The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-02-19

| pity not to consider this idea a little
more thoroughly by those who have it in
their charge.
Coming to the Frederick appointment,
of course impersonally speaking. the
State Central Committee as far as we
! have been able to ascertain, absolutely
! ignored the members of the County Cen
tral Committee for the various precincts
of Frederick District. There are eight
precincts in Frederick District No. 2,
with three members of the County Cen
trail Committee for each precinct, max
ing total of twenty-four men who are
supposed to be entrusted with the duty
of looking after various matters connect
ed with elections in the county. mas
much as the opinion and the sentiment
Of the members of the Central Commit
tee for Emmitsburg District was taken,
if not considered, by the State Committee
it would seem to be no less their duty
and proper policy to consider the opinion
of the members of the Central Commit
tee for Frederick District. This failure
on the part of the State Central Com
mittee is bitterly criticised in some quar-
tiers. and to our mind, could have easily
been bridged over by proper concep-
ton and fulfllment of the prophecies of
the situation. Not only that, but it
would have alienated much of the press
ure they are supposed to have under
gone, and made it easier to have settled
on man for the position of postmaster
of this city. By many persons it is
contended that the Committee could
have figured out way by which one of
the four avowed candidates could have
been selected, inasmuch as they spent
very much OF their time IN getting petit
tons, interviewing different individuals
in their own behalf, and being under
more or less under very great strain
for many, many months. Everyone of
them stands very well in the community,
and could have very easily mastered the
duties required of the postmaster.
Politics is politics, and can only be
played in a political way, but politics
also require certain acts of fairness and
justice and right. No one is immune
from errors that creep into every heart
and mind, and we are not holding any
one in particular up to censure or criti-
cism in this article. We are writing
this because we believe it to be duty,
and the above comments and suggestions
and observations are the result of ex-
pressed opinions by men who have long
been identified with political activities in
this county, and who are regulars of the
regulars, and want to see the Democratic
party succeed in every contest in which
it engages. 1t does not do to too lightly
give up the old loves for the new, and
dangerous pathways may be avoided by
following out some Of the lessons taught
by wise leaders in the past We are
facing a strenuous conflict this fall with
our old enemy, the Republican party,
for the filling of numerous offices in this
county. There will be necessarily many
candidates for the positions, and glance
at our advertising columns will show al
ready some who have come out this early
in the game. Time is great leveler of
controversy and conflict, and in the case
of the postmaster propositions spoken of
above, many will forget and forgive.
The object lesson we strive to impress
upon all is the question of the rule of
the people, and the conservation of the
best interests Of any community where
political appointments are to be made.
We have no doubt that the men Sc
lected for these two positions will fill
their respective offices with honor and
credit to themselves and to their respec-
tive committees, and personally they
have our best wishes to this end, but we
stand very strongly to the position taken
in the aforegoing remarks.