The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-10-15
HARRINGTON POINTS WAY
(From Baltimore Sum-

State Comptroller Emerson y. Har-
rington, the Democratic nominee for
Governor, and his associates on the
State ticket-Albert C. Richie, for
Attorney-G General, and Hugh A. Nc
Mullen, for Comptroller-spoke here
Tuesday afternoon and in a fOrceful
manner presented the issues in the cur
rent campaign to an audience of about
25O men and women of Prince Georges
county that assembled in the Court
house. Congressman David ]. Lewis
also addressed the meeting.
Among the points the speakers
sought to drive home were the duty of
all Democrats to support the ticket,
the determination of the party to place
the administration of the States af-
fairs on an economical basis, the nee
essity for the adoption of the budget
system. the advisability of abolishing
continuing appropriations and the i'm
portance of electing not only Demo
crat Legislature but Democrat Gov
ernor as we'll, SO that the two branches
of the government may work in har-
mony.
Special emphasis was laid by all of
the speakers upon the fact that the
boosted business ability of o. E. Well
er, the Republican Gubernatorial can
didate, was something that must yet
be demonstrated to the people of Mary
land. 1t was admitted that Mr.. Well
er had been an efficient and honest
chairman of the State Roads Commiss-
ion, but that fact alone. it was declar-
ed, did not justify the assertion that
he was a business genius.
Mr.. Richie stuck the keynote in this
connection by saying that all that was
known of Mr.. Weller was the fact that
he had been chairman of the State
Roads Commission and that for num-
Der of years prior thereto he had been
connected with the stock brokerage
firm of Hornblower & Weeks. of Bos
ton and New York.
Prince Georges was one of those
counties in which the recent primary
fight was most bitterly waged, The
canvass gave the county to Senator
Lee by only II votes. That shows how
hot the contest really was. The lead
ers of both the Lee and the Harrington
factions agreed that the two elements
of the party We're getting together,
but they also admitted that there were
some sore spots left, and that it would
take time to heal them.
One of the prominent Lee men of the
county said that there was no trouble
whatever with the Lee leaders. All OF
them, he declared, would support the
ticket. 1t is the independents who are
causing VERY, such soreness as exists
being confined almost entirely to that
element. Nevertheless, the prediction
was made that the Democrats will
carry the county on election day.
They have an approximate of 600 on
utilization.
The Republicans of Prince Georges
are usually well united. They have a
little dissatisfaction in their ranks, but
the Democrats say that it exists mainly
among men without great influence.
Hence a united Republican vote has to
be combated, and it is sand that rarely,
if ever, have the Republicans of Prince
Georges worked as hard as they are
working at present.
The one thing that will help more
than anything else to insure Democratic
success 10 the county was the nOmina-
ton of S. Marvin Peach for State
: ,storney He was the only Lee man
to via out in the primaries and his
nomination was contested. The official
returns gave him the nomination by II
votes. A recount cut his majority to
three votes. Now everyone seems to
be- glad that he is to be the party )
candidate. Prolonged applause follow
ed the mention of his name at Tuesday,
smeating.
Former Judge T. Van Clagett, uncle
of Mrs. Brooke Lee, member of the
last House of Delegates, and a Lee
man ia the primaries, was unanimously
chosen to preside over the meeting
after it had been called to order by
State Auditor J. Enos Ray. chairman
of the State Central Committee for the
county. and Harrington man in the
primary fight. Judge Clagett made an