Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-10-09
TO SUPPORT GORMAN
Conservative Democrat OF Annap-
oils Shows Just How Party
Is Rallying.
"STRAWS In THE WIND"
Mr.. E. S. Riley's Endorsement Of
Democratic Nominee Shows Cor
mans Increasing Strength.

That Senator Arthur Pue German i:
not considered a machine-made candi
date and is not Likely to become the
boss-dominated public official that Ger.
tain Baltimore papers are endeavorine
| to lead the voters to believe, was
amply demonstrated today, when Mr..
Z. S. Riley, of Annapolis, whose in.
dependence of thought and action has
never been questioned, gave an unqual-
flied endorsement to the Democratic
standard-bearer.
"Mr. German, since his nomination
as the Democratic candidate for the
governorship of Maryland, has passed
through several severe ordeals and he
has gone forth from them like fine
gold tried in the fire." says Mr.. Riley
in a published statement.
Continuing, Mr.. Riley says of Mr..
German:
There has not step been taken
nor word uttered by Mr.. German
since his nomination that as not
elevated him in the mind ot every
honest man in Maryland, strengthen
ed him in the ranks of his own party,
and proved him to be worthy of the
high Office he seeks to fill.
Besides, in this great contest for
the control of the political destinies of
this State, let US not forget as Dem
ocrats, while we believe in and will
pursue our own house cleaning until
every dishonest official within the
party organization and State govern
ment is driven from his position, that
we will never benefit ourselves nor
our Commonwealth if we put the Re-
publican party into power in order to
reform the State. It's history in this
Commonwealth is one of shame and
dishonesty.
Descended from the old Know
Nothing party, with its plug-uglies,
blood tubs and rattlesnakes, the Re-
publican party was not only ready but
fully equipped when the Civil War
came on to drive Democrats from the
polls with test oaths, soldiers and bay
onets, and, by these infamous meth
DDS, to seize the State government
and, by constitution alleged to
have been passed by the soldier vote
in the field, to rob the widow and
orphan of their property in this State
without one cent of compensation,
and at the same time, long after the
war was over, to deprive by its I'M
lawful and cruel test oaths, thou sands
of our citizens, among them myself,
of their right to vote.
Here, in Anne Arundel. though
often crying fraud, and that, too,
with great justice, the Republicans
were no sooner in office, as it happen
ed twice, than they began to practice
the very same political and election
methods of which they had complained
when they were perpetrated upon
them.
Experience has taught the people
of Maryland that removing the Demo-
cratic party from power and putting
the Republican in its place to reform
political abuses is jumping from the
frying pan into the fire."
ION the other hand, the public may
now with great profit recall that every
reform that has occurred in this State
since the days of the old American
party, 1856 to 1861 was accomplished
by the Democracy in whole or in part.
1t gave the Metropolitan Police law,
the Board of Supervisors of Elections,
the State Liquor Board to Baltimore,
and almost every reform in the cleo
ton laws, and where it did not do the
whole work it had part and parcel in
the rest of the amendments that per-
fected the system.
:" 1t now being evident by the pro-
gress of the recount in Baltimore
that Mr.. German was honestly NOM
mated, as one of those Democrats
who supported Mr.. Lee in the prim-
aries, l will with great zeal and
pleasure aid Mr.. German by my
vote and voice to be elected the
next Governor of Maryland.