Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1913-03-20
LEONAkprOWN. MD.
UNITED STATES SENATE,

YOUR letter dated March 10, which |
heretofore noticed was pub isbed 10
the Baltimore American and the
Baltimore Sun OF yesterday, and
hasten to reply, takiog upthe various
paragraphs of your letter in order.
/ have published nothing concern
Jog you, or your record, IL any news
paper, nor have | ever authorized
any such publication or publications
or had any conr sctlon, however, re-
mote, there with; hence, If such is
the basis for your proposition for
Joint debate, would respectfully
sugge st that it would be more APP
propriate IL you direct our cbal enge
to the party or parties responsible
for the publications ycu ment'o1
1t il true that from time to time,
within the past 10 years, you have
rendered some help to thu Demoera-
tic party leaders. although it has al
most always been subject Of con
lecture and a doubt among party
friends, before each campaign, whe-
Their your influence would be for or
against the party.
AS one OF the many people In the
State who, throughout good fortune
and bad, have taken profound inter
est in the success of the party,
have always personally welcomed
your cooperation in party affairs.
and trust that we can now count
upon you as being permanently and
uniformly for the Democratic nomi
nees, whoever they may be, at every
future election.
| have no knowledge whats oever
OF your relations with former Presi
dents, except that YOU I'D ofiic-
under President Cevel4nc; Tor
do l know what your relations are
with the present Chief Executive,
except tbis-that you are again II or
,fil 80. Ard II the newspaper slor es
are correct, as perhaps they are
not, the Presidents potsnt iriiGen
&c suggests 10 me this fact, that H.
ho iast Struggle for ihs Presidential
nomination we both first approved
the candidacy Of Judge Harmon
then recc gnizinR tha h poles Of
hisc9bvass we 10th finally sup
ported President Wilson for the nomi
nation whereupou you went 10 Eu
rope and | remained at home. TAX.
ing an active and ] hope helpful part
in the campaign.
/ reference TO our respective poll
tcal records. my position is appJr
emily more fortunate than yours,
inasmuch as you seem 10 feel that
your record reeds defense and
can see no obligations resting upon
me TO deferd my Democracy,
have uniformly aud consistently
worked for the success OF tho party,
supporting its nomiutes al every
election since ] was 81, and IN the
several positions have held, always
by grace Of the Democrats, ] have
uniformly endeavored to serve the
people and my party as efficiently
as my opportunities ana limited
abilities would allow, Ard without
wishing 10 boast, believe | can
Justly claim TO have accomplished
great deal for the State aud for the
life and strength Of Democracy IN
Maryland.
Besides. 20 light could be thrown
o. The subject by a joint debate,
such as you propose, because every
one the least interes ted 10 MARYLAND
politics knows my record, and 40
parently the people arc fast learning
yours--a circumstance ! am not
surprised shou d give you grave
concern. For while ] have very H.
tie personal knowledge ~ the de
tails Of your politial record ! am
informed by those who nave the
plasure Of o moro intimate acquaint
ce with your life than ] That the
articles attacking your record AID
to which you allude in your ester
to me are approxim Aiely true
Hence The fact brougb out IN Joint
debate between us, regarding our
espective records, would cause
them to stand out by contrast rather
than bv comparison. For instance,
in the three campaigns, Mr. Bryan.
the original progressive and he
undiSputed proRrt ssive leader.
made for the Presidency, my every
effort was centered and directed up.
on his success, and particularly 10
his tight against the late President
Mckinley, the great exponent OF
standpatism and high protective
tariff, ] was with BrYau, doir
everything | could for him, and you
were openly and sggressively op
posed to him.
The Democratic primary on Noy-
ember ), which am persuaded can
in 20 sense bs dominated by any II
fluence without the State, however
powerful, will. no doubt, amply de
monstrate which Of us. or which Of
all the candidates. is considered by
the Democrats of Maryland as The
better exponent OF the State. For
a good deal more than hundred
years tha people OF Maryland, in the
exercise OF the principe Of home
rule, have been ab Q to make intelIi
gent and independent SOLICITORS OF
their repre- sentatives in Congress-,
aud, in my judgment, they will con.
Time to do so as therefore,. The
are the arbittrs, and the only arbi-
ers. who should decide, or attempt
to de eide, the present question of
the selection OF Senator's, ard they
are the only arbiters I recognize or
whose favor court
The sentiments of the people, par
ticnlarly the sentiue cuts f the Demo
Gratis voters, can easily be ascer
tanned without making q primary
fight bitter. resulting 10 party dis.
cord Thert fore, ! shall do nothing
IN mr. baforo tho nnunf IN nj maui Gx.Lt