Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-11-23
WELLINGTON WANTS TO BE
SENATOR BADLY.

WELLINGTON WANTS TO BE
SENATOR BADLY.
THE leader of the Republi-
can party of Maryland has no
regard for State laws when
they stand in the way of his
ambition. and he now proposes
to ruthlessly destroy the law
which is in his way to a seat in
the United States Senate. The
statute providing for the cleo
ton of one OF Maryland's Sen
ators from the Eastern Shore
has stood for many years, and
the Democracy has respected
and honored it when they were
even more strongly entrenched
in power than are the Repub-
leans; but Wellington $ motto
is :.'gf there" and the man
ner of getting thereto don't
matter how" MIR. Yelling
ton. it is true, has lead his
party to great victory under
the banner OF "Reform - but
it is now apparent to the peo-
pie that the real object was
''spoils." We told our readers
something about the boss OF
Allegany county during the
campaign and we predicted
that he would set himself up as
a boss If he was successful in
conducting the campaign. He
has commenced sooner than
was anticipated With a blare
OF trumpets he announces him.
self a candidate for an office
which the statutes say shall be
filed by an Eastern Shoreman;
disregarding without the least
conjunction the aspiration OF
those eminently qualified mem
bers of his party who live
within the territory from which
the law says the Senator shall
reside. That the Republican
party of the Eastern Shore has
just as capable men in it as
Mr.. Wellington, everybody
knows, and Mr.. Wellington
himself probably knows, but
the chance OF a life time is not
going to be thrown away by a
''boss"-not much-and so he
rushes in the arena in violation
of all rules and customs. and
proclaims himself the man
suited to wear the mantle which
belongs to an Eastern Shore
man. Every true Eastern
Shoreman, Democrat or Re-
publican, wishes that he may
fail and that the Republican
Legislature, il it should have
the power, will allow the East
ern Shore law to stand.
On Monday Mr.. Wellington
made the sensational announ-
cement that Senator German,
and General Agnus OF the
Baltimore 4me17faR were OBJ.
posing his election. General
Agnus, he claimed wanted the
place himself. The american
says Of this statement:
"We have not the remotest
knowledge of Senator Cor
mans views or purposes in the
matter, but any intimation that
he has directly or indirectly,
or that he could directly or in
directly, use this paper in such
a manner, or that this paper
voluntarily makes such use of
its columns, is a positive and
explicit falsehood. The state.
ment that the hostility OF the
AMERICAN is caused by the fact
that General Agnus wants the
place himself is a pure inven-
ton of Mr.. Wellington's over
charged imagination. General
Agnus has no expectation of
being elected senator, and the
only hostility the AMERICAN
has shown 10 Mr.. Wellington
was a fair and moderate pro-
, test against his brazen attempt
to ride over the law and Gus
tom of a century to the jeop-
ardy of the party. Indeed,
whenever Mr.. Wellington's
name was mentioned in these
columns it was in terms of praise.
The browning declaration,
that "ihe AMERICAN has been
Germans organ for some
years." hardly needs the dig
nifty OF a denial, except that it
may be said that, if possible,
it is ialser than the other
things Mr.. Wellington groups
in this malicious paragraph.
Mr.. Wellington goes on to
say that he will win, that he
will not withdraw in favor of
any one-not even Mr.. James
A. Gary, who for thirty years