Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-10-31

mated without opposition to the office he
now so acceptably fills, the important posi-
ton of State Comptroller and ex officio
member of the Board of Public Works, and
and also member of the Board of Appeals
from the assessments made by the State
Tax Commissioner. Few men in the State
are better fitted for this position than Mr..
Harrington. Familiar as he is with the
oyster question, the delicate task of the
Oyster Navy is well supervised by him as
member of the Board of Public Works. A
lawyer by profession, he has demonstrated
his worth on the Tax Appeal Board in in
creasing corporate assessments in Balti
more city during his first term. The term
being for only two years, reelection has
long been regarded as appropriate. This
is peculiarly true in the instance of Mr..
Harrington, whose defeat would place the
Board of Public Works under the control of
the Republican party, whose partisan man
agement of the schools and roads during
the past two years does not suggest the
wisdom of comforting even greater powers
than are now being exercised by Governor
Goldsborough.
Hon. Blair Lee, the only candidate Mont
gomery county has ever had for the United
States Senate, has the unanimous indorse-
ment of united party for that high office.
His fitness is evidenced by record of
deeds which no honest man can question.
The Maryland history of this generation
presents no more striking example of in
| cessant labor and personal sacrifice for the
rights. interests and liberties of the toiling
masses than the works of constructive
legislation and fiscal policies with which
his name is properly linked. A strong
believer in the fundamental principles of
the Democratic party, he has steadfastly
entertained the view that all real progress
must be worked out by and through that
party. To him its platforms have been
law, its principles have been his rule and
guide, and its nominees have been his
favored candidates for Office In non-par-
tisan questions, his conscience and best
judgment have determined his course.
Jealous in the espousal of causes within
his party, he always bows to the will of
| the majority, secures what he can in the
| furtherance of his cause for the time being
and patiently awaits the continuous growth
Of public opinion along his line of thought,
but ever pressing forward from vantage
ground to vantage ground toward the full
restoration of those powers and privileges
to which the masses are entitled accord
ing to the JeffersOnian and Jacksonian
idea of true Democracy, as applied to
modern conditions.
The extent of his vision is admirably
illustrated by present national conditions
as compared with those prevailing seven
teen years ago, when the swing of the
pendulum against the interests of the
masses induced him to accept the nomi-
nation for Congress in this District.
Hon. George L. Wellington was then in
the zenith of his power as the intrepid
leader of the Republican forces in this
State. By and by the trend of that party
toward imperialism caused Mr.. Wellington
to arise in his seat in the United States
Senate and condemn the President whom
he had helped to elect. Now Mr.. yelling
ton is the candidate of the Bull Moose or
Roosevelt wing of the Republican party.
The other remnant of the old disinteerating
Republican party. the stand-pat element,
is represented by Mr.. Thomas Parran, who,
after being follower of Speaker Cannon
in the House of Representatives, was de-
feated for reelection last fall in Congress
sional District which had been Republican
for more than twenty years. This State
went over $4,000 plurality for Woodrow
Wilson, and William Jennings Bryan is
now his Secretary of State.
The ideas which dominated the Nation
when Blair Lee actively entered politics
seventeen years ago have proven false and
been repudiated by the Nation, and the
views which Blair Lee then entertained
are now dominant in the State and the
Nation
Mr.. Wellington has not yet presented an
issue, but the issue as raised between Mr..
Lee and Mr.. Parran is substantially this
Mr.. Lee indorses what has been done by
the Wilson administration and seeks the
privilege of further service by seat in the
Senate, there to uphold the hands of Presi-
dent Wilson in order that he may with
greater ease 60 forward in affording much
needed relief to the people. Mr.. Parran
looks back to the old exploded doctrines of
the stand-pat element or the Republican
party. and seeks seat in the Senate that
he may help to tie the hands of President
Wilson.
There can be no question of the trium-
plant election of Blair Lee by the people
of Maryland next Tuesday.
1t is meet and proper, however, that every
Democrat in this county should take the
trouble to come out to the polls and that
other philosophical citizens as well should
unite with them in giving Senator Lee and
each man on the ticket record-breaking
majority in Montgomery county.
HON. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
WILL ADDRESS OUR PEOPLE.
Hon. William Jennings Bryan will speak
in Rockville on Saturday morning. Novem-
Der list. at II O'Clock.
II the weather is favorable the meeting