Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-04-03
Legislative Timber of Quality.
FROsTBURG, Mp, March 81, 1870.
To the MINING JOURNAL

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To the MINING JOURNAL.
The struggle of good citizenship
against the tyranny aud corrupt prac-
tees of the professional politicians i'll
fixing up their slate or ticket from
men of their own ilk-generally deal
consummated i'll the back room of a
hotel or other public house in the con-
ventiOn town the night before by three
or four bosses, was never of much con
Germ to the latter, as no element of fair
play ever entered into the fight.
Since the advent of the direct primary
voting law, however, now in operation
i'll this and other sections of the State, Il
new order of procedure has been estab-
lished, much to the dislike of the limited
coterie of so.called leaders who have
always "fed and fattened' at the cost
of the public.
Under the auspices of this wholesome
law the good people of this community
will enjoy an opportunity of vocing
their preferentials or "ditferentiaIs' as
| to the fitness and ability of candidates
whose selection is made by "the clique, ="
1.-The machine" or "the precious few. :"
If these bodies, or this body has, per
force of popular opinion, made selection
| of good and incOrruptible men for public
| office, their candidates will be endorsed
| for the positions to which they aspire.
If, on the other hand. more attention
| has been paid to their qualifications
''alOng the lines, as commonly express
| ed, "Of being clever or smooth enough to
fling dust at the oppOrtune moment, y
and then be able to put through this or
| that pet SCheme-then, as stated, under
| the 'best chance workings of our good
| primary law the people can step in and
decline to endorse all candidates known
or fairly suspected to be actuated by the
consideration of how much they can get
| out of the office. rather than by that of
a faithful discharge of official duty.
AS this is an essentially an important
time to have thoroughly upright men go
to the Legislature, | suggest and urge
all friends of good government to Join III
an effort to induce Mr.. DAVIDSON Arm
strong to become the republican nominee
| for State Senator His age, business
qualifications and experience. and IRE
prOachable character are all that can be
desired Ill representative to dignity the
office by an intelligent and conscientious
discharge of its duties, which he is capa-
| BILE of doing in Il manner which will re-
| fleet creditably upon his constituency
More than ever before we need, not
only i'll the Legislature, but in any office
where there is public or private trust to
be administered, men of the Davisson
Armstrong type. He is not of the class
who Obtrude themselves upon public
| notice by blatant clap-trap OF speCious
| presentations Of his views on any sub
| ject. He is very far from being one of
| those curb-stone orators whose chief claim
=, tl,,i,
BILE and perpetual preparedness to he
| hooked up into public-otfice harness
| for the sake, of course, of 1.-THE d az
peepul, kind friends, bat really and IT.
| .ticularly for themselves.
On the other hand, Dave ArmStr ny
is easily approachable, and he is even
| cOugenlally ready to answer any Qu"S-
| ton frankly upon any subject of public
| concern without moments hesitation.
| There will be no occasion for doubt as to
| his standing on any public question:
| Whether for or against, his position VIII
| be freely, fully and cOurteOuSly stated
| What he states you can depend upon
every time as it goes without saying
| that "hiS word is good as his bond" His
| life and character are really best pOr
| trayed in his consistent endeavnr to do
| right and deal justly at all times with
friend and toe alike. His uncompro-
missing antagonism to all forms of otfic-
ial deceit and graft is an asset so whole
some in the makeup of the man that, to
nominate and elect him State Senator,
would indeed become an epoch i'll the
movement for good government in .tact
rather than theory. To this end. all
who contribute to his elevation to the
office named will, if happily successful,
enjoy the satisfaction of having in our
party and Legislative cOunsels repre-
sentative of real value to every good
interest If, therefore, brethren and
friends, you would do manifestly good
thing DO IT,