Evening star., 1909-05-27
MARYLAND REPUBLICANS MEET
DISCUSS PLANS FOR WILSON
LAW COUNTIES.
Dates for Conventions and Primaries
Selected-Legislature and Suffrage
Amendment the Goal.

BALTIMORE, May 21.-That the re-
publicans will center their efforts in the
coming campaign to win control of the
legislature and defeat the suffrage
amendment. especially in the counties in
which the Wilson ballot law prevails.
was indicated yesterday at the meeting
of the republican state central commit
tee at the Hotel Rennert.
Although the amendment was assailed
by Chairman John b. Hanna and several
other speakers no resolutions were pre-
sented attacking the measure. This, II is
said. will be provided for later when an
address assaling the amendment will be
issued by special COMMITTEES named to
prepare it.
In the Wilson ballot law counties. 1t
mated. the republicans not making fight
for any Of the local offices. which are re-
garded as unimportant. This will he done
to make the ballot smaller and less con-
fusing to the illiterate negroes.
The policy of the republicans on this
line is shown by the fact that they will
not make any judicial nominations in
the first judicial circuit. where chief
judge and associate judge are to be
elected. One Of the reasons given Is the
fact that the circuit. which embraces
Dorchester, Somerset. Worcester and
Wicomico counties. is Overwhelmingly
uSHoSidbCs anu llldl Tie CIdHCcS lOE
republican success are slight.
1t is also said that a number of prom
inent republicans in the circuit desire to
support Judge w. Laird Henry for re-
Gratis. Judge Robley B. Jones will BE-
the democratic nominee for associate
judge.
Dates Selected.
The following dates were settled:
Republican state convention Ralfip1ore
August %.
Judicial Circuit Convention.-First cir
cult. no nominations; fourth circuit. Ha-
gerstown, August 81; fifth circuit, Eli
colt City. August 20; sixth circuit. Rock
vile, September l.: seventh circuit, Leon
ardtown. August 81.
Primaries.-Baltimore city. August 3. al
ready selected: Anne Arundel county,
July IL; Baltimore county, July 16; Car
roll. August 8: Charles, July 81: Freder-
ick already held: Hartford. July 3: Kent.
August Z: Montgomery. August 4: Prince
gany. Calvert, Caroline. Cecil. Dorchester.
Garrett, Howard. Queen Anne, Somerset.
Talbot. Washington, Wicomico and
Worcester. August IA.
While the attendance was not as large
as usual. every county in the state was
represented, and number of city repub-
licans were present.
AS indicated heretofore the state con-
vention will meet in Baltimore August %.
just two weeks later than the democratic
state convention. BY adopting this date
the republicans will have the heNadvantage
Of knowing the democratic platform and
can shape their utterances accordingly.
This course has been pursued by the re-
publicans for many years.
The meeting was harmonious. Collec-
tor of the Port William F. Stone mapped
out its business after comforting with the
county folk.
Wilson Ballot Law.
Two resolutions aimed at the Wilson
ballot law were adopted and a number
of provisions in the primary election law
were explained by Chairman Hanna and
other leading republicans. All other ar
rangements were left to the different local
state central copmittees.
One Of the resolutions concerning the
Wilson ballot law which was introduced
by Phillips Lee Goldsborough requests the
chairman of the committee to request the
governor to ask the attorney general for
an opinion as to whether or not the
minority or republican supervisor of elec-
ton has legal right to participate in the
formation and arrangement of the official
ballot in the Wilson ballot law counties
and to superintend with his colleagues the
printing of the ballots: also whether or
not the election laws do not prohibit the
placing of conspicuous and designating
black lines under the names of candidates
on the official ballot.
The other resolution was introduced by
Sidney P. Townsend OF Kent county. 1t
assailed the Wilson ballot law and called
upon the members Of the local state GEN.
trail committees to take every possible
precaution to prevent any ''trickery" on
the part of the democrats and Ito work
diligently for the defeat of the suffrage
amendment and the election of such a
majority TO the next general assembly as
shall rhpck the nnnracadenteI
gance and bitter partisanship of the last
state legislature"