Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-09-03

ton is to be held in this county OF
Friday, September the 9th, for th'
purpose of selecting candidates fol
the House of Delegates whose names
will appear on the Democratic tickle
which we all hope will be elected al
the coming Fall election. | am alst
positive that you are aware of tht
fact that your humble servant, thc
speaker, is a candidate for re-elec-
ton to that position, and it is in thc
interest of my candidacy that | ad-
dress you.
You will notice that l am using
what we printers call type-writtcn
copy this afternoon. | do this for two
reasons: First because | am unac
customed to public speaking and if
attempted to speak eXtemporaneous-
ly / might drift too far from my
subject and weary you with unneces-
sary utterances. And secondly he
cause l want my remarks to be in
black and white so that they may be
successfully defended against false
accusations.
1t is is not MY intention to detai1
you long this afternoon | slmph'
want to present my cause in as few
words as possible and leave the mat
ter in your hands, my good demo
cratic friends, whom | claim alone
have the right to select the candidat-
es for the party to which you belonis.
and | promise that your verdict will
be my verdict and that | will gladly
abide by your decision,
| want. before | proceed further. 20
express my appreciation to the great
Earty to which | belong for the hon
Of of placing me upon the ticket two
years ago, and especially do l want
to thank the good people of this, IN,
home district. for the flatterng vote
they gave me in the election that
year | shall never forget the sup
port | received here. and as long as
life itself lasts | shall endeavor TO
show my appreciation of your xiv,
ness to me. You will remember IT,
ing prophets who foretold of my de
feat; who stated publicly that | would
never occupy one of those handsome
ly upholstered leather chairs in the
State House at Annapolis. But thanks
to you my good friends, while the
finish was an exciting one, | came I'M
Ger the wire neck and neck with ne
best of winners while others in tire
same heat got the flag, and contfary
to the predictions of some | was pr,
LEGGED to represent this, the b ST
county in the State, in the House of
Delegates in its session of 1920. tcf
all of which | take no credit to ny
self, but owe it to you, and to you,
and to you, my friends, who so loY-
ally supported me. And it is to you
that | take off my hat and make a
most profound bow.
And now as to my record in that
memorable session. | am not here 10
tell you of any very great achieve
ments. 1t is very seldom that new
man in the Legislature Of Marylann
or any other State accomplishes
great things for his constituents. The
mere fact of his ineXperience works
to his disadvantage from start to fin
ish. 1t takes experience for man
to make a good and successful leg
islator, and no community will get
it's Just dues in the way of legislation
IS long as it keeps inexperienced men
i'll the legislative halls.
Locally, as you know, there were
very few bills that claimed the atten-
ton of the session of 1920. | car
truthfully say, however, that ever
one of the local bills that reached
Annapolis had my best attention 10
be sure some desired measures we've
not passed, but this was due to II"
fact of the lateness of the hour that
they arrived at the capital. l ar,
sure, had they been earlier, tn:
would have been passd and approval.
AS to the reinforcement act;" you
all know my record on that. Person
ally | have always opposed the Vol
stead Act, but : have always favored
concurrent legislation" This prln
ciple is now written into our Federal
constitution, and what man of yoI
would want your representative tot
swear to a lie. Do you really dom
in your hearts, think a man should
swear to do one thing and then 20
exactly the opposite? am sure IN
my own mind that in very short
period of time, every man, wet or
dry, will find that the only proper So
luton of the question will be "con-
current legislation" Now do not
misunderstood me. This does not
mean that | am dry, nor does it mean
that | believe in the Vostead Act. 1t
simply means that | believe that the
State should enforce the law and the
will of the people be properly consld-
cred.
In all measures of general intereSt.
to the State, being democrat ard
representing democratic constitu-
ency, | supported the Administration
at all times, believing that His Ex
cellency, Albert c. Richie, was safe
and sound man to follow. And when
the sound of the gavel marked The
closing hours of the session, without
any egotism on my part at all, | an
sure that | had the confidence and eS-
TEEN of all my democratic colleagues,
and upon my arrival home ] received
"Well Done" from my people.
And now as to my present Candida
cy. Some months ago while in Balti- |
more number of prominent derao-
Gratis throughput the State, some Of
whom served in the legislature of 1920
with me, said TO me Crockett you are
coming back to the legislature next
winter, are you not? ] replied. /
don't know about that. This of
course, as has been the case with
1,oanu otberS GOT the hing to fiVinr |