The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-08-29
COUNTY CONVENTION.
Democrats Meet, Select Dele
gates and Pass Strong Reso-
lutions.

| Une basement OF the Court House
at noon for the purpose Of select
ing delegates to the Congressional
Convention to be held in Cumber
land next Thursday, the 4th of
September.
A large number of enthusiastic
Democrats were present, nearly
all the districts being represented.
Several sent mass Delegations.
Considering the fact that the OBJ.
ject of the convention was simply
to pass resolutions and select del
egates to the Congressional Con.
vention, the large attendance
shows that the people are taking
an active interest in this cam
paign.
Judge Russell E. Lighter, of
the Orphans Court, was made
chairman and DR.. Whitehill. of
Unionville, and Edward Fink, of
Mt. Pleasant, were elected secre.
taries. A committee was selected
on resolutions, one delegate from
each district being appointed on
the committee. The same com
mittee reported on permanent or
ganization and credentials. Col.
l.. L. Brien, of Urbana, chairman
of the committee, reported these
resolutions which were read and
commented upon by Mr.. John Z.
II. Wood:
"Resolved, 10y the Democratic
County Convention of Frederick
county, That the Importance of
electing Democrats to the next
Congress cannot be overeStimated.
The utter failure of the Republi-
can party, though III absolute
control of the National LegiSla-
ture, to enact appropriate laws
for the suppression of gigantic
combinations which absorb power
and amass wealth whilst they
override and impoveriSh the lab
oring and agricultural classes and
crush all healthy competition is
equally as reprehensible as the
reckless and extravaganza expen
diture of the public revenue
wrung by vicious legislation from
the hard earnings of the people.
That the concentration of vast
amounts of capital in the Steel
Trust, the Anthracite Coal Trust.
the Beef Trust and the other like
aggregations, is the direct result
of the aScendency of the Repub
lican party, and the consequences
now flowing from the denomina
ton of these and similar comb.
nations are disastrous and demon
alizing. Whilst the magnates
who control these dangerous com
binatiOns reap enormous returns
from their investments and have
grown into an exclusive and dis
tinctly un-American element OF
society, the mass of the people
are compelled to pay them tribute
in the tremendous increase OF
prices exacted from consumers
for the necessaries of life.
"Resolved, That a system which
begets a plutOcracy "a plutocracy
that scOrns the simplicity of the
earlier days of the Republic and
initiates the fOllies and vulgar
display of foreign degenerate
nobility, is hostile to the Ameri
can idea of equality and subver
sive Of our cherished traditions
and history. A system which
forces the labOrer, the toiler, the
mechanic and the tiller of the
soil to pay tribute to few bloat
ed trusts, and which imposes this
burden by arbitrarily advancing
the price of coal and beef an(
other commodities, is radically a
war with the material interests o
the people and is an intolerabl'
and Ubiquitous wrong which de
mands an immediate remedy. [
is useless to expect a remedy from
the political party which ha
given birth to and now fosters TIN
wrong. A system which to furthe
enrich the owners of the trust
causes the discharge of thousand
of employees, as in the instance o
the harvesting machine combine
and throws into enforced idlenes
an army of men upon whose tot
large families depend for supper
could never thrive if there wer
no Onerous tariff, and could neve
build up odious monopolies j
competition in trade were no
completely destroyed by protec
tive or prohibitory duties.
"Resolved, That whilst conced
ing to capital what is justly it
, due, the Democratic party de
mands for the laborer an equa
opportunity in the field of indus
, try; and it insists upon thoroug
tariff reform, so that the variou
avenues of trade will be throw
open to all alike, with discrimina
tions and privileges in favor of n
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