The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-08-13

see how he could aspire to
such leadership as now prevails
and such as Mr.. Furst evidently
had in mind.
The kind Of leadership which
we have had in the State. the
leadership which has perpetu-
ated itself through the distribu-
ton of personal favors without
the rendition of public service,
and regards, with indignation,
the candidacy OF any Democrat
who does not bear the stamp of
its approval is contrary to the
spirit of our primary election sys-
TEN. hope after this campaign
such leadership will be thing
Of the past and that our good
friend, Mr.. Furst, may look at
the matter very differently when
the full object of the primary law
has been accomplished and the
wisdom of it is thoroughly dem
onstrated to such busy men as
himself
The man who is elected Gov
ernor Of Maryland ought to owe
his nomination to his strength
with the people at large-with
the masses of the party-so that
he will not be under too much
obligation to any one individual.
When the people elect a man
Governor they want him to be the
responsible head-to be their
Goyernor-they don't want him to
be anybody else's Governor.
Mr. Lee has been criticised for
leaving the Senate to become a
candidate for Governor. 1t has
been said that in doing so he is
abandoning President Wilson
when he wants to have a Sena-
tor for Maryland to hold up his
hand, but you will notice that
this criticism has not come from
friends of President Wilson, but
from those who have always
heretofore been opposed to Pres
ident Wilson as well as to Sen
ator Lee. The fact is-as / know
that the reason why Lee be-
came candidate for the Gov
ernorship was because Demo-
Gratis throughout the State who
thought his public record a guar
antee Of better conditions and
party success demanded that he
should make that sacrifice. The
whole political movement which
he has been the leader of in this
State for the last eight or ten
years would have fallen if he had
failed to respond to this urgent
call. Under such circumstances
there was no other choice for a
man with any sense of public OBJ
legation.
There is another matter con-
corning which l would like to say
d word. Some Democrats of in
dependent tendencies of Balti-
more seem disposed to oppose
Senator Lee because he is sup
ported by the city organization.
/ have had occasion to oppose the
organization about as often and
hard as most men, but | never
could see that the mere fact that
the organization was supporting
a candidate was sufficient reason
for my opposing him. The or
ganization has tremendous pow
er and when for any reason it can
be induced to support a candi-
date of the character Of Blair Lee
it is fortunate for the public.
The same thing has happened
many times. For instance, the or
ganization supported Thomas G.
Hayes for Mayor, but that didn't
prevent us from voting for him
and getting first-class Mayor
one of the best that any American
city ever had. The organization
supported Robert McLane, and in
his brief career as Mayor he made
a record which was the pride of
all his friends. Nobody feels
ashamed of having voted for
Barry Mahool for Mayor, yet the
organization nominated him. 1t
all depends on the man and the
mans circumstances. If a man
is a mere puppet in the hands OF
the organization, it is one thing.
If he is a man who has estab-
lished himself by his record in
the good opinion and confidence
of the masses of the party, it is
an entirely different thing.
have not the slightest per-
sonal feeling in this campaign.
see not the least occasion for in
dulging any feeling of bitterness
toward any candidate,
The choice of the Democratic
party at these primaries will be
nv choice from the moment he is
nominated, but believe most
sincerely that the Democrats OF
the State will best serve their
own interests and the interests OF
the State by nominating Blair
Lee.
The reasons for nominating Mr..
Lee apply with equal force in
favor of the nomination of his
colleague on the ticket-Messrs.
Maloy and Copper. Because it is
very difiicult for a Governor to
serve the people as he would I'M
less he has associated with him
,,.hn nrn In full accord with