The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-09-23

was last Thursday notified of his
nomination, the notification taking
place in one of the dining rooms
of the Windsor Hotel, Cumber-
land, Previous to the notification
address the Committe was enter
tanned at dinner by Mr.. Sloan,
among those present being Hon.
A. c. Strife, of Hagerstown, chair
man Of the committee; Julius Rem
ringer, Esq, of Oakland; and
Lloyd L. Shaffer, of Cumberland,
representing their several COun-
ties on the committee; Congress
man George A. Pearre, ex-Sen-
atOr George L. Wellington, States
Attorney David A. Robb, City
Councilman George G. Young,
F. Brooke Whiting, Esq, Messrs.
Richard J. Bruce and Charles w.
Donnelly.
AT the conclusion Of the dinner
and while cigars were being light
ed, Hon. a. c. Strife, of Hagers-
town, chairman of the notification
committee, arose and addressed
MI, D. Lindley Sloan, the judicial
nominee, and those present as fol-
lows:
AT a convention Of the rep1esen-
tatives of the Republican party Of
Allegany, Garrett and Washing
ton counties, held August 81 in
Hagerstown, you were selected
as the nominee Of that party for
the high Office Of Chief Judge Of
the Fourth Judicial Circuit of
MARYLAND.
Reposing confidence in your
honesty and integrity, knowing
your exceptional advantages of
education both general and in the
special domain of the law, which
should eminently fit you for a ju-
dicial career, familiar with the
sterling qualities Of that sturdy
Scotch stock from which you
spring, believing that your pride
of birth and ancestry will stimu-
late you to the limit Of human eff
fort to add new honors to tam
lily name already widely and fav-
orally known and respected, you
were deemed suitable person to
whom to tender the honor Of such
a nomination.
That you have before you many
unspent years of your life's calen-
dar is your good fortune. Prob
ably the ablest jurist that has ever
sat upon the bench Of our Court
of Appeals began his judicial
career at the age of thirty-three.
l refer to Chief Justice John Buc-
hanan. Another Chief Justice,
his peer, I might add, and pos
sibly the final judgment of time
may pronounce him his superior,
began his judicial career at the
age of forty-one. | refer to the
late Judge Alvey. Young men
cannot lay claim to a store of rich
experience. Old men only can
pride themselves upon it, but
young men are in closer touch
with their times, the world and
their fellowmen, and their energy
more than makes up for what they
lack in years.
At time when the rivalry be-
tween the two great parties in our
own state has reached the point
that the one is advocating meas
ures to eliminate altogether the
other from the field of politics,
measures which run counter to
the spirit of the times and the
material prosperity and advance
ment of our state, measures which
abridge human liberty rather than
extend it, there is need of young,
energetic, able and fearless men
on the bench, as we'll as in the
arena of active politics.
While You are the nominee of a
political party, that party will not
ask nor expect any favors from
you, if you are elected; you can
best honor it by honoring yourself;
you can best serve it by making
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