The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-12-16
Mr. German and the Garylaud
 Senatorship.


 Baltimore Sun.
 1t is apparent to every candid and uii- prejudiced person who reads the reports from the various counties of Maryland on the Senatorship contest. and who comes into contact with the people of Baltimore. that Hon. Isidor Rayner is the choice of the majority of Democratic voters Tor United Sttaes Senator. The people who elected the Democratic members of the the United States Senate. If the wishes of these people are thwarted. if their rtRhts are ignored by the politicians. If no respect Is manifested for the overwhelm- ing public sentiment which demands the election of Mir. Rayner. the Democratic Party in Maryland will again be disrupt cd. The results of past elections have de- nionstrated that when the party managers arrogantly ignored public opinion the party was ignominiously defeated at the polls. Surely the. party managers should have learned by bitter experience In the last few years that 1t Is not safe to ignore the wishes of the people on any issue in unn1istakable clearness and decisiveness.
 The request which the Democratic pub lie of Maryland now submits to the pow CTS that be. is the election to the senato- qualified for that position. Will the party managers heed the public demand? Not to do so means defeat in the future for county commissioners, sheriffs county
 
 other good and loyal Democrats who may be nominated for office. Their defeat will be directly attributable to the fact that the managers of the party would not give the people of Maryland the man whom they wanted to share the Stae's repre- sentation in the National Senate. For the good of the party as whole, and for the good of the various county oficials and Democrats who may be candidates In the future, many of whom are per- sonally known to Mr. German. it is SiIt- cerely trusted that he will not permit the voice of the people to be silenced. sena- tor German owes much to the people. He will never again have Q better opportun- ity for recognising the obligations under which they have placed him. The best way in which he can prove his apprecia- tion of their support in the past is to heed their wishes in respect to Mr. Rayner' 6 election to the Senate and to see to 1t, so far as his commanding influence is concerned, that the Senatorship is be- slowed upon the peoples choice.
 The chief reason why the Democratic Party has of late been regaining its strength in this State Is the recognition by the managers of the fact that they l the Democratic Party of Maryland Is the party of the great mass of the plain peo- ple--the thinking people who work and vote for what they believe to be honest managers of the party must realize that l 1t would be political suicide to obstruct or defeat the wishes of the overwheiming l majority of Democratic voters. If they
 wise policy they would do so in full know | ledge of the disastrous consequences | which would follow. The attempt to turn down MT. Rayner will arouse the resent l ment of the rank and file of the party and will disgust the independent voter. | In the last few years the Independents have been returning to the Democratic l Party because they saw disposition on k1A ~f A~
 merit in the ranks of loyal Democrats. | If distinguished merit on the part of the most popular and the best qualified can- | didato is not recognised in the contest for | the United States 6enatorship. the Inde-
 pendents will be driven out of the party. | This is a consideration to which no sa- gacious party leader who sincerely de-
 sires Democratic success in the future l can CiRord to be indifferent.
 On f Ee of a Presidential contest the | efforts 1.-the Democratic managers In | MaryIs 4Yshould be devoted to harmoniz-
 ing an -Yniting all those elements which state. It.lh a national election so near at
 hand. Ino one can afford to blunder, Abovafal no one can afford to run coun- l ter to public opinion. For the party man. apparent to every observant and candid ] Democrat would grievously impair the Party's chances for victory in the Pres idential election of 1904. For if they | should De lndlmerent 70 the populdE ue- mand for Mir. Rayner's election and should exercise their influence in defiance of public sentiment as regards the Sena- I torship. the people would be driven to ! the conclusion that not the Democratic masses. but, unseen influences. dictate the choice of public servants and the action of the Legislature on measures oe the highest importance. No political party | which is thus controlled and manipulated
 by a powerful cabal, no party which is 1 guilty of contemptuous indifference to | the sentiment of the masses of it's voters, | can retain it's hold on the public. This truth has been demonstrated and empha- sized repeatedly in Maryland politics in the last few years. Surely the Demo- cratic managers should not desire anoth- | CT bitter experience, in the light of past disasters, to convince them that the peo- | pie will not yield submlssively when their
 rights are denied and their wishes arc | ignored with sco~n and contempt.
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