The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-05-20
For the Democratic Advocate
Our Next Governor.

MEssRs. EDTroRs The election il Baltimore is
over The result of 1t demonstrates THAI The people
OF this State are determined 10 have IN control 81
its Affairs the Democratic party, which represents
large majority Of the best citizenship Of Maryland.
The work will not be complete until the state is
also reclaimed The problems 10 Be solved are
those affecting the welfare Of the people at points
which are deemed the buwarks Of free and eRiight-
ened government
The occasion is ripe for the solution Of these dii
culties and relief is possible only through the
agency of the party Of the people. The Democratic
hosts are massing, armed with determination
born Of the consciousness Of just and righteous
cause. that viii not be satisfied until confidence IS
once more placed in the party Of their choice ana
affection
But to accomplish this il Is necessary only 10
be constant and faithful in service and in agitation.
but also TO be cautious and discreet in the selection
of their standard bearer for Governor, whose mis-
sion it viii be, in conjunction with the incoming
officials of Baltimore, to give TO the whole people
an honest progressive and impartial administration
of public affairs.
The Democratic party has among its number
many whose qualifications are undoubted, but there
arises from this number one who, in s pre-emincnt
degree, challenges the admiration Of the ana
bears in unmistakabe signs upon his career public
private and business the stamp OF the man Of the
hour-the man fttest for the occasion-the man
around whom VIII rally with force and power
irresistible every element and interest Of the Dem
ocratic party from the plough boy. whose toll con
sttutes the foundation of industrial life TO the
who manages the largest and most complicated
concerns of commerce and trade.
That man is Edwin Wardeld, whose life, energy
talents and untiring zeal following the example Of
an ancestry for many generations, both maternal
vaneement of the material growth Of our noble
commonwealth. He has not only arisen from the
people, but has always been Of the people not only
in sympathy with their wants and their grievances
but active and fertile in suggesting and executing
the proper measures for their relief Born farmers
son. he is today the owner Of farm in his native
eounty-his home-the operation OF which receives
his personal attention The farmers trials and
struggles are known TO him, because he is one Of
them
By dint of perseverance indomitable win power
and unusual ability he has climbed step by step in
the confidence of his fellow man. until today he is
the head and mainstay Of institution which ia
the Of its business gets closer to the people
at points dearer and nearer TO them than any
ganization known 10 them.
His company enables members Of the families OF
deceased persons to keep in their own hands the
settlement OF estates thus saving money to widows
and orphans: it relieves persons, who have worked
years to save few thousand dollars from the dan
ger of losing it by going the bonds of friends il
has enabled thousands Of sons OF poor to
positions of trust and responsibility by furnishing
the requisite guaranty of their honesty aud faith
funess it has by its system Of inquiry and super
vision, prevented many young from going
wrong, thus saving disgrace, from breaking a
mothers heart or Saddenng fathers life; its hen
and services have been open TO ALL the staightfor-
ward manliness of the struggling lad commanding
as much respect and attention the requests of the
bankers son; il is in conception and activity an
institution founded upon the needs of the people;
receives its support from the people, and in its
operations, which now extend throughout the en-
tire country, there is not single connection, large
or small which is not in perfect accord with the
freest and ampest exercise of every right and priv
iege of American manhood. without the patron
age of the masses of the people its progress would
have been impossible. and its success is sure proof
of its being beneficial to the people
Such is the Fidelity and Deposit Company of
Maryland, of which Mr. Edwin Warield is the Pres
ident His whole life has been spent among you.
His career open to the free inspection Of all lie
invites it from the people Of the State whose suf
age he asks for the highest honor within their gift
If after full investi sation the Democratic purity
should choose him their standard bearer he viii
prove true to the trust reposed him; but if
another should be selected, he wi as has been his
inyariable custom and pleasure give TO the nolni-
nee his loyal and unstinted support
A NATIVE or CARROLL.