The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-05-27
.REPUbL IGANS SHOULD
TAKE AOVANT ACE Of
DEMOCRATIC DIVISION
Neither Lee Nor Harrington Salts
factory to Majority in Baltimore.

The Baltimore American sunday says:
'If the Republicans can avoid pri-
mary contest this fall and unite upon
candidate for governor who is accept
able to all elements within the party.
and then so complete the ticket as to
make it personally and geographically
perfect, they can make it exceedingly
interesting for their opponents. Their
chances of winning will be proportion
ate to the harmony within their ranks.
If united they will be in position to
give the Democrats the fight of their
lives; if divided they might as well
abandon the field and save their powder.
The opportunity is theirs. Will they
take advantage of it?
During the past week former Sen
ator jackson, recognized as the state
leader, has been sounding the leaders
with the view of inducing them to agree
to settle upon candidate. He is still
working along this line and he has
some hope of success. 1t is generally
known that he inclines to the candidacy
OF o. E. Weller, chairman of the State
Roads Commission, and while he be-
lieves him to be the most available man
the party could nominate, he would no
doubt yield his opinion if man equally
strong and with the same executive
AGILITY should be brought forward.
THE main thing is to have stan
dard- bearer who is not inimical to
Baltimores interests, and who Is him
| self persona grata to the city. There
should be no difficulty In inducing such
a man to accept the nomination, and II
he measures up in every other respect
he would have the support not only OF
Republicans but of those Democrats
and independents who are tired of
taking any one the far awav countries
chose to put up.
Apart from the regular politicians
there are comparatively few Balti-
moreans who take any stock in either
OF the two leading Democratic candi-
dates. One is tied up with Washing
ton, and the other with Philadelphia,
and neither is concerned about Balti-
more's future. The Baltimore city
man who sought the nomination was
unceremoniously dumped and dumped
because he was a city man.
IF local pride and sentiment counts
for anything, not to speak of self-in-
terest, isn't 1t reasonable to claim that
if the minority party, which has every
thing to gain and nothing to loose.
places at the head of the ticket a man
who enjoys the confidence of this COM
munity and who may be relied upon to
give the city a square deal his chances
of election are better than if he came
from the extreme ends of the state. ~
Because the Democratic organiza-
ton here has decided to support Sena-
tor Lee, it does not necessarily follow
he is their choice. They took him be-
cause he was less Objectionable than
the other man.
"Nor are they certain he will give
Baltimore fairer treatment than they
would have received from Harrington.
But they had had an apple out of the
other crowds basket and knew this
was sour, SO they concluded to take
chances on his opponent. hoping they
might fare better. Theirs is gamble
pure and simple. They admit there
has been no deal, no understanding.
4 They are taking Lee for better or
worse.
b. under the circumstances it is IN
cumbent on the Republicans to meet
this condition and if they do the same
independence and Indifference as to
party lines so manifested in the NUM-
cIpal election will be'demonstrated here
this fall. Baltimore city is expected to
furnish the majority to the Democratic
ticket. This fight, which will be in
tensely bitter, will play havoc with the
vote in the counties. The Democratic
majority outside the city last fall was
less than 5000, and if Baltimore coun-
tvs vote is not considered, the state
went Republican. 1t can readily be
seen, therefore, that Baltimore holds
the balance of power.
ITO insure harmony it would be we'll
for the local elements to get together
and so apportion the offices in the city
that there can be no cause for COM
plant. If Senator Jackson can sue
coed in uniting the party and thus
bringing about the unopposed nomina-
ton of candidate who meets every
requirement, he will have paved the
way to Republican success" ...