The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-08-06

splendid system of State roads, tetc.-
than to be able to say that l got this,
that or the other office for my personal
friends
Now, Blair Lee fought shoulder to
shoulder against the opposition OF
many of the same men who are oppos-
ing him now along with Governor
Crothers for these great measures.
1t it because of his record on these
lines that he received the greatest
majority, when he was a candidate for
| the Senate, that any man has received
in Maryland in the last 40 years.
| believe for that reason that ne is
! the safest candidate the Democrats
can nominate for Governor, if they
want to recover this State from the
| Republican party.
| notice our good friend, Mr.. Furst
gives as one Of his reasons for oppos-
| ing Senator Lees nomination that he
thinks that Lees Object in being &
candidate for Governor is to become
the leader of the Democratic party ir
the State. With Senator Lees record
| on the subject of control of the party
by the masses of the party through
the primary election system, 1t is
difficult to see how he could aspire tc
such leadership as now prevails and
such as Mr.. Furst evidently had i'll
mind
The kind of leadership which we have
had in the State, the leadership which
has perpetutated itself through the dis,
tribution of personal favors without the
rendition of public service, and regards,
without Indignation, the candidacy OF
any Democrat who does not bear the
stamp of it's approval, is contrary to
the spirit of our primary election sys-
tenn l hope after this campaign such
leadership will be a 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 demonstrated to such
busy men as himself.
The man who is elected Governor 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 thell
Governor-they don't want him to be
anybody else's Governor.
Mr.. Lee has been criticized for leav'
ing the Senate to become a candidate
for Governor. 1t has been said that If
doing so he is abandoning President
Wilson when he wants to have 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 al
ways heretofore been opposed to Presi
dent Wilson as we'll as to Senator Lee
The fact is-as | know-that the rea
son why Lee became candidate tol
the Governorship was because Demo
Gratis throughout the State who though
his public record guarantee 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 8 or 10 years would have fallen il
he had failed to respond to this urgen
call. Under such circumstances there
was no other choice for man with any
sense of public obligation.
There is another matter concerning
which l would like to say word
Some Democrats of independent ten
denotes of Baltimore seem disposed tt
oppose Senator Lee because he is sup
ported by the city organization. l have
had occasion to oppose the organization
about as often and hard as most men
but never could see that the mere fac
that the organization was supporting
| a candidate was sufficient reason fol
my opposing him. The organization
has tremendous power and when fol
| any reason it can be induced to support
a candidate of the character of Blail
Lee it is fortunate for the public. The
same thing has happened many times
For instance, the organization support
ed Thomas G. Hayes for Mayor, but
that didn't prevent us from voting fol-
him and getting frst-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 had record which was
the pride of all his friends. Nobody
feels ashamed of having voted fol-
Barry Mahool for Mayor, yet the or
ganization nominated him. 1t all de.
ponds on the man and the mans cir,
cumstances If a man is mere pup
pet in the hands of the organization, it
is one thing If he is a man who has
established 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 personal feel.
ing in this campaign. see not the
least occasion for indulging any feeling
of bitterness toward any candidate.
The choice of the Democratic party
at these primaries will be my choice
from the moment he is nominated, but
l believe most sincerely that the Demo
Gratis of the State will best serve theil
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 colleagues on the
ticket-Messrs. Maloy and Copper
Because it is very difficult for Cover
nor to serve the people as he would
unless he has associated with him mer