Evening star., 1909-08-19
IN GAME OF POLITICS
Republican and Democratic
Conventions in Maryland.
CIRCUIT JUDGES NAMED
Scene of Disorder in Howard County
Republican Gathering.
TWO FACTIONS CLASH THERE
Tickets Nominated in Several Coun-
ties-Election Law Denounced
by Queen Anne Republicans.
TWO FACTIONS CLASH THERE

| Democrats and republicans in several
districts of Maryland played the game
| of politics yesterday.
| Conventions were held in number OF
| districts and men were nominated who
| are expected TO bring success to their
parties in the fall elections The Wilson
election law was assailed by the Queen
Anne republican county convention and
| by resolution declared to be 1.-The greatest
| robbery scheme that could exist
split in the Howard county convention
resulted in confusion and excitement.
| The democratic judicial convention for
| the seventh circuit was held at La Plata
There were representatives present from
all the counties of southern Maryland.
George W. JOY of st. Mary county
nominated Judge B. Harris Cama'ier OF
Leonardtown. He was followed by ex-
| Speaker OF the House ]. Enos Ray OF
| Prince George county, who nominated
| Fillmore BealI, and Mr.. John L. Stone of
| Charles county. put before the convention
the name of w. Mitchell Digges of La
! Plata
Mr. Digges Withdrew from the contest.
| The two nominations then remaining were
| seconded on the part of Prince George
county by Clarence NJ. Roberts, St Mary
| county by Charles S. Grason and Calvert
county by William H. HELEN.
Judge Camalier and Mr.. Beall were
unanimously nominated.
Fourth Judicial Circuit.
The fourth circuit democratic conven-
ton was held at Cumberland. and Judge
Andrew Hunter Boyd was renominated
for chief judge of that circuit. De War
rem H. Reynolds called the convention to
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committee for Allegany county. He named
| the following temporary officers: Edward
! w. Mealy. Washington county. chairman:
Philip. Mcmahon. Allegany county, and J.
!; l.. McCrobe, Garrett county. vice presi-
dents. Charles NJ Dahzer., Washington
ty, and c. M. Miller, Garrett county. sec
! retaries. These officers were afterward
| made the permanent officers of the con-
| vention.
vention at Ellicott City was marked by
| disorder. excitement and calls for the
/ sheriff. The trouble was preciptated
by two factions. known as the George
yelling faction. Just as the two fac
/ tions came together in the Howard
House. where the convention had as
| sembled, and clash was imminent,
| Sheriff George W. Howard appeared at
| the psychological moment and prevented
/ further trouble. The Blakeny- -Welling
| party then split" and adjourned to the
courthouse. where 1t proceeded to or
! ganize. The rival conventions then nom
| mated delegates to the judicial and state
| conventions and members of the state
central committee, but deferred the Sc
lection of the county ticket. pending
decision as to whether the Dayites or
the Blakeny-Welling faction is it"
Blow at Collector Stone.
Collector William F. Stone became the
! target for the shafts of the Day fac
ton at its convention. ana it was de-
clared that never should Sydney E.
| Mudd's scalp or Frank c. Wachter's
| scalp dangle at Mr.. Stones belt 1t
was also resolved by the Day convention
that I'VE entirely ignore the influence
| that has been brought to hear in this
| county to disrupt and overthrow our
party under the leadership of George
| Dorsey Day. as we are not aware at this
date of where that influence emanates.
The following delegates to the various
conventions and members of the state
central committee were elected by the
| respective factiOns:.
| State central committed: Blakeney-
Truman c. yelling, A. A. Blakeney and
N. r. Gather
Day-George R. Day. George F.
Streaker and Louis N. Goetz.
Judicial conventions: Blakeney-W.
w. Harvey P. S. w. smallwood and H.
D. Wheland.
Day-W. w. Burton. Col. George w.
King, George d. Day, Cornelius Pickett,
Andrew ]. Keith and Remus Dorsey.
State convention: Blakeney-A. A.
Blakeney. Charles F. Macklin. Truman
c. yelling. j. v. l. Findlay. Hart B.
Noll and Charles j. Grant.
Day-John Miller. DR.. Fort. James
Shipley. Herman D. Whelan. Harris e.
Rodgers. William h Mark. William H.
Howard. Frederick Baker. Hamilton
Oldfield, Louis N. Goetz. Philip G. Har-
mon. John Bryant, George E. Waters.
Charles Grimes. James E. Shreaves, A.
]. Keith, j. Clark Thomas, Charles A.
Frey, George F. streaker, w. S. Friz-
zell. r. v. Thompson. Charles T. Grant.
Frank Snyder. DIR. John Smith. Frank
Burgess, Milford Shipley. E. L. Crfst.
r. F. Ridgeley. George Dorsey Day.
Winter D. Jones. John o. Porter. Ira
Sommers, Beal A. Gosnell. Walter S.
Black. Harry Peddicord. Dr.. Augustus
Riggs. Clarence Henderson. David
Barnes, Truman G. yelling. p II. w.
Smallwood, r. C. Pindell, H. H. Small
wood r. Dorsey. Jacob Hart, Albert
Moore. John @. Selby. John l.. v. Find
ley, Thomas Burgman. Henry Yeager.
w. King. Cornelius Pickett. stephen
Watkins A. w. Kirkpatrick. james Mil
ler, c.. Waters. Nathaniel Wheeler and
James H. Carter.
Ticket in Queen Anne County.
The Queen Anne county republican con-
vention met at Centerville. The county
ticket was selected as follows:
House Of delegates-Jonathan Chance OF
Sudlersville w. b. Sparks of Queen Anne
and Bruce C. Sparks of Crumpton.
County commissioners-J. Thos. Smith.
second district: J. Harry Tolson. fourth
district.
The following were made local COM
mtttee of one from each district to act
in conjunction with the state central COM
mittee in naming the untitled positions on
the ticket:
First district G. n. Stevens; second, III.
II NJ Hynson third, William E. Thompson;
fourth George A. Barton; fifth. f. 8.
Thompson: sixth, w. B. Sparks; seventh,
Bruce c. Sparks.
The following delegates were elected to
the state convention: E. 7. Stevens. J.
Frank Barwick. Jonathan Chance. Leslie
r. Booker. Charles p Willis. James p.
Johns. j. Thomas Smith. Joshua Ferrell.
I w. E. Thompson, w. C. Orrell. A. c.
Hayden. e. Askins. George A. Barton. c.
F. & Ringgold 4. Heath, Milo Anderson,