The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-08-11
ALEXANDER R. HAGNER.

The time is near at hand when the Re-
publicans of the Sixth Congressional
District of Maryland must decide who
they will nominate for Congress. On
August the 30th. the day set apart by
the Legislature of 1910 for the voters
of both parties to make their choice,
will be the first time in the history of
Maryland that nomination for Congress
must be made directly by the people.
There will be no delegates elected and
no nominating convention to determine
who shall represent this District in the
House of Congress, and the entire re-
sponsibility, therefor, will be with the
people. The condition throughout this
District demands the most careful and
thoughtful action on the part of the Re-
publicans in making selection for Con-
gress. The man to be nominated must
be the strongest one possible Of those
whose names, thus far, have been men,
toned. He must be able to represent
the District intelligently, he must unite
the party, and he must have resided
long enough in the Sixth Maryland
District to enable him to fully under
stand the wishes and needs of the peo-
pie.
THE REPUBLICAN has not been over
hasty in rushing to the endorsement of
any one candidate, but has spent much
time and thought weighing the merits
of each aspirant. Believing that the
selection of candidate who could fully
measure up to the necessary requisites
of Congressman was more important
than the cause of any one man, and re-
alizing that the election of Republican
this fall was most essential to the well
fare of the National Republican Party
and the country at large, it is the duty
of every Republican in the Sixth Dis
trict to consider carefully the worth of
each one of the candidates and to cast
their vote at the primary election ac-
cordingly. THE REPUBLICAN has view
ed the field from every standpoint, will
ing at all times to listen to the claims of
the respective candidates, and with but
one purpose, namely, to secure the best
and strongest man to put against the
Democracy in November. After most
thorough and careful consideration of
candidates by the Republicans on the
Both inst, The REPUBLICAN believes
that the strongest, the most available
and the one who will best unite the
party is the Hon. Alex. r. Hagner of
Washington county, Maryland.
Mr.. Hagner has been prominent in
Sixth District Republican politics
for quarter of a century. He is a
lawyer of ability, man of pure and
honest motives, about whom nothing
but praise can be said. He will unite
the party to man and will carry the
the Sixth Maryland District, if nomlnat-
ed, by an old time Republican majority.
THE REPUBLICAN believing these
things true does hereby Internationally
endorse the candidacy of Mr. Hagner
and will from this time forth place his
name in its editorial columns and use
every fair means possible to convince
the Republicans of Garrett county and
those of all other counties in this District
tocome to the same conclusion. We have
personally known him for more than
twenty years and believe the Republicans
will make no mistake in sending him tc
the 62nd Congress of the United States.
He will make an ideal candidate and
representative. Let the Republicans
come out in force on the Both of August
and nominate him and they will, in the
opinion of THE REPUBLICAN, be per.
forming duty which they will never
regret.