The midland journal., 1916-04-28
Lee Should Be Renominated.

No one has thus far offered .
single reason why U. S. Senator
Blair Lee should not be renominated
at the Statewide Primaries to be
held on the first day of May.
Lee has always stood for progress
and reform in State politics. While
in the State Senate he always dis
played the larger vision; was con-
structive and occupied beyond Ques-
tion the position of an advanced
guard in the Legislative reforms of
recent years. He is justly entitled
to the credit for. some of the most
effective and progressive legislation
that has ever gone on our statute
books. AS the State Senator from
Montgomery County, he led the fight
in the State Senate for the following
measures, which have given an up
lift to political standards in Mary
land and have brought real mad per-
menant benefits to all the people:
Primary Election Law for Mont
gomery County-1906; and sue
ceeded in giving his own county the
first legalized Primary Election Law
in the State.
Primary Election Law for the
State, optional, in 1908-compul-
sorry, 1910. Amendments, 1912.
State Road Law Amendments, 1910.
Amendment providing peoples
counsel for Public Utilities Commis-
sion, 1912.
Federal Constitutional Amend
ment-Tax on Incomes.
.Eight-Hour Telegraphers' Law.
Publicity measures in the Legisla-
ture, printing all bills, ETC., 1906
i190S-1910.
Publicity of caucus action and
votes of the members in caucus on
each proposition, 1912.
The following legislative reforms
were inaugurated through his in
fuence in 1914:
Rule for calendar of bills for con-
sideration in the order reported by
committees.
Rule to require all bills to be re-
ported within specified time.
Rule requiring appropriation bills
to be brought in thirty days before
the end Of the session.
Other measures which he vigor-
ously supported:
Corrupt Practices Act, 1908-1910-
1912.
Public Utilities Commission Act.
1908.
State Road Law, 1908.
Full Crew Law.
State Care Of Insane.
Bank Supervision Law.
Pure Food Law.
In the Senate of the United States,
Senator Lee has invariably upheld
the hands Of President Wilson and
has given him valuable aid in carry
ing out his policies and in securing
the redemption of the party platform
pledges. Such services as Blair Lee
has rendered his State and his coun-
try certainly warrant continuance
Of his stewardship.
It is stating the matter mildly to
say that he is entitled to the same
consideration and fair treatment
that other Democratic United States
Senators have had in the past history
Of the State. Wilson, German, Glib
son, Smith and Rayner were all re-
elected without serious party divi-
sion. A vote for Lee is not
only a vote for Democrat
who has rendered good service for
his party, but it is vote for a pub
lie servant of absolute integrity and
real devotion to the public interests.
The Baltimore Sun in its editorial
columns in the fall of 1913, when
Senator Lee was first candidate
for the United States Senate, de-
clared that Lee throughout his
whole political career had fought
Tor good men and measures, and was
a type of public man to whom the
whole country was looking to obtain
purer and better government.
Every Democrat in Maryland
should feel deeper interest in swell
ling the vote for Lee, because his
devotion to his public duties in the
present session of Congress has kept
him from making an active CAM
paign during this primary, and has
given to his opponents an advantage,
which he has felt constrained to per-
NIT them to have rather than to
neglect his Congressional duties.
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