Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1910-07-22
THE MONTGOMERY PRESS AND
TIE NEGRO.

it is in Montgomery county, and the Mont
gonery Press is heaping upon the head Of
Mr.. B. H. Warner, Jr., large measure OF
the same kind Of vituperation which it
visited upon his father two years ago. But
entertaining as this feature of the cam
paign is to the mere "looker-on in Vienna,
it is not our affair, and our only interest in
warfare which is the inevitable result of a
long lease of power and the forerunner of
the Democratic victory for which we have
striven through many years and to which
the intelligent sentiment Of the district is
entitled
What we are interested in is the attitude
of the Montgomery Press at this time toward
the colored voters of the Republican party.
All through the last State campaign, when
the question of the elimination of the
ignorant and vicious elements of the negro
voters was before the people as an iSppof-
tant, If not vital, issue, we insisted that
the Republicans had no better opinion of
the negro's qualifications to exercise intel
hgent judgment in public affairs than the
Democrats expressed in their platform and
proclaimed upon the hastings. This was
answered by bold assertions of the advance
ment of the negro in education and thrift
and the claim that the cause of civic right
eousness was promoted by his enfranchise-
ment Just now the negro is treadine upon
the toes of the self-constituted better
element of the Republican party by his sup
port OF Mr.. B. H. Warner. Jr in his candi-
dacy for the congressional nomination,
and our neighbor of the Press sings tune
that is strangely out of harmony with the
strains of praise with which it filled the
air year ago. In its last issue it pub
fishes leading article upon Mr.. Warmers
fitness for the position of Congressman
which begins with this delectable para
graph:
rs He FIT, Or DESERVING?
Mr.. B. H. Warner, Jr., is credited with
the statement that he will carry this county
by 1900 majority in the congressional
primary Unfortunately for the intelligent
citizenship of Montgomery county, Mr..
Ills lIluOTocIlltIll u CLASS
OF voters who are not qualified to deter
mine the fitness or claim Of a candidate
who seeks TO represent a great district in
the House of Representatives.
A statement like that in the SENTINEL at
any time during the year 1909 would have
excited the wrath Of the Press to dan
eerous degree. The pith of the matter lies
in the fact that, if Mr.. Warmers claims as
to his majority are true, the negroes are
arrayed upon one side of the party contro-
versy; that they vote as race, not as
intelligent citizens with independent opin-
ions of men and measures. The eyes of
the Press are opened to the fact that so
arrayed they are menace to the respecta
bilty of the party because they "are not
qualified to determine the fitness or claim
of a candidate to represent great district
in the House of Representatives"
So the logic of the Democratic contention
is indicated in the squabbles of the con-
tending Republican factions for power. If
the negro is incompetent to judge the fit
ness of party candidates, by what right is
he adjudeed competent to pass upon ques-
tons of policy which affect the welfare of
the country If he is a dangerous element
in party affairs because he votes en- nadsSe,
he must in the nature Of things be much
more dangerous element when he allies
himself with one political party and holds
the balance of power by the mere force of
numbers and not by study of. or interest
in. the great questions which may be in
vOlved in an election.
The opinion of the Press is, no doubt,
the opinion of a very large number of
Republican voters, here and elsewhere. who
have not the hardihood and honesty to
express it. They need him in their bust
ness" as one Of them put it during the
last State campaign, and we suppose before
the election takes place the Press will have
forgotten that it caught heeting glimpse
of the light and eat its crow with infinite
satisfaction.
But the people will take notice. and re-
member that the Republican party is strong
here chiefly because it caters to ignorance
and vice. and that it is discredited party,
in the estimation of the vast majority of
the white voters Of Maryland. because of
the disgraceful alliance.
The Press has at last done real service
for the people of the county.
DANGER IN IOE-OREAM CONES
Since the seizure by the United States
authorities at New York Of several million
ice-cream cones on the ground that they are
unfit for food. the officials of the State Board
Of Health of this State are making inqui-
ries into the sale Of these so-called dainties
and will find out If those sold in Maryland
are injurious to health.
DIR. Marshall L. Price. secretary of the
State Board. has been asked to have an
analysis made Of the ice-cream cones sold
taken from the stand Of an Italian and
turned over to the health officer with the
request that they be examined. Dr. Price
said, however. that nothing would be done
toward stopping the sale until decision i,
reached by the Government in the New
York seizure case.
1t is claimed by the New York authori
ties that these cones contain boric aciC
and that their extensive consumption b,
children is dangerous to health. Dr. Pric,
says that the effect Of boric acid on tn,
stomach and digestion may be harmful
but whether or not there is a sufficien
quantity in the cones to work bad effect
cannot be told until an analysis Is made
"At any rate" said DIR. Price, "thes
things sold in the streets offer an admir-
able opportunity for the collection Of dir
and disease. They are of such consistenc,
that dirt clings to them and to my min,
seem very capable Of spreading all sorts O