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WINCHESTER PICKS WILLIS
FOR GOVERNOR
Thinks Marylands Present Repre-
SentativeS in Congress Will Re.
main Unchanged.

Baltimore, Md, July 12.-The
movement to secure the nomination
. of Mr.. George r. Willis as the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor next
year. provided Mr.. Willis will con-
sent to enter the field for the honor,
is rapidly taking form, and is meet
ing the approval of large number
of the foremost business and profess
sional men in the State. AS a can
didate he will be acceptable also to
many of the party leaders, for, Whlle
he has never been ranked as espe-
cially active in practical political al
fairs, he has always been known as
a loyal and answering Democrat,
and numbers among his personal
friends many of the real leaders OF
the party in all sections of the State
He has close personal and business
relations with county people, and his
county affairs. AS stated in re-
cent letter, he ranks among the high
est, not only as a lawyer, but also as
a business man, and in the settle
ment of the intricate and very Nnpor-
tant problems which will require
wise and careful consideration by
the State authorities at the close of
the war. Mr.. Willis great knowledge
of affairs, and ability as lawyer.
would be of incalculable service to
the people of Maryland in the Cover
nor's chair The adjustment of the
States revenues, the legislation af-
from the great changes which will
be one of the results of the war, will
require the exercise of the greatest
care and wisdom on the part OF the
Executive, and people who know Mr..
Willis are confident that he has the
very qualities necessary for the oner-
Gus and extremely important task.
The next Governor of Maryland
should be much more than a mere
politician He should be a man full
of patriotic devotion to the State
and all it's people, and he should
have the knowledge and ability nee
essary to do his duty to all, with
firmness and impartiality, and those
who favor Mr. Willis candidacy, are
confident that he is the very man for
the place.
AS the days so by, it is becoming
more and more apparent that the
present members of Congress will
succeed themselves at Washington
for another two years. All have been
loyal to the Administration during
the war, and, it is the general I'M
derstanding that the President is
opposed to any contests, SO far as it
is possible to prevent them. Many
people who are strongly partisan so
far as State politics are concerned.
are Indifferent to partisanship in
national affairs, as far as the cleo
ton of members of the House of
Representative is in question.
The latest report here is that the
Republicans will make no serious eff
fort to defeat MIR. Price i'll the First
District, and some Republicans go so
far as to express the opinion that no
nomination should be made against
him. There is no doubt but that
some leading Republicans, and not
few Democrats. believe that it would
be the part of wisdom to re-elect
Messrs Price, Talbot, Coady, Lin
thicum, Mudd, and Zihlman, without
contest, and thus avoid any political
turmoil this year. That such may be
the outcome may be possible, but
hardly probable, as the political mil
lenium has not yet come in this
State
One of the hardest worked men in
the State at the present time is the
Governor. The last four sessions of
the General Assembly, especially
the last two sessions) have piled up
additional duties on the Executive
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