Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-01-02
OUT FOR SENATOR a)RNAN.
The Cincinnati enquirer" .Ur-
ges His Candidacy For
President.

| Democrats candidates have come and
gone, and some Of them are still moving
| up and down in the public balance; but
/ in all the mutations of speculation and
| discussion the Democratic eye of the
/ country is never more than momentarily
| averted from one of the strongest CEN
/ trail figures of the politics of the times
| His name is Arthur p German, and
| his State Maryland; but he has been
| too long a masterful man of affairs, with
long and sturdy record that is subject
to only captious attack, that he belongs
10 the Union rather than to State; His
| achievements, both as a party man and
Trainer of politics, and as an active, COM
| handing factor in the practical affairs of
| the Government, have made him ma
tional man. He is not only an enduring
star in the Democratic armament but he
has the respect and even the admiration
of all fair Republicans he has come IN
| contact with through his public life, or
| through his uIiassuming but charming
| personal qualities. His unremlttlng de-
| yotion to his party tenets and obligations
has not kept him from meeting broad
| men on the other side on high planes
where party fealty must hang loosely on
| the shoulders of the true statesman.
| Mr.. German is safe man. Not mere
| ly one who would undertake to give Sc
/ curity to the country through policy OF
| timidity, inertness or overcaution, but
| one who would be aggressive and
| steady for rational improvement and ever
| hostile 10 sensationalism land risk he
| is the ideal of those Original Democrats
| who have survived many storms OF fad
ism" and heresy, and who are still de-
| voted to the prime principle of simplici-
ty in government He does not believe
| in going further in government than the
| purposes of which government was in
| stituted among men. He is q well-bal-
/ anced man, with clear understanding
| of the relations of the various conditions
i of the community. He knows how to
/ foster each interest without Gripping or
| destroying any other; or, at least, he
comes as near to such high philosophic
| and judicial quality as is possible In the
| ordinary human comprehension. he
/ would be a safe man for all. lie would
| conserve the interests OF the manufac-
turer as we'll as the interests of those who
| sell the manufacturer products. and he
i would be equally keen and alert in con
/ sidering the rights and necessities of the
| great body of consumers. He would not
| be the candidate or the President of a
/ single idea" He would not be the
| leaqer of movement to break down one
section of the people to crafty the
| vengeful spirit of another section. Had
/ he the power he would not burn custom
| houses to oblige the radical free traders,
! nor would he permit the revenue instru-
i mentality of the Constitution to create
| monopoies and construct headlines be-
tween the rich and the poor.
MIR German is the ideal Senator. In
his conception and performance no man
| runs closer along the lines of what the
| wise fathers intended. He stood like a
| rock-able, courages, diplomatic and
| strategic-against the Force bill, and
| there is no one living to whom the coun-
try owes more for rescuing it from re-
| turn to colonial system under GEN.
| tralized autocratic and aristocratic pow
/ er. He is the champion to whom the
/ Democrats of the United States, who still
know why thew are Democrats, are be-
| holden for keeping alive that bedrock
| principle which must be newly embraced
| ny the party if it is ever to be successful
| at another election. He carries aloft by
| day and makes the beacon by night that
marks the rallying point for opposition
i to extravaganza and grasping OF power
| by a party that has come to look upon
| the States in their relations to the Union
as puny provincial establishments. The
/ course of Mr.. German against force leg
| islation has been justified by time, and
| even by the testimony of his opponents.
| He was on ground that every honest
man could stand on. If he had been
i torpid ever since, that one great achieve
ment would entitle him to the Demo
cratic acclaim whenever he chose to ap-
pear asking for an office or submissive
| to the common WILL
Mr.. German has been an active partici-
| pant in the real affairs of the Govern
| ment. He has by common consent been
accorded the post of leadership on the
| Democratic side for many years, and has
been gladly recognized by the Republi-
cans Of one whose wisdom and patriotism
could not be spared from their councils
| affecting the general welfare. He has
been too much devoted to the central
idea of Democracy to be switched from
the main purpose by passing party action
that may not have met with his full APP
proval. He is neither q sycophant, a
| bolter nor straddler. He has wonder
ful recuperation. He was out OF the
Senate for four years, but at moment
when the party struggle was the hercest
in Maryland he was triumphantly return
ed and Immediately resumed his leading
position as legislator and party direc-
tor, welcomed warmly by the best men
on both sides of the ch .mber. He has
been in the inner councils of his party
| when the Democrats have been at their
best; and the worst disasters have been
when he has not been invited TO partici-
pate in the enunciation of principles and
the strategies of campaign.
He is equal in personal strength to any
man-and perhaps he is the strongest-in
those States which the Democrats must
carry. to achieve the Presidency in 1904.
| He has redeemed his own State, and in
/ New York, the "storm center" Of our
| quadrennial battles, he stands as high in
| the affections of the leaders and the rank
and file as any of her distinguished sons.
The field is open. The Enquirer COM
| mends those Democrats who are already
accoutred for the fray under the direction
| of the Democratic National Convention.
| That body Is to lay down the law and
name the man. German is not the only
/ person for its consideration, but he is at
| least one of those whose nomination
| would not be a mistake.
500 Reward 500