The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-06-05
DEMOCRATIC STATE CON-
VENTION.
Enthusiastic Meeting at the
Auditorium in Baltimore
on Wednesday.

General Murray vandiver call.
ed the meeting to order shortly
after noon, and Lloyd Wilkinson,
Secretary, called the roll by Con-
greSsional Districts. A full at.
tendance was announced.
The member named on Gre.
dentials from Frederick county,
Vincent Sebold.
The member named on Resolu-
tons from Frederick county, j.
Il. Il. Wood.
The following selections were
made as delegates to Denver, and
electors:
Delegates at Large-Governor
Austin l.. Crothers, Gen. Murray
Vandiver, Attorney General Isaac
Lobe Straus, Congressman j. +.
G. Talbot.
District DeIegates-First Dis.
trict, Andrew W. Woadall of Kent
CT unity; w. Grason Winterbottom
Of Dorchester county.
Second, Charles ii. Dicksy of
Baltimore county; I. III. Shriver
Of Carroll county.
Third, John j. Mahon of Balti-
more City, John Hubert of Balti-
more City.
Fourth, s. S. Field of Balti-
more City, Daniel j. Loden of
Baltimore City.
Fifth, Jackson H. RalstOn of
Prince Georges coanty, J, Frank
Smith of st. Mary's county.
Sixth, Blair Lee of Montgomery
county, Gilmor S. Hammill of
Garrett county.
Presidential Electors-At Large,
James W. Denny, James Enos
Ray.
First District, Edwin H. Brown
of Queen Anne's county.
Second, John F. Williams of
Baltimore City.
Third, DR.. Hanson H. Biedler
of Baltimore City.
Fourth, John Charles Liuthi-
cum.
Fifth, William h. HELEN of Cul
vert county.
Sixth, DR.. Charley II. Conley of
Frederick county.
PLATFORM.
The platform adopted by the
! Democratic State Convention is
az follows:
We hail with deep satisfaction
the abundant and gratifying man
ifeststions of unity and concord
in our ranks al over the State
and the almost total disappear
ancs OF the faetional strife which
for . number of years so seriously
Impaired our strength and from
time to time imperilled our sue
cess.
! No good reason exists for dis
sension among the Democrats III
Maryland.
The strong, clean and progress.
sive administration of tue State
government, by the Democratic
party from 1900, including the
splendid record so fer made by
! Governor Crothers and of our
late Legislature. ought to con-
vince our people that their sub
stantial interests and the peace,
tranquility and good order of the
State will be best advanced and
/ promoted by continuance of
our political control. And rec.
ognizing that in the purity of the
ballot is the preservation of the
rights of the people, We heartily
endorse the Corrupt Practices
Act and call upon all citizens to
aid in its enforcement, and we
therefore condemn the Republi
can party in Congress for its fail
ure to pass the Publicity Bill.
And we have no doubt that in
our next State contest of 1909
the gratifying victories of 1899,
1908 and 1907. will be repeated
with majorities so largely in
creased as to demonstrate the res
olute purpose of our people to
keep our State government In
Democratic hands.
Questionssf State policy, while
proper to be borne in mind, are
not at this time of paramount
Importance.
We are just now more espec-
tally concerned in the clear, en-
phstic and correct declaration of
the principles upon which the
Democracy OF the Union will con.
dnct the coming Presidential con
test, for upon our national plat
form, more even than upon the
personnel of our candidates, will
depend the result of this great
contest.
The preparation of this plat
form in its entirety must be left
to the wisdom of our National
Convention, but we feel it to
be our duty as well as privilege,
TO express our views upon what