The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-08
THE ISSUE.
Republican State Convention Ar
raigns the Democratic Leader
and Raisin, His Chief.
Herman 5. Plat Nominated For Comp
troller and Thomas Parran For Clerk
of the Court of APPeaIs-COIOnel Geo.
4. Pearre Presided-Text of Platform.

Anti-Gormau and anti-Rasin were
the keynotes at the Republican State
Convention which met at Ford S
Opera House in Baltimore Tuesday,
and nominated Mr.. Herman S. Platt
for State Comptroller and Mr.. Thomas
Parran for Clerk of the Court of APP
peals. Chairman Goldsborough start
ed the ball rolling in his opening
speech, and the platform, when adop-
ted, clinched the fight as the issue of
the campaign. The heavy rains dur
ing the forenoon dampened the
clothes but not the ardor of the dele
gates. Across the first balcony was
spread banner incribed prosperity
Universal" while large banner pic
lures of Mckinley and Roosevelt were
suspended from the third tier boxes
on each side of the house. Parsons
orchestra played popular airs before
the convention met and during the
lulls.
Mr.. Goldsborough spoke in souor-
GUS tones in calling the convention
together at 1890 o'clock. After he
had finished his speech he called for
nominations for temporary chairman
and Mr.. Ashley NJ. Gould, of Mont
gomery county, placed in nomination
Congressman George A. Pearre, of
Allegany, who was escorted to the
stage by Mr.. Gould, Congressman
William B. Baker and DR.. Washing
ton G. Tuck, of Anne Arundel. Mr..
Charles H. Linville, Of Baltimore
city, was named as temporary secre-
tary. Credentials of the various coun-
ties were turned in and the counties
then named their representatives on
the committees on resolutions and
credentials.
The convention at 1.15 o'clock took
a recess for half an hour while the
committees retired. Ex-senator David
E. Dick represented Allegany and
DR.. J. w. Laughlin Garrett county
on the credentials committee, and c..
H. Hoffman, Allegany, and U. &.
Palmer, Garrett, on the resolutions
committee.
The convention reassembled short
~ after o'clock. Mr.. Adrain Posey,
of Charles county, chairman of the
committee on credentials, reported
that there were no contests, either in
Baltimore city or throughout the
counties, and recommended that the
temporary officers be made perma-
nent. This was unanimously agreed
to.
Mr.. Ashley NJ. Gould, the chairman
OF the committee on resolutions, made
the report of that committee.
The reading of the party platform
was literally applauded. AT one
stage delegate from Howard county
interrupted to propose three cheers
for the American flag.
The platform is probably the best
ever enunciated by any party in
Maryland, and in brief is as follows:
After strong eulogy of the admin
istration of President Mckinley it
says regarding State affairs: After a
generation of fraud and violence at
the polls, Republicans gave our peo-
pie peaceful, fair and free elections,
reassessed property and equalized the
burden of taxation in ease of the
laborer and farmer, assessed sixty
millions additional stock and bonds;
gave free school books to our chill
dren; gave Baltimore a modern city
charter; refunded the public debt at
lower interest and so reduced the
debt that it would have been wiped
out in four more years of Republican
rule.
The Republican party compelled
officials of the German Raisin admin
istration to disgorge public moneys,
and collected public dues from long
exempted corporations. Republicans
first gave, in counties and cities, min
GRITTY representation in the admins
tration of our schools. In four years
Republican State administration
redeemed every pledge whereupon it
was elected.
In two years the present Demo
cratic administration has broken
every pledge whereby Democracy re-
gained power. 1t promised to pass
the laws to repress the great and
growing evil of trusts. The Demo
cratic legislature defeated bill to re-
deem this pledge, which the Demo
cratic convention was ashamed even
to repeat in this years platform. II
pledged a non-partisan administra-
ton of the police department of Bal
timore and to emancipate the force
from partisan control. Instead, the
administration of the police law is a
sham and fraud. 1t pledged reduc-