Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-09-28
PAUL SLEMAN,
Chairman County Committee.

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PAUL SLEMAN.
Chairman County Committee.
| hereby accept the nomination as con-
veyed in the foregoing communication
| am told that there never has been but
one Republican Senator from Montgomery
county and that his name was Moore
Joseph I. Moore. There is, therefore,
genealogical precedence for the action of
the County Committee. This nomination
comes to me entirely unsolicited be-
lieve that it is the duty of one to accept
service under such call, and shall do
my best, thru the open and fair discussion
of the issues of the day, to help win the
contest for the party under whose banner
] appeal to the people.
With our Nation engaged in war with
powerful and INSCRIPTIONS enemies, and
assailed by towards or traitors at home,
II is no time for weakening criticism, but
rather it is time when loyalty to the
principles of human liberty requires that
every American citizen support the Presi-
| dent OF the United States, and the Gov
ernor OF his own State. In every measure
that will render the Nation and the State
more efficient in the prosecution of the war.
As to my special fitness TO serve my
decide between my opponent and myself.
In 1898 Twas appointed Chief of one Of the
largest scientific bureaus of the Govern
ment by great President Grover Cleve-
land. and also commissioned by him an
assistant to the Secretary Of Agriculture.
Notwithstanding the fact that he knew
that ! was Republican and had voted
against him. He was a better citizen than
he was partisan, and he was red -blOOded in
his politics, too; but he was acting for
what he believed to be the best interests
Of an important Government Department.
served thru the remainder of his admin
istration and thru those of the three follow
ing Presidents. and during those eighteen
years presided over the affairs of the United
States Department Of Agriculture more
frequently and for longer periods than any
other man except Secretary James Wilson
| II the long training thus secured, under a
really great Secretary Of Agriculture, does
not render me one who may be of especial
service to the farming interests OF the
State Of Maryland in the councils of the
State Legislature. then have not availed
myself Of the opportunities that were mine.
believe in building up the State College
Of Agriculture, and believe in college
education that shall educate our sons and
daughters back to the farm-not away from
it ; and that shall help the farmers fight the
battle of competition with other industries
to the end that our children may not wish
TO leave the farm.
For too long the price of everything that
the farmer sells has been based upon hours
that extend from sunrise to sunset, both
for himself and his hired help while the
worker of the city. eating the product Of
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power of trade unionism receives several
times the wages that the farmer or his
help get, work eight hours, and live in
houses with steam heat, bath and electric
lights and then these city workers con-
tend for a low price on bread and meat
| They are right they are defending them
selves, and the farmer will be at their
mercy. and at the mercy Of all other classes
until he does just what these prosperous
city classes do-cOmbine for self protection
and force a just recognition Of their rights
| and a price for their product that Is predi-
Gated upon hours Of labor that are not so
| cruel as to warp and distOrt the image Of
God and force father 70 work little chill
dren who should be in school. The trade
uniOnists have put some twenty Of their
members in the National Congress How
many have you there and how many have
you in the State Senate Of Maryland You
have Just two farmers in the State Senate
Of those that now remain as h0ld-Overs (;
and OF these fourteen, six are lawyers
members Of an honorable profession. to be
sure but do you not think that your in
terests would better be taken care Of II
the relative proportion were reversed
The roots OF my ancestral tree are dug
deep into the soil. y Ny four grandparents
we're born on fafm and lived and
died there, and my father was farmer
for the greater part Of his life. Where a
mans treasure is there will his heart be.
also" My only business during the past
six years has been farming, and doubt
less shall continue close to the soil all my
life During the eleven years that have
been living on Mooreland Farm and super
intending its operations have had the
benefit OF living among a progressive set
Of farmers from whom | have learned much.
Many of them do not know how much they
have contributed 10 the success OF my
work at Mooreland Farm.
The war has caused the old order Of
things TO pass away, probably never 10 re-
turn as they were before. Tremendous
economic upheavals have occurred the
Government Is doing things for and with
the people never before thought TO be
possible in this country. and when the war
is over must come the great contest be-
tween classes for an adjustment Of the
relations Of each 10 the new peace cOndi-
tons. DO you think that the farmers in
terests will be properly safeguarded unless
he has in the various legislative bodies
men who know by actual experience what
1t is TO till the soil, and whose only bust
ness is farming, and who must make their
living from the soil.