The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-08-24
j. LLbEkI OHAFFELL.
Kitzmiller, Md, Aug. q, 1911.

kitzmiller, Md, Aug. q, 1911.
Mr.. EDITOR-The above statement
comes direct from Mr.. Chappell
| The writer is witness for Mr.. Chap
! pell that he had no intention whatever
| of becoming a candidate for reelection
to the House of Delegates, as he was
making preparations for an extended
| tour through the South.
1t was only the announcements Of
other candidates for the place that Mr.
| Chappell's friends here and in other
| parts of the county virtually deluged
| him with requests that were almost tan
| tamount to a demand that he become a
candidate for reelection. They were not
only pleased with his past record in the
House of Delegates, but they insisted
that his experience as legislator bet
ter fitted him to serve the people than
before
1t is a well known fact that at least
one term in the legislative body is abso-
Iutely necessary to prepare a member
for the duties his constituency expect Of
him. There is much to learn Of modern
usages. OF course Mr. Chappell was
familiar with the general essentials of
parliamentary rules before his advent
into the House of Delegates, but there
are particular essentials and routine to
be mastered IN order TO secure the best
results, and render to the people what
they are entitled to in the way of legis-
latlOn. This requires at least one term.
District No -, Of which kitzmillGr
is part, will pile up the largest vote
that any candidate has ever received
here. 1t is here, the home Of MIR. Chap
pell, that he has the strongest and most
formidable personal following. This the
writer knows from personal contact
with voters here, and he has been aSsur-
ed Of d like state Of feeling existing in
other districts of the county.
Mr.. Chappell is man Of classical ed
ucation, a deep thinker and cogent
reasoner, and is in every respect worthy
Of the honorable position to which he
aspires for second term.
In the estimation of the writer one of
Mr.. Chappell's strongest claims for the
sutfrageS of his fellow citizens was
earned as a school teacher in Garrett
county. That's service that can never
be adequately rewarded. 1t is not only
a service, it IS a sacrifice, as the writer
knows from personal experience. This
fact all teachers know; all superintend-
ents of public instruction know; and it
is also fact many parents and boys,
who have since grown up to be voters,
know and appreciate.
The benefits accrued from an educa-
ton received at the hands of careful,
conscientious and competent teacher is
not to be estimated in dollars and cents,
but rather in appreciation, made mani
fest to some degree by bestowing such
honors as are afforded by seat in the
House of Delegates or other position
that carries with it honors and a modi-
cum of emolument.
At the primary, which will be held on
the 10Th of August, instant, there will
be eight candidates to vote for, three
of whom are to be nominated, and from
the political pulse of voters here, where
Mr.. Chappell has made his home for the
past fifteen years. ]. Ebert Chappell
will be one of the three who are to be
chosen at the polls at the general cleo
ton in November next. Nothing could
speak better for a candidate than the
unqualified endorsement of his home
town. INDRA.