Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-04-02
DEMOCRATS WILL
MAKE A CLEAN
SWEEP THIS FALL
Tide OF Public Sentiment Turning
With A Rush Away From Party
That Won Last Fall.

The political tides seems to have
turned toward the democrats earlier
than was expected, and there are all
sorts of signs visible that before the
fall election it will be so strong that
in all sections of the country any
thing Tabled democrat will win, while
anything that bears the mark of re-
publican, will 60 down to defeat.
Reason seems to have resumed her
sway in the minds of those democrats
who left their party last fall, AMI
many republicans and most of all the
independents are wondering why they
became politically crazy and voted
without reason or judgment. An,
there is no little unreason and lack
CT judgment in the way people arc
turning against the party in power
and it's representatives before there
has been any time or opportunity
for them to take definite action on
any matter which might have a ma
terial effect on the public welfare.
But no matter what may be the cause,
the tide of public sentiment seems to
be turning with a rush away from
the party which won with such an ov-
erwhelming majority last fall, and
all the many evils of the times are
now laid at the door of those who
have held the seats Of the mighty less
enc short month, The Germans are
disappointed because the President
has not made peace with Germany;
the Irish are mad because he has
not recognized the so-called Repub-
lie of Ireland, the Russians are Civ
ing out yells Of rage because he is
ignoring the Bolshevik of Russia,
and all the other foreigners and
their sympathisers are becoming hos
tile because he has not done some i'm
possible things for them, and, over
and above all, and what is most sig
nifcant the native-born citizens of
the country no matter what their
radical antecedents may have been
the real Americans, who in the final
analysis govern the Country both
locally and Nationally, are realizing
after all the old-time Democratic
conservative ideas are the true
American ideas, and are preparing
to go back to their own again.
This is especially the case in our
own old, conservative State, and
was emphatically illustrated on Mon
Gay in the town election ir Hagers-
town, where the Democrats had
things all their own way, and elect
ed their whole ticket for the first time
in many years. The political pendu-
lem swing with a wide sweep one
way last year, and the signs are evil
dent on all sides that it will sweep
with equal force the other way this
year. And nothing that politicians
and political manipulators may do
will be able to prevent it. The party
IT, power at Washington is the target
at which all will shoot, and the man
nominated on the ticket which repre-
scnts that party, no matter how in
significant or important they may be
from a personal standpoint, or how
lnimportant may be the places Ia
which they aspire, very many of them
will go down to defeat no matter how
we'll equipped they may be in every
way for the public service. There is
a multitude of indications already
that this is to be a Democrat year,
especially here in Maryland, and
fortunate will be the men and wo-
men, who are chosen at the primar-
les to have their names placed on
their party ticket. Last year the word
Democrat, after a candidates name,
served as hoodoo-this year the
same word will be sign of good
fortune, while the hoodoo will be
transferred to ne word Republican.
The Democratic party, especially in
Maryland, is always stronger locally
when a Republican administration
reigns in Washington, and that this
will prove to be the case this year
is foreshadowed in all parts of the
State; and with Senator France al
lying himself openly with the foreign
radicals, the foreign communists,
and the Bolshevik Terrorists of Rus
STA, and Senator Weller far selling
out the patronage to his own favor
ties, the chances are that the Repub-
lean party will go back to what il
was for more than a generation af-
to- the Civil War, a thoroughly dis
crediidted and almost disreputeable
organization of brokers in Federal