The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-07-11
FRIENDS OF HODGES.
What is Said of the GubernatOriaI Nomination.
Interviews with Prominent Business
Men of baltimore.
rrom lhe baltimore Evening New.

FROM the BhillulOI6 ENeuhS &NGhe.
The following additional endorsements of the
Hon. James Hodges for the gubernatorial nomina-
ton have been received:
ANDREW REID Esq, formerly OF Spencer Reid
importers, &c.
"Mr. Hodges is business man of the soundest
tact Judgment and discretion, and l shall for one
be delighted to see him in the position of Governor
consider that in honorlng him the Democratic
party and the State of Maryland will be equally
honored. What have combined to make Mr.
Hodges the leading man he is are the two qualities
of keen Judgment and absolute integrity. These are
the qualities we want in Governor, and therefore
sincerely trust that the Democratic party means to
have Mr.. Hodges as its candidate"
WESLEY A. TUCKER, Esq, of Messrs. Tucker &
Co. wholesale hats and caps. Il have known Mr..
Hodges for great many years and / know him to
be man thoroughly qualified in every respect for
the duties of the Governorship. His excellent bust
ness qualifications which have caused him to rise
to the very top of his trade and made his house
leading one not merely in Baltimore but among the
dry goods houses of the world are just the qualities
needed at Annapolis. 1t is a mistake TO suppose
that the Governor of the State has very little to do
as some people think His position is one of respon-
sibility and he may through ignorance or want of
Judgment and tact seriously compromise the State.
In MT. Hodges nanQs, MdTylduu MOulu pc salc III
her dignity as well as in her financial interests"
ROBERT NJ BLuSDoN, Esq, of Messrs. ]. A. Ed
mondson & Co., wholesale grocers Mr.. Hodges
ought to have the Governors chair. His eminent
fitness for the position no one question. l was
for him last time and more strongly for him now
than was then, if that be possible. The party and
the State owe great debt to Mr.. Hodges and no
such fit and appropriate way of acknowledging it
vii nomination
Younger men can afford to wait for honors and
there are places to be given them wherein they can
somewhat aequaint themselves with public affairs
as they ought to do before they aspire to the respon
sible and lofty position of Governor. But Mr..
Hodges has reached time of life when his faculties
and mental powers may be said to be at their
zenith, and now is the time for the Democracy to
avail themselves of his fine adaptability for the
handling of all questions of State. think it would
be the wisest act the party has done for many day
to present him for Governor"
Mr.. ADoLPH NAcHMAN, carpet merchant, says
Mr.. Hodges is the very best man that could be
named for Governor. have been a Hodges man
from the first and expect to continue to be till the
end. have asked good number of people Who
are supporting other candidates to give me reason
for their preference over Mr.. Hodges, but l have
not yet had a single reason given me. The fact is
be compared with Mr. Hodges much less to be pre-
ferred to him. All this talk about Mr.. Hodges being
an 'aristocrat" is rank nonsense. Mr.. Hodges is a
man, and he has neither the brains nor the man
ners of small boy. believe thatthe unpurchased
vote of the city and State would be for Mr.. Hodges
three to one as against anyone who has thus far
been brought forward.
MAJ. CHARLES CORRESPONDENCE, vice president of
the an-Goldsborough Company, said Il am
for Hon. James Hodges for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation of the Democratic party, because believe
him to be the best equipped and most suitable can
didate that the party can name at this time, and
believe his nomination will give us administra-
ton that every Maryander will be proud Of 1
know Mr.. Hodges well, and know no man in the
State who, in my opinion, is better posted on
finance, taxation and particularly the wants of the
farming interests than he is, and with all these
qualifications he is clear headed, thinking man of
the stricest integrity and answering nerve. Such
man, it seems to me- is what Maryland wants at
this time at the head of her State government.
I'VE must judge men by their deeds. and in con-
firmation of my opinion may point you to the past
life of Mr.. Hodges. He came here poor boy, the
son of an Eastern Shore farmer he commenced life
at the foot of the ladder and worked his way up
step by step until now he stands on the top round
At the age of % he started business on his own &C.
count and by his careful and far seeing manage
ment brought his house up to be the equal not only
of any business house in city, which is saying
much, but to rival any house of its kind in this
country.
with all this care and work Mr.. Hodges has
found time to cultivate his mind and has been
deep student of all important matters pertaining to
the welfare of his adopted city and native State
You find him in the old Know-Nothing days-when
of har
citizens-attempting to cast honest ballot against
the party then in power-in the front ranks of re-
form-and his speech at a mass meeting of the eit-
zens the first public speech he ever made, remains
a monument to his bravery well as his eloquenee.
Again when street railways were about to be in
troduced into our city, and Ubiquitous legislation
was being sought at Annapolis, you find his voice
raised against it. Later on when it was deemed to
the best interests of the working classes that our
street cars should run on Sundays that the poor
might avail themselves of the means of taking their
families to the parks you find Mr. Hodges earnestly
working in their interests.
Mr. Hodges was the author of the proposition
submitted to Congress in 1869 to establish depart
ment of commerce, which has lately been taken up
and urged by the Maritime Exchange of New York.
In January. 1873 he delivered a mastery address
on the currency question before the Shoe and
soner of Baltimore in 1877, when per cent. loan
was substituted for a per cent loan, thus saving
the city $4,000 per annum. He was an honorary
commissioner of his state at the Paris Exposition,
and a member of the Franco-American Congress,
which met in Paris in 1878, and his address on his
return before the Board of Trade in support re-
ciprocal treaty of commerce between the United
States and France was highly commended and re-
ported at length by the New York press. He was
Mayor of Baltimore from 1885 to 1887, and the best
testimonial that can be paid 10 him in that capacity
is found in the words Of political opponent, MI.
Enoch Pratt, one of the finance committee, who said
he saved more than 100000 to the city of Balt-
more by his wise vetoes, TO say nothing of the re-
trenchments he inauguarated.
I'm 1873 he was chosen director in the National
Union Bank of Maryland, aud know that there is
no member of that board whose opinion is more
respected than his; so l could go on and point out
many other things in his past life that emhenty fit
him to fill creditably the gubernatorial chair Dur
ing the term of next Governor the state must be
represented at the Worlds Fair to be held in Chi
cago-where the Governor will be brought into con-
tact with distinguished men from all parts of the
world and it will be necessary for him to have had
an experience such as Mr.. Hodges has had to prop
erly represent our people; besides laws must be for
mulated for carrying into effect the amendments 10
our state eonstitution-for this we want clear
headed man and one who has-made study Of i'm
portant legislation for Governor.
II have given you my views rather more at length
than had intended. but the subject is one l think
of great importance to our people, and feeling the
pride do in my State and city, do hope the DEM
ocratic party will make no mistake in selecting
their candidate for Governor on the 3Oth instant"
JOHN B. DIXON, ESQ.,, of Messrs. VIM t. Dixon u
Bro, and vice president of the Bank of Baltimore,
says:
The election of James Hodges to the Governorship
would confer an honor upon the state of Maryland,
and his appearance at the Worlds Fair, or IN any
representative capacity, would reflect credit upon
every citizen ofthe state and be source of pride to
us all.
He has great capacity for all the requirements of
the position and his strict integrity is conceded by
everybody He will worthily fill the office from
the standpoint of business, finance, and hospitality
and in endowments as an orator and in dignity be-
fitting the office he is second to no citizen of the
State.
NJ. WARNER HEwEs, Esq, Chairman Executive
Committee Board of Fire Underwriters: