Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-26
Letters to the Editor

is so great that a candidate nominated
according TO the spirit and letter of
the law, no matter how vigorous and
spirited a contest may take place in
the primaries, is sure to win by
large majority for the Democrats of
the State will see to it that no unfit
or unavailable man shall be named.
even if he should be supported by a
coterie of powerful but self-constitut-
ed leaders The Democratic voters
show every disposition at the present
time to take matters in their own
hands, and no leader or set of lead
ers. however influential they may be.
will he able TO force on the party an
unfit, unavailable, or unpopular man,
and thus jeopardize the party pros
poets in the general election At the
present time the three most prominent
of the several available candidates
are Mr.. Emory l.. Coblentz, of Fred
erick County; Judge Robert Moss, of
Annapolis. and Senator Orlando Har-
rison. of Worcester County. In for
mer letters. recently published,
sketches have from time TO time been
given of Senator Harrison and Judge
Moss, as well as others whose names
have been mentioned in connection
with the Governorship, and while Mr..
CoblentZ has been mentioned, no de-
tails have been given as TO his quail
fcations and availability as a posi-
BILE leader in the State contest which
will take place for control of public
affairs next year.
Mr. Coblentz is a lawyer of high
standing and ability, and ranks among
the best members of the bar of the
State. But he is much more than that.
He is also a business man of first
class qualifications, second to none in
Western Maryland. BY his energy and
skill he has developed the great sys-
TEN of electric railways which grid
iron and have greatly developed Wash
ington and Frederick Counties and ex-
tend into southern Pennsylvania; and
he is the active president and head of
the whole combination. He has in
connection with his railway system, in
operation an electric lighting plant
which furnishes electricity to a large
number of towns in that section. But
this is not all that he has done. He
is the president and active head of the
Central Trust Company of Frederick
the largest trust company in the
State outside of Baltimore City. In
order to form this company he con-
solidated seevral banks, all of which
were flourishing, and the success he
has attained in this enterprise is
L 70, IN,
All these enterprises he has built up
gradually during the past ten years,
and his success in gaining the conf
dence of the whole community has
been phenomenal He has proved him
self to be a man who succeeds in do
ing things well; and withal, he pos
sesses a most agreeable and attractive
personality, and is a public speaker
of far above the average ability and
charm. AS a candidate he'would be a
success, and those who know him we'll
believe that as Governor of Maryland
his administration would, like that of
the late Governor Crothers, mark an
era of progress in the State
Another possibility, whose name is
under discussion at the present time,
is Mr.. Carville ID. Benson, of Balti-
more County, whose name and repu-
tation is as well known as that of any
man in Maryland. Mr.. Benson is one
of the ablest men in the State, and no
member OF the General Assembly, in
either the Senate or House, has ever
been more influential than the able
young lawyer who has been Speaker
of the House, leader of his party in
both Houses, and whose fame and in
fiuence are State wide.
PAUL WINCHESTER.
Baltimore, Nd,
April 25, 1918.