The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-07-11
gn1itica1 9ntices.
THE CRAWFORD COUNTY SYSTEM

TOwSON, Md, JUL 9th, 1913.
To the Editors Of The Baltimore OantQ Union
Now that it is settled fact tina, the County
Executive Committee of the Democratic party
will meet on Tuesday next for tie purpose! OF
fixing the date for the primaries and also Tor
arranging the mode of making the nominations,
may be allowed space in your PAPER as to how,
in my opinion, for the party's gOod the nominal
tions should be made. The Crawford county
plan has been talked about very much and Pc
lieve that eight out of every ten voters OIL me
Democratic party desire that system adopted.
There ere many reasons why this is SO. Among
others
1. Because it gives the voter the rightto vote
for the man of his choice for each position TO DE
filled. AS it is under the present delega1e ana
is not obliged to support some one he Goes not
desire to vote for in order to support some one
who wishes to be nominated. .r
2. tits also the true realization of the Demo
cratic doctrine that 1.-The people, ard 1.-THE
majority of the people" shall govern. uider the
Crawford county system there is hardly voter
who will not find that some one he has pted Tor
is successful candidate. This gives tie voter
a personal interest in the ticket, for it (the
ficket1 becomes a thing of his own creation.
g. The ticket nominated under the Crawford
county system is truly ticket nominated 'by
the people," and there can be no sucL cry as
"boss rule and no man can be nominlted for
any office other than that he announcesh himself
a candidate for. Under the present delegate
in and before the convention, (already you can
hear trades and offers of trades made upon the
streets of this town. and thus ne PGptte, have
Under the present system often gentlemen have
been thus nominated for offices for w1ich they
had never announced themselves and for Uhtch
they had neger recei0ed single cote in the county.
4. Under the Crawford county system there
can be no just complaint after the ticket is
chosen, as often happens now, for the men nom
mated for the different offices will be the choice
of the majority of the Democratic voters of the
county for the different offices to be filed.
5. Under this system Baltimore city elected
Democratic Mayor and a majority of the City
Council. Who believes that such would have
been the result under the old system While
Baltimore county is Democratic county 81 Is
" talked that under the old system the selection
| Of Sheriff. Treasurer, Clerk of the Court the
| County Commissioners and State Senator haze
| been chosen before delegates to the county con-
| venton have been made Whether this be true
| or not makes no difference. If they should be
nominated no matter how fairly, the result will
| be felt at the election.
| g. The Executive Committee were themselves
elected by the direct cote Of the people, They and
| they alone have the power of naming the mode
| or manner of naming the ticket, and it is up to
| them to allow the people, from whom they de-
rive their authortX,-t 70 select tA q
State ticket U. S. Senator and whole county
| ticket with the exception of one Commissioner
| and the Register of Wills. Baltimore countvss
| vote gave us the Governor and Comptroller 1t
gave us Mr.. German in the Senate and the State
Treasurer and Board of Public Works. Give us
the Crawford county system, thus letting the
rank and file of the party make their own ticket,
and good Democratic majority is assured.
Why should it be otherwise, for surely no man
who is a candidate is afraid of the action of the
people he desires to represent
JOHN GRASON
Candidate for States Attorney.
July 11.-1t