Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-21
-P|TTED AGAINST PEARRE
d. ]. LEWIS NOMINATED BY
SIXTH DISTRICT DEMOCRATS.
Marylanders Urge Local Press to
Do All In Its Power to Elect
Nominee.

I OAKLAND, Md, August H.-The DEM
ocrats of the sixth congressional district
| held their convention in the opera
house here yesterday, and nominated
David j. Lewis Of Allegany county for
Congress.
G. Semmes Hamill jr., chairman, Of
Garrett county called the convention to
! order. W. ]. Grove of Frederick coun-
ty was chairman. w. ]. Lewis of Mont
gomery secretary While the commit
| tees on credentials and resolutions were
| in session various delegates were called
| upon to address the convention. Mr..
Miller and DR.. Bartlett of Garrett coun-
ty spoke, praisng William Jennings
Bryan and predicting victory for the dem
ocratic party at the coming election.
G. S. Hamill. ST.. delegate to the Den
yer convention. told the convention some
of the things that had taken place at
Denver, saying that sentiment every
where in the west seemed to indicate the
election of Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Hamfll also
had a few words Of praise for Gov.
Crothers and his good-roads policy and
predicted his election to a second term.
National Platform Endorsed.
The committee on resolutions in its re-
port Endorsed the democratic national
platform adopted at Denver, urged the
local press to do all in its power to fur
| Their the success Of the democratic nom
inee in this district and condemned the
Baltimore Sun for it's recent change in
politics. The report was unanimously
adopted.
Nomination of a candidate for Congress
was then declared in order. Upon the
call Of the roll Garrett responded with
| no candidate in the field. Frederick.
Montgomery and Washington counties re-
| sponded likewise. James Young Of Allie
gany then presented the name OF Senator
David j. Lewis Of Allegany.
| William Miller and DR.. Bartlett Of Gar
rett seconded the nomination Of Mr..
Lewis, followed by delegates from all OF
| the other counties. On motion of Fuller
Barnard of Allegany Mr.. Lewis nomina-
Of Nathan Browning of Garrett commit
| tee of two delegates-fFom each county
was named to escort MI. Lewis to the
! platform.
| Ovation for Lewis.
| Mr.. Lewis was given quite an ovation.
In short speech he thanked the conven-
ton for the honor conferred upon him,
and said:
"In a republic men hold Office for a
| brief term, and the makers of our gove
eminent nXeQ upOI d lcIu1 VI wv SCoi
| for a member Of the House of Represent
atives. If they thought 1t good for him
| to hold it ten or twelve years. why would
| they have provided for the election OF a
new representative each two years. Rota-
| ton in office Is necessary to the healthfu!
| progress and administration of good gov
| eminent Our Constitution was plainly
intended to break up the monarchical idea
| of personal monopoly of office. The In
| cumbent has held the Office for five con-
| secutive terms, and for some years, under
| a substantial protest from his own party,
| and now seeks to extend 1t to sixth
| term, opposing the wish OF large ele-
| ment of his own party.
THE Office is retained not as result OF
| the spontaneous wishes of the members
of the republican party. but by force OF
| tactics and artificial majority made UP
| from the organization and management OF
| subordinate officeholders, who are also
opposed to the limited term fixed by law
Let this method be successful and you
| have Mexicanized the sixth district. in
| PRODUCING Mexican politics where repub-
| lican government has become nothing but
an empty name"
! Mr.. Lewis il an old hand in the political
| game. He was elected to the Maryland
senate in 1901. and he took an active part
| in the sessions of 1902 and 1904 drafting
the present mining laws for Garrett and
Allegany counties. and was the author OF
many other important laws enacted al
| those s4SsionS