The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-08-26
Mn. WELLER'S PLATFORM 4
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
It Has Been Highly Commended BY
The City Press.


Baltimore News says, editorally:
Mine counts are included IN the
platform issued today by Roads Chair
man O. E. Weller, candidate for the
Republican Gu5ernatorial nomination.
Mr.. Weller is essentially a business
man. He wastes 10 words. He be-
lieves that the State Auditors Office
should be strengthened and sinecures
eradicated.
The Sun says, editorially:
Mr. Weller has begun to talk right
out loud, and it must be admitted that
he talks mighty good sense as far as
he goes. 1t Stems likely that the
Democratic candidates viii have to be
very explicit if they are to excel the
Roads Commission chairman in candor
and build better platform than his. "
The key note of his platform is, thus,
a Business Administration. Mr.. Weller
is primarily business man experience
ed in the handling of great enterprises.
1t was to be expected that he would
emphasize administration reforms in
the interest of the X-payers.
Mr.. Weller makes no pretense Of dis
cussing in single utterance every
question Of public Importance, He
closes with promise TO treat other
public questions which should more
properly be treated in the party plat
form, for Mr.. Weller is first and last a
Republican with all the true party man 5
desire to stand by his partY's declara-
ton.
MIR. Wellers platform Is admirable.
But after all, the best index of a
candidates attitude to future problems
is his past record for integrity and
ability. 1t is comparatively easy to
couch platform in smoothly, rolling
phrases, but woe to the candidate whose
past life dose not measure up to his
promises. Voters will estimate pledges
by the candidates character. They
will consider the possibility of future
performances in the light of past &C
complishments.
For these reasons Mr.. Weller towers
far above any platform that coald
possibly be written. A blameless life
of strict integrity, with never a broken
pledge or a forfeited word, a record of
accomplishing difficult enterprises. these
are the things that stamp Mr.. Weller
an ideal candidate for party which
has always chosen the best.
The only argument that opponents
Of Mr.. Weller are now using Is that he
kept the State Roads Commission free
OF partisan politics. 1t is needless to
say that had Mr. Weller not conducted
this great enterprise with sole regard
to efficiency, he would not now be con-
sidered for the Governorship But how
popular was his administration of the
Roads Commission before the political
campaign began is seen in the following
extract from an article by Governor
Goldsborough, published in the Man
ufacturers' Record of October 22nd.
1914.
THE building of our State road
system has been conducted on business
principles and entirely free from
politics, and it has had the support and
commentator of our citizens ire
spective of class or party The roads
have increased the property, and the
sentiment of the State is almost IN
animous for the continuation of State
road building. Our people, including
the farmers, have been educated up to
the advantages of good roads as well
as to the comparatively high cost OF
modern throughtares, and they are
willing to pay the price for them, if
satisfied that they are getting good
value for their money.
Weller headquarters has issued
booklet for distribution among the
voters. 1t contains pictures of Mr..
Weller and MIR. Duer, the candidate tor
Comptroller, with sketches of their
lives. Mr.. Doub being unapposed in the
primary, Is not included, but a sketch
Of his life will appear in an edition to
be issued after the primaries.
The booklet shows how the Weller
candidacy arose from an insistent desire
among the rank and file of the party,
which the leaders were compelled to
heed. and how there has been practical
unity among the leaders of the party
in declaring for Mr.. Weller. The
booklet shows further that the KEY
note of the campaign is a BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION BY ABUSINESS
MAN. Of all the candidates tor
Governor, MIR. Weller is unquestionably
the best qualified by training and
experience to put the varied and com
plicated enterprises Of the State upon
a business footing Because of the
widespread desire for such an admins
tration, Republicans realize that here
is candidate who can be elected.
They are tiocking to his standard so
rapidly that, as the Baltimore Sun
expressed it, 20 out of every Republi-
cans think that his opponent has not
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