The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-08-24
GO TO BRADDOCK.
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CON-
VENTION TO Nj Il Il Z
THERE.

! Will BE a Gala Day, With
Speeches, Music and General
Amusement-Ta Your Fam
lilies and Spend Il Day at the
Heights-A Basket Picnic
With Politics on the Side.
Despite the intensely warm
and enervatiDg weather, a fair.
sized crowd was in attendance
in the basement of the court
house, where Chairman of the
District Central Committee, JUS.
tlce John Francis Smith, called
the Democratic primary to order
last Saturday afternoon, the
18th inst, at two o'clock. After
stating the object of the meeting,
it was moved that he be the per.
manent chairman and Messrs.
Alfred Ritter and Guy X. Motter,
secretaries. The chair was au-
thorized to appoint twenty-five
delegates to the County COnven.
ton to he held at Braddock
Heights, on Saturday, Septem-
Der Sth. to select delegates to the
Sixth District Congressional Con
vention to be held at Hagers-
tawu on September Goth, at
which time a candidate for Con-
greSs will be nominated.
After the regular proceedings
Hor. Jacob Rohrback suggested
that inasmuch as a large crowd
would in all probability be pres
ent Oh the occasion, it would be
advisable to take some steps to
make the occasion more than a
mere convention. He thought
that a basket picnic would be an
attractive proposition. and that
the delegates bring their families
with them and spend the day at
/ Braddock Heights.
Other suggestions followed rap
idly and it was finally moved and
carried that the delegates ap
pointed by the chairman be a
committee to make all the nee
essary arrangements looking to
the success of the affair. Mr..
Ii. Dorsey Etch.son stated that
he had arranged with the Brad
dock Heights Company to have
the auditorium that day.
1t is proposed to make the af-
fair Il Democratic Publication,
with speeches on the paramount
issues of tue coming campaign
and many social ADJUSTMENTS of
interest TO the women and chill.
dTeu.
Hon. Buchanan Schley, of Hag.
erstOwn, will make an address,
General l.. Victor Baughman Will
say few words to his many
friends, and John L. Il. Wood,
the popular campaign orator, will
talk about the issues involved in
the coming COngressio al fight.
Other speakers will address the
delegates.
Braddock Heights is most con-
venient and accessible from all
parts OF the county, especially
that EN- bracing Middletown Val
ley. The fare on che trolley from
Frederick is cheap and everyone
enjoys a ride. Arrangements
will be. made to take care of a
large crowd and each delegate
Is urged to take a personal inter
est and invite his friends to be
present on that day.
BraddOck Heights is one of the
most popular resorts in this Sec
ton of the State. Besides its
regular colony of cottagers, it has
a floating population in summer
of many hundreds of people.
Ten or twelve new cottages were
added to the colony last spring,
and many improvements have
been made to the hotel and the
heights proper There is plenty
OF shade at the heights. fine
water, cool breezes, a splendid
view and it is just the place for
gathering of Democrats to talk
over their plans and TO start the
campaign with energy and enthu-
Siasm.
The committee hopes to see
large crowd present that day and
promises a most interesting pro.
gram
our dead comrades, and that we