The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-12-05
Friday, December 18th, 1919

Friday, December 18th, IVY
The people of the State. re-
gardless of party, are to be con-
graduated on the result of the
election. There is no doubt but
that 81 gh of relief went up
from thousand of people who
voted for the Republican candi-
date, in the heat of partisan bit
terness, when they found that
Mr.. Richie was elected. for not
until the last few daya vas rea-
lized what manner of man the
Republicans had nominal e d.
With Mayor Broening in the City
Hall, the best element of the
citizenship of Maryland, regard
less of party, see what calamity
it would have been for a man OF
the Broening type in the State
House at Annapolis for four
years; and those who have any
State pride, and there are many
Republicans who have State pride
have no desire to see the sort Of an
administration in the Capital that
is in force at the City Hall. so
far as the City Executive is con-
cerned With a Democratic Cover
nor, anda Democratic Legislature
in both branches, and a Democra-
tic City Council in Baltimore. Mr..
Broening will be held in check,
and the Bolscheviki elements,
which placed him in the Mayors
Chair, will have nothing but q
barren victory with which to con-
sole themselves.
1t was a peculiar combination
of voters which came near cap
turing the Governorship in order
to rebuke the Democratic Admin
istration at Washington. The
one hundred and five thousand
citizens of Maryland. who rose to
condemn President Wilson and
his policies, were made up OF
fifty thousand negroes, twenty
thousand Germans, ten thousand
other foreign citizens, who are
anti-American, and twenty-five
thousand Republicans who never
vote anything but the Republic
can ticket.
The vote for Mr.. Richie was
made up of the safe, conserva-
tive, intelligent citizens of the
State who have ..made Maryland
all that she is in public and priv
ate affairs, all of whom, with few
exceptions, have lived in the
State all their lives, and whose
fathers have lived here for gen.
srations before them. The COM
bination which tried to rebuke
President Wilson and defeatlMr.
Richie was, therefore largely
made up of the people who are
always against what is conserva-
tive, sane and safe, and in favor
of the turbulent radicalism and
partisan bigotry and intolance,
which are the causes of a large
part of the troubles which affiict
the county at the present time.
Mr.. Ritchies victory, therefore,
is clearly a triumph of the safe,
sane, and conservative elements
of the people over a candidate
who represents the elements
which make for all that is disas-
ferrous and hostile to the general
welfare of the whole community
in moral, political and material
affairs.
Now that the contest is settled
the politicians are beginning to
prepare for the session of the
General Assembly and the inaug-
uration of the new administra-
ton.
The people of the State can re.
ly on the fact that Mr.. Richie
will be a real Governor in every
sense of the word. There will
be no boss, or set of bosses
either city or State, to dictate
appointments, or in any way to
influence improperly the action
of the Executive. He will be
Governor of the whole people; and
the writer ventures the proph- |
ecy that his administration will
be such that hereafter the Dem
ocratic prrty will be dominant in |
Maryland without serious oppos-
ton. Paul Winchester.