Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-08-15
WELLS TICKET IS NAMED.
Second Factional Candidates For
Democratic End of Ballot
Selected Today.
JOSHUA LINTHICUlI, OF THIS
CITY, FOR SHERIFF.
Convention Endorses Warfield And
Declares Itself Against The
Haman Bill.

| The second of the Democratic fac.
| tional conventions was held in this
| city at noon today, when the Wells
| Bond faction of the party named its
| candidates for the coming election in
| the fall The convention was we'll
attended and the slate was carried
| through without "A hitch, but little
| time being consumed between the con,
vening and adjournment.
Mr.. James II. Brashears, of the
| Second district. was made temporary
chairman aud Mr.. John Il. Sullivan,
| temporary secretary, Immediately
after DR.. George Wells, chairman of the
State Central Committee. had called
the meeting 10 order. These two off,
cials were later made permanent Off
| GERS of the convention. The following
committee on resolutions was appoint
ed and went into session. Morgan M.
Wayson, Maynard Carr. John II.
Brennan, Frank $. Bond Robert Ar
mold. George Wells and +. H. Griffith.
The following resolution was reported
by the committee and adopted by the
convention
{" Resolved by the Democratic party
Of Anne Arundel county in conven-
tion assembled on the 18th day of An
gust, 1905;
"First-We endorse Hon. Edwin
Warteld, Governor of Maryland, aud
the other Democratic officials of this
state for their clean and economical
administration of the public affairs of
this state;
Second-Ihat too much praise can
not be accorded tho Governor in the
discharge of his duties as tile Chief
Executive of his state: we are proud
that Anne Arundel county can claim
him as one of her honored citizens;
"Third-That we are opposed to
the corporate possession or control of
the oyster bars of this state aud we
hereby declare that we are opposed to
the leasing of any part thereof under
the provisions of the Haman OYSTER
Bill or any other measure;
"a ourth That we favor equal tax.
atom, but that we are opposed To the
increasing of the taxable basis beyond
q reasonable valuation and at the same
time raising the tax rate, and we con
denim the recent practice of revaluing
the property of one citizen and not in
oreasing that of his neighbor in the
same proportion.
The convention then took uD the
nomination for the House of Dele
gates, which resulted in the naming
Of the following candidates w. Claude
Shipley, of the Fifth districts William
w. Webb. of the Eighth district; q.
Ashby Duvall. of the Second district,
aud II. l.. Ia Watts, of the Fourth
district. The nomination of oandi-
date for Sheriff was then taken mp and
DIR. Wells nominated Mr.. Joshua
Linthicum, of this city, for the office
nh0Vn nfhnr
and the nomination was made by ao-
clamation. DIR. b. r. Davidson, the
ex-Supervisor of Elections, was then
placed in nomination for the candi.
dacy as Register of Wills and received
the conventions endorsement without
opposition.
Alton Il. Arnold, of the Third dis
trict, was then named for the candi
dacy as county treasurer, and the con
ycntion entered into the naming OF
its candidates for county commission
ers. This resulted in the naming OF
the following gentlemen John III.
Wayson, of the First district Julian
M. Beard, Of the Second district;
Harry ID. Cook, of the Third district:
Adam A. Shipley, Of the Fourth dis
trlct; James $. Smith, of the Fifth
district; Grafton ID. Ridout, of the
Sixth (Annapolis) district; Percy ID.
Lyles, of the Eighth district
The following ten delegates TO the
State Democratic Convention, each 10
be given one half vote, were then
named James r. Brashears. James
w. Owens, Frank A. Bond, John N.
Davis, Frank l.. Griffith, Frank M.
Duvall, Benjamin X. Davidson. George
Wells, Robert II. Arnold, Charles Ii.
Brooke.
Prior to adjournment the convention
named the following district execu.
tives: William EFJones. Luther M.
Nichols, John III. Meek, r. A. Ham
mond, Robert l.. Arnold, John N.
Davis, John T. Hall The delegates
elected from each district to the con
vention today are as follows:
First-William Il. Jones, Morgan
Wayson, Owen Lewis. James A. Stall.
ings, William Cummings.
Second-James X. Brashears. Ben
jamin Watkins, John II. Armiger,
Maynard Carr, Van Buren, Carter.
Third-Frank Nj. Duvall, Frank II.
Brown. Joseph L. Brenan. Walter j.
Pnmphrey, Jr., George r. Jenkins.
John IL. Meeks, Henry O. Linsted, Jr.,
Nelson A. Stinchcomb, Henry A. Ty-
uinkHs Jdlich Il 'liAhlhss
Fourth-Frank A. Bond, X. A.
Hammond. a. J. Disney, W. p. Sum-
mers. James. II. Crouse, JAS. p. Watts,
Caleb T. Donaldson, Robert w
Griffith, George l.. Jacobs, James i.
Disney, George w. McKnew.
Fitfh-Robert Arnold, Edward b.
Upton, William Huber, K. A. New
shaw, Thomas r. Irwin.
Sixth-Dr. George Wells, Joseph
II. Belllis, John NJ Davis, John X
| Sullivan, George W. CLARK.
Eighth--John T. Hall, Edward Staus.
bury. John Kelly, George Knopp,
| Thomas Simmons.
Feast of Assumption.