The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-09-09
PEOPLES MOVEMENT
LAUNCHED BY Mr.. HAMILL
0isgruntIed Party Men Gathered at
Court House tuesday Night.

Of the fourteen districts in Garrett
county but three, Nos. 7, 10 and Ia,
were represented in the much heralded
and widely advertised peoples conven-
ton held at the court house in Oakland
Tuesday night. which assemblage, pre-
sumably, was for the purpose of launch
ing a movement for the lettering of
political conditions in Garrett county,
but, it has been freely predicted, is
nothing more nor less than an effort to
add strength to the Democratic candi-
date for chief judge in his fight against
Mr.. Sloan.
The call was made at the instigation
Of Mr.. Gilmor S. Hamill after visit to
Cumberland last Wednesday afternoon,
at which time a conference was held
between Mr.. HamlIl and the friends of
Judge Boyd, including some Baltimore
and Ohio Railway officials.
AT the meeting Tuesday evening the
court room was comfortably filled, the
majority of the people present being
onloOkers, the strength of the movement
being apparent when a rising vote was
taken on resolution introduced when
not more than twenty people voted, in
GLIDING disgruntled Republicans, sore
Democrats and four Prohibitionists.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr.. Hamili who also named the chair
man of the convention, Capt. J. W.
Cochrane, recently of Cumberland, but
now a resident Of Loeb Lynn Heights.
Mr.. Hamiil in his remarks severely de
nounced the Republicans and Democrats
alike, criticising the ticket already
named by the former, and closed his re-
marks by saying Il am an Independent
man; ! want no Office, but shall be dis
satisfied with the ticket to be named bv
the Democrats when the convention of
that party meets on the 18th of the
present month He then introduced
a resolution which invited members of
both parties to participate in conven-
ton to name people ticket on the
23rd inst. Rev Bolton. OF Mountain
Lake Park, suggested that the resolu-
tior be made to include members Of all
parties, and the amendment was sec
onded by one Hiram 2. Tasker.
After the resolution had been adopted
speeches We're made by a number of
those present, including Mr.. H. A. Har-
desty, pronounced prohibitionist, and
also by MIR. W. d. Hoye. both of Deer
Park district Mr. Hoye state that he
had never voted for but one Republican
IN all his life, that man being Mr.. f. f.
Sollars, and added that after he had
done this his conscience burdened him
so muchthat he promised the Lord file
would forgive him he would never vote
for another Republican. A rather re
markabIe statement from one who is
allied with a peoples movement to bet
ter conditions, is it not? The only
Inference to be made is that Mr.. Hove
proposes to support the Democratic
ticket and that he is in the peoples
movement for the sole purpose of get
ting an opposition ticket in the field and
then deserving it, which may be also
the intention of the leaders in the move
The resolution adopted calls for a
convention to assemble in Oakland on
the 23rd inst. to name ticket, the dele
gates to the convention to be named at
primaries to be held on the 18th inst.
ment.
This movement is the result of the
dethronement of the Hamill faction by
the Democratic State Convention in Bal
timore recently. That faction has been
extremely sore at the organization ever
since and Mr.. Hamil's activity in the
peoples movement is for the purpose of
administering a crushing blow against
the Browning or regular wing of the
Democracy in the county,
Iuyp Sfiostiu6 Aaryiaud UooI.