The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-09-14
DEMOCRATIC
CONVE NTION.
MET AT THE BRADDOCK
HEIGH HTS AUDITORIUM.

Delegates Attend to Routine
Business and Listen to an
Eloquent ImprOmptu Address
by Gen. l.. V. Baughman-Mass
Delegation to HagerstOwn.
There was a goodly number of
the representative Democrats
present at noon on Saturday last,
the Sth inst, on the historic
old Braddock Heights. when Mr.
j p. BiSer, Chairman of Demo
cratic County Central Com.
mittee, called the Frederick
County Convention to order In
the large casino, there were del
egates from every district in the
county except two, and these re
ported later on. There was little
preliminarieS and the convention
went to work at once. Colonel
l.. T. Brien. Of Urbana District,
was chosen Chairman, and E. G.
Shafer, of Brunswick District,
and Guy X. M0ttel, of Frederick
District, chosen secretaries A
roll Of the districts was called.
a motion then prevailed to APP
point a Committee on Credentials
and Permanent Organization,
consisting. of one delegate from
each district The followin g
were appointed:
BuckeyStown, j. Howard AL
nuU; Frederick, }. Alfred Ritter;
Middletown. Charles j. AMMAN;
Creagerstown, +. +. Stevens;
Emmitsburg, NJ. Corrigan; Cat
octin, Luther Stotllemyer; Ur-
bana, b. j Lamar; Liberty, b.
i. oappington; New Market,
Isaac DAVIS: Hauvers, Irving y.
Fox; Woodsboro, James NJ
Smith: PetersviIle, Robert d..
I Webber; Mt. Pleasant, l.. IL.
Winebrener; Jefferson. john NJ.
Storkmau: Mechanicstown, f. \.
| Collitlow, +; Jackson, e. Branden
burg; townsville, \. A. Englar;
Noodville, A. S. NanSant: Lin
2anore. John SundergiIl; Lewis
town. +. S. Doub; Tuscarora,
+. I. Lakin; Burkittsville. o. j.
Gaver; Ballenger, g. b. Cutler;
Braddock, Lewis Moser; Bruins.
wick, I. X. Faherty; Walkers
VILE. l.. L. Barrick.
The committee through its
chairman. j y. Ritter, reported
the credentials OF the delegates
all right and recommended that
the TEMPORARY officers be made
the permanent officers Of the
meeting. The report was ac.
copied by motion.
! II was decided by motion that
a mass delegation be sent to the
Congressional Convention at
HagerStown, on September goth,
from Frederick County. Each
district naming as many dele
gates as it desired.
Ii. Dorsey Etchison, in IA force
tut speech, eulogized the late
Senator \. p. German, aud OF
Tered resolution OF regret at his
death, which was unanimousl,
passed by standing vote.
General l.. Victor Baughman.
who is just recovering from d
spell of sickness was present and
occupied seat i'll the rear of the
casino. After repeated calls and
applause, he arose aud advanced
10 the centre of the ball, where
he delivered one of his character
lStic rallying speeches to the
"boyS."
He expressed great pleasure at
being able to he present and
meet with his co workers in the
county, to see them face to face
and to take them by the hand.
He spoke feelingly of the death
of his honored friend and co
worker, Hon. a. p. German, and
his glowing tribute touched Ie
sponslve chord in the heart OF
every one present.
He told how he had spent forty
years of his life in the political
arena of local, state and national
politics, and spoke feelinglv OF
those who had labored faithfully
with him, in season aud out OF
season for the good of the cause.
not from expediency, but for priu
clple. He told how the last time
he had been in the auditorium il
was at the big barbecue two wears
ago, and how he had suffered in
health from cold contracted that
day. But he could not resist the
temptation to brave the tedious
trip this time to say "good day,,
TO his friends and give them a
word of cheer and announcement.
He said he had come back from
Europe in 1905 in time to take nm
arms for the cause of negro dis.
reimbursement and that be would
always be found battling for the
nllmi nation of rho ;,,,o.a.