The citizen., 1914-05-08

thinking seriously of establishing a per-
manent headquarters in Frederick to be
open every day in the week.
That the members of the Central Com
mittee and the workers of the party
should be more in touch with the
voters of Frederick county, is the opin-
ion of Chairman Baughman. He said
that with a permanent headquarters a
complete set of poll books and other rec
ords of the committee could be made,
indexed and catalogued. With such
records the members of the committee
would be able to see just how strong
the party was in a certain district and
just where the weak points were
There are about two hundred and
twenty members of the County Central
Committee. They represent the various
election districts OF the county and have
absolute control over the organization in
the district in which they reside. 1t is
daubtful if these men meet in a body,
unless called into session, twice a year.
1t is the Colonels idea to call confer
ence with the members of certain dis
tricts each week and SO on until the en-
tire work of the party in the county has
been reviewed
Chairman Baughman believes that the
Democratic party of the county will never
be able to do effective work until it is
better organized. He feels that it is SIM
ply matter ofkeeping in touch with the
voters of the county, to know when the
young men have arrived at the legal
voting age, in order that the party may
be in perfect unison.
Again it is claimed that the establish
ment of permanent headquarters IN the
county would be an economy scheme.
1t costs the Central Committee large
amount of money to maintain the spac-
ious headquarters last fall. The perma-
ne u. headquarters could be procured and
maintained for less money than the tenn
porary headquarters of last fall.
With permanent headquarters Chair
man Baughman says that every Demo-
crat in the county, in coming to Fred.
erick would have place to stop and
talk over the leading topics of the dav
with companions and co party men, A
complete line of the leading newspapers
and magazines will be kept on hand.
Recores will be available to the good
Democrats.
There was a landslide for the Demo
cratic party at the last election. The
delegation that went to the House Of
Delegates was solidy Democratic. The
three County Commissioners and the
Sheriffalty went Democratic 1t was the
first victory of the party for many years.
In the fall of 1915 one Of the largest local
tickets will be put before the public, it
will be the Gubernatorlal election.
The offices that will be filled at that
ection are:
Five delegates and Senator to the
Legislature: Clerk to the County; Regis
ter of Wills, three Judges Of the Orphans
Court, two County Commissioners, Sher-
if, Surveyor, States Attorney, Gov
ernor, Attorney-General and Comp
troller
This fall there will be United States
Senator and Congressman elected
The Democratic party is now putting
out lines to have a perfect organization
for the big election. This is perhaps the
earliest in many years that the party has
made plans for an election that is more
than year off, While no aggressive
campaign will be made until several
months before the election. with the per-
manent headquarters the County Central
Committee will bring their forces into
line one by one.