The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-09-03
ENTHUSIASTIC DEMO
CRATIC MEETING
DEMOCRATS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
ATTENDED AND THE LARGEST 6ATHER-
ING FOR YEARS..

lie injecting Oh Sne DemOcfaIlC
State Committee, at the Rennert Ho-
tel, Baltimore, Tuesday was probably
4 the largest in point of attendance OF
any since the Civil War. Democrats
of influence from every county, men
who have not been at such a gather
ling for years, were on hand, and, last
but not least, very considerable num-
Der of women, ladies of influence and
intelligence from the city and the
i counties, were present, all full of in
lterest and enthusiasm, and ready to- do
all in their power to aid in organizing
the new voters for the work of the
campaign.
The meeting was really most enthu-
siastic. Short speeches were made by
Governor Ritchie, Senator Smith, Con-
gressman Benson, Mr.. Allen Colds
borough and others, and several of
the ladies also addressed the commit
tee guests.
Resolutions were adopted authoriz-
4 ing the chairman to appoint an aux
iliary committee, and Mrs. Julia Ham
! ilton Briscoe, Of Hagerstown, was
elected as the additional member of
the National Committee to conform to
the requirements of the rules of the
National Convention as adopted at
San Francisco in July last.
The consensus of opinion expsessed
/ by the members and other Democrats
present at the meeting seemed to be
favorable to the assembling of the
State Legislature in order to secure
4 the passage of certain amendments to
the election laws, which will enable
the new voters to register and vote at
the next election The laws now in
force do not provide enough days of
registration, nor do they provide
enough voting or polling places. Ger
tain other changes will also be recon-
mended by the Governor, all of which
/ facilitate the work connected with the
registration and ballotting under the
new amendment to the Federal consti-
tuition
The utmost harmony prevailed
throughout the whole gathering from
/ the beginning until the final adjourn
lment Members of the different factions
were on hannd in force, and there APP
4 peared to be a disposition on the part
Of all to work together for the good of
the Democratic party and the election
of the entire ticket.
City politicians and county polite
ians conferred together in apparent
harmony and goodwill Mr.. John
j. Mahon was on hand for several
hours with his ablest lieutenants and
Governor Ritchie, Comptroller Lee,
Senator Smith, Congressman Benson
and other leaders were on hand. Col
4 iector Joshua w. Miles was there, and
Senator Orlando Harrison was on hand
with a large contingent of his Eastern
Shore friends. Senator Harrison is par
ticularly influential with some of the
city leaders, and for several months
has been making frequent visits to the
lcity, where he has done much good in
smoothing out certain rough places
which seemed to be in the way of Sen
ator Smiths return to the Senate.
There seems to be no doubt as to the
result in Maryland, as far as the cleo
! toral ticket is concerned, and the gen
eral expectation is that the Democratic
electors will be chosen by large ma
jority.
The absurdity of the claims made by
Mr. Weller to be called the builder of
the Good Roads of Maryland" has a
jlcpsed much Indignation among Dem
ocrats generally, and especially
amt Ea friends of the late Govern
/ or Crothers. The whole system of good
roads was planned, and to a consider
able extent carried out before Mr..
Weller was heard Of and certainly be-
fore it was known whether he was a
Democrat or a Republican. When he
was recommended to Governor Colds
i borough for the Craftsmanship of the
Roads Commission, inquiries were
made as to his political affiliaton, and
nobody seemed to know. AS head of the
tRoads Commission, he did very little
work, and he chose as his assistant
Mr. Zouck, who was the active man on
the job during the entire Goldsbboro
regime Mr.. Weller went back on"
4 his patron, Governor Goldsborough,
who had drawn him out of obscurity
and enabled him to become promi
Inent in public affairs. He went back
IN the late William f. Stone after he
had used him to gain a hold in city
politics. He went back on FABIAN
Sparks and the Baltimore county Re-
Ipublicans, and it is said that i'll the
later years of their lives he went
back on his own father and mother,
who lived in humble obscurity in
baltimore county. His father was
Ian honest but humble hotel keeper,
near Reisterstown, and it is said by
the neighbors that from the time OF
Mr.. Weller's return from the North,
where he had amassed a considerable
fortune, until their death few
months ago, the Republican candidate
for the Senate never went near them,
nor did he ever have anything to do
with them And yet, from time to
time, he issued Pharisaical and sol
emn addresses to the people OF
Maryland as to what they should do
in the management of their public
aifairs-which sound to those who are
| familiar with his personal record like
Satan issuing a rebuke to sin.
PAUL WINCHESTER
The ladies Of Carroll county who are