The citizen., 1911-09-22
DEMOCRATS AT LAUREL.

in Howard county, Hon. Arthur P. Cor
man, IT,, was formally notified on Tues
day last. the 18th inst, OF his selection
as the candidate for Governor OF the
Democratic party. Senator Price made
the notification in a well timed address,
TO which Mr.. German in a ringing
I speech responded, He said IN part:
y ann Democrat and | am a polite.
ian. and | am not ashamed TO plead
guilty 10 either charge. But while | am
, not ashamed to De called politician,
have no more use for the crooked poll
tician or the man who IS IN politics Tor
craft or to serve his special friends or
Interests. or for the man who tries to
fool the public, than have for the hyp-
ocrite or the thief.
III am elected, shall appoint DEM
ocrats to Office. But in selecting Demo
clasS, | shall feel free to forget any
service any individual or group of indi-
yidual or group may have done for
me or the party, and ! shall
refuse 10 app6is; any man, regardless
of his political backing, who does not
possess the highest possible standards
Of efficiency
i shall appoint no man to any board
or Office whose pledges 10 me and whose
standing in the community are not a
guarantee, that politics will not enter
into the performance OF his duties
IF there is any evidence that nv own
nomination is tainted with fraud do
not want il, and, moreover, would not
have il.
Il assert that as a candidate Mr..
Goldsborough is a Custom House pro-
duct pure and simple
In all OF Mr.. GoldSborough's political
record there Is no incident or instance
tina, marks him as independent of his
political sponsors and party bosses.
No man Can say, or will be able to
say. that broke my word or my prom
ise or that | failed to keep faith. or that
/ | wore any mans collar. or that ever
I failed 10 say where stood. or failed to
do what ! said that would do.
No man can expect me TO be unset
/ fish enough to sacrifice my own political
future in order to help him disrupt a
/ p'rty by irving to build up any organi-
cation or so-called machine. The day
OF that sort Of politics is past
Il favor the selection OF delegates TO
the national convention by the direct
1 vote OF the people at a Statewide pri-
mary.
The sancity OF the ballot is as much
the key stone OF popular government
as simple honesty is the keystone of
q good character. 1t | cannot be Gov
/ ernor on a straight, honest fight and with
a fair and honest count, | do not want
it,"
Senator German read letter. which
he sent to States Attorney Owens urg-
ing him to leave no stone unturned to
| ascertain the truth of the McNuty
! charges.
Mr.. Sheehan made the address notify
ing Mr.. Harrington, the candidate for
| State Comptroller, and was very enthu-
| siastic in his remarks, which were hap
PLY received, and eloquently responded
to by Mr.. Harrington.
Former Chief Judge Glenn H. Worth
| ington made beautiful address in his
notification to Mr. Poe, as the nominee
/ for. .Attorney-General. He said in part:
Mr.. Edgar Allan Poe. Il have
been commissioned by the Demo
cratic party organization of this State
! to reveal to you very important
political secret, but lest the shock of the
surprise should be too great for YOU to
| hear, | shall endeayor to avoid abrupt
ness of disclosure and to break the news
as gently as possible. | can assure YOU,
however. that while it concerns yourself,
the news is of pleasing character and
that you need have no apprehension of
its being inimical to your future welfare
Zone the more important offices of our
State government is that of Attorney
| General. In times past this Office has
| been filled by some of the most dlstin-
| guished lawyers that the State has ever
produced Amongst these may now
be mentioned Luther Martin, William
| Pinckney, John Johnson afterward Chan
cellor, Thomas Beall Dorsey, afterwards
judge for many years of the Court of
Appeals, Roger Brooke Taney, who
was afterwards Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States
and IN later years, Charles l. NJ. Ouynn.
William Pinckney Whyte, John Prentiss
Poe. Isidor Rayner. and others of
4 scarcely less renown. And it is but
I simple justice to say that the office is now
/ filled by one who is in every way worthy
/ OF a high place in the ranks of his illus
| triouS predecessors. | refer TO the Hon.
| Isaac Lobe Straus.
Under the Constitution of MARYLAND
a successor to the present able imcum.
I bent of the Office is to be elected in this
/ year OF grace, 1911, and the dominant
party in the State has been looking over
! the field for well qualified and avail
able man TO put forwurd as its candidate
I for that honorable position In order to
I be qualified the candidate must be a
! trained and experienced lawyer of ability,
OF integrity, of industry and of large ca
pacity for hard work. and in order to be
available, it seems, that he must reside
in Baltimore City.
by scanning the list Of trained and
experienced lawyers residing in Balu
more City, name was found which is
already distinguished in the annals of our
State and nation. One, bearing that
name, having been a brilliant poetic
genius of the past generation whose fame
brghtens as the year reCedes. and
another being man of versatile
mind, splendid lawyer, trained advo-
cate and the author of most valuable
treatise on the law of Pleading and Prac-
tice in the courts of MARYLAND, besides
serving with distinguished ability and
as the Attornev-General of the State.
The Baltimore LAWYER bearing this
already distinguished name, has been
chosen, sir, as the candidate, of the Dem
octatic party in this State for that office
But sir, it was not merely because OF his
name that he was chosen. No, sir
The selection was not made because
some one OF his ancestorSs had achieved
distinction, but the individuals record
was considered as to his own capabili-