The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-10-18
Governor warheld's Estimate of
Crothers.

Ten TO fifteen thousand persons attended
the great Democratic barbecue at Mount Car
mel, Baltimore county, Saturday and cheered
Governor Warfeld when he declared the
election Of Judge Crothers the dominant ques
ton of the campaign. Among other things
Governor Warfield said:
81 am sorry that we have not with US today
the man who will succeed me i'll few
months as Governor of Maryland. He is ly
ing on sick bed, but the people of Maryland
will give him even more votes than If he were
WE'LL Austin l.. Crothers will be elected. my
friends. and he will make you better Gov
ernor than l have been. know Crothers
well; | appointed him Judge, and lawyers and
laymen alike testify TO the ability, fairness and
impartiality with which he has discharged the
duties of that high office. A good judge will
make good Governor.
81 think it would be great calamity to the
people of the whole State to put into Office at
this time a Republican Governor. and |
pledge you my word that Austin l.. Crothers
will care for the welfare of the whole people
and will be the Governor of the whole people
as have tried 10 be. say to you now Judge
Crothers will be elected. In few months
he will succeed me, and he will make better
Governor than | have been. He is big.
splendid, able man and Democrat. He
made splendid Judge, and l believe the peo-
pie of this State are going to give him on No.
vember even more votes than if he were not
sick. He will be elected and he will justify
your confidence in him.
"Crothers was a farmers boy. He was ed
ucated in the public school and taught in
them, as | did. He stands highly in his cho
sen profession aud has rendered valuable ser
vice to the State aud party as a State Senator
from his county,"
The Governor paid tributes to DR.. Herring,
to Mr.. Straus and to Mr. Magruder, and urged
the election of the whole ticket as in the best
interests of the State. He urged that the f.
nancial condition of the State. the low State
tax rate, the splendid condition and econ
omical management of the public institutions,
the ceanness and ability with which the
State affairs are administered are all reasons
why the Democrats should be retained in
power and the Republicans kept out.
There is no reason why you should want
to make change" said the Governor, land
it would be exceedingly poor business policy
for you to do So" He spoke of the appoint
ments made by him i'll Baltimore county,
dwelling particularly upon Judge Burke and
Judge Duncan, and said word for every
candidate on the Baltimore county ticket.
''There has been," he said, some talk of
my not being an organization Democrat. |
regard the Democratic party as the organiza.
ton, and am believer in organization, but
my idea is that the organization is charged
with the duty of eecting Democratic cand
dates and not nominating them. | have diff
fered with some of our party leaders on mat
tiers Of party policy, but on party principles
do not differ with them, and | am with them
all the time for the election of Democratic
candidates.
"For the first time in your lives you will
have an opportunity of saying this fall whom
you want as your candidate for United State
Senator. Every one wa admi, that this reso
luton opens up a new era for the Democratic
party in this State. 1t means that the LrgS
lature will have time to attend to the people 5
business without dickering and dealing over
the United States Scholarships.
"Now | know how fond You are of Mr..
Talbot. Applause. There are others.
too, as candidates, who are good men. There
is Mr.. Miles, a brilliant man; MIR. Poe, the
author of the Poe amendment; General Seth
the President of the Stale Senate; ex-Gov.
John Walter Smith and your humble servant.
Now | would suggest that it might be good
thing for you to give Mr.. Talbot enough
votes to give him the delegation from your
county, and if he did not have enough
votes from other counties to make him Sena
tor. then let your delegation come to my idea
of voting as its second choice the man who
receives the most votes in the primaries.
These primaries of ours are going to be fair
and square and will express the will of the
people as to whom they want to represent
them iE the Senate, and | believe the party
will carry out the verdict.
"The Republicans are not bringing their
Senatorial candidates out in the open. They
do not care about trusting things to the ma
jority of the voters of their party, and the
reason for that is that very large proportion
of their voters are negroes. | believe IN white
supremacy and favor constitutional amend
ment that will disfranchise all the lazy.
worthless, loafng, nontaxpaying, vicious ne
groes in the State, but will not endanger the
vote of single white man or leave the ques
ton as to whether he shall or shall not vote
to designing politicians.
81 have no apologies 10 make as to my stand
against the Poe amendment | would do
what did over again if it were necessary.
Senator Biddison, standing there, will bear
witness that told the party people when they
came to me at Annapolis before the amend
ment was presented to get together on the
right kind of an amendment and | would
sign it, but that | would not sign the one
they proposed. gave them warning in
ample time to avoid a mistake, and now [
have no apologies to make. They cannot
impugn my Democracy. | have been a
Democrat for 80 years and | nave never voted
anything but the Democratic ticket.
Don't go away from here and say
you are going to vote against Warfeld for
Senator because he opposed the Poe
amendment. Remember that if you lake that
stand you could not support Senator White,
who also voted against and opposed the
amendment. and Senator Rayner, who also
opposed and voted against it. have been
the Governor of the whole people. | have
three more months to serve and in those three
months | will endeavor to mete out exact
justice in State affairs.
above all things, | appeal to you to elect
Austin l.. Crothers Governor of Maryland.
The election of a Democratic ticket is the
paramount question in this campaign, and |
tell you that it is to the interests of the white
N, a " and tho hi. ri, m.n the rich man and the