Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-12-10
TOOKLOOK At CONGRESS
Congressman Parran, Like Bari
us, SIS WiIlin" TO Take
Leadership Off CannOn's
Hands
SAYS HIS PARTY DEMANDS IT
Congressman From The Fifth District
Scores Trick Ballots

Like Barkus of old, Congressman
elect "Tom Parran is willin' ;" ac-
cording to the following story given
out in Washington yesterday from
the Sun Bureau:
"Poor old Uncle joe He looks
harassed and worried. l guess when
l come over here next year had
better just take the leadership of
our party myself and relieve him of a
lot of these burdens now resting on
his shoulders" said Congressman
elect Thomas Parran, of the Fifth
Maryland district. who was in Wash
ington for several hours today. When
Mr.. Parran made this comment he
was looking down on Mr.. Cannon rs
the Danville statesman pounded the
Speakers desk with his gavel.
Yes" said Mr.. Parran, these
Republicans over here are going
to find me ready to do my share,
and if in the next Congress my
colleagues unanimously turn toward
me for guidance and advice they
will not find me shri. king from my
duty. / like Uncle Joe, but he looks
worried and | don't want him to
overexert himself in the next ses-
sion; so, if necessary will just take
the leadership of the party myself. 4"
Twill you be an Insurgent or
a stand-pat Republican when you
come over?' he was asked.
"Well, now, as to that" said Mr..
Parran, Il will have to wait until
can see the situation more clearly.
1t is still twelve months before take
my seat. By that time their might
not be any insurgents. And then
again there might not be any stand
patters. l would feel pretty bad if l
joined one or the other now and
found when I came over here next
year that was the only one left of
the class.
"It won't do for me to take any
chances like that. tell you one
thing. though. and that is that if
all these Democratic Congressman
over here knew what a raw deal the
Democrats down in my district tried
to give me in the last election they
would feel very much ashamed of
their party. / think some of the
Maryland Democrats themselves are
a good deal ashamed. If it had not
been for the trick ballots and other
violations of the law in my district
my majority would have been not
less than $500. / have a good many
Democratic friends in Maryland, and
think there are very few of them
who, after they know exactly what
was done down in the Fifth district
in the effort to keep me from coming
to Congress, can help feeling
ashamed about it.
Some of them are so hardened,
however, that, while they feel that
way they conceal it very well. We
hope to make it. impossible, however,
FLOR this sort of thing to be done again
in Maryland two years later. when
| expect to come up for reelection.
Some of the men who helped put
up the jobs on me down there al.
ready have got into serious trouble
and this trouble may become more
serous before we are through. The
time has come when the Republi
cans down our way have got Il
put stop to these balIotsmanipula
tion tricks for good and all. =
Mr.. Parran came to Washington
to try to straighen out certaiI
little postoffice entanglements dowl
IN Calvert county, where one oi
the fourth-class postmasters hal
been transferred against his will
Mr.. Parran called at the Postofice