Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-08-22
REPUBLICANS SUGGEST EXCEL
LENT CANDIDATES.

LEM NANOiUA u os
The unanimous desire Of the Re
publicans Of the County to have as
candidates for the respective offices
to be filed at the coming election
men measuring fully up to the stand
ard of our best citizenship in every
particular caused spontaneous
{ athering Of the Party Leaders from
the different districts here on Mon
day, to confer over the situation, and
it is delight to know that their
commendable wishes were fully ma
terrified and that the meeting was
fruitful of the best results. A list Of
candidates were agre ed upon whose
names appear in another column, re-
preventative in every particular end
must command the support OF the
voters as well as the warm approval
of the entire citizenship Of our comfy.
The conference was long but cor
dial and most friendly No bick-r-
Ing or bossism entered into the delib-
Grafton Of the gathering. The one
common desire Of all present was
party success and that wisdom pre-
vailed is the concessum of opinion OF
the popular Judgment in and out Vi
the party. The voters AMI all the
wei wishers for the welfare of the
party can gather around the candi-
dates selected with ali unprecedented
joy never before knownin the history
of politics in the county.
Mr.. John F. Mudd, of Bryantown
section, heads the list of candidates
for the Senate. Who can say Of hin
bat prise? Young, brainy and pro
greesive. He, in part represented
It's County in the last Legislature
and his record is above criticism
With his co-delegate, Mr. f. Stone
Posey and Senator FIere, a Demo
GRAFT more beneficiary Legislation foi
the County was enacled than even
known before. IA proper reward
higher honors in his party, is his por-
ton. Not so, with Senator Frere.
the Democratic bosses, although h.
did more for the material advance
m mt our County, than any other
Democrat who has represented the
latter in the Legislature since ante
bullum days. they have ordered that
he must retire.
On the list for the House of Dele
gates, are the names of IIr. +. Stone
Posey, of this district and Mr.
Charles N. Dement,, of Indian Head
The first named is co-editor of this
paper and otherwise socially con-
nested with the proprietor. There
fore, sense of modest proprietor
prevents us saying more of him, but
that his pu' lie record is bis platform
1t is known all over the State that
his services - the people were of the
best or'ier in the Legislature of 1912
and that it is but fitting that he
should be honored a. ain.
Mr. Charles N. Dement, is also a
young man of the very finest perso-
nal attachments. He is of large and
most j ifiuential family of the County
and by pursuit he is a contractor and
his business interests in the County
are large and growing. The party is
fortunate to have HIM consent to be
candidate His father is an old ex-
conf, derate soldier and one of the
few with common sense sufficient to
know that when Lee surrendered we
were one Nation again and that the
best interest of his fellow soldiers
and all Southern sympathizers would
be best conserved by forgetting the
horrors Of the unfortunate strife.
The Party's candidate for County
Treasurer, is the Honorable Thomas
Norman of Nanjemoy. Mr.. Nor
man is not unknown to tie people Of
this County or State. lie represent
ed the County in the Legislature
sometime since and while not talk
ing representative in the Com
mittee room and in assisting
in the passage Of good Leg
islation he was mist active and ef-
fcient member. He has held other
positions of public trust and is re-
garded one of our best citizens. He
is at present engaged in tanning He
was a candidate fer the same Office