The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-11-29
No New Boss Wanted Here.

The Baltimore american of the 2I)th
inst. says editorially under the above
heading:
There appeared in the last edition of
the Evening NeUs yesterday al inter
view with COngr, ssnlan George l..
Well gton. In it were illusions to
this laprr and Its editor. and the state
msnts We're so extraordinary we could
not believe that a sane pc rsOn could
have uttered them. They were ilnpor-
tant because they Were attributed to
member of Congress and the chairman
of the Republican State Central Com
mittee, and note was sent To him
asking if he had been correctly report
ed. His reply, in connection with the
interview itself, compels some plain
language. We quote the following
paragraph from The interview:
THE truth of the whole matter is
Senator German does not want HE IN
the Senate, and is using all the means
in his power to defeat me. All tie
German Democrats are against ne III
the contest, and the German Republic
cans are following their lead, as they
have done before The hostility Of Tie
american is caused by the fact that
General Anus wants the pl ,ce him.
self, but knows he cannot get vote III
the whole membership OF The General
, Assembly, and, knowing that he cali
not get it, he desires to aid his friend,
Senator German, in his scheme to de-
feat lie. The american has been Cor
mans organ for some years."
We lave not the remotest knowledge
of Senator Gorman's views or purposes
in the matter, but any intimation that
he has directly or indirectly or that he
could directly or indirectly, use this
paper in such manner, or that this
paper voluntarily makes such use of
its columns, is a positive and explicit
falsehOod. The statement that "the
hostility of the american is caused by
the fact that General Agnus wants the
place himself" is pure invention of
Mr.. Wellington's overcharged inagi-
nation. General Agnus has no ex-
pectation of being elected Senator, and
the only hostility the american has
shown to Mr.. Wellington was fair
and moderate protest against his bra
zen attempt to ride over The law and
custom of Il century to the jeopardy of
the party. Indeed, whenever MIR.
Welington's name was mentioned in
these columns it was in terms of praise.
The browning declaration, that 1.-The
american has been Gorman's organ
for some years." hardly needs the dig
nifty of "a denial, except that ii may be
said that, If possible, it Is falser than
the other things Mr.. Wellington groups
in his malicious paragraph.
Mr.. Wellington goes on to say that
he will WINS that he will not with
draw in favor of any one-not even
MIR. James A. GARY, who for thirty
years has stood..at the front fighting
the party's battles-and finally: 81
have enough votes already pledged tC
secure my election" We do not be.
lleve this any more than we believe
what he said about the american.
Since the statement of the case in
these columns the Influential Repub-
Leans in all parts OF the State have
come to the conclusion that the elec.
ton of Mr.. Wellington would be Il
| grievous error, a surrender of the party
advantage and the sure loss of the
Seuatorship in 1898. The weekly pa
pers of the counties are full of editor
ials on "Boss Wellington" ana
"Would be Boss Wellington" One of
the members-elect of Mr.. Wellington's
own county-Aliegany-came to this
office and said the people Of that coun-
" did not want Mr. Wellington elect
ed Senator, but that they expected him
to serve out the term of Representative
To which he had been elected. These
are a few facts of the many which
! make it quite certain that Mr.. We'll
l,ngton's untimely ambition will not
be realized.
We desire to add one more word for
the information of the Republicans of
the State. 10 Mr.. Wellington has
been given nearly all the credit by
many for the recent victory. He I'M
doubleday did energetic and valuable
service, but most of the real effective
work was done by others-by dozen
men who labored untiriugly for the
public good. He came to Baltimore to
find all the newspapers, all the forces
of reform, all the gathered efforts Of
years united in the movement for good
government, aud for him to think thai
he achieved all the results is unjust tt
the strongest factors of the work
More than this, his attempt to cree
upon the success of all these men
bossism to elevate himself to the Uni
ted States Senate shows that his judg
ment is in immediate need of retire
ment and repair