The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-11-21
Political Reflections.

the Baltimore Telegram says:
Neither the Mayoralty nor the
Governship is to he won without
a supreme effort, and an effort
made by a united Democracy in
Baltimore City and throug hout
the State. Every faction must be
lined up in solid column against
the enemy. There must be salts.
faction with the spring ticket,
backed up by enthusiastic endeav-
or, or else defeat will follow.
AS Baltimore City goes, SO goes
the State, and the trouble in the
party might as well be brought
right home to this great Democra
tic metropolis. Its house has
been divided against itself for
several years. 1t has been prop
ped up temporarily, and the props
have stood. but they have also
fallen when greatest faith was
placed in them. So it will not
do to try the propplng process
any longer. There must he a fair
deal all around before the game is
started, and this means that he
leaders must conduct honest ne
gotiatiOnS with each other, and
then take the people into thell
confidence. With all factions re
presented in "A conference of the
leaders, with fair play for each
aud all of the Democratic workers
in every part of the city. there
will be an awakening hereabouts.
Only a week or two ago | declar-
ed that the road to harmony, and
thus to victory, was so PLAIN, so
clear. the only wonder was the
leaders were not falling over them
selves to take it, and | still ad-
here to that proposition.
The same writer says:
Senator elect Arthur p. Cor
man is Just now occupying a con
Spicuous place in the public eye
10y virtue of the fact that March
next, he will again assume his
place in the upper house of Con
greSS, and also because of his
popularity among the rank and
file of the Democracy, as a proba-
BILE Presidential candidate in 1904.
Beyound the limits of his own
State the Senator has the I'M
bounded confidence of the Demo
cratic masses. Here in Maryland
he has had to face the iealousieS
of many rivals, both in and out of
his own party; has tasted the bit
terneSS of defeat and the fruit of
victory in the last five years. hav
ing continued his fight against
the enemy undaunted by the mis-,
takes and miStOrtuneS Of the Demo
cracy 1t is not to he presumed
that Mr.. German is laying any
definite plans toI the Presidential
nomination. for no man realizes so
we'll as he how futile such plans
are apt To he. The great and
glorltyiug honor he may he am
bilious to achieve is not one that
can be corralled by political ma
nipulation. 1t must come from
the people to the man they wish
10 lead them. and Just now there
is no man in sight better qualified
for this great effort than the Mary
lany statesman. He is rene nber
ed as the man who fought so va
liantly for the South against the
Force Bill, who was found in the
thickness of the fray when others
taltered during Bryan'S first cam
paign, who has the confidence of
the plain people, and as well the
tinancierS and so called captains
of industry" and who. by his con
Summate political skill would be
better able to harmonic the party
than any man looked upon as
possibility for the Presidency.
With Mr.. German as the DemOcra-
tic nominee. Maryland would give
5000 majority, and the State
would remain Democratic, per
haps, for all time to come.