The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-20
BALTIMORE LETTER.
Baltimore, Md, Sept. 10, 1912.

W III lllClI GNpCl4CAACh III pl dGklA dl
politics at its head, the Democratic aux
Hilary committee, which was recently
elected by the State Central Committee
to assist in the management of the Mary
land campaign, has been organized and
is planning to take an active and promi-
nent part in the contest.
This new committee will work in abso-
lutte harmony with the regular organiza-
ton leaders and forces Ii will not sup
ersede il in any particular and it was new
er intended that it should, although eff
forts were made in certain quarters to
have the new committee take full charge
of the fight As far as the state and CITY
leaders are concerned, they are pleased
with tho personnel of the new committee
and also with its officers. Each and every
leader will work in thorough unison with
the committee There will be no fric-
ton The officers Of the new committee
realize that the State Central Committee
is the dominant body in the state and
therefore will consult its members before
taking action on any important question.
/ If the new committee really wanted to
lead the fight, it is not expected that it
would meet with any opposition from the
state and city leaders. but the new COM
D \
members want to do is to assist the or.
ganlzation forces with all their powes and
/ influence and to roll up an unpre -edented
! majority for the entire Democratic ticket
| in this state.
( The chairman of the auxiliary commit
/ tee. Mr.. George c. Morrison, is one of
/ the best known Democrats In the state
/ While it is true that in the past he has on
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/ izatou regarding the candidates who
should be nominated, yet he has always
! Loyalty supported and worked for the
/ ticket when it was named. In the recent
presidential primaries, Mr.. Morrison was
chairman OF the committee which man
! aged Governor hudson Harmon's fight in
! Maryland. In This contest Mr.. Morrison
! did not have the support of any of the or
| ganization leaders and vet Gov. Harmon
| polled very complimentary vote in this
/ state. With him were many leading
/ Democrats VINO believed tina, Governor
| lannon's nomination was the best and
wiseSt that the party could make Under
Mn Mouison's leadership these Demo
Gratis made a clean fight They did not
! indulge in personalities and neither did
they say one unkind word about the 9TH
er candidates or their supporters. They
simply did all they could in a fair and
! Just manner 10 advance the candidacy OF
| their preference. MIR Morrison has al
ways maintained the most friendly reia-
tiOnShip with the organization leaders of
the state and CITY and Is soon as the aux
Hilary committee was named it was known
that he was the choice of the organization
leaders for chairman.
The other officers OF the committee. all
of whom were unanimously chosen are as
follows:
Nice-charman-Former Congressman
Joshua w. Miles, OF Somerset county.
Secretary-Mr. Emerson r. Crothers,
of Cecil county.
Treasurer-Senator Blair Lee, of Mont
gomery county
Executive Messrs. William
Cabell Bruce, James A. McQuade, Geo.
n Numsen and B. Howard Griswold.
| Jr, all of Baltimore city; Walter |.
Mitchell, Charles county; John B. Gray,
Calvert county; Sterling Gait Frederick
county; Z. Howard Isaac, Baltimore
county; Joshua W. Miles, Somerset coun-
ty; J. w. d. lump, Talbot county and
Senator Charles a. Andrew, Hartford
county.
The new headquarters of the Demo.
cratic State Central Committee have been
! opened in the Royal Arcanum building
on Saratoga street. opposite the Hotel
Rennert. The auxiliary committee have
headquarters in the same building
| WhIle the City Committee, of which Mr.
! Daniel J. Loden is chairman, has not vet
secured headquarters, 1t is expected that
they Will be in the same locality. Nigor.
Gus efforts will be made by the leaders to
! prevent any duplication of efforts in this
battle. In order TO accomplish this. the
Chairman OF the respective committees
will De accurately informed each day Just
what the different committees are doing.
! II is also proposed that the chairman and
| other officers OF each committee shall
| hold daily conferences. at which the work
Will be fully discussed. This plan Is par
tlcularl satisfactory to Mr.. Morrison and
| his colleagues on the executive commit.
tee. The state and city leaders headed
by United States Senator John Walter
Smith, Mayor Preston former State SEN
ator Arthur P. German. IT,, John 7. Ma
| hon and Others will also be asked to keep
in daily touch with the doings at the diff
ferent headquarters. as all the chairmen
| gestlons. From Democratic viewpoint,
the situation could not be better. The
party is solidly united. There is not a
| ripple of discord or opposition against
the management or the ticket in any
| quarter. With the Republican party split
asunder, combined with the popularity
OF all the Democratic nominees, the vic
tory in November will be a great one
The only thing the Democrats will have
to guurd against is over confidence and
this they will unqueStionably do
The Republican State Convention met
! at Albaugh'S Theatre and ousted the
three electors who were supporting Col.
Theodore Roosevelt 1t filled their places
! on the ticket as we'll as three other vacan-
| cies caused by designations by the cleo
ton OF loyal and enthusiastic Taft men.
The convention was only attended by
regular Taft supporters. The Roosevelt
delegates who were elected in the Nav
primaries were not present. Governor
GoldSborough, the state leader of the
Republican organization, absolutely DOM
mated the proceedings of the convention.
He bossed the lob from the beginning to
the end and not a single voice was raised
against it. The Governor is also bosslng
every state department which he can
reach. The subordinate places in the
different departments are being made by
him and he is selecting none but active
Republican politicians. No Democratic
Governor ever did this. MANY of them