Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-15

nee. unite the party to such an extent that
there may be reasonable hope for victory
next year. They argue, too, that the in
dorsement of Senator German at this time
will aid the party al the coming November
election. because the friends of the senator
would want the state machinery in case of
his nomination by the national convention
Therefore it Is fair to suppose that the
convention will, at an opportuue moment,
by rising vote and amid great enthusiasm
declare Arthur 'P. German the choice Of
Maryland democrats for the presidency.
VIII Be Impressive.
The convention tomorrow will be the first
night gathering of state delegates in over
quarter century, the last having been
held in 1915, when John Lee Carroll was
nominated for governor. 1t is intended to
make the gathering one of the most i'm
pressive ever held in the state. Col Spen-
Ger c. Jones of Montgomery county who
was a candidate for the nomination. will
preside, and Mr.. Warfield's name will be
presented to the convention by his life
long personal and political friend John S.
Tracey OF Howard county. Just who the
nominees for attorney general and con-
troller Will be cannot. right on the eve OF
the convention, be predicted with any de-
gree of certainty.
! The arrangements at Music Hall have all
been completed Democrats of prominence,
such as Governor Smith and Mayor Nc
Lane OF Baltimore, will occupy boxes. The
tgalleries will be reserved for ladies and
| their escorts and seats not needed for the
delegates on the fioor will be given to the
general public
On the stage will be some striking fig
ures in the democratic party, but on the
floor will be the man of the hour so far as
Maryland democrats are concerned-Sena-
tor German. His seat will be among the
Howard county delegates, near the center
of the hall. This will be the senator's first
appearance at state convention since
1896. when he presided at Music Hall, where
John E. Hurst was nominated for governor
Thus the convention tomorrow night will
be made the beginning of what the leaders
intend shall be a picturesque campaign,
with old-time barbecues, music and
speeches in profusion.
The Candidate.
Mr.. Warfield, who will carry the demo-
cratic standard. comes from revolutionary
stock. He lives on the ancestral home
'Oakdale." in Howard county on the line
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. thirty
eight miles from Baltimore. The house
has been his home since his birth, and 1t
! was the home of his father and grand.
fathers. About 1t hang those memories
sure to engage a man in whom family pride
and sentiment are not dormant. 1t was
from this home that his brothers went into
the confederate service; here his father
and mother lived and died; here 1t was that
versed the family fortunes and emancipa.
ton made labor difficult to procure and
learned the business of farming by prac-
, teal experience.
At Oakdale Mr.. Warfeld lived while he
. taught the district school from 1867 to
1874. and while he was register of will OF
, howard county-first by unanimous ap-
pointment of the court to fill a vacancy
and later by an election following a unan-
imous nomination In 1881 he went to the
state senate to fill the unexpired term OF
Arthur Pue German. elected to the United
States Senate. In 1888 he was elected To
the state senate following a unanimous
nomination. 1t was to Oakdale that he
drought his wife, when, in 1890 he re-
lffred from the Office of surveyor of the
port OF Baltimore and appeared before the
public as the president of the Fidelity and
Deposit Company of Maryland. then an
obscure concern, doing business through its
president. f1fteen-d ollar-a week clerk and
a three-dollar-a-weeks tenographer From
that year he has devoted all his energies ia
the business. until today the Fidelity is one
Iof the strongest financial institutions in the
state. j. M. D.