Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-01
WILL RUN FOR
STATE COMPTROLLER
Mr.. Mcmillan Announces Candi-
dacy For Reelection
MAY UNITE OPPOSING FORCES
In Statement He Declares That He
Feels Obligation to Run Since
Friends Urge II

1t is practically certain that State
Comptroller Hugh A. McMullen, who
some weeks ago announced his inten-
tion not to run for the Office, will be
candidate for reelection.
Wise men change their minds, fools,
never. Comptroller McMullen is
wise man. He gave out an announce
ment in Cumberland last night that
he will be candidate for reelection.
This has been confidently expected,
since the Democratic State Central
Committee,at its meeting a week ago
unanimously adopted a resolution
askig Mr.. McMullen to be candi-
date again. Nothing has been heard
of opposition in the primaries, and it
is taken for granted that Mr.. McMul-
len will be renominted unanimously.
His decision to run will have ten
dency, it is believed, to remove the
disposition of the Democratic city ma
chine to cut candidates affiliated with
the state people Although Smith
organization man,Mr. McMullen is on
very intimate terms of personal
friendship with John j. Mahon. and
the latter doubtless will use his in
fuence with Mayor Preston to have
the entire city organization support
Mr. McMullen. If the State organi-
zation puts thorough and down
right annexation plank in the Demo-
cratic platform, to be adopted in Sep
tember, Mahon may succeed in win
ming the favor of the Mayor in the
matter
Deems 1t Duty To Run.
In announcing his candidacy, Mr..
McMullen, who said some weeks ago
that he would not be a candidate,
stated, in part:
I'm view of the many requests which
have been made to me from men in
various portions of this State who
have claim upon me, and especially
of the resolution passed by the Demo-
cratic State Central Committee at Bal
timore on the twenty fifth instant,
deem it my duty to announce myself
candidate for the nomination for
the office of Controller of the Treas
ury of Maryland at the primaries to
be held in September.
MY personal wish was to be re-
lieyed from. the duties of the Office
during the next two years and | was
under the impression that some other
person would perform its duties as
we'll or better than myself. However,
! realize the claims of my party upon
me and cheerfully comply with their
request.
Gratified With Requests.
1T is a sense of qualification to me
to have a public approval of my con-
duct of the Office durig the past two
years and If am nominated and
elected this fact will spur me on to
give my very best thought and atten-
tion to the work of the State. | may
be permitted to say that / have tried
to conduct the Office with impartiality,
with fairness and with sense of my
duty to those who bear the cost of
government.
II have always held to the notion
that it was the duty Of citizen to ac-
cept positions of public responsibility
when his services might in any man
ner be beneficial to the State, even if
it had to be done at the sacrifice of
his own convenience and welfare, and
consistency require that | be govern
ed by this sense or duty, and ! have
further felt that If declined to con-
slider these requests it would not be
showing the proper spirit of graft
tude to the Democratic party and the
citizens of this State who have nomi-
mated and elected me to this Office
when the nomination and election
we're aggressively sought by others"