Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-08-07
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Typical Representative Of the People
Meets Popular Requirements
Vote for Him and Obtain
Faithful Trustee Of An
Express Trust

TO the MINING JOURNAL.
The political situation in Allegany
county this year Is notable for the num-
Der of aspirants for office. and also for
the combinations and alliances being
formed in the interest of this, that and
the other faction or individual.
1t is not my purpose to endorse any
faction or combination, nor will | I'M
dertake to CrltlClSe any candidate, or In
tereSts supporting any candidate.
want to direct attention to the OppOr-
tunity presented to the people of Frost
burg to secure the election of one of our
fellow citizens to one of the highest and
most honorable positions in the gift of
Allegany county.
1t is no small honor for community
to be able to point to one of its residents
and say he has represented the people
with marked ability and credit in the
highest branch of the Legislative body
of the State. 1t is something more than
an ordinary distinction to be able to say
that one OF the best State Senators Allie
gany county ever had was Frost burger
and it will be to our satisfaction for all
time to come to be able hereafter to say
that when the time came to honor our
selves by honOring one of our townsmen,
we were equal to the occasion aud
awaited ourselves of the opp 'rrunity.
Cumberland and Homecoming people
have on various occasions been hunored
by having their fellow townsInen elected
on the Republican ticket to til" Mary
land Senate, bur this is an honor which
has rarely come to FrO>tburg; it is sell
dom that we have had the opportunity
here presented to us. Political factions
and combinations aside, il is a matter
that should appeal to our local patriot
ism and pride TO have open to us the
privilege of naming member of our
community to head the county ticket
this year as a candidate for the Mary
land Senate for four years. 1t has not
infrequently been a just cause for COM
plant that Frostburg did not share i'll
the distribution of the best offices in the
making of the ticket by the Republican
party. This year we not only have the
opportunity but we have it practically
in our own hands to name candidate
fOl high office from our own town. |
refer to DR.. Timothy Griffith for the
State Senate, who, if nominated, will be
elected beyond shadow of il doubt, and
that by Il large majority. That we have
not heretofore been thus honored is no
doubt due to lack of ambition ON our
part, and since we have IA citizen who is
willing at some personal sacrifice to be-
come d candidate, it is our duty from
every standpoint, and particularly from
local pride and patriotism, to give him
our united and enthusiastic endorse
ment and support.
A State Senator has many oppOrtuui-
ties presented to him through which he
can benefit bis town and people i'll vari-
Gus ways, and with so capable a gentle
man as DR.. Griffith i'll the Maryland
Senate we may be sure to receive his
best service, i'll addition to his able eff
forts i'll behalf of the entire county, and
matters of general importance to the
State.
When we refer to DR.. Griffith in our
social talk and conversation there comes
to mind not a political manipulation
who plays upon the preJudices and
sympathies of his fellow citizens for
selfish emoluments or through mercen-
AIRY motives, but we are reminded of
man who during his entire residence
here has been the friend of the poor and
needy, and whose charities and benevo-
lences, if known and catalogued, would
furnish memorial to his humanity and
kindness of heart as lasting as time it.
self. The working classes of this vicin-
ity have found no faster, truer friend,
none more ready to aid them in time of
need. and consistent in his expressions
of sympathy and deeds of assistance-a
man who by precept and example has
advocated and stands out conspicuous
exponent of the broad doctrine of human
ity-'a square deal for all
DR.. Griffith has been an earnest work
er III every movement looking to the bet
termeut of our people and community,
and he has always manifested an ex-
emplary devotion to the cause of educa-
ton.
If there is one thing more than an
other which enlists DR.. Grit1ith'S most
enthusiastic support and cooperation,
it is the strengthening of the safeguards
surrounding the ballot-the right of
every man to vote as his conscience die
tates, and to see that his ballot is counted
as cast.
Here we have an opportunity to per-
form double service, tirst-to support
him from an inspiration of local pride,
and, second-to send to the Maryland
Senate a gentleman whose inherent prin.
ciples, exclusive of political or partisan
qualification, are so allied with the inter
tSlS VI Lut ptOplt. Ills ClOSe personal
contact for years with the people in their
various conditions and circumstances;
his familiarity with the working classes
and Il thorough knowledge of their re-
quirements; his interest in the cause of
education, and his logical ideas of school
management; his broad-minded and lib
eral views of general legislation. and his
known policy relating to the ballot, priv
ileges and rights of franchise-these rec
ognised qualifications of DR.. Griffith pro
vide i'll him a candidate who will appeal
to citizens of every class and of every
shade of political belief and fractional
following, calling to his standard the
support of all who appreciate individual
rights in making for the public good in
its broadcast sense of contemplation and
execution, and in him will be found
representative who will regard the rights
and liberties of the people whom he serves
as paramount to the dictates and orders
of the politician and the "boss."
If we take advantage of this opportu-
nifty (Which has so rarely come our way)
of supporting the candidacy of worthy
citizen for the State Senatorship, we will
be reasonably sure of his success. There
are four candidates i'll the field for this
nomination. If we unite as one man
and vote for Dr. Griffith in the primaries
on August 18th we will give him such
lead over the other aspirants that, with
the excellent vote he is promised in the
other districts of the county. he will not
only win the nomination, but he will re-
ceive such majority that his election