The midland journal., 1915-11-26
THE TEST OF DEMOCRACY.
Is Democracy Decadent In Mary
land The Incoming LeglsIa-
ture Will Answer This
Question.
From The American Issue.

Framed about by the next Legis-
lature of Maryland that old adage,
the truth of the pudding is in the
eating" will have modern setting,
and democracy will be given chance
to rehabilitate itself in the mind of
the public >and prove it's practical
value as an agent of the people, by
che people and for the people as
against the vicious special interests
winch prey upon the people.
Not for years has there been in
Maryland such tremendous amount
III independent voting as shown Dy
the returns from the recent contest
at the ballot box. Spellbinders
throughout the state used every
argument known to astute political
leaders; orators thundered from q
hundred platforms; the crack of tee
party lash was heard everywhere;
money was spent freely, and whiskey
was given away in great quantities,
| ,ut The manhood of the state was
like adamant in it's determination to
make itself heard above the clamor
and noise raised everywhere by the
| powers that prey in their futile effort
20 befog the real issue. It was
| clearly a case of manhood against
machine politics and manhood won a
glorious victory.
In Allegany County the whiskcy
element, the Personal Liberty League
and other forces fought with the
desperation of demons but in spite of
their best efforts the rwo candidates
pledged to the submission of pro-
-IDlGlon to the people were hand
somely elected
In Washington County Democrats
and Republicans were lost sight Of.
The real issue was between the vets
and drys and the vets met an in
Glorious defeat, the dry forces elect
ing the entire delegation.
In Frederick County practically
the same situation obtained, and the
forces of righteousness were enabled
to elect the entire delegation to the
lower House, as well as the Senator.
The outcome in Carroll County is
very gratifying. The liquor traffic
overreached itself in ats effort to put
over two wet men. The result was
that four dry men, all OF whom were
acceptable to the temper ahce forces,
as well as the Senator were elected.
A desperate fight was made in
Prince Georges County and. thanks
to the manhood of that great county,
although not all for which We con-
tended was won, We split the dele
gaLion in half
Hartford County has redeemed
herself. 1t has cut loose from the
llquor-race track-gambilug interests
and declared that it would have no
more of that sort of thing and has
sent to the Legislature a solid dele
cation sQuarley opposed to the forces
that prey.
On the Eastern Shore of Maryland
the battles were fought in the pri-
maries and every for the Legislature
from that section Of. the state and
every man nominated in the prima-
ries was pledged to stand by the
proposition of submission to the
people of the whole state the ques-
ton of prohibition.
Perhaps the most Significant vic
tory recorded on election day in
Maryland was that won in Baltimore
county in the Senatorial contest.
The tragic death of John s. Ensor
brought great Encouragement to
many of our friends but the Lord of
Hosts was with His people and rails
ed up man in the emergency pledg-
ed to carry out the policies for which
Air. Ensor stood and, although tre-
mendously handicapped by the brief
time left in which to make any sort
of campaign, he won a splendid vic
tory.
Many factors contributed to the de-
feat of the whiskey representative
in Baltimore County, but perhaps no
greater service was rendered by any
than the splendid work of the COM
mittee representing the temperance
forces of the county composed of
Lewis M. Bacon, Jr., John Watson,
Jr., T. B. Todd, .Jr., and Edwin s.
Choate, with able heutenants in
every section of the county.
The result of the elections reveals
a statewide revolt against machine
politics and boss rule. The army of
political schemers who for years
has preyed upon the people and pray
ed before the altar of greed set up by
the vicious interests or the state has
met its Waterloo.
The incoming Legislature of Mary
land has a great opportunity. The
eyes of the whole state will be upon
it. The electorate knows why this
particular body was chosen.
Will Democracy as interpreted in
terms of political freedom rise from