Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1904-06-02

tO nJIuinaAS ETS5luSDSlal 6l6ctOES
and 10 select delegates to the Ma
tional Convention 20 nominate can
didates for President aud Vice-Pre
sident met at Ford's Opera House.
Baltimore, on Thursday. The con-
vention was called to order by Chair
man Murray V2ndiver, who con-
graduated the Democracy upon the
unity within its ranks and upon the
prospect OF success in the national
fight about TO be waged.
DR.. Joshua w. Herring, OF Carroll
county, was elected chairman and
Humphrey D. Wolf. of Howard, and
/. 7. j. Brown, OF Somerset, secre.
taries. Committees on credentials
and resolutions, one from each coup-
ty and legislative district, were APP
pointed. Derby A. Lynch repre-
scented st. Mary's, on resolutions
and +. Xavier Thompson on creden-
tials. Senator German was q dele.
gate from Howard county aud was
chairman OF the committee on resC.
lutions. He was constantly cheered
from his entrance into the conven.
ton hall until adjournment.
DELBGATEs AND ELECTORS.
The following delegates to the
National convention and Presiden
tial electors were chosen;
DELEGATES AT LARGE
Senator Arthur Pue German
Former Gov. John Walter Smith
Chairman Murray Vandiver, Con
gresham ]. +. c. Talbot.
ALTERNATE DELEGATES AL LARGE.
Mr.. John p. Poe, Gen. l.. Victor
Baughman, Mr.. Austin L. Crothers,
Mr.. John Heating.
DISTRICT DELDGATEL.
First District-Messrs. Joshua
W. Miles and Richard d. Hynson.
Second District-Messrs Thomas
Robinson and Frederick Won Kapf.
Third District-Messrs Ohm Han
nibal and Frank A. Furst.
Fourth District-John j. Mahon
and Francis T.. Yewell.
Fifth District-Dr. George Wells
and Mr.. ]. Frank Smith.
Schley and Mr.. Arthur Peter.
ELECTORS AT LARGE.
Former Gov. 4. z. Jackson and
Former Gov. Frank Brown.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
Messrs. John E. George, T. Her
bert Shriver, James King, Charles
II. Knapp, DR.. Samuel A. Mudd, Mr..
Ferdinand Williams.
THE PLATFORM.
The platform denounces Republic
can colonial and imperial expansion
and pledges the Democratic party 10
rescue the government from the
evil consequences of so deplorable
n departure from the fundamental
principles of the Constitution. Pre-
sident Roosevelt course in the
Panama Canal matter Is condemned
as u defiant disregard of law and
treaty obligations towards sister
republic too weak To resist the un-
generous action of our government.
The wastelul and lavish expendi-
ture of the public revenues is de-
nounced and retrenchment is de-
handed and promised.
The unnecessary, oppressive and
unjust Republican tariff and Repub-
lican extravaganza and fraud is thus
censured and relief demanded and
promised.
I'VE charge the republicans with
establishing and maintaining an uu-
necessary, oppressive aud unjust
system of federal taxation, aud we
demand relief for the people from
its burdens.
w charge them with great and
reckless extravaganza in the ex-
penditures of the large sums need
lessly collected from the people bv
thcir excessive protection of favor
ed branches of industry beyond all
precedent or reason and incapable
justification or excuse.
I'VE charge them with the exis-
tence OF fraud and corruption in the
administration OF many of their pub
lie trusts, and with sheltering guilty
incumbents from merited exposure
and punishment.
We despair Of amendment Mt
their hands. aud. going back to the
ringing words of our honored Saml.
]. Tilden we decla~e that The re-
ferns which are now so badly nee0-
ed in the mode and measures of
taxation, in departmental admins
tration, in lavish and indefensible
appropriations can only be had By a
peaceful civic revolution.
We earnestly call upon the peo-
pie to rise in their resistless power
az give us this eiiectual remedy.
We demand a charge of system
a changed administration change |
of parties. that we may have q change |
Of measures and Of men.