The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-05-30

or any other measure in the legislature
during the recent session, but they do
take his own record upon certain and
specific matters already made clear to
our people. In his first article in The
Republican this man undertook to mis-
lead the people, as was proven by a
statement from Delegates Long and
Lawton, his worthy colleagues, and to
the contents of this statement, which
controverts his own statement, he has
made no effort to deny. This being
true, and the fact that he so lightly re-
CARDS his own assertions, does it not
follow that all of his subsequent utter
ances, including those in his article in
last weeks Republican, are mere fabri-
cations?
Having served the people of this cOun-
ty in the General Assembly of Mary
land, if Mr.. Weimer wants to write
something for the press that will be of
the greatest interest to the people he
might contribute a series of articles in
which he could inform a worthy constlt-
uency what Delegate Weimer has ac-
comphshed what he has actually done
for the people of Garrett county and the
State Of Maryland. as member of the
House of Delegates during the 1912
session of the General Assembly.
However, since he persists in assail-
ing me and my record at the expense of
his own which has been considerably
battered IN his controversy with Mr..
Robinson, short though the conflict has
been, | wish TO say few words concern
ing temperance legislation which seems
to be the line of attack selected by this
recent visitor to Annapolis. | hope the
people who are more interested in tenn
perance legislation than anylother.will
take the trouble to procure copies of the
senate journals and look up my record
on all temperance legislation since l
have been a member of the Maryland
senate. | want them to look this up
and see for themselves, and not be mis-
guided and misled by one who failed to
accomplish anything whatever along the
line of legislation, and who, in his first
attempt to criticize me unjustly was
caught in his own trap; and who, after
being caught, is ready to take up any
other line of argument as cheap de-
tense in order that he NAV further his
attack upon me; this, too, with no
other motive or purpose than to draw
the attention Of the public from the IN
fortunate position in which he has been
placed.
| desire, first, to refer the readers of
this attack to the explanation of my
vote which gave in the senate before
voting on the statewide local option
bill and which was published at that
time in all the county papers. In this
address before the senate in explaining
my vote, | endeavored to make myself
clearly understood by everyone who
heard me and to everyone who read my
published remarks on that occasion.
But should there happen to be any sin
gle point, no matter how trivial, or if
there is anything in connection with
that explanation which is not clearly
understood by anyone, | will gladly and
willingly give any further information
or explanation on this subject on receipt
Of letter requesting any explanation
upon any point involved, and feel that
| will be able to satisfy any fair minded
citizen who will take the trouble to
write me about it that acted consist
emily, honestly and in all good faith
throughout this whole matter, particu-
larly after politics had been injected
into this local option bill to which refer
ence has been made.
Referring to that public and detailed
explanation of my vote and my position
on this bill at that time, | will show that
the fight for, this statewide bill was
won, and that this able legislator voted
FOR the amendment which practically
killed the bill, and this fact was gener-
ally known.
AS to the reference made to the con-
versation with a member of the Anti
Saloon League in Oakland, | desire to
state the absolute truth as to exactly
what took place. This occurred IN Oak
land before my election and took place
in the Garrett National Bank with Mr.
Scott T. Jones, who insisted upon me
answering Mr.. Anderson's letters and
pledging myself to support the proposed
Anti-Saloon League bill. This | refused
to do. Later on, to satisfy Mr.. Sincell,
the editor of The Republican, Mr.. Boil
den, Mr.. Chappell and myself jointly
signed the ''pledge" to which reference
has been made, and with so much eclat
and sarcasm, as though this were a
piece of documentary evidence of nv
treachery and misconduct, while the fact
is, in speech on the floor of the senate
| publicly stated thar | had IGNORED all