Evening star., 1920-05-26
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N|TSC0NVENT|ON,
AVOIDS WET ISSUE
Leaves Question to Party's
Candidates-lndorses Gen.
Wood-Other Politics.


publican state convention yesterday
passed the prohibition issue to in
dividual candidates and refused to go
on record as a party on the question.
| The platform avoided expression Of
opinion that might lead to controversy
at the Chicago convention. The con-
vention ratified the choice of Gen.
Leonard Wood as the party nominee.
Delegates Chosen.
The delegates at large to the Chi
cago convention. each entitled to one
half vote. are: Gen. Felix Agnus.
Mayor Broening. Judge Harry W.
Nice, Blanchard Randall. John w.
Garrett. Galen L. TAFT, Bladen Lown-
des and Amos W. Woodcock.
Alternates are A. Parks Rasin. Ed
mund Budnitz. c. j. w. Steiner. Trux-
ton Beale. Thomas Dawson. Z. Bernard
Taylor (col). H. NJ. Sinclair and Harry
B. Wilcox.
The district delegates (each with
one vote) are: First district-Law-
lett: alternates. N. J. Wimbrow and
Frank T. Benson. Second district
Jacob France and Walter r. Rudy;
alternates. Charles II. Kuebler and
William H. Lawrence. Third district
John A. Janetzke. sr.. and Charles
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and John Toadvln. Fourth district
Warner T. McGuinn and James A.
Gary. jr.: alternates. George A. Watty
and Charles w. Poehlman. Fifth dis
trict-Jeremiah Hawkins and r.
Frank Smith: alternates. Herbert L.
Satterlee and F. Stone posey Sixth
district-Reno s. Harp and Charles H.
Holtzman: alternates, Scott NJ. VOL
finger and George Louis Eppler.
On the republican ticket at the
presidential election will appear the
names OF the following eight electors,
two of whom were named at large,
and each Of the six others to rep
resent one of the congressional dis
tricts of the state:
At large, James Carey and William
T. Delaplaine: first district. a. Clay
ton Hayden; second district. William
G. Henkel; third district, Benjamin
F. Woelper: fourth district, William
G. Albrecht: fifth district, Asa NJ.
Sharp; sixth district, j. Ellsworth
Stonebraker.
Prohibition Question.
d. Lindsay Sloan of Cumberland,
chairman of the resolutions commit
tee. in reporting the platform, made
a speech in which he said that, while
he had long-standing views on tho
liquor question, he did not care
whether candidates were wet, dry or
damp, but cared only whether they
were republicans" Other issues, he
said, were paramount at this time in
the nations affairs.
The resolution adopted says:
Resolved, by the republican party.
in convention assembled, That in
view of the near approach Of the
party's national convention, we defer
detailed announcement of a plat
form in respect to issues more dis
tinctly national. That with respect to
"a enhancement ~a
recognize the Importance OF the whole
question and it's deep interest to the
people of Maryland. We, therefore,
refer the voters to announcements
made or to be made upon this issue by
our candidates for the United States
sentatives in the several congress
sionaf districts Of the state"
Mr. Mudd's Resolution.
A resolution favoring wines and
beer. which was defeated. was intro
duced by Representative Sydney E.
Mudd. 1t was as follows:
TN view Of the eighteenth amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States which was first introduced and
promoted by a democratic Congress,
and ratified by a democratic legisla-
ture in the state of Maryland, and
fostered by a democratic executive in
1918, the constitutionality Of which
lS now penang DeiOto In0 CulteQ
States Supreme Court. it is our pol
icy to be silent as to any expression
upon the wisdom of the passage of
the said amendment or to the en-
forcement thereof, save and except
that we are unequivocably opposed
to the provisions contained in what
is commonly called and known as the
volstead act, and we further declare
that should the Supreme Court of the
United States uphold the constitu-
tionality of the aforesaid amendment
and the validity of the aforesaid Vol
stead act, that it is our purpose to
amend the said act so that the max
ing and use of homemade wines and
cider and the manufacture and sale
of beer in original packages Tor nome
consumption. only. will be permitted
without restriction"
Gen. Wood was given lis votes as
against IS for Senator Hiram john
SON. Only two counties were carried
by the latter-Alfegany and Washing
tom The unopposed nomination OF o.
E. Weller for United States senator
also was ratified.