Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-09-13

HLEGOOD HEARS NEWS.
Home People Give Him a Great
Ovation and Promise Support. I

SALISBURY, MD. Sept. 5.-The non-
ination of the Hon. James +. Elleg9od
for Congress at Ocean City yesterday
was hailed with great delight by the
citizens of Salisbury. Last night large
concourse of representative citizens,
headed by members of the bar and the
merchants of the town. with band of
music, assembled i'm front of Mr. Ellie
goods residence, ON Division street, and
gave him hearty congratulations. Dur
ing the course of his remarks in intro
ducing the assemblage Mr.. T. Fitch,
one of the prominent members of the
Wicomico bar, assured Mr.. Ellegood
that the people of Wicomico county. as
well as the whole district, and, in fact,
the whole State, were looking to him as
the champion of fairness in elections.
purity of the ballot box and strict in.
tegrity in legislation
In his reply Mr.. Ellegood said he was
glad that the campaign should be start
ed on that line; that he had always
stood for the purity of the ballot box,
which was the fountain head of all our
public and domestic life. and that he
should make his campaign on that line
He asked the people of the district, the
young men who had aspirations in the
field of politics, to stand by him and
force the issues to the front.
The nomination of Mr.. Ellegood was
certainly surprise to large number
of people all over the Shore. The fact
that for many years past elections,
especially Congressional elections in the
First district. have been run on the
lines of bribery and vote. buying. until
the people had almost come to the con-
clusion that no man would be foolhardy
enough to attempt to check the current.
made the nomination of Mr.. Ellegood a
matter of impossibility to the minds of
many practical politicians. The situa-
tion. however. at Ocean City was a
peculiar one. 1t was evident in the
minds of many of the delegates that at
this time there were only two kinds of
men who could be thought of. First,
no doubt. was the man who could match
the Republican nomi: ee with money,
and he could not be found: second, a
man who stood for the higher ideas in
politics anti corruption and anti-money.
On this platform Mr.. Ellegood was the
logical candidate. He is the foremost
man i'm Maryland with tongue and pen
along these lines. For years he has
been at work to accomplish something
which would put stop to bribery, and
has always been willing to lead fight
against it, While he is strict party
man and has always supported the
Democratic nominees, he has at the
same time always been independent
along the line of running clean cam
paign. When member of the Mary
land Legislature he and Mayor Hayes
were the foremost workers ON the Assess
ment bill, and as member of the Ways
and Means Committee Mr.. Ellegood
saved the State much money which
would have otherwise been appropriated
for worthless items. He has strong
views on the taxation question and has
made careful and exhaustive study of
the tax systems of both the United
States and foreign countries. AS a
hard worker Mr. Ellegood has no super
ior. In his practice he has been con-
nected with some of the most promi-
nent cases on the lower peninsula.
There are many elements OH the East
ern Shore that will rally to the support
of Mr.. Ellegood which no other candi-
date spoken of could get. He stands
well with the Prohibition voters of the
district. numbering now about 5000.
The independent element of both parties
will find in him man of their liking,
and he will no doubt poll the solid vote
of the Democratic party.
The notification committee appointed
by Col. Edward Lloyd. chairman of the
convention, consisting of Messrs. Henry
Il. Lewis, of Caroline; William S. Evans
of Cecil: John c. Mills, of Dorchester;
Jacob T. Shallcross, of Kent; J. Frank
Harper. of Queen Anne's; ID. Gordon I.
Atkinson, of Somerset; George w. Will
son. of Talbot; F. l.. WALES, of Wicom-
leo. and Edgar w. McMaster of Worces-
ter. will assemble in Salisbury Tuesday.
September rs. at which time Mr.. Elle-
good will hand them his letter of accept.
ance. 1t is expected that he will in this
letter set fourth his policy.