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GOVERNOR HARRINGTON
NOT A CANDIDATE

Will Make no Effort to Succeed Him.
seIf-prefers Il City Democrat
Preparing to Return to cambridge
To Practice Law With His Son.
There was a report in circulation a
year ago that Governor Harrington
was guided in his political acts by a
desire to succeed himself. At the
time the Governor denied that he
was guided by such motives. He has
recently, in a private statement, de-
clared that he will not seek a re-
nomination at the hands of his party.
He has expressed purpose to re-
turn to Cambridge, mis- home town,
and here resume the practice of law
with his son, Emerson C. Harring-
ton, Jr.
At the time the Governor express
ed his intention not to be candidate
for denomination he declared his be-
| lief that his party could best be SER
we'd by the nomination of a Balti-
more city Democrat.
| Throughout the campaign in this
city preliminary to the primary on
! Tuesday Of next week for the nomi-
lnatiOn OF q candidate for mayor, the
! Governor has held himself aloof from
active participation. He has been
Frequently goadeG by charges that he
| induced Mr.. Williams to be a candi-
| H., ho+ h0 cI1nnnrtir hic
candidacy. lie has held himself
aloof, declining 10 be drawn into an
endless controversy in political
campaign.
| IN entertaining q year or more
| ago an. ambition TO serve another
term as governor 1Ir. Harrington did
not differ from g dozen of his prede-
cessals Like them, he has tasted of
| the sweets of lower and was loath
| to relinquish il. He soon became
aware that the long list of governors
and Senators from the Eastern Shore
had reached it's limit and that an ex-
| tension Of the list would not be tole-
rated By other sections of the State.
| The deciding fact or, however, was to
give his son a start in life. His i'm
mediate predecessor, Governor Colds
! borough, long cultivated a desire to
ferences which arose between him on
one side and Senator Jackson and the
| city organization on the other he
would again have been his party's
candidate. The same elements stood
in the way of his nomination later
for the United States Senate.
Governor Crothers also had an am
bition to succeed himself. The late
J. Fred c.. Talbot decided that Sena-
tor Blair Lee would be the stronger
candidate and p;tted him against Mr..
German, who won. The Governor
supported Mr.. Lee in the primary.
Governor Warfield also had de-.
sire to scrxasanother term, hut neyer$
pushed his candidacy because of the
antagonism in his own party. He was
a candidate against Senator John
Walter Smith for the Senate, but was
defeated.
Governor Smith had no ambition
to succeed himself, but was a candi-
date for the Senate, being defeated
by the late Isidor Rayner.
Governor Lloyd Lowndes was re-
nominated in 1899 by the Republi-
cans, but was defeated.
Governor Frank Brown toyed with
his party in 1895, 1899, 1908 and
1907 for nominations for Governor.
and while he had many friends will
ing to stand by him, he made no ac-
tive campaign.
The old Democratic principle of
rotation in office was more popular
SO years ago than now, and the gov
ernors Of that period were not ambi-
tious to be their own successors.
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