Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-08
"LITTLE SYSTEMS" OF B0SSISM
IN BOTH FACTIONS MUST 60

IN BOTH FACTIONS MUST 60
In the letter addressed to the
Editor OF the Evening Capital and
publised as a political advertise
ment in Saturdays issue 'by au-
tlority OF John NJ. Taylor,
Treas" il is stated that "If you
will look back in the files of your
paper you will find that these
Progressive candidates were Sc
lected as all other Progressive
candidates have been selected i'll
the last eight years"
The writer of this communica-
ton is mistaken, and loses sight
Of two principal distinctions be
tween the procedure this year and
in the past. One distinction is
that the "Progressives" were rep
resented by several of their promi-
nent members at a public meet
ing i'll the Court House on Friday
July IS, 1919, and who took all
active part in the proceedings
They, with the others present
joined to make unanimous the
adoption of the following rcsolu-
ton which was offered by Major
Hugh X. Riley:
Resolved, That the action OF
the State Central Committee in
calling the meeting is approved
and that this body also approves
the announced position of the
Committee that the selection of
candidates be left absolutely to
the free choice of the voters with
out dictation from any man or set
of men,"
Thus. the "Progressives" pres
ent, and those for whom they
spoke, were definitely committed
to the letter of this resolution, but
more especially were they com
initted to the spirit of it, Yet il
is a fact that some of these same
men were, only a short time there
after. instrumental in the holding
of a series of conferences among
"Progressives,' which eliminated
III the naming of a slate, notwith-
standing the further fact that the
very conference itself expressly
withheld any authority or direc-
ton for SO doing, and many OF
the prominent members present
advised against such course
Moreover, when the first meeting
of July 18th was held, it was .
prominent Progressive who
made the motion that the meet.
ing stand adjourned until the first
Tuesday following the Primary
Election. The very plain object
of all OF which being, Of course
to live up to the spirit of the Pri-
mary Election law.
A second point of distinction
overlooked in the communication
IS even more important than tho
FIRST, and that is that we arc liv-
ing in day and generation when
proceedings of the past cannot be
accepted as n guide for present
conduct No matter how PRO
gressiveS" may have selected their
candidates in the past. the voters
had special reason this year to
hook for a selection made III per
feet good faith. if attempted at all
lnstead OF that we find disap-
pointing course in the respects
above indicated. accumulated by
the ill-timed schedule which
brought about chaos at the elev-
enth hour.
Still another point relevant to
this subject and which we have
previously emphasized, is that ii
the course adopted by some pf the
fProgreSsives" proved disappoint-
ing, the course of some of the Cor
ganization" faction certainly has
proved none the less so. There
has been no attempt here to JUS
thfy i'll any way the framing up OF
the so-calIed Organization" slate
or those who may be responsible
for it. On the contrary what has
heen emphasized repeatedly in the
columns of this paper is that the
little systems" of bossism in this
county must go, and this applies
to whichever faction, or factions,
that may resort to these dis
credited practices.
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