The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1906-07-21
Baltimore American. Tnarsdau.

Baltimore american, TAarsdag.
At a meeting held last night by the members
Of the Republican State Central COMMITTEES for
Baltimore County, the members of the Balti-
more County Executive Committee and
number of prominent Republicans of the
county the boom of Mr.. G. Ross Mace, former
appraiser at the Baltimore Custom House, for
the Republican nomination for Congress in
the Second Congressional district, was launched
and received the Endorsement of almost all
present. The meeting was held at 225 st. Paul
street, and was presided over by Mr.. Laban
Sparks, prominent young Republican law
yer, and Mr.. William P. Gundry acted as
secretary.
The launching of the boom of Mr.. Mace
under such favorable auspices is regarded as
indicating that Mr.. Robert Garrett the close
personal friend of Secretary of the Navy
Charles j. Bonaparte, will probably not receive
the Endorsement of his home county for the
nomination for Congress. Such action by Mr..
CARROTS home county lends additional inter-
est to the question as to the probable action Of
Hartford and Carroll counties and the two wards
Of Baltimore city, which are also in the dis
trict.
Mr.. Mace is a member of prominent and
old Baltimore county family and his friends
are outspoken in their denunciation of the
manner in which he was treated by being
turned down for reappointment for appraiser,
for which Secretary Bonaparte and Mr.. Gar
rett are held responsible.
After the meeting last night Mr.. Sparks
said: From the sentiments expressed at our
meeting tonight, which was composed of rep
resentative Republicans, it was plainly appar-
ent that Mr.. Mace is the choice of the Repub-
licans of the county for the Congressional
nomination and any effort to prevent him
from being Endorsed will be met with defeat
at the Republican county primaries"
1t was arranged at the meeting that the Re-
publican primaries will be held in Baltimore
county on August 18th, to elect delegates to
the county convention, which will meet at
the Court House at Towson, August 18th. to
elect delegates to represent Baltimore county
at the Second District Congressional Conven-
ton, which will be held at Belair.
The friends of Mr.. Mace will at once put
tickets in the field in every district in the
county favorable to his nomination.
1t is generally known that Secretary Bona
parte favors the nomination of Mr.. Garrett for
Congress. but Mr.. Mace's friends say that the
latter will surely have the delegation from
Baltimore county. If any effort is made to Sc
cure an endorsement of Mr.. Garrett there will
be hot fight in the Republican county pri-
maries.
Among those who attended the meeting last
night were William P. Gundry, J.. Frank
Smith, Samuel o. Henson, Walter Lilly, John
T. Reed, George E. Lynch. T. Irwin thinner
man, Albert Smith, Otto Matfeldt. John Reese,
]. Frank Slack. ]. Walter Turnbaugh, Samuel
II. DeHoff. VIM. w. Boyce, DR.. J. H. Jarrett,
John e. Mather, Ira E. Shock, Laban Sparks,
Thomas V. Richardson. Charles G. Snavely,
Frederick Gross, George Long. John Bass,
Zebedee Householder, Henry Kempky, Henry
Volz, John H. Gross Capt. H. W. Stone, John
B. Kidd, Henry Winkler. John NJ. Diehl.
William II. Lawrence and John Geiger.