Evening capital., 1903-08-15
DIR. WELLS REPLY
To the Aspersions of the Rump
Democratic Convention of
Anne Arundel County

In aresolution adopted by the so-called
Democratic Convention held IN the city
OF Annapolis last Tuesday, August II.
and composed principally Of Democratic
Office holders disappointed at their defeat
in the Democratic primaness the follow
ing charges were preferred against the
members Of the House of Delegates from
Anne Arundel county. in the session OF
1907, to wit
ave hereby condemn the course of the
members Of the House OF Drsegat from
Anne Arundel county al the sessions OF
1907, who. elected as Democrats. animated
with the Republican party and thereby
betrayed their trusts and the Democrats
who elected theu-
deny these charges. because they are
false in fact and maliciously preferred.
Living in the City of Annapolis and know
ing how outrageously and without provo
cation the regular Democratic organiza-
ton of our county had been treated by
the self-constituted Democratic State
managers, attended, as regularly as
could, the sessions ofthe Legislature. and
as citizen Of Maryland and as a Demo
crat watched with pride the conduct OF
the four incoruptible members from old
Anne Arundel, under the brilliant and
interchangeable leadership of the Hon.
Isaac Lobe Straus, of the Baltimore city
delegation, which not only received the
unanimous approval of the Democratic
State Central Committee Of the county,
but OF four-ffths Of the Democratic
voters of Anne Arundel as well. ! en-
phatically deny that the members from
Anne Arundel county affiliated with or
entered into any combination whatever
with the Republicans, much less COM
bination to defeat legislation that was in
the interests of the citizens of Maryland
and the Democratic party, and | chal-
lenge any one TO cite a single instance
where they opposed party measure or
were false to their trusts. If this denuu-
ciation means that they would not cringe
and crawl like whipped ours at the crack
of the so-called Democratic party mama
gers lash and refused to vote as they
directed, right or wrong, then plead
guilty to the soft impeachment and honor
them for il, and in the language OF the
immortal Patrick Henry, "lf this be
treason, make the most of It. MIR.
Straus and the Anne Arundel delegation
did oppose and defeat the bill known as
the eastern Shore Law, which pro-
vided that the next United States Sena-
tor from Maryland should come from
that section of the State, as the enactment
of such law would have been undemo-
cratic, as it would have precluded all
aspirants from the Western Shore. They
likewise accomplished. the defeat of the
Cumberland Railroad Company bill and
its sister bill. the passage of which would
have enabled few scheming politicians,
regardless of the party, to obtain control
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com
pany to further their own selfish ends
They also defeated the passage of bill
giving the Chief Inspector of the State
Tobacco Warehouses the authority TO in
crease, without number, the employees in
the tobacco warehouses whenever it.
would rebound TO the benefit Of the State
managers; for instance, on the eve of a
primary contest. They opposed and de-
feated the abolishment of the party des-
ignation on the ticket, which would have
disfranchised every Democrat in the
county and State SO unfortunate as not to
know how to read and write; but they
introduced and passed bill securing to
this class of Democrats the continued
right of suffrage guaranteed them by the
Constitution of the State. | assert that,
instead of the Anne Arundel delegation
being responsible for the failure of good
and necessary legislation. as these un-
scrupulous boodlers would have you be-
lieve, they are entitled to large share of
the credit for the passage of the little
that was desirable, and the people OF
MARYLAND owe them an everlasting debt
of gratitude for the defeat of much that
was pernicious. What magnificent and
enviable record Who is responsible for
the tie-up in the present City Council OF
Annapolis until it has become a vile
stencil in the nostrils of every decent
citizen, but one of their number. who
was placed on the Democratic ticket in
the interest of ha,monys The idea of
such men. guilty of the perpetration OF
every fraud in the political catalogue and
always on the lookout for '.swag." pos
ing as teachers of political morality
"Good Lord deliver us
What right, is right. said Pope,
So said a noted thief
But when the rope was round his neck
He varied his belief.
GEORGE WELLS,