The aegis & intelligencer., 1916-04-28
FRIDAY, APRIL ~. 1919
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political interest in the recent session
of the Legislature. have prepared voters
to welcome IL rest and return to the
pillow with opening spring. But this IL
no moment for haIting or Indifference.
WITH II nelghbUr equally ignorant and
trrnchcrous on the south. and n dema-
Epguc equally dangerous in our midst,
u l. for the people at large to say
whether or not they will do all in their
power to continue IN office an admins.
trntIon which thus far has wisely and
well kept US out Of the throes of
world war OF course we do not think
of other than the re nomination Of
President Wilson probably no one
anticipates any contest there-but we
hrc thinking of II Congress whose mem
bcrs mhy support or may tie his hands,
and therefore who will be our nominees
for both the Senate and the House il II
most important question.
Had Senator Lee kept out of the
EuhcrnatOrihI fight last year his re-
sprlng with little or no opposition. We
do not mean his career in the Senate
has been 50 successful that no other
citizen Of Maryland would make bet
ter senator, but voters would have will
ingly agreed that he should follow the
usual Democratic precedent of receiving
Mt least one endorsement. and would
have allowed HIM to continue where his
historic name. personal dignity and
ample wealth unite to adOrn such an
cNhnltcd office. But the Senator,
partly through misfortune. partly
through fault made fatal mistake
when he launched that campaign Sena-
tor Ices political strength is made up
largely of the dlscontented, and his
hrlhd plautudes about reform, his lofty
promises but dismal performances, and
most of all the campaign methods of
his most active workers have convinced
thoughtful electors that the unity of the
phrly, and the prosperity Of our state
ana nation unite in recommending that
ne give way 10 hllutner.
Two other candidates are left to
choose from. The record of Mr.. Bruce's
life leaves no room to doubt that his
personal character, his scholarly at
tanments and his professional ability
guarantee in advance that he would
ornament any office To which he might
be elected, but we all know of good
men who are not vote -getters, and,
without attempting to analyze the rea-
sons, this weakness on Mr.. Bruce's
pnrt viii be conspicuous ON May /.
This leaves the third candidate, whom
the Hartford Democrat in recent issue
read out of the race, Little David
Lewis, who has long had giants grip
On the hearts of his countrymen, and
grows bigger and bigger in his indefati.
gable efforts for their uplift and better.
ment
The average man who comes up from
the lower walks of life and meets with
marked success as II politician, for in
stance the late ex-senator Henry G.
Davis, ls noted for his executive ability
rather than his scholarly attainments
nnd nttulsuc humanity, this man is
noted for them all While his educa.
upn was started in the coal mine it has
been II daily growth until now his
kn"" ledge of humanlty-its rights and
Obligations would do honor to the
s"hnivst university scholar
while his business career started in
the field of the small beginner with the
bread winners goal as its immediate
reward he has conceived, and with the
"d of the national congress consumma.
ted. governmental method of placing
within the reach of every producer at Il
minimum expense the best possible
market IN which to SELL and within the
reach OF every consumer ON the same
terms the most desirable market in
winch to meet his daily needs. This is
practical aitrusm in the highest sense
"I the word, and because of this mans
pure heart. clear conception of his
fellow mans needs and his unfinching
energy to meet them. he is the man
VINO VIII best represent the people of
Maryland in the United States Senate.
Is he vote getter? Well when one
recalls how he has built up Democratic
mal"ntles IN Republican county and
IN II Republican congressional district
thus question is no longer open to argu.
m'ht, and when We recall how he takes
Possession of the farmers and laborers
when he meets Hartford audiences. there
Is httle reason to doubt how they will
trent him next Monday. Up and for
nm, Democratic voters; let every good
worker prove that he did the most to
nominate the man who will do most for
US
WHO SHALL RE CONGRESSMAN?
Several weeks ago we reprinted an
excerpt from the Baltimore American
which gave an account of an offensive
and defensive alliance of certain sup.
porters OF senator Lee toput Congress.
man Talbot out of business if salts
factory bargain could not be made with
him for Mr. Lees denomination We
assume that MIR Talbot was not on the
bargain counter as these same parties
are now pushing congressional delegates
in the interests of MIR L.oy Il Wilkinson
for Congress. 50 that il Lee were to
carry Hartford, Wilkinson would also.
There are other than Lee men who
have at times become restive because
there has been so little rotation in our
representation IN Congress, but they
will hardly seek AN exponent of this
principal IN the person of MIR Lloyd
Wilkinson. True he has rotated from
Worcester county to Baltimore city, and
he has rotated from one wing of the
party into another wing and from one
Office into another; but it has been
cold season when Mr.. Wilkinson has
not held public office, SO that, to handle
the matter gently, he is hardly the ap.
propriate champion to stand for this
popular doctrine.
Frankly, is there an intelligent man
in the district who believes that il
would be best for the party or the
nation to leave Mr. Talbot out of the
next Congress? Will an intelligent man