The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-07

party >erN}ce were immeaSurably
les. nave received high political
h"Hn,> and held tue best offices
In the State Tlme and time
agajn il seemed - If the hour for
the gratifying OF his aspirations
was at haud. bui circumstances
were uufavurAhle To him at the
clI'iral moment and General
bAnghm,u had more than once
laid aside his personality and
plunged INTO the fight in be
haif of hr other canhidates.
INTIMATE WITH SENATOR COR.
He and Senator Garman had
been flIrndS for more rhan 80
years aud IN nearly every fight
that Mr. German ever made Cen
e!al Bdnghmau was his ally aud
adhtrent. lie is The first of the
men who helped to carry Mr..
German to the grave and who
were his old time friend, 10 follow
him into the Great Beyond.
His going leaves the party
without leader in Frederick
County. and removes from the
Democratic State leaders man
whose influence was always cast
for the honorable and open coul Sc
and the straightforward method.
He believed IN taking the public
int0 his confidence. and time and
again he has raised his voice in
protest III the party councils
"A aims; gum shocism' and un-
derland policies.
Upon more than one occasion
he had taken issue with MIR. Cor
man along tueSe lines and was
the advocate of broader and
more liberal party policy. He
was he advocate of harmony in
the party and it was through him
thar manN party qnarrelS were
patched up ami Sttite az, rted.
1t WAS usually General Baugh
nan who was called upon to be
the intermediary in bringing to-
get her conflicting elements and
factions al State Conventions
and State Central Committee
meetings, and in these missions
he was remai kahly successful he
cause of the personal liking which
the men Of both sides always en-
reTtained towards him.
FRIEND OF GOVERNOR WAR
In 1899 he pleaded with Gov.
ernor Wariield to go into the
Democratic State Convention and
nominate for the GovtrnOrship
John Walter Smith, who had
defeated him in the primaries.
In the opinion of many good pol
iticians it WAS this action upon
the part of Governor War
field and the graceful way in
which he performed it that laid
he foundation Of his present hold
upon the people and enabled him
to secure the nomination four
years later 1t was General
Baughman who went to Governor
Wartield and asked MIN to show
his magnanimity by making the
nomination speech, thus closing
"A breach that had resulted from
the primaries and bringing all
the Warfeld men into line for
Smith.
General Baughman was prom.
inent figure at nearly every Dem.
Ocratic National Convention held
in the last quarter of century,
and it was at these gatherings
that he made the acquaintance of
hundreds of distinguished Dem
ocrats from all sections of the
country.
In recent years he has been the
Maryland member Of the Dem
ocratic National Committee and
was close to the national party
leaders both in Washington and
New York. At all the party
gatherings Of a national charac-
ter his was a conspic nous figure,
aud his geniality and lovable ma
ture gained for him many friends.
PROMINENT AT THE BRYAN RE.
CEPTIoN.
Nowhere was his wide acquaint-
ance aud personal popularity bet.
ter illustrated than in New York
at the time OF the reception given
to William jennings Bryan upon
his return from abroad last sum
mer. Although he was then in
ill health and unable to be as
active and aggressive as formerly,
he was easily the most sought
after man in the whole Maryland
contingent. His room at the
Hoffman House was besieged
with friends aud at the head
quarters of the committee there
was constant d emands for
"Baughman," or "Vic," as he