The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-11-29
MIR. GORMAN PLANS WORK.


State Senator Arthur P. German,
lJr., whose reelection to the Senate
by an increased majority together
with the unusual plurality which
his county gave the Democratic
candidate for Governor, has estab-
lished him as the undisputed leader
in Howard county and one of the
. strong figures within the party
organization in the State, talked
Wednesday of the work before the
next Legislature and VIVA he hoped
to accomplish.
Many of Mr.. Germans friend ex.
pect him to be candidate for the
United States Senate two years
hence, by which time there will be
it is believed, law upon the statute
books providing for legalized pri-
mary at which the voters of the par
ty will indicate their choice for
Senator by direct vote, the prima-
ries being surrounded by all the
safeguards of a general election.
The Legislature of 1910 will elect
Senator Isidor Rayner's successor.
That Mr. Rayner will be candidate
for reelection is expected, but with
primary election law in force any
Democrat may submit his candidacy
to the people without being subject
ed to the heavy expense in the re-
cent unofficial Senatorial prima RES,
held under resolution of the State
conventi on.
Senator German is not talking
about anything so far in the future
as the next Senatorial fight, and de-
clines to commit himself one way or
the other, but his friends believe he
will be in the contest. It is also be.
lieved that Mr.. Joshua W. Miles,
who withdrew from the Senatorial
race last month, is apt to loom up
again as candidate next time, and
his friends expect him to have the
support of the Eastern Shore. Mr..
Rayner's friends are not worried
over these prospective candidates
and are confident he will serve
again.
Senator German will in all proba-
bility introduce the Corrupt Prae-
tices act at the approaching session
of the Legislature, by which the
Democratic party will carry out the
pledge in it's platform upon this sub
ject. Mr.. German presented Cor
rupt Practices act at the last session
of the last session of the Legislature
and fought hard for its passage. He
said recently that before drafting
another he would confer with Gov.
ernor-elect Crothers in order to oh.
tain his ideas upon the subject.
Judge Crothers, IN his speech OF
acceptance delivered at the Lyr ic
in Baltimore in August, declared in
favor of bill drawn along the lines
of the English act, and Mr.. German
will endeavor to fashion his bill sc
as to conform to the Governor-elect's
views.
"The chief thing" he said, in ga
corrupt practices act is that it shall
be sufficiently rigid and strict te
cure the evil of which we complain
It would be better to have no bill
at all than to have one with lot Of
loopholes through which the law
might be evaded and the violators
of it escape punishment. The Dem
ocratic party is pledged to prevent
the use of money at elections, anc
the bill passed should be SO drawn
as to put an effective and definite
stop to these methods. Otherwise
we had better leave it alone.
81 expect to introduce a corrupt
practices act, but before doing so
will confer with Governor-elec'
Crothers, so as to obtain the benef,
of his views on the subject. The
Democrats in the Legisture owe il
to their party to carry out faithfully
and fully every pledge made in GU
platform and during the ca mpalgn
That this will be done l have nc
doubt, and the principal thing WI
should strive to do is to bring abou'
harmony of action upon the part o
the party people,