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Show FAVORS FRANK BROWN. Senator Gorman is Obliged to Yield to the Pressure. Baltimore, June 26. Senator Gorman Gor-man has been compelled to yield to the pressure of the Farmers' Alliance and favor the nomination of Frank Brown for governor by the democratic convention conven-tion which meets in this city July 30. Mr. Gorman exerted all his power as boss of the democratic state machine to check the movement of the alliance in the interest of Brown. The senator favored Sames Hodges, ex-mayor and one of the merchant princes of Baltimore, Balti-more, for governor. Frank Brown Was postmaster of Baltimore Bal-timore under Cleveland, and is as pop-ular pop-ular among many of the city members of his party as he is among his country friends. He owns large farms and is president of the. State Agricultural Fair association. He started his boom with a dinner to the country editors of the state. 7fhe alliance 60on came out for him. Gorman sent emissaries to all the countiesi to conciliate the alliance members being democrats. , They refused, re-fused, however, to suqpoft any one else for governor but Brown, and "Mr. Gorman Gor-man to prevent serious defection will drop his candidate and let the farmers have their way. , |