The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-10-21
SHEPPARD BRYAN SHOOTS OFF

HON. MURRAY VANDIVER, Chairman
OF the Democratic State Central Conf
mittee, is publishing as campaign do
cument, an open letter by one William
Shepherd Bryan, which may be 1aIIy
denominated one of the most astonish-
ing bits of political literature which ever
alighted on this terrestrial orb. Mr..
Bryan is nothing If not originate times
indeed, spectacular, and at others as
SHINE. In the present instance he may
be fairly lebelled with the last adjective.
''Shep" Bryan thinks it would be dan
gerous to elect a Republican Governor,
because Republican Governor would
have to pick and choose his Off ehod-
ers from ''lot OF very common white
men"
That remark, from the lips of any
sober minded citi en-, would call for de-
fnition rather than resentment. We
would be entitled to some explanation
as to what is meant by very common
white men," In our own thinking the
common white men" of this Republic
are about the men who have made and
are yet making it what it is. TIE com
HUI Wulle man lne man VINO cneTls0eS
his family, pays his deb,s, and marches
sturdily on to his daily task. with an
honest life and clear conscience, is
worth about a thousand such tn SOL
diers in life's battle as the said Shep-
ard Bryan and all his tribe of quite I'M
common men. If MIR. Bryan and Mr..
Vandiver, thought to insult, by this poh
teal advertisement, the great army of
plain clti ems who constI.u.e the very
bone and sinew of olr social organism,
then they have missed their mark. These
citizens are too intent upon the practical
things of life, too much engaged in the
doing of their duty in rhe.r day and
place to waste time or thought in re-
senting such amazing snobbery as APP
pears in this unique political advertise
ment. These common white men" will
attend to Messrs. Bryan, Vandiver and
all the rest of these impudent overlords
at the polls on November 18th.
Meanwhile, since Murray Vandiver
sees fit to adopt Bryan's remarks on
common white men as campaign do
cument, we beg to ask him if he invites
comparisons. While he is forecastlmh
the character of men whom a Republi-
can Governor would have to appoint as
Office holders, would be like a little
character sketch of the Office holders OF
the present and other Democratic ad-
ministrations? Lloyd Wilkinson, for
example, who was Adam Peoples coach
at the last session OF the Legislature,
and whom Governor Crothers has appoint
ed Secretary to the State Board OF
Charities and whom that same Governor
highly endorsed as a candidate for the
House of Delegates on Thursday night
last-does Mr.. Nandiver regard Mr.. Will
kinson as an uncommon white man" :?
We hope scat least we hope his type
is not common. Or Police Justice Ava
Tyson; or-but why continue citations
when the list of uncommon white men
holding Democratic Offices is so long
and so vulnerable? If these office hold
ers are samples OF the uncommon type
of white men that are honored by De-
mocratic administrations, then we hope
a Republican Governor, if elected, will
seek his officials from a very common
lot of white men," even tho the snobs
of the Democratic machine be thereby
much offended