The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1922-09-08
To the Voters of the Fifth
Congressional District OF
Maryland:

Congressional District ol
Maryland:
| am a candidate in the Demo,
cratic primaries for the nomlna-
ton as a member of the 6oth
Congress of the United States
from the Fifth Congressional
District of Maryland. My can
didacy arises from the existence
of the unusual conditions affect
ing the welfare of the people OF
my county and Congressional
district, the State of Maryland
and the country at large.
The people have begun to feel
that the entire country is becom-
ing subjucated by state OF cha
os due to the absence from pub
lie office and legislative bodies
of men accustomed to think with
the general run of mankind, and,
therefore, the better able to leg
islate in the interest OF the peo-
pie as a whole.
To retrieve the lost prestige
of the Fifth Congressional Dis
trict and re-establish the status
it had gained through patriotic
service of former representa-
tives will require a man known
for devotion to duty; rather than
one submissive to the frivolities
of life and commands of special
interests which, in the last few
years, have been responsible for
the decline of influence eXercls-
ed in Congress by such repre-
sentation as the people of the
Fifth Congressional District have
indulgently submitted to in that
body.
That a change in representa-
ton is imperative at this time IS
generally acknowledged. But
the important duty of carefully
analyzing public and private rec
ords of claimants for the prlvl-
lege of being honored with the
trust of recovering losses sus-
tained through poor representa-
ton rests exclusively with the
people, should be readily accept
ed by them and performed in
good faith at both the Primary
and General Elections.
If elected, l shall consider it
my first duty to do what | can
to bring labor and capital to re-
alize the necessity for a closer
union one with the other; that
national peace rests fundament-
ally upon industrial peace, 'and
that the interests of society re-
quire that the former be allowed
to obtain a sufficiency from the
nations resources to keep it in a
cheerful frame of mind, while
the latter's return from invest
ment justifies its constant activ-
ity. | believe the high tariff
policy of the Republican party
testers monopoly and imposes
increased cost of living on the
public. | favor a reduction of
tariff schedules to the point at
which the proper parity between
the American scale of wages and
the cheapness of foreign labor
may be secured. The country's
abounding resources require
that unhampered outlet be avail
able for what is produced there
from, after needs of domestic
commerce have been supplied,
and only such tariff as will equal
ize cost of production in foreign
counties with our own is neces-
sary or permissible, if our in,
dustries are to be kept active
and our people are to be allowed
to benefit fully from the coun-
try's natural wealth.
have never objected to the
moderate use of liquor by those
who found it needful, but l have
always advised in favor of tenn
perate habits in all things out of
which excesses might grow, and
the absolute avoidance of temp
tation by those whose yielding
natures render them susceptible
of over indulgence. But | have
tried hard to make the actions
of my daily life harmonic con-
sistently with my public stand
for peace, order and high stand
ards of morality.
consider that time used in dis
cussing the Eighteenth Amend
ment at this time, either as
to the wisdom of its adoption or
the practicability of attempting
its repeal could be better employ
ed. 1t is a part of the Consti-
tuition, and any relief from pres
ent intolerable. conditions re-
sulting from the extremely dras-
tic provisions of the Volstead
Law must and can only be had
by securing modifying legislation
within the limitation of the
Amendment. Therefore, | am
willing to devote as much time,
thought and energy as any Wet,
as any Moderate or amy Dry,
looking to the adoption of a
practical program by which our
people may escape the ultimate
consequences of the deep-seated
disrespect for the Volstead Law
SO prevalent and widespread at
present. But | cannot escape the
impression that Congressional
action in anything done toward
liberalizing the Volstead Law