The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-27
JOHN WALTER SMITH THE
LOGICAL SENATORIAL
CANDIDATE.

didacy of any other person.
Governor Smiths right to be seri.
ously considered for that exalted office
rests upon a record for distinguished
public services which may justly chal.
lenge the applause Of every patriotic
citizen.
From his earliest manhood he has
manifested a civic pride, a laudable in.
terest in public affairs and a jealous
so1icitude for the welfare of the com
monwealth which have combined on
all occasions to concentrate popular
attention upon him as a mar peculiarly
equipped by temperament for official
responsibility.
His three terms in the State Senate
and his Presidency Of that body were
marked by a singular devotion to his
duties as a legislator. As a partici-
pant in the law-making body of cur
state government he was always en-
lightened, broad minded, loyal to his
friends and faithful to his constituents.
Many of the most beneficent laws now
upon our statute books testify to his
intelligent comprehension of the public
needs in Maryland. Of these the free
public school book bill, Of which he
was the author, is sufficient to Illus
tfate his Jealous regard for the welfare
Of the people.
OF his ten years in the Senate it
may be fairly said that his career was
such as t o re fleet eminent credit not
only upon himself and his immediate
constituents, but upon the whole state.
His masterful campaign for Congress
in 1898 and his triumphal election in
the face Of great obstacles stamped
him as one of the most %resourceful
leaders ever produced by the state of
Maryland, and led, as a logical result,
to his unanimous nomination for the
Governorship.
And here We come 10 a consideration
Of the especial eason for the election
Of John Walter Smith to the United
States Senate by the Legislature which
is to assemble in January. These
eason are to be found in the splendid
four years record which Governor
Smith has made as the chief
magistrate OF Maryland.
The campaign Ct 1899 was by no
means a primrose path. On the con-
trary, it presented a battlefield to win
which evoked the elements of consum-
mate leadership. The state of Mary
land and city Of Baltimore were in
complete possession of the Republi-
cans. Lowndes bad been elected to
the G~overnorship by a majority of
nearly 10000. The independent Demo
Gratis were in apparent sympathy with
his administration, and the daily press
was either hostile or Indifferent. No
observant Marylander can ever forget
the campaign of that year, the intrep-
id fight which John Walter Smith
made against the political enemy, the
marvellous energy with which he visit
ed every county and town in the
state, his thorough canvass of the
wards in Baltimore, and his impassion-
ed appeals to the masses of the peo-
pie, many of whom had seemingly be-
come reconciled to the continuance of
Republican rule. Nor will any Mary
lander forget the glorious victory
which John Walter Smith achieved
against these adverse conditions, by
which he %vanquished his opponent by
a majority of over $4,000 and redeem
ed the state for the Democracy. Nor
will any intelligent citizen of the state
forget hat this glorious triumph was
due in a very large measure to the
splendid personality of Governor
Smith, personality which marks
him now as a fit man to represent
MARYLAND in the United States Senate.
Governor Smith not only redeemed
the state from Republican misrule, but
his administration has been such as to
perpetuate Democratic ascendancy in
this grand old commonwealth. Who
will deny that the election of Edwin
War6eld and of an overwhelming
Democratic majority in the Legisla-
ture was made practicable by the
skilful and patriotic management Of
public affairs by Governor Smith?
1t is true that Governor Smiths
administration has been a Democratic
administration from start to finish.
There is no denying that be is a Demo
crat of Dem crats. He Was always
in line to do battle for his party. He