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MEETING TO DECIDE
DATE FOR CONVENTION
Chairman Wade, of Democratic Com
mittee, And Chairman TAFT. of Re
publican Committee. TO Select
Date FOR Primary.

Date For Primary.
The Democratic State Central
! Committee Will meet tomorrow at L
o'clock, in the Hotel Rennert, pur-
Suant to the call sent out some days
! ago by Chairman J. Hubert Wade.
| The business of the committee Will
! be to authorize Chairman Wade 10
/ agree with chairman TAFT, OF the he
| publican Committee, upon date Tor
| the primary, and also to authorize
| him to SET Il date for the State con
! vention.
| So far as known, these are about
i the only matters that will be presen-
ted to the committee. There mas
| been some speculation as TO whether
! the city members would start some
! thing, but it is not believed likely
! that they VIII. In fact, it is not Ger
! tain that they Will attend the meet
/ ing. although no word had gone out
1 yesterday to stay away, and that was
! thought TO mean that John j. Mahon
! was willing that they play. Last
! year the city members stayed away.
! Just about the time the committee
met, the city machine people were up
! to their eyes in the row with the
State forces over the appointment OF
! the election officials in Baltimore.
Chairman TAFT, of the Republican
committee. indicated yesterday that
! he would send out 4 call sometime
! this week for Il meeting, about Au-
! gust [, of that body. Its business
| will be practically the same as that
of the Democratic committee, but
there is d possibility that the differ
ences between William f. Stone, on
the one hand, and former Senator
Jackson, former Roads Chairman ..
+. Weller, Chairman TAFT, and Sena-
tor France, on the other, resulting
from the fight in the extra session
over control of the War loan, may
lead to some little ruction, especially
as the friends of former Governor
GoldsbOrOugh, who was on Mr..
Stones side in the fight, may try to
find an opportunity TO take advant-
age of the differences between the
former allies.
The Democratic leaders are in
clined to favor September 10 or Sep
TENDER l l as the date of the primary.
The law provides that the two par
ties may agree on any date between
september s and .. DR.. Wade and
John Mahon had talk yesterday,
and Mahon pointed out that Septem-
Der was Saturday, which would be
bad day in the city, as many people
would be going out of town. Wed
neSday, September u, is a legal holl-
day, and the leaders feel that any
day after that would not give enough
time to compile the returns before
the State convention, which usually
is held about the middle Of Septem-
Der. Consequently, Monday, the
tenth, and Tuesday, the eleventh, are
about the only days open. And
Tuesday is not too good a day, be-
cause it will come before a holiday,
and a good many people will be
leaving town on that account.
Shortly after the primaries and
the State conventions, the supple
mental registration will be held. The
days in the city will be Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 25; Tuesday, October 9, and
Saturday. October Is. Those in the
counties Will be Tuesday, October 2,
and Tuesday, October 8. Revision
day in both the city and the counties
will be Tuesday, October 10. No
names Will be added that day.