The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1904-01-15

to try to comply with its demands. Rims
popular i'll Hartford county. The people
are enlightened and intelligent and vii
without hesitation rally round any lead
er who will show the spirit of recognizing
their wishes. In the past 10 years the
machinery has undergone a complete
overhauling and new faces have naturally
taken the places of the Older ones, who
have been removed, either by choice OF
necessity.
among the Younger leaders, not only
of Hartford, but of the State of Maryland,
is State Senator Thomas H. Robinson,
who will be chairman of the Finance
Committee of the Senate. and therefore
the Democratic leader in the present ses-
sion of the Legislature. Mr.. Robinson is
yet a young man, scarcely past 40 years,
and is president of the Second National
Bank of Bel Air He served in the Senate
of 1892 and was re elected in 1902. He
is chairman of the State Central Commit
tee of the county and has as large and
lucrative a law practice as any suburban
lawyer of the State.
mir. Robinson owes his position i'll
life to his correct business methods, and
the last time he was nominated Tor the
State Senate the Office sought the man.
Candidates in Hartford are nominated by
the Crawford county system, and MIR.
Robinson never left his law office to solicit
single vote. The people of the county
who have shown such confidence in him
feel sure that he will truly represent their
wishes and desires when it comes to cast
ing ballot for United States Senator.
They realize that by virtue of his posi-
ton as floor leader, he will WELD an
amount of influence far more than his
personal vote, and the settlement of the
successor of Senator McComas lies large
" in the stand that he proposes to take.
| While he has not yet announced his posi-
| ton he has Z iven assurance to his friends
that the sentiment of his constituency, rs
he measures the same, will govern his
official action. He realizes that a vote
| for United States Senator should be cast
not in q personal but in Il representative
| capacity, and he may feel sure that he is
fulfilling the requirements of his public
| position when he carries out the lines
marked by the pronounced public opinion
of the voters who elevated him to his
present high position.
"Of the members of the House of Dele
gates three have announced themselves
in favor of MIR. Rayncr. OF the three
Messrs. George William McComas, of the
| first district, and Thomas Hitchcock, Of
| the fourth district, declared their inter-
lions before the election. 1t is under
stood that the first assurance received by
Mr. Rayner from any Democratic county
candidate in the State was from Mr..
| Hitchcock.
"Mr. Carroll has since the election an
nounccd his intention to vote for Mr..
Rayner, as he believes it would be the
most satisfactory ballot he could cast
when he considers the wishes of his con-
stituency.
The fourth member, Mr.. c. 4. Andrew,
has not yet made public his intentions,
| but, as he led the ticket at the November
election, he may be relied upon to vote in
accordance with the wishes of his people.
Their testimonial to him was too f1atter-
ing and sincere to admit of any other
stand.
Back of this review of the situation
stands a monster petition that represents
opinion from every possible shade OF lite
AS matter of course the circulation OF
petitions was not so general as it might
have been, owing in large measure to
physical conditions The list is enough.
however, to give substantial color to the
assertion that Hartford is solidly for lsidor
Rayner.
The monster demonstration of Mont
gomery county set the people of the State
to thinking, and another surprise IS IN
store when the names of the signers from
Hartford are read. In the list will be
found the name of almost every party
worker in the county.
1T will make interesting reading for
the regular State organization, and Hon.
Murray Vandiver, chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee, will find
that the names are not unfamiliar, mas
much as many of them are those OF his
staunchest friends. One of his strong
holds of recent years, when efforts were
made to disposscss him from his present
position, was the fact that he always had
his county back of him with a loyalty
that could not be questioned.
in return for this the people are asking
that he now he as true to their wishes as
thev were to him. 1t cannot be doubted
that Mr.. Vandiver has long before
this realized the situationin Hartford, and
while he is not yet in a position to make
his attitude publicly definable, yet hecan,
not ignore the wishes Of his constituency.
At least this has been his past record, and
there certainly can be no reason to expect
a change, for his friendship for his people,
has never been questioned.