Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-08
Letters to the Editor

nar with bitter failure. The. Cover
nor who usually is able % exert
great influence in shaping legislation,
also met with failure and retired TO
his office and, in the end, the legisla-
ture dominated His EXcellency. The
most influential figures in the whole
body we're the little group of Sena-
tors led by Senators Harrison and
Crothers. and these men in the END
dominated the whole General Assem-
bly,, and did practically as they wish
ed. with one or two exceptions, gain
ing every point for which they con
tended up to the very closing hours
Of the session OF these Senator Har-
rison was easily the dominant figure,
and if anyone stands pre-eminently
before the people OF Maryland as a
future leader the Senator from or
cester is the man. He has forged 10
the front TO such an extent that he
can easily be ranked as the Eastern
Shore leader and, if he desires ii, as
one O fthe big figures in future demo-
cratic politics Of the State. Whether
he will attain his unconcealed ambi-
zion to be Governor of Maryland the
future alone can tell. but the man
who stands in his way viii know that
he has been in the fight.
Il has become generally understood
during the last few days of the ses-
sion that Senator Crothers of Cecil
county would be a candidate for the
democratic nomination for Congress
in the First District If Mr.. CrOthers
goes into the fight he will have the
backing of a large number of demo-
Gratis from different counties on the
Shore, many of whom are leaders in
their respective localities. The move
ment TO induce Senator Crothers to
enter the field has been going on in a
quiet way from the beginning of the
session, and it has been evident only
during the last days that he was ser
| iOusly inclined to make the fight.
Some of the leading democrats here,
during the past week, believe ii will
be the part of wisdom for the other
candidates to keep out of the fight,
and allow Mr.. CrOthers to have the
nomination without a contest so that
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served for the real fight before the
election in November If this plan
should be followed there would be no
doubt as to the election of the demo-
cratic candidate, for, with the party
united, the democrats will be able
TO carry the District with ease Con-
gresham Prices friends insist, how
hn will no in tho fpht n
the end, and that under no consider
alton can ne be induced to withdraw.
Mr. CrOthers is an excellent cam
paigner has a fine record, not only i'll
this session of the Senate. but in the
| sessions in which he served some years
ago, and his hackers are among the
| most influential democrats in the sew
eral counties in the District
Senator Andrews of Dorchester will
probably be the nominee of the re
publicans for Congress on the Share
| Like Senator CrOthers, he has made
| his mark in the present session and
the fight between these two men, if
they should be nominated by their re-
SpeCtive parties, will be memorable,
for both are born fighters and fine
campaigners, and the Eastern Shore
will be canvassed as it has not been
in an off-year Congressional fight for
lons time. There is on question as
to Mr.. Andrews ability-it is recOg
nized and acknowledged by his pOlit
zeal opponents and no republican who
has been in the Senate in recent
years has attained higher rank than
the Senator from Dorchester. lie is
popular. not only with the members
of his own party, but also with his
| democratic colleagues, and it is but
fair to say that he was one Of the
most careful, Industrious and pains
taking of the members of the upper
House There was so little legisla-
tion of partisan nature at Annapolis
this winter that it was only on the
rarest occasions that there was a
solid party lineup on either side. On
these occasions Mr.. Andrews lined up
with his party.
PAUL WINCHESTER.
State House, Annapolis, Md
April ., 1918.