The daily banner., 1919-08-13

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Get-Together Conference StrOn;
Ticket Nominated-Dr. f. E.WoIf
Heads Ticket.
The unofficial Democratic Conven
tion held in the -Armory yesterda!
afternoon for the purpose of nomi
mating a ticket, heralded new era
in party affairs in this county ano
demonstrated clearly that the Demo
cratic party can be depended upor
at all times to meet the wishes Of
the masses of the people.
The ticket nominated is composed
iof the following gentlemen:
For State Senator, DR.. Eldredge Il
Wolff, of Cambridge.
For Members of the House oi
Delegates, John w. Hastings, of the
Fork district; Carl L. Veach, oi
Hooper's Island; Artilius NJ. Todd, ,ot
Straits district, and Roland Webster
of Hurlock district.
For States Attorney, T. Sangston
Insley, of Cambridge.
For County Commissioner Daniel
]. Wiley, of Drawbridge.
For Sheriff, Thomas J. Holder, OF
Vienna.
For Judges of the Orphans Court
Francis E. Loomis, of East New Mar
ket, and William J. Woolen, of Hur-
! lock.
For Surveyor, James T. Robinson,
of Straits district.
Delegates to the State Convention
DIR. Guy Steele, P. Watson Webb,
l toll Tiron M 10 hYsi O0
William C.. Dean, of Straits; William
F. Applegarth, Sr,, of Lakes; Geo. A.
Thompson, Jr., of Hurlock: Charles
field, of Fork; Fred Wright, of East
New Market; Ulman White, of Hoop.
er's Island, and J. Hooper Bosley, OF
Taylor's Island.
Members of State Central Commit
tee-John S. Skinner, of Cambridge,
F. H. Vincent, of Linkwood, and
William F. Applegarth, Jr., Of Col
den Hill.
The convention was called to meet
| at half-paSt two o'clock and by that
time very nearly every delegate was
| in the hall. In former years, when
conventions were held, they never
convened until from one to four
| d1ICI Jh~ SSACouAOo SAthN1 Inv
delay was due to the fact that the
leaders could not agree upon a tic
ket. There was nothing of this kind
yesterday, no leader attempted to Sc
| lect the candidates, no organization
attempted to go down the line to put
over people they wanted; instead,
from the highest to the lowest, the
party leaders kept their hands off
Ioft nnfiro1Ny tho ind emf
of the 144 delegates to select the tic
ket, and as result an exceptionally
strong ticket has been placed in the
| field, one that will, undoubtedly,
meet the approval of the party. Ev-
cry element of the party is repre-
sented, not upon a demand that IL
should be, but represented voluntarl
| ly, and as the result of the united ac-
| tion of the convention.
The convention was called to or
der by w. H. Spedden, chairman of
the State Central Committee, who
asked for nominations for chair
man P. Watson Webb, Of Cam
bridge, was placed in nomination and
elected. Messrs. Edgar Hubert, OF
Linkwood, and George A. Thompson,
Jr., of Hurlock, were elected secre-
OAA
Resolutions and Credentials were
named:
Committee On Resolutions.
Herman S. Bradley, Geo. W. Hol-
land, Vernon A. Hitch, Harry P.
Spillman, Rufus Robbins, Ulman
White, Robert H. Matthews, Lake
North, Henry Linthicum, A. M.
Todd, John w. Hughes, Francis H.
Cannon, Thos. B. Windsor, Jas. P.
Handley, Geo. Trice, j. P. Asplen,
C.. w. Brohawn, B. F. Veach:
Committee On Credentials.
John w. Hastings, Winfield Web
ster, Thos. G. Sellers, D. L. Noble,
B.. F. Kirwan, A. G. Murrell, John
| w. Mills, Daniel Moore, Harry B.
Dixon, J. Otto Robinson, Miles Lank-
ford, w. G.. Haslett, Harley G. Wat
kins, Frank Vincent, Chas. M. Phil
lips, w. H. Mcguire, J. Fl. Staple
forte, J. w. Jones.
| Following the report Of the Com
mittee on Credentials, Mr.. John w.
Hastings, of the Fork district, made
a motion that all delegates to the
convention assemble in conference
in the room beneath the main floor,
and see if they could agree upon a
ticket, his idea being that by this
method the individual delegate
would feel free to express his opin-
ion openly, while in the open con-
vention many of the delegates might
feel some reluctance toward getting
on the floor and publicly expressing
their views upon the different nomi-
nations. In order that every dele
gate might vote his personal view,
instead of being bound by the unit
vote, the chairman called for a ris-
ing vote, this giving the individual
delegate the opportunity to vote his
sentiments. The motion was adop-
ted, and the delegates assembled in
a large room in the basement to con-
fer.
Mr. v. Calvin Trice, of Cambridge
was selected as chairman, and 1t was
agreed by the delegates that each
district, starting with District No. 1,
1 the Fork, would be called upon In
numerical order to place candidates
lin nomination. The delegates dec1'
ded to take up the State Senator
first, and Mr.. Samuel J. T. Smith, o1
East New Market, placed Mr. Chas
Webster in nomination; Mr., Robert
Simmons, of Lakes, placed the name
of Hon. William F. Applegarth be-
fore the convention, and P. Watson
Webb placed the name OF DR.. Ed
redge E. Wolff, of Cambridge. il
nomination. The vote was: Sena
tor Applegarth, 81; Mr.. Webster
20; DR.. Wolff, 83, one delegate being
absent. After the vote the nomina
tion of DR.. Wolff was made unani
nous. The nomination of Mr. Ap
plegarth was a surprise, as he hac
stated openly that he was not can
didate ,and would not accept thu
nomination except that it be showr
him that party duty required him tt
do so. To representative of thi'
paper, Senator Applegarth statet
that not only was he not candi
date, but that to accept the nomina
ton would mean sacrifice of bust
ness interests and such an lnterrup