The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1902-09-05
Democratic Ticket.
For Congressional Congressional District
7. FREDERICK c. TALBOT,
of Baltimore County.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

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of Baltimore County.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.
The work of the Congressional
Convention has been finished and the
result of its labors is now before the
voters of the district for ratification
or rejection. The fight was of a
spirited nature from start to fms h
and it is to be hoped that the Demo-
Gratis will now bury past differences
and Join heartily in the work ofelect-
ing the ticket. 1t can be truthfuHy
said that Mr.. Talbot was not the
personal choice of many of us and as
long as he was a candidate in the
primary we opposed him in as sincere
a manner as was possible, but recog-
nizing the well-known underlying
principles of the Democratic party,
that the majority must control, we
gracefully bow to the inevitable and
accept him as our standard bearer in
the coming campaign. Not having
made any personal attacks previous
to the convention, we now have no
apologies to make and are prepared
to accept the outcome with perfect
good grace.
Mr.. Talbot has long record in
Congress where he has served for
four terms and we unhesitatingly
say that he has done as much for his
constituents as any man from our
district who has ever graced the halls
of the House of Representatives. The
wishes of his constituents, no matter
how trivial, have always received his
careful attention and there has never
vet been time when it could be said
that he was not at his post of duty.
His record in national matters, es-
pecially his service on the Navy Com
mittee has been ola marked charac-
ter. The foundation of the magnif-
cent navy, that has been built and is
now constantly being added to, had
its inception from the Committee,
while he was member. Mr.. Tai
bolts Democracy has always been
unquestioned and should be reelected
this fall and the House have a Demo-
cratic majority, he would doubtless
receive fitting recognition by ap-
pointment to important committees,
which will largely shape the destinies
of the Democratic party for the next
two years.
In the primary sense, the voters
this fall will be called upon to sup
port principles and not men. The
Identification ofthe candidates. more
or less obscured and he is simply a
representative ofthe party that holds
forth certain ideas as to the proper
form of Government. A vote cast on
the fourth day ofnext November does
not necessarily mean either for Mr..
Talbot or Mr.. Page, but for the
Democratic party or the Republican
party. However, if our friends on
the other side wish to make a per-
sonal comparison we feel quite sure
that our candidate will not be worst
ed when put alongside of the Repub-
lican nominee One is a man who
has had years ofexperience in national
affairs, while the other is fresh from
the different small positions that he
has held in Washington. We do not
mean to reflect upon the youthfulness
of Mr.. Page because we believe that
young men should be encouraged to
take part in politics, but when it
comes to an important position like
Congressman, it is we'll to select the
most experienced material. The
laudable ambition of Mr.. Talbot to
round his career in public life with
one more term in Congress is one
that the voters of the Second Con-
gressional District should be willing
to concede. Two years from now a
different phase of affairs will be pre-
sented and the field will be open to
the many aspirants who were unsuc-
cesstul this time.
AN APOLOGY FOR THE PRESIDENT.
"This is the first time in the history
of a political campaign when a Cam
paign Committee in publishing it's
Campaign Textbook found it neces-
sary to apologize for the language
of the President of the United States
in his message to Congress" said
Charles A. Edwards, Secretary ofthe
Democratic Congressional Commit
tee.
"This has been done by the Re-
publicans in their Campaign Book
concerning the language used by
President Roosevelt in his message
to Congress last December where he