Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1909-05-29
Mr.. STANFORD
is EMPHATIC
He Writes Boldly On The I'm
pending Judicial Contest
In This District.

Last Monday, the Cambridge Record
republished an article from the Phila-
delphia Record purporting to come from
Snow Hill, claiming that Hon. Joshua
Miles, of Somerset County, is antago-
nistic to Senator John Walter Smith in
any desires that he may have regarding
the coming judicial contest in the Demo-
cratic party. and that he will oppose
Hon. Robley ID. Jones for denomination
because of his dislike to Senator Smith.
1t is evident from the following letter
sent to the Cambridge Record in reply
to this article that Messrs. Miles and
Stanford are tired of being misrepre-
scented by irresponsible newspaper cor
respondents, and Mr.. Stanford, who
sends the letter and who has been
mentioned as a probable candidate for
judge, speaks in very emphatic terms
as to the attitude of Mr.. Miles and HIM
self toward Judge Jones. Mr.. Stan
ford's letter is as follows:
1
Princess Anne, Nd. May 25th, 1909.
To the Editor Of the Cambridge Record
Dear Sir In your issue of the Gath
inst, you published, under color of an
editorial, a purported despatch from
Snow Hill. Maryland, to the Philadel-
phia Record, headed "Distrust In Wor-
cester County," which undertakes to
say that my law partner. Mr.. Joshua
w. Miles, 'has candidate for Associate
Judgeship in the person of Henry l.. ID.
Stanford, whom he is pushing to the
fore with all the power at his COM
mand." In view of the use ofmy name,
as stated, in your columns, take the
liberty of requesting that you give
equal publicity to this communication.
especially as the public will understand.
is fully authorized and is not open to
suspicion as is the purported despatch
from Snow Hill, which never could have
been written or authorized by any re-
putable person in that town. or Wor-
cester County, and bears the ear-marks
of inspiration and construction else
where. II is somewhat surprising TO
me that you should think it worth re-
production, especially in your editorial
column. because on its face it indicates
an amazing assumption that the creduli-
ty of the public, or at least that part
of it which is interested in the Judicial
contest in this district. could be imposed
upon by the vagaries and misstatements
of the writer of the article in question,
designed, evidently. for effect upon the
judicial contest. 1t is sufficient, per-
haps, for me to say with reference to
the use of my name in said article, that
at the time of the questionable passage
by the Legislature of the act retiring
Judges Lloyd and Page. when it will be
remembered my name was mentioned
as probable candidate for Associate
Judge, took occasion to state publicly
in the press, that | was not candidate
either for Chief Judge or Associate
Judge. Since then | have had no oc-
casion to become a candidate and this
fact is well known to Mr.. Miles. my law
partner, who accordingly has made, and
is making no effort whatever to push
me to the fore as a candidate and
further | would state that on the con-
trary, HAVE MADE KNOWN TO
JUDGE JONES AND OTHERS THAT
| | WOULD NOT BE A CANDIDATE
AND THAT, IN MY OPINION. HE
WOULD HAVE NO OPPOSITION TO
HIS NOMINATION FROM SOMER-
SET COUNTY. would also state
with equal candor that long before
Judge Henry's appointment as Chief
Judge, had given my endorsement to
the candidacy of Mr.. John X. Pattison
for the Judgeship, at the expiration of
Judge Lloyd's tenure, and in this ex-
preston the full Bench of this Circuit,
as then constituted. and substantially
all the resident members of the Bar, in
the Circuit, outside of Dorchester Coun-
ty, appeared to fully agree, and it may
not be amiss to state. without disparage-
ment to other members of your ex-
cellent local Bar, that Mr.. Pattison was
then generally regarded as the logical
candidate by reason of his high stand
ing and long and varied experience, at
the Bar, and in practice before our
Courts.
In conclusion permit me to express
the confident hope that the good Demo-
cratic voters of Dorchester. do and shall
possess the manhood and good judgment.
to choose their candidate for Judge.
uninfluenced by, and without undue
interference from. political leaders
or questionable newspaper articles from
outside their borders.
Very truly yours.
HENRY l.. ID. STANFORD.