The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-07-09
Friday, July 9, 1915
THE LOGICAL CANDIDATE.

Mayor Preston has said Il do
not see how Mr.. Furst can think
that Harrington would be as
strong a candidate as Lee, in
view of the fact that Harrington
ran $500 votes behind Senator
Lee when they were both run
ming on the same ticket two years
ago-Lee for Senator and Har-
rington for Comptroller-and
both were Loyalty supported by
the Democratic organization
throughout the city and State. :"
The Democratic party in Mary
land cannot afford to conduct a
losing campaign again. The log
ic of the situation ought to ap-
peal to the leaders. A rule or
ruin policy will not receive the
sanction of the rank and file of
the party, and experience ought
to teach that there is no use in
party leaders forcing upon the
people a candidate not acceptable
to the masses. No substantial
reason has yet been urged
against Mr.. Lees candidacy. AS
far as political support goes, he
seems to have more Of it in this
campaign than he had four years
ago. Indeed, the Lee lineup
seems remarkably strong.
1t is a fact worthy of very SER
ious consideration by all Demo-
Gratis, irrespective of personal
preferences, that the majorities
usually come from Baltimore.
About year ago, the city gave
Senator Smith himself $4,000 of
the Is, 900 majority he received
in the Senatorial race. Only
recently it gave Mayor Preston
1900 majority. Compare this
with the result on the Eastern
Shore. This favored section,
that has for years been getting
the lions share of everything in
politics, could give the Hon. Jesse
D. Price, the Congressional
candidate, only a few hundred
majority. Yet it is attempting
now to dictate to the party in the
whole State who shall be the
Gubernatorial candidate. Is
there any reason or logic in this ?
Four years ago Senator Lee
was absolutely loyal to his sue
cessful competitor for the nomi-
nation and made a vigorous cam
paign in his behalf. 1t must
seem to the unprecedented outsid-
er that party loyalty, if nothing
else, ought to make Senator Cor
man an ally to-day rather than
an antagonist of the man who
was his unsuccessful rival in
1911. Sixteen years ago Sena-
Smith defeated Governor War
field for the nomination, but the
latter received the cordial and
enthusiastic support of his party
for the same honor four years
afterwards. When German de-
feated Lee by one vote in the
convention of 1911, the finger
of destiny seemed to point then
to the defeated candidate as the
proper and logical one to lead
his party to victory this year.
And all signs at the present
time indicate that this destiny
is about to be fulfilled.
Prince Georges was one of
the counties that supported Mr..
Lee in his last contest. There
is no plausible reason why it
should not do so again. The
welfare of the party is greater
than the qualification of any
personal ambition, and the
Democratic voters of this county
will be blind to their highest in
terests and false to the tradi-
tons of Southern Maryland, if
they lose this opportunity of
placing the seal of their appro-
val upon Senator Lees candi-
dacy. and thus make sure of the
election of a Democratic Cover
nor who will be just to Balti-
more city and, at the same time,
true to the counties