The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-12-21
MARYLAND POLITICS
AS PLAYED TODAY
Paul Winchester, Noted News
paper Man, Gives a Very
Interesting Talk.

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Emmittsburg, addressed the Mems
Club Of Ali Saints Church. at Frederick.
Mr.. Winchester spoke for two hours.
and while his them was primarily the
Electoral College. he spoke Interestingly
ofspolitics as it is played in Maryland
today.
Mr., Winchester said that the small
states would not concent to have the
President elected by popular majority,
and minated that the proposed change
in or adjustment of the Electoral
College now under discussion would not
be realized.
Mr.. Winchester declared that the
Corrupt Practices Act was not being
adhered to, and that more money was
spent in the elections by the political
parties than is accounted for in the
statements filed from time to time He
said the correct expenditures were
seldom given. In the presence Of Rev.
Douglass Hoff and Rev. L. H. Ewald,
he said that ministers fail to have the
influence in our government that they
should exert.
The provision of the Federal Constitu-
ton. which provides that each State
shall have the right to decide for itself
the qualifications of the voters within
Its borders, was referred to in the ad-
dress. Mr.. Winchester said he favored
mass vote, but said that the United
States Constitution stands IN the way of
change from the present system He
referred to the doctrine of States
Rights, and also mentioned the fact
the fact that in some States, as in the
State Of Massachusetts, no person can
vote unless he can pass certain educa-
tional qualifications. He also referred
to the voting of women in the Western
States.
The small states, Mr. Winchester
said, would never consent to a change
in the Federal Constitution providing
that the President should be elected by
a popular majority.
Mr. Winchester said he was an in
dependent Democrat but voted on No
vember Z for DR., Joseph Irwin France
the successful Republican candidate for
the United States Senate.
Branding money in politics" and
Socialism as the two greatest menaces
confronting the American nation today,
the veteran newspaper man led on by
questions from members of the club,
turned from the subject of the Electoral
College and told of his experiences
among politicians he had known.
Mr.. Winchester said that conditions
are growing worse in the political life
OF the country, and deplored the fact
that there seems to be no way to stop
the use of money. He scorned the cleo
ton statements, which are published
after election according to law, and de-
clared that the complete expenses are
seldom given.
The speaker told of his trip as a
newspaper man and gave his impress
sions of President Daz. Mexicans,
Mr.. Winchester said, are unfit for self
government.
In the course of his remarks, Mr..
winchester raped the State Legis-
lature, and he told his experiences at
past sessions of the Maryland Legis-
lature at Annapolis He said that he
was a candidate for the Legislature
himself some years ago, from Talbot
county, but did not cast vote for him
self. He discussed the selection of the
United States Senator by the Legis-
lature and narrated how the seat in the
United States Senate used to be bought
at the State Capitol, before the change
in the United States Constitution was
adopted.
Mr.. Winchester said his career IN
journalism began on the Boston Ad-
vertlser in 1871. He said he had the
privilege of studying American history
under John Fiske, one of Americas
greatest historians. Mr.. Winchester
went to school and college in Mass
achusetts and cast his first vote in that
state, being compelled to show that he
could read and write before he had the
privilege of casting vote.
Mr.. Winchester told of his connection
with the Associated Press, and told the
members of the club how Grover Cleve-
land had received popular majority of
votes, but was defeated on account of
the Electoral College by Harrison. He
also said that since the election of Pres
ident Buchanan, he has seen every
presidential Inauguration, with the ex-
ception of one, being on that occasion
in Europe.
The speaker told of his intimate ac-
quaintance with Senator Aldrich, and
said it was that Republican legislator
who once told him that corruptions at
elections by the unlawful use of money
and Socialism are the two greatest
evils in our political system.
He paid tribute to the United States
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