The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-08-30
SECUND REPUBLICAN
GROUP HOLDS MEETING
Andrews Faction Held Meeting At
The Masonic Temple Friday Night.
Attendance Said To Have Been Con
fined To Few Districts.

Getting ready for the campaign
which is now under way. the other
element of the republican party held
a meeting Friday night at the Mason
ic Temple for the purpose of effect
ing a campaign organization. To one
not mixed in the factions of the Re-
publican party most amusing stu
alton was presented. Recently the
element in the party which is oppos-
ed to Congressman Andrews and his
friends met and organized a Harding
and Coolidge Republican Club, there
being no mention made of Mr.. Weller
the candidate for Senator, or Mr.
Andrews. the candidate for Con-
gress. Friday night Mr.. Andrews
and his friends got together for the
purpose of forming an organization.
According to the opposing faction
the Andrews crowd sent out large
number of letters to leaders in all
of the county districts inviting them
to attend the meeting, but if this be
true, either the letters did not reach
such leaders or they declined the in
vitation for very few districts were
represented, not more than three or
four outside of Cambridge. In fact,
it was claimed by the other side that
there were more of the people around
than there were of the Andrews
crowd and that they could have gone
up and taken charge of the meeting
at any time they wanted had they
felt disposed to do SO.
The drawing card for the meet
ing was to have been Col. Marion
Humphreys, of Salisbury, close
friend relative and associate of the
Hon. William H. Jackson, the social
ed money bah" of the Republican
party, but Hon. Humphreys, did
not show up as the result of which
the opposing crowd claimed that he
never intended to come, had never
promised to do so, and that the put
ting out of the report that he would
be on hand was simply trick upon
the part of Congressman Andrews
and his friends to make create the
impression that Jackson and Hum
phrey's were interested in his cleo
lion.
charges and counter charges it is
hard to get at the real facts, but this
much is certain. Congressman An
uE6WS anu Ills can udTuIy
claim that the meeting Friday night
was a success for outside of person
al friends and relatives the gather
ing was a very small one. Mr.. Wei
Ter is reported to have said that he
did not care whether Dorchester
county Republicans voted for him or
not. that he did not need the vote
of this county. OF course, if Mr..
Weller made this remark which is
attributed to him, he was peeved over
a number of things, for instance, he
has been accused of playing traitor
to the man who brought him into
Republican politics in Maryland, and,
it is also stated that notwithstand-
ing his claims of having built the
State road of Maryland Frank N.
Zouck, who succeeded him and who
was his assistant during his term as
Chairman, was really the man who
planned and built the roads and some
color is lent TO this assertion by rea-
son of the fact that Mr. Weller the Re
publican chairman, appointed Mr..
Zouck, a Democrat, as his assistant.
OF course, that was not political
move, consequently, it is not hard to
imagine that Mr.. Zouck was the man
who did the work for which Mr.. We'll
Ter claims the credit,