The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-03-16
MARYLAND DAY.

L
which will be observed in all the pub
lie schools of the county on Friday,
March %, meets with the cordial
approval of every true Marylander.
For years past, there has been
lack of education in our county
schools concerning the deeds Of dar-
ing that have made the residents OF
this State prominent ever since the
days of colonization. While other
commonwealth have shown greater
progressiveness, our heroes are many
times forgotten, due largely to a lack
of proper teaching in the public
schools. This, of course, had to be a
concerted action, and it was emf
nently proper that a law should be
passed authorizing the Governor to
designate some special day, when
Maryland's history should be espe-
cially set forth, both in prose and
song. The Legislature wisely chose
a day as near the 25th of March as
possible, for it is important that we
should particularly remember the
landing of the Pilgrims at St. Mary's
City on that day.
The time to instill patriotism is
when the mind is young and easily
impressed. Therefore, those who
have charge of our children should
bring to their minds in vivid and
lasting manner the part that Mary
land has played in the history of the
United States. They should be
taught that it is a special honor to
be termed a Marylander, and the
time will come when in distant cities
or foreign countries, they will be
proud to claim Maryland as the
place of their nativity, no matter
how gorgeous or magnificent their
then present environments.
The only person who ever repudi-
ated her proud name has either done
something to be ashamed of or else
lacks the proper early training. AS
in the olden times, it was greater to
be a Roman than a king, so our
children should today feel that it is
their especial duty to keep clean and
unsullied the reputation of every son
and daughter of the State, and that
an equal boast may be made by her
children.
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR
PRESIDENT.
In a recent speech before the Lotus
Club, Colonel Harvey, editor of
Harper's Weekly, mentioned the
name of Woodrow Wilson in connec-
ton with the Democratic nomination
for President. The action was not
ill-timed, and the prominence thus
given the movement, if it may so be
termed, merits the serious considera-
tion that has since been given it.
In less than two years, a conven-
ton of the Democratic party will be
seeking leader to guide our forces
in the Presidential campaign of.
1908. 1t is therefore timely to be
casting about for a man who pos
sesses the necessary qualifications,
and at the same time sufficiently has
the confidence of the voters to inhu-
ence the result.
The Kgis stands for conservatism
in all matters, and more especially
does it urge the party not to depart
from the principles that have for SO
many years withstood the rise, -four
ish, fall and decay of numerous oppo-
sitions. There have been periods in
the life of the Democratic party when
it has chased fads and isms, each of
which brought an overwhelming de-
feat, while our successes have al
ways been won by upholding the
teachings of Thomas Jefferson, the
father of our party.
Modern conditions have required
minor departures, but SO long as we
have maintained the general doc
trine, success has generally crowned
our efforts.
There are two opposing elements
in the Democratic party today; one
under the leadership of William R.
Hearst, who stands as little for the
original principles of Democracy as
the doctrines of Confucius, and the
other is conservatism on the plat
form of "the greatest good for the
greatest number"-however, not so
ultra represented by Judge Parker.
This is Jeffersonian Democracy,
and after chasing so many rainbows,
it would indeed seem safe and sane"
to come back to our starting place
under the guidance of Woodrow Will
son, a Virginian by birth, loyal to
every principle of Democracy of the
old stock. 1t is more than a coinci-
dence that Thomas Jefferson, the
president of the University of Vir-
ginia, should in the succeeding CEN
fury have his principles again made
the guiding star under the leader
ship of a son of his own state, who
is likewise the president of a univer-
sity.
There seems to be connection be-
tween our presidents and our univer-
sites anyway. Jefferson and Adams
were both at the head of institutions
of learning; Garfield at one time held