The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-02-25
"An For Wilson

the SELECTION VI ueleSdlcS W thC
State convention?
"Original" Wilson Democrats
and some Democrats who were
not original Wilson men are be
ginning to talk about the necess-
ity of bestirring themselves in
order to prevent nameless gentle
men -one of whom, however, it
is easily read between the lines,
is Senator John Walter Smith,
who carried a single county in
the State in 1912 for Harmon
from putting over on them
and sending wavering delega-
ton to the national convention.
On the other side, it is being
given out by the State organiza-
ton that I'VE are all for Wilson. -
With the Legislature and the
Goodnow Commission on their
hands, the leaders of the domin-
ant wing Of Democracy, are not
all anxious to stir up feeling in
the Presidential primaries, nor
to be reminded that a plank in
dorsing the Wilson Administra-
ton was rejected by the builders
of the platform of the last State
convention.
Marion V. Brewington start
ed the ball rolling the Wicomico
News, and it is being given a
push here and there by other
county editors. Brewington de-
clares that the real sentiment
among the Democrats of Wico-
mico county is for the selection
of simon pure Wilson men as
delegates to the State conven-
ton from Wicomico county.
While the delegates will probably
go instructed, it is just as i'm
portant that we send the right
kind of men who are friends of
the Presidents and not send men
to the State convention whose
sympathies really run with some
other candidate, as was done
four years ago. We want to
send men of high standing in the
business world and men who will
reprecent the real sentiment Of
the Democrats of Wicomico coun-
ty, and who cannot be pulled
around by the old State guard to
sslect a delegation to Chicago
who are not in real sympathy
with President Wilson, because
there might be a great fight in
that convention and we want a
delegation from the State con-
vention to the national conven-
ton composed of simon pure
Wilson men,"
The News illustrates the wis.,
dom of sending simon pure
Wilson men" (printed in caps)
to Chicago by a reference to the
Maryland delegation in the Balti-
more convention. It says that
among the delegation there hap
pened to be some real Wilson
men, and at the right time made
their presence known and felt;
otherwise the story of the pro-
ceilings might have been different
1t speaks of some Democrats in
Baltimore who have had 50
much to say regarding the actions
of the party within the past
year." and says that if one of
them to whose wishes the
Democratic leaders of the State
organization how in many things
has his way, Wilson will not be
renominated," and there are
other indications which to the
looseness with which the Demo-
cratic bosses hold allegiance to
the President, all of which makes
it important that the Democrats
of Maryland stand up for their
rights and against being misre-
presented in the national conven-
tion.''
Speaking more or less author
itativsly for the Estate bosses"
some of their favorite organs as
sert that they are "All for
Wilson,. This deliverance of
the Snow Hill Messenger is going
the rounds:
There's no danger about Mary
land not being favorable to tho
denomination of President Wilson
Every State leader that we know
of is solidly behind the President.
The attitude of men four years
ago has nothing to do with their
attitude now.
There is a very old saying that
wise men change their minds
sometimes, but a fool never"
1t is very certain that the
Democrats of Maryland who ia
vored Champ Clark or Harmon,
fo,1r wears apo have chanuod