Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-07-14
THOS. A. SMITH
RENOMINATED
A Splendid AsscmbIaee Of Demo.
Gratis At Ocean City.-Candi-
date Present And Addresses
The Convention. Expects To
Be Elected By Increased Ma.
iority.

A large crowd of Democrats assembled
at Ocean City on Thursday as delegates
and spectators attending the First Con
gressional District Democratic conven-
ton. Hon Thomas A. Smith was
nominated by reclamation to succeed
himself in Congress.
Hon. Frank Harper. of Queen Anne
County, was chairman of the conven-
ton, and made ringing speech in
acceptance Of the honor.
DIR. S. S. Stone, of Caroline County,
placed Mr.. Smith in nomination and
every county in the District seconded
the nomination. When Wicomico was
called, jerome T. Hayman, Esq. made
a telling speech, which elected hearty
cheers.
After the nomination Of Mr.. Smith
had been made it was announced that
he was at Ocean City, and would then
and there be waited upon and notified
of his nomination. Mr. Wesley Fon-
tame, editor of the Naryio"'i,r and
HeraId, Princess Anne. was Chairman
of the committee appointed to notify
Mr.. Smith, and few minutes later the
committee returned to the convention
hall accompanied by Mr.. Smith. His
entrance was the signal for applause
and he was given it most literally. Mr..
Smith made brief address in which he
extended his thanks to the Democracy
of the First Congressional District for
the unusual honor conferred upon him.
and assured the party that he was in
the fight To win He said he expected
to make house To house canvas so far
as he was able to do il. He said he was
not an orator, but he did use his best
efforts in Congress To help the people
of his district and State to get the kind
of legislation that would prove the most
beneficial. At the conclusion of his
speech the convention adjourned.
1t was "a harmonious gathering of
party men from every section of the
Eastern Shore, and every man present
had the good Of the party at heart and
wanted the candidate of the Democracy
to win
In the midst of the proceedings of
the convention Ex-Governor Smith
quietly entered the hall. but he could
not escape the attention of the dele
gates, and he received the most Halter
ing ovation given any one during the
day The clapping of hands. stamping
of feet and pounding of canes. made
the proceedings halt for few seconds.
as the chairman himself saw before
him the noblest Roman of them all the
man whom the unterrified Democracy
Of the Eastern Shore delighteth to hon
or-the man who is true to himself and
his party, even though this fidelity cost
him the victory. Wherever he appear
ed during the day groups of men were
pointing him out and giving expression
of their admiration for his Democracy.
Reference was made in the convention
to the Hon. William jennings Bryan,
and the mention of his name was re-
ceived with great applause.
The committee on resolutions sub
mitted the following report
We, the representatives of the Demo-
cratic party of the First Congressional
district of Maryland. in convention as
sembled, reaffirm our allegiance to the
fundamental principles of the party as
enunciated By its founders, and which
through continued application by long
line of constructive Democratic states
men produced the marvellous growth of
our country from a struggling land of
independence to a great Constitutional
Republic. While the present pro-
gramme of the Republican party as
formulated at the White House has
been constructed on principles long ago
and still advocated by the Democratic
party, so far as the regulation and con-
troll of the great trusts and other illegal
of capital are concerned.
il is a noteworthy fact that upon the
essential necessity of a reform of the
high tariff, which has made pos
sible undue corporate wealth and
dangerous corporate control of public
affairs, the Republican party still
stands pat" in its scheme of so-called
to American industries.
which is in reality a systematic rob
berry of the pockets of the great body
of the people A radical reduction of
tariff duties to revenue basis is car
dinal principle of the Democratic party
and will be obtained only through its
power. To that principle we commit
the candidate this day nominated. and
pledge his firm adherence and earnest
advocacy.
CORRUPTION SHOULD CEASE.
The security of the rights of the peo-
pie and sound public sentiment de-
mand that corruption in politics shall
cease. and that the suffrage of the peo-
Pile shall be kept uncontaminated by the
venal influence of corporations or indi-
vduals who seek political control
the corrupting power of great
wealth and not by the advocacy of hon