Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-09
HAS KEPT THE FAITH
Democrats OF Anne Arundel County
Are Proud Of The Governors
Record.
A BUSINESS GOVERNMENT.
The Cardinal Feature OF Which Were
Jeffersonian Democracy-A Friend
OF The Farmers.
(Communicated.l
Mr.. Editor:-

Mr.. Editor:-
A large gathering of personal and
party friends of Governor Crothers as
sembled at the gubernatorial mansion
on Monday evening. The meeting
was in honor of a Democrat who has
kept the faith, and of an official whose
acts and purposes in the highest post
in the State have given to the whole
people of the commonwealth the firm
belief and the certain conviction that
his administration has been thoroughly
in keeping with the highest ideals and
true to the loftiest principles of popu-
lar government.
1t is to be neither denied nor dis
puted that all classes of our citizens.
forming the common intelligence and
the common sentiment, have passed
judgment upon the Crothers admins
tration, and that judgment is in the
highest degree favorable to the ad-
ministration as eminently satisfactory
to the people and conducive to the
public welfare.
AS Democrats of Anne Arundel
county, we are proud of the record of
our Governor, of his clear perception
of the principles of popular govern :
ment with their wonderful area of ap-
plication to all the diverse affairs of
the individual in his relation to the
community Throughout the State
there exists healthy good feeling in
the ranks of the party which is direct
ly traceable to the devoted work of
this exemplar of the best and most
salutary doctrines of Democratic
theory and practice Throughout
Maryland the masses of our party are
united in support of an administration
which has been of the highest type.
We know what he has stood for and
what he has done. The application to
the business of government of the
cardinal features of Jeffersonian Dem
ocracy have been noted and proved by
all of US. The undivided sentiment of
the Democrats of Anne Arundel coun-
ty was given voice in the public ex-
preston by the recognized leader and
spokesman of the party in this county
when some months ago he urged that
it was the duty of the Governor to
offer himself as candidate for re-
nomination. From a party stand
point, the assertion of Dr. Wells that
the Governor had 'kept the faith, -
that she had lived up to the pledges
made to the people," that che had
stood in storm and stress by the party
platform, and had forced the redemp-
tion in letter and in spirit of its prom
ises, sounded the keynote of the popu-
lar wish for the retention at the head
of the State government of one who's e
insistence upon the full redemption of
party promises marks him as a safe
and efficient Chief Executive for the
next four years. Referring to the To-
cal situation, Governor Crothers said
81 cannot express my gratitude to
you for your kindness in offering to
assist me to promote my further am
bitions. You citizens of Anne Arun-
del county are fortunate in having a
great leader-Dr. Wells. There are
none in the State more absolute in
their friendships and more honorable
in keeping their promises. l appre-
ciate what the delegates from Anne
Arundel did in the legislatures of my
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party l thank them and also in the
name of the State. They always
stood steadfastly for the redemption
of party pledges.
We have had in the past good anc
true men in the Governorship, mer
who saw and followed their highest
/ duties to the commonwealth; but n1t
within our generation have conditions
so presented themselves that it ap.
peared practicable to ignore the one,
erm tradition applying to this higi
Office. Now we thought we had g
| great opportunity-and by "we''
speak of the people of Maryland, o1
the rank and file of our party and OF
our citizenship on whom the blessing:
of good government fall as the dew:
of heaven-to proclaim to the country
that the Democracy of Maryland is nc
more willing to retire from the Gov
ernorship with a single term a public
servant whose record is unimpeachable
and whose strength and ability are
manifest, than Ohio was to retire
Harmon, or Indiana to put away Mar
shall. He has made public reforms
| that were suggested before his time
| he has inaugurated broad measures o1
progress and pointed the way to &C
| complishments much to be desired
and the Democrats of Anne Arunde
| felt that it was the part of the highest
| prudence and Of wisdom to retain hin
in a post where he could be of sucl
vast service and could carry out his
work.
At the conclusion of the very able
and eloquent speech at this meeting
reviewing the great accomplishment:
of the Democratic party in the pas
four years, Governor Crothers, after
expressing his high apprecition of the
honors he had received, declared b,
VISA not candidate to succeed him
self as Governor of Maryland. Moth
ing could have produced deeper regre
among his friends than this announce
/ ment.
This county owes a deep debt ot
gratitude to Governor Crothers. A
| friend to the farmers all over tn,
State, conversant intimately witt
their conditions and with the possibil
tiles of agricultural development, h,