The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-05-17
TRUE DEMOCRACY.

1NCE DEMOINAC
In an interview some days ago in
which Congressman Talbot was
asked whether he is a candidate for
election to the United States Senate
next winter, he said:
81 am an aspirant for the Senate,
and l don't hesitate to say SO. 1t is
an ambition of which no man need
be ashamed. | want to say this
about my candidacy, and want to
say it in a way that will not be mis-
understood or mistaken.
"My Senatorial candidacy is sec
ondary with me to the success of the
Democratic party. l would rather
have the Democratic party successful
than go to the Senate, and do not
propose to have the party handicap
ped or embarrassed by my candi-
dacy. l am not going to stump the
State or make myself an issue in the
campaign. After the Legislature is
elected, if the Democrats have ma
jority, l shall take my chances with
the rest. If my friends can elect me,
l will be glad of it. If they can't,
and the people want some one else,
why, that's all right, too. l won't
be aggrieved and l will be just as
good Democrat as if l had gotten
the place. l won't sulk, and the
man who wins will have my sup
port"
1t will be sometime before the Leg
islature of Maryland is called upon
to elect United States Senator, and
in the meantime other important
State Offices are to be filled. But we
should at all times pause long enough
to listen to the position of aspirants
for future Office, and for this reason
we can we'll afford to consider Mr..
Talbott's statement. For the pur-
pose of illustration alone and with
no idea of expressing an opinion as
to the wisdom of his candidacy, we
do not hesitate to say that he lays
down for himself the fundamental
principles which should guide every
prospective candidate for office.
They are two-fold: (a) not to en-.
tangle one election with another,
and (b) not to allow ones Democ.
racy to last only as long as one is
called to fill a coveted office.
Both of these troubles are not un.
known to the Democracy of Hartford
In fact right now in our local cam.
paign there are those who would ride
into power because of their defiant
irregularity in the past and their
promises of future revenge if nomi.
mated and elected. We respectfully
submit that such action is directly
counter to all the principles of good
government, where the first cardinal
doctrine is that the will of the ma
jority shall prevail, and that such
action is doubly reprehensible in
Hartford, where under the Crawford
county system, in primaries con.
Quoted under the protection ofstatute
law, each mans vote counts equal to
his neighbours. Such a position is
conceived in lust for office, born in
selfshness and nurtured in corrupt
trades and bargains. With a knife
in one hand for those who dare to
oppose and purse in the other for
those who are in the market to sell,
such a man lacks the essential
clements of good citizenship and he
Is not safe to trust with the RESPONSE
bilities of office.
In like manner, when from the ma
ture of the case only few Offices will
not 60 around among many aspi-
rants, those who are not nominated
should give the same support to the
ticket which they now unquestion-
ably expect to receive if nominated
themselves.
Let the Democrats of Hartford then
unite to nominate in June the best
men available, and let all who help
to nominate also help to elect in
November.
Probably all the candidates are be-
fore the people, and during the COM
ing month they should become so
well known to electors that each
can easily decide for himself how to
make out his primary election ticket.