The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-09-02
WELLER SKIES IRE BEC0N
Inc BRIGHTER EACH DAY
Roads Chairman Is Gaining Strength
IT, ~! Parts Of the State.

On August 30th, Honorable Adrian
F. Posey Of Charles county, announced
that he would support Mr.. Weller in
the Primaries. Mr.. Po5ey is the chair
man of the Republican State Central
Committee for his county and his dec
laration for Mr.. Weller places Charles
in the list of counties which are certain
to instruct their delegates for Mr..
Weller.
To add another county to the Weller
column is an important achievement.
but Mr.. PosaY's announcement has per
haps deeper significance. Il means
that the Warburton candidacy has
reached its climax and those few Re-
publican leaders who have not declared
for Mr.. Weller are soon to announce
themselves in his favor.
The primary contest in both parties
has been repIete with promises of
economy. Every candidate has said
that he favored it and each has sug-
gested budget system to promote it.
With the single exception of Mr.. Weller.
not one of them has given the people a
concise or explicit statement of what
he means by budget Mr.. Weller,
on the contrary, has issued a carefully
prepared statement in which he sets
forth very clearly what a budget is
intended to accomplish and the plan by
which it would be operated. No one
can read Mr.. Weller's statement with
out feeling convinced that he has mas
tered the difficult question of keeping
appropriations within expenditures and
of putting the facts before the people
so that they may constantly know how
their money is being expended.
1t is this habit of making concrete
proposals instead of ghtterng general
ties that distinguishes Mr.. Weller from
his rivals for the Governorship. He is
g business man accustomed to approach
questions directly and to reduce general
topics to specific proposal, budget and
budget systems would have continued
to have that desirable vagueness which
is the delight of the average politician S
candidate. The voters have every rea-
son to believe that Mr.. Weller will ap-
proach ali thej difficult problems that
will confront him with the same candid
directness and the same determination
to propose ard carry out concrete re
forms.
But two weeks remain before the
primaries. On September 18th Re
publicans must decide who will be their
candidate for Governor. Since the Re-
publican party exists to win elections.
the relevant question the voter who has
the interest of the party at heart should
ask himself is, who Of the two candi-
dates has the greater chances of sue
cess in the general election. A sue
cessful Republican candidate must be
able to poll not only his own party vote
but also a considerable number of In
dependent or Democratic votes. In
order to poll his full party vote he must
be acceptable to each of the great
wings of the party which were formed
in the great schism of 1912. A few
more Republicans in Maryland voted for
Roosevelt than for Taft. A successful
candidate must be able to secure the
support of the vast majority of each of
these groups.
With these considerations in mind it
is easy to see why Mr.. Weller is the
candidate the Republican party should
nominate. He will poll the full Taft
Republican vote, the Roosevelt Repub-
lican votes and thousands of Independ-
ent and Democratic votes. His op-
ponent in all probability could poll only
the first of these three classes. There
fore, those who desire that the party
should nominate a candidate who can be
elected should support Mr. Weller.