Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1911-10-12
WEEKLY LETTER CONCERNING
POLITICAL AND OTHER
THINGS ABoUT BAL
TIMoRE.

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
anoes deemed fitting on such ocoa'
sions. Though reputedly strict or.
ganizatIon politician whom one would
have expected to adhere to the GUS
toras of spouting, glittering but insin.
core generalities. Mr.. German sur
prised his Immediate hearers and
gratifed the large circle OF Demo
Gratis, who had opposed him az the
representative Of a so-called vicious
system, by particularizing just exactly
what he intended TO do II elected.
N did not merely say that he would
1ppoint good men to the Offices which
be would be required to ill, but speci-
fed what kind Of men he would ap-
point, which means that none but ths
best can expect preference at his
BANDS. Mr.. German also proclaitns
mself convert To the policy OF
SKte.wide direct primaries wherein
all executive officers, not excluding
governors, would be nominated with.
out tho 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" 1t 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 concentrations from leading
metropolitan papers OF other states
81 his remarks made at Fair View
when accepting the nomination.
It Ii rather amusing to hear OF Mr.
Eoldshorough's claims of what he viii
do when he becomes governor. From
his acts 1t would seem that he never
expects to ali that exalted Office. Ger
tainly not by an election In Novem
per next. because while he has tacit
~ 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 It simply means
holiday for campaign purposes. with
reinstatement after the campaign IL
over, with all the authority and emol
umants 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 tho wood pile" and
that the African brother II only walt
ing for reinstatement OF an admin
istration similar 10 the Lowndes
regime 70 become the offensive citi.
zen OF the State to white gentlemen
and white ladies' Indeed, II is al.
most Impossible to conceive the airs
q negro can put on when he thinks
he has 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 goodfor.
nothing, low-liyed niggers" This Ia
dAFAhRAAAAbh III a ltRbAh Autll itlEAttJ
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 ''cireum.
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
- q. Y N..a A
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 Tomple 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 aud without an exception 1t 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 man, and claim
that the loss Of the State 10 Mr. Colds
borough and putting It under Repub-
rcan domination would disrupt many
OF their Southern financial and com.
mercial relations and change them
from Baltimore into other channels.
Another cause OF congTatulation 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
q the election of the Democratic can
Oates,
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
II raised in the social scale under a
Appublican administration The city
81 Philadelphia furnishes a m&st strik-
ing illustration OF what the negro
is or becomes with social equality
Surely anything but a productive or
progressive citizen. Since the time OF
Die Emancipation Proclamation by
President Lincoln the negroes in
Philadelphia have had absolute social
equality, intermingling in every way
with the white people. The children
attend the same schools, they eat at
the same tables in hotels and other
places 81 public entertainment. they