The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-27


think and not to act until the time is aus
ricious Senator Germans Judgment is indeed
part Of tine nations fortune. 1t is very notice
able that the men who come here to see and
talk with Senator German are not stage pup
pets not political machines, which make set
Speeches but they all to he active car nesia
able, industrious and deep seekers after know
ledge concerning the many grave and wcighty
questions of the day throughout the various
sections of the country. Representative Citi-
zens of the South meet in Senator German ;
| room, also those of the North, East and West,
and they are accustomed to talk freely over
the situation each views II from TIT IT local
standpoints And this is true upon political as
| with reference to the grave economic questions
which are to come before the National lc2lsle-
| ture, or whicu are now pending. That MI
German is more than well Ncrst"i III the history
and the present state ni pubic affairs Is fhriH
inferabie from the variety oi public cOnIdenc"
III various quarters viii il lie las awihenrd
Unc who is moi an ey witness Of what Is gong
| on here, in This connect III, can but family
realize The gigantic ccuh1Inic sire: 9Th of this
man. taking that term III Its widest signIication
Mr.. German seems
THOROUGH MAsTER OF MEMS MINDS,
| aud al that high class vino constantly surround
| and continually seek hin at Saratoga, aud who
| seem to rcpost such deep confidence in his
| opinions. lfthe people "t Maryland could see
| all this, often think how strangely Hat would
| fal! the light-w of criticism from enemi' S
| who are cndeavorngt to saturate the public
| mind with their squnt-eyed suspicion, idiot
wonder and grinning scoru.
| "If Senator Germans traducers could be at
Saratoga and observe the heads of committees
| and other bodies from various sections of the
| country upon endless variety of business who
| seek for the opinions OF Maryiand's leader of
| the national Democracy upon the floor of the
| United States Senate. | think they would make
| IA convulSiIc effort to throw OF the bloated
prciudices of superannuated folly which
| presses down and stiles the breath of truth.
The malice of Senator Germans enemies has
| now dcgencrated into regular gradations, and
in view of his life as il is here exhibited, that
| ennity would, think, seem even to these enc
| mics insipid, Insignificant, sickIy, torpid and
| lethargic. 1t must, indeed, be an evil and
| jaundiced mind, an understanding not led by
| observation and sincere reflection, which does
| not realize that it is the first duty of every
| citizen to uphold the hands of those who are
| capable of educating. capable TO substitute II
| knowledge of business FORTS inexpt rience, and
| of advancing the peoples true interests, rather
| than promoting their blind propensities by
adapting the nations government to conditions
| Of time and place, or modifying it hy actual
| occurrences. neither Republican or Demo-
cratic this is science of politics Indispensable
| to the public good, and no matter how severely
he may be criticised and disciplined at home,
| in the view of the leading men of this country,
Senator German is regarded by Republicans as
| well as Democrats as
4 STRONG ADVOCATE OF EQUAL RIGHTS,
| when considered in relation 10 the wants and
conditions of the whole people. He is here
| viewed as u stern and uncompromising friend
of that universal justice which demands not
only the incest discrimination of principles,
but the most careful adjustment of interests.
Senator Gorman's standard of Democracy is d
system based upon common sense and strictly
| adapted to the wants and conditions of the
people under constitutional limitations.
at is u simple plain, economical, comprehen'
siye and Just science, which is the real Domo-
cracy that is for the good of the people, and II
is Senator Germans public position as SenatCi
| which has shown him capable of the high l e.
sponsibilities of the United States Senator that
attracts almost an ovation TO him at Saratoga
But if the releutness opposition of prejudice is
| 10 nave III tue COMING MARY ''i'
high prerogative of Judgment, it naturally viii
strike down quickly whatit cannot understand
and il will shortly become in the politics of the
State of Maryland an unenlightened power
which will burn with an unquenchahle inten
sity, and its spccule;ions must naturally anc
necessarily become malignant, and no asptra
tons and no excellence, no matter how elevat
ing or surpassing, can save even such popu
lar national leader rs Senator German from it:
jeaIousies. and antipathies.
The press maintain, may have very gooC
discretion in something and very odd humor'
in others, ana my only purpose i'll writing IS tt
show the estimate which the leaders of nation
a! public opinion entertain of one OF Mary
lands representatives Of the nation. want
the readers the IH.ericaa to know and see that
outside the perfect bear garden of politics
which in Maryla seems 10 p's:cSs Il carte
blanche to rob and murder character, Senator
German towers high amongst the men whom
the nation delights to honor.