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Same Old Anxiety For Public Jobs
That Has Been Stumbling Block
In Past ConfrontS Republicans
To-day - Great Job Hunger
Exists.
1t occasionally happens in the his
tory of State or City that a man
in public office renders great and al
most ineStimable service to the
government and the people, i'll such
modest and unassuming way that
the public generally know very little,
if anything at all about what he is
doing. Such is the case at the pres
ent time in Maryland, especially in
regard to the able and cOurtIy finan-
cier who holds the office of State
Treasurer, Mr.. John NJ. Dennis. AT
a time when all sorts of public Sc
curities are going begging, and are
practically dead on the market. when
State and municipalities are literal
" on their knees to tinanCierS and
financial institutions, begging them to
purchase or sell for them, stocks and
bonds so that they may be able to
go on with the work of needed pub
lie improvements, when even the
City of Baltimore is undergoing SER
ious trouble in diSpOsing of its loans,
except at a great sacrifice, and all
municipal improvements are thus de-
layed or held up, the State of Mary
land through the able financing of
Mr.. Dennis. is having no difficulty
whatever in dispOsing of its bond
f0,. Il oil n1 INN o.
ments, at prices above the figures
obtained for such securities by pub
lie officials elsewhere. 1t is not Of
ten that a State or municipality is
so fortunate as to be able to get a
man like Mr.. Dennis to take charge
of it's fiscal affairs. AS banker
and business man, he ranks second
to no one in the City and State and
as a conscientious public official, he
has never had any superior in the
history of Maryland and very few
have been his equals in ability and
financial skill. AS State Treasurer
in a time like the present, his ser
vices have been above measure ana
the people are entitled to know what
he has done and what he is doing,
at the present time.
The country people are especially
entitled to know of his great service
to the public, for like a large num-
Der of the ablest business men OF
Baltimore, Mr.. Dennis is country
born and bred, and members OF his
family as county men. have been
among the leaders in Maryland for
several generations, both on the Eas-
tern Shore and in Western Maryland,
and Frederick County, from when
Mace he came to Baltimore in early
manhood, is not little proud of him
as one of her most successful and
distinguished sons. With Governor
Richie and Controller Lee he forms
the Board of Public Works, and
these three able gentlemen are I'M
tireing in their zeal to keep the
State financies and the States credit
on the high plane where they nave
been in the more than half a CEN
fury since the Civil War.
Another State official who is max
ing good as a public servant, re-
CARELESS of political utilization, IS
the Attorney General, Mr.. Alexander
Armstrong of HagerstoWn. Acting
in thorough harmony with Governor
Ritchie's Administration, of when
he is an important factor. Mr.. Arm
strong is literally on the job all the
time. In the management OF his Oh
flee he is like a Judge on the bench,
for his position as Attorney Gener-
al is really semi-judicial in its char
acter An able and scholarly lawyer
most courteous and affable gen
tleman a public servant OF the nigh
est integrity, Washington county
should be proud of Mr.. Armstrong,
and there is no doubt but that the
people of that important section OF
the State, regardless of party are
Iwsfr,4 a little pleased at his success. To-
I1day Mr.. Armstrong is without DOUBT
the most popular Republican IN
Western Maryland if not in the en-
tire State, and should be and Baden
LoWndes lock horns in the contest
for the Republican nomination for
the Governorship two years hence
there will be little doubt as TO the
outcome.
The Republican row over the pro-
posed division of the patronage re-
sulting from the election last fall, IS
increasing in warmth as the days go
bv. until now it is asserted tnat
President Harding is so disguised at
the situation here, that he may lS-
more Maryland entirely in the dis
tribution of the offices which are not
strictly perquisites of the people OF
this State. 1t is even reported that
Ex-senator jackson may not get the
place he wants, namely, to be Emoas-
sador to Spain. No one who knows
what sort of man Secretary OF
State Hughes is, believes for NOM
ent that he will ever consent to the
appointment of a man like jackson
as Ambassador to the proudest Court
in Europe, any more than Secretary
Hoover would consent to the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Harp as fish Com
missioner If anything, Hughes Will
be more particular than Hoover, Tor
with the Secretary Of State, Mr..
Jackson's campaign contributions
and other political services Will
count against him rather than IN MS