem )ers of the new state central commit ee was made and it was discovered hat every opponent of l. Freeman Ra- in in municipal politics had been drop- ,ed from the list and their places filled with those whose loyalty to the organ zation is unQuestioned.