Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-11
COL, JONES DECLINES
WithdraWs From Candidacy for
Governor of Maryland.
ISSUES A CARD TO VOTERS
Friends Say That He Has Been I'm
fairly Used.
SELECTION OF THE DELEGATES
Said That Lack of Harmony Has Put
the Democratic Party in
Bad Shape.


Special From STAT Correspondent.
ROCKVILLE, Md, July 1.-Col Spencer
c. Jones of this place has withdrawn as a
candidate for the gubernatorial nominal
ton to succeed Gov Edwin Warfield. In q
card announcing his determination he
says:
II do not think it necessary in this card
to review the beginning and progress OF
my candidacy for the nomination for gov
ernor of Maryland by the democratic party.
l simply desire to acknowledge to my fell
low citizens my appreciation of the cordial
and fattering support they have given me-
Nothing in all my political life has given
me more pleasure than the assurances l
have received from all sections of the
county that my past career has been such
as to Justify their earnest desire that l at
tain to the exalted position of governor of
this state but, owing to recent occurrences
in our county, and after mature reflection
and consultation with many friends upon
whose judgment l confidently rely, l have
concluded to withdraw from the contest
Col Jones are interpreted by his friends to
mean the recent action OF the state central
and county committees for the county In
changing the method OF selecting delegates
to represent the county at the state con-
ventiOn. For thirty years it has been the
custom of the party to allow the person
carrying the county for governor TO name
his own delegates, but the recent action OF
the partys governing body changes all tn S,
and this time the delegates Will be chosen
nv
party.
The friends of Col. Jones DO not hesitate
to charge that the action of the committees
was a trick. sprung for the sole purpose
of embarrassing the colonels candidacy for
the gubernatorial nomination. AS an evil
dence of this they point to the fact that i'm
mediately after the adjournment OF the
committees an effort was made. without
consulting Col. Jones or his friends, to fix
up delegate ticket and to head the same
by a gentleman known to be bitterly an
tagonistic to Col. Jones political Interests
and who is known to have declared In Bal
timore that Col. Jones could not have the
support of the Montgomery delegation They
also charge that while the resolution OF the
committees instructs the delegates to vote
for the countys choice for the guberna tor
ial nomination. 1t was part OF the program
for them to vote for Col. Jones and work
against him.
The excuse given by those responsible for
the change in the method of selecting dele
gates is that 1t was necessary In order to
prevent Col. Jones from naming the mem
bers of the state central committee. Col
Jones friends, however assert that those
who engineered the change knew at the
time that Col. Jones did not desire to name
the state central committee, but had pub
lcly stated that If the party Endorsed his
candidacy for the governorship his delega-
ton to the state convention would name
whatever state central committee a ma
jorty of the candidates nominated at the
party's primary election in August might
select.
For some weeks prior to the action of the
committees the more thoughtful members
of the party had been endeavoring to bring
about a more harmonious condition of af-
fairs within the party. but the withdrawal
of Col. Jones for the reasons stated has
put an end to all this. and the party finds
itself in the worst plight OF Its career.
G.. E. X.