Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1911-10-07
WEEKLY LETTER CONCERNING
POLITICAL AND OTHER
THINGS ABOUT BAL.
TiMoRE.
Baltimore. Oct. 4th. 1911.

or course. Il Ia most gratifying to
the Democratic Party In Maryland to
have the Philadelphia Record. that
sterling old Democratic paper Of the
City OF Brotherly Love. to praise our
gubernatorial candidate. Mr.. German
Speaking OF his candidacy editorial
~ the Record says: "There was more
significance In the speech of Arthur
p. German, when accepting the nomi-
nation as Democratic candidate for
Governor OF Maryland, than ordinarily
attaches to the platitudinous utter
ances deemed fitting on such occa-
sions. Though reputedly a strict or
ganization politician whom one would
have expected to adhere to the Gus
toms OF spouting. glittering but insin
cere generalities, Mr.. German sur
prised his immediate hearers and
gratified the large circle of Demo.
Gratis. who had opposed him as the
representative Of q so-called vicious
system. by particularizing just exactly
what he intended to do II elected.
He did not merely say that he would
appoint good men to the Offices which
he would be required to I'LL. but speci
fed what kind of men he would ap-
point, which means that none but the
best can expect preference at his
hands. Mr.. German also proclaims
himself a convert to the policy OF
statewide direct primaries wherein
all executive officers, not excluding
governors, would be nominated with
out the intervention OF delegates and
conventions.
when a politician OF the supposed
German type reaches this conclusion
one cannot but believe that a great
advance has been made in the politi-
cal morality OF the nation" II is also
most pleasing to the friends of Mr.
German to know that his candidacy
has been universally commended, not
only by strictly the party papers OF
the State. but by all OF the independ-
ent newspapers as well. With the
special commentators from leading
metropolitan papers OF other states
on his remarks made at Fair View
when accepting the nomination.
II is rather amusing to hear OF Mr.
Goldsboroughs claims Of what he will
do when he becomes governor. From
expects to fill that exalted Office. GER
tainly not by an election In Novem-
ber next, because while he has tacit-
ly resigned the responsible and we'll
paying office OF Commissioner OF In
ternal Revenue for Maryland. Della
ware and District OF Columbia, he has
SO arranged this resignation with
President Taft that II simply means
q holiday for campaign purposes. with
reinstatement after the campaign Is
over, with all the authority and emol-
uments OF the resigned" position.
To some OF our friends who are
talking about what the Republican
party will and can do II It comes into
Office we would say not to overlook
the negro in the wood pile" and
that the African brother Is only wait
ing for a reinstatement OF an admin
istration similar to the Lowndes
regime to become the offensive citi-
zen OF the State to white gentlemen
and white ladies'. Indeed. II is al
most impossible to conceive the airs
a negro can put on when he thinks
he has a little power or influence back
OF him, and one peculiar feature about
the negro character is that as soon
as he gets his head up he gets too
good to associate and affiliate with
other negroes. usually classed by the
upper ten OF colordom as good-for-
nothing. low.lived niggers." This Is
exemplified in report that recently
comes from Texas that Booker Wash
ington. good man as he may be. al
though he has never been able to
quite explain that New York "circum-
stance" in which he was battered up
for following a white lady. While
| travelling through Texas recently he
positively refused to ride in the cars
with other negroes. as required by
law in the Lone Star State. but to
keep himself exclusive and away from
his colored constituents and fellow
race people. he chartered a whole
Pullman car to ride the short distance
| from Austin to Temple In that State.
One strong point In Mr.. Germans
candidacy Is the remarkable array OF
legal talent. really the brightest and
best lawyers In the city. backing him
up and without an exception II seems
that the financial men and the whole
sale merchants, who look to the South
| for the principal parts OF their trade.
are behind him to n man, and claim
| that the loss OF the State to Mr.. Colds
borough and putting II under Repub-
lican domination would disrupt many
OF their Southern financial and COM
mercial relations and change them
from Baltimore into other channels
Another cause OF congratulation to
those managing Mr. Germans cam
paign is the number OF German. Har-
rington and Poe clubs which are be-
Ing formed all over the State and the
very active interest which is being
taken by the young men OF the State
| in the election of the Democratic can
| didates.
We do not like to bring the negro
into too much prominence. but II
would be well to consider before de-
Gliding to vote the Republican ticket
what the future OF the negro will be
n raised in the social scale under a
Renuhllcan administration. The city
Of Philadelphia furnishes a most strik-
ing illustration OF what the negro
is or becomes with social equality.