The Washington herald., 1909-08-31
STONE 'BUTTING In
SAYS WELLINGTON
Warns Collector to Keep Out
of Fourth Circuit.
TANGLE OVER THE JUDGEsHIP
Upon Eve of HaEerstOwn Judicial
Convention TO Name Opponent TO
Judge Boyd, Former Senator Goes
for Collector stone, Who Il OPP
posed TO wellington Candidate.

Cumberland. Nd, Aug. 30. - Former
United States Senator George L. Well
ington took shot to-day at Collector
OF the Port William F. Stone for the lat
ter's alleged interference with the politi-
cal affairs Of the Sixth Congressional dis
trict. the Republican stronghold Of Mary
land.
II was I'm connection with the Fourth
judicial district convention. TO be held to-
morrow at Hagerstown to nominate a
man for chief judge in opposition to Chief
Judge a. Hunter Boyd, Of the Maryland
Court OF Appeals.
d. Lindley Sloan, OF Anegany County.
and Charles d. Wasaman. Of Washington
County. are the candidates. Each county
delegation will be for It's own man. leav-
ing the balance OF power with Garrett
County. which has three votes. to six
each from Washington and AIegany
counties.
Resents Publication.
Ex-senator Wellington resented the pub
lication in a Baltimore Sunday paper that
Collector Stone was back OF Wagaman
he said very freely and frankly that
Stone was not to butt In" on the affairs
Of the Fourth circuit. and the sooner he
found IL out the better.
What has Stone got TO do with nomi-
mating Judge IN the Sixth district. or
IN any OF the other counties Of the
state?" said Mr.. Wellington. Let him
conine himself to the political affairs
OF Baltimore City. He has got no more
right 90 interfere with the selection Of
a judge up here than I have TO dictate
the nomination Of some candidate in
Baltimore City. Allegany County and
other Western Maryland counties can
take care of their own affairs and nomi-
nate their own candidates without sug-
gestions from Mr.. Stone.
Judge Boyd is a Democrat and I am
Republican. I want to say that Judge
Boyd is a splendid man, and has made
q splendid judge There IS not one word
that could be fairly urged against him
personally or officially, as q citizen Of the
very highest type. but as a Republican
I am for the nomination OF Mr.. Sloan.
who Is ttted for the position to which
he aspires. both In ability and in char
Rcter.
Predicts SIOan's Nomination.
I do not think that there is any doubt
Of the nomination Of Mr.. Sloan at Ha-
gerstown tomorrow. He will have the
six votes of Allegany County. and I be-
lieve will get the three from Garrett. I
expect the convention to be harmonious
and 81 Mr.. Sloan is nominated there is
no question that Mr.. Wagaman and his
friends viii give him enthusiastic and
cordial support. All OF this can be done
without the Interference OF Mr.. Stone
II Stone keeps on. there won't be any
thing LETT the Republicans except the
Sixth district"
Candidate Sloans friends here say that
George A. Pearre Is for Sloan. and that
Wellington, Pearre. and Sloan are hookef
Up in strong combination. thus demon
strating again that politics makes strange
hedfellows Pearre lost his own county
(Ailegany) in his last Congressional fight.
and it IS said that Sloan was opposed to
him and did rot vote for him.
what saved Pearre.
All that saved Pesrre from ignominlous
defeat at the hands Of Dave" Lewis. his
Democratic opponent. was his hold on
Garrett County and the way it stood by
him.
Sloans friends say that Pearre has
promised Sloan the three votes from Car
rett County in the convention at Hagers-
town tomorrow. Col Pearre did not ad-
nit this to-day in an interview. In fact.
he did not commit himself at all as TO
whom he favored for the judgeship. nor
would he predict whether Sloan OF Waga-
man would be nominated.
Col. Pearre had also seen the article in
the Sunday paper that had upset former
Senator Wellington. but he took a differ
ent view from Mr.. Wellington. He dc
clared that Collector Stone was not butt
ing in,' and insinuated that the newspa-
per article had been inspired by unfavor-
able sources.
Col Pearre said that he did not think
Collector Stone desired 70 interfere in
the judgeship fight He showed a little
partisanship, political acumen or. per-
haps. party loyalty. however. when he
declared that he thought there should be
more Republicans on the bench Of the
Court Of Appeals.
We have now" he said. Judge
SchmuclSer only. but think we will have
after the November election Mr. Sloan.
II he is nominated tomorrow. or Mr..
Wagaman, II he is nominated. and Mr..
Hammond Urner. of Frederick"
Friend Of Both.
DIT Robert J. Ravenscroft, surveyor
# the pot Of Baltimore is supposed 10
have tight grip on the Republican or
ganization OF Garrett County. II has
been partially through him that Pearre
has maintained his hold on the party
machine CT the county.
DR.. Ravenscroft IS a friend both OF
Collector Stone and Of Col. Pearre. and
II the latter two differed on the candi-
Gate Tor Judge, II Is tOss-up which one
Dr. Ravenscroft would stand by. though