The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-24
PRESIDENT CAMPBELL
FAVORITE WITH ALL
Good Old Pete" as He Was Aifec-
tionately Known, thoughtful And
Considerable OF All, Especially The
New Members OF The Senate.

Baltimore, Md, May 23.-An
omission was made in the letters
sent from Annapolis during the SEES
sion of the General Assembly i'll the
fact that very little mention was
made of the able and very conscien-
tious President of the Senate, Mr..
Peter j. Campbell, who has served
the people of the State faithfully and
we'll in the two Houses of the Gen
eral Assembly, in one or the other
of which he has been member al
most continuously ever since 1886
In fact, no man at present living has
served as many sessions at Annapo~
lis as Mr.. Campbell, and his work on
behalf of the beneficial legislation OF
Maryland has probably been greater
than that of any one man since the
Civil War.
While an able lawyer, an excellent
speaker, and a most industrious man,
Mr. Campbell is one Of the most
modest men in public life. If he has
been ambitious for high political
honors, it has never been evident to
his closest friends. In fact, he has
never even sought nomination for
either the Senate or House OF Dele
gates. He was always sought out by
others and asked to take the nomi-
nation. He could easily have gone
to Congress at frequent intervals in
past years, but he always declined to
be candidate. Other political hon
ors have been ready for him to
grasp, but he preferred to go on in
his quiet, unassuming and modest
way, devoting his life to his family,
while others less worthy and less
able have taken what Mr. Campbell
could easily have had without a
struggle.
He has always been popular with
his colleagues, and with all the
attaches of the State House at An
napolis. No matter whether they
were Democrats or Republicans, all
have liked Mr.. Campbell, whether in
the House or Senate.
He has at all times been ready TO
help his colleagues who were mex
perienced, no matter what their diff
ficulties, and his patience as presid
ing officer has seemed almost limit
less. He has sat in the Presidents
chair like a judge on the bench,
dealing out courteous and impartial
decisions to all. and he has been I'M
doubtedly the most popular and well
esteemed man who has presided ov-
er either House since the Civil War,
and the list of able men who have
held the chair during that time is a
long and noted one, containing the
names of several who have attained
the highest hOnors in Maryland. The
writer has known every one of them,
and that Mr.. Campbell has been the
equal OF any as member of the
General Assembly and as President
of the Senate is a matter of no
doubt to those whose knowledge eX-
tends that far back. Had he been
more ambitious and less retiring and
modest, those who know him are
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high as any of them. But he mas
been content to go on through the
years in his quiet, peaceful way,
more a philosopher than politician,
more of faithful public servant
than an aspiring and ambitious lead
er. and the consciousness OF duty !
we'll done is to him a greater re-
ward than to have been Goyernor,or
United States Senator, and to nave
strutted across the stage for lew
years in higher, but less useful, po-
sition. He is still in the prime OF
his usefulness and fitness for pubic
service. He has not reached the END
of his career, and the people OF
Maryland are possibly to awake
some day to find out that men like
Mr.. Campbell are the rarest ana
most valuable Of public servants
That in passing him by for ambitious
self-seekers, whose greatest asset Is
their wealth, they have made many
mistakes. That the best officers and
public servants are not those VINO
brazenly fiaun5 themselves before
the people, and who seek position
with drum and trumpet and brass
band. Rather they are modest,
faithful and retiring men who are
ready to devote their time and tai
ents to the public welfare and who,
like Mr.. Campbell, have to be SOU
ght out and forced before the peo-
ple. but who are ready to do their
full duty, justly and impartially to
all. PAUL WINCHESTER.
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