Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1922-08-12
PRIMARY CAMPAIGN
GOING ALONG QUIETLY
City Politicians Trying To Persuade
Third Candidate To Enter
The Fight.

The leading feature of the politi
cal situation this week, has beenn the
almost desperate efforts of certain
city politicians to persuade some one,
any one, no matter who he might be,
SO long as he had money or could get
money to enter the primary contest
for the democratic nomination for the
United States Senate. The motives
of these STATESMEN are not patriotic
nor are they inspired by any desire
to aid in the election of democratic
Senator from Maryland, to succeed
the erratic and uncertain France. The
truth is those men are made up of the
same crowd that sold out the Senator
ship to DR.. France six years ago, and
defeated Mr.. Lewis, and repasteu
their neflrious treachery two years
ago when they sold out Senator john
Walter Smith and gave the seat in
the upper House at Washington to
Weller. Their advocacy of a third
candidate at this late day is simpl.
intended as a foundation on which to
bases excuses for plans to sell out
the democratic party this year to the
nominee, whether he be
the present millionaire sitting mem
Der DR.. France, or the statesman and
diplomatic millionaire, Mr.. John w.
Garrett. And when they select Mr..
William Cabell Pruce as their stool
pigeon, they add to their iniquity an
insult to The whole democratic cleo
torate of the State, for there is no
nan in Maryland who has been guilt
of more trason to the democratic
Earty than Mr. Bruce. And it is not
beyond bounds to say that most of the
democratic voters of the State look
Upon Mr.. Bruce's proposed entrance
into the contest as piece Of unparal-
cied impudence. In 1891, he support
ei the republican and independent flu
sion ticket. In 1893 he was placed on
the democratic ticket and elected to
the State Senate In 1895, he sup
ported the republican state and city
tickets, and helped to defeat the dem
ocratic party for the first time since
the War in 1856, while holding the
balance of power as State Senator, he
brazenly placed himself on the bar
gain counter and held himself up for
sale to the highest bidder, notifying
the democrats that if they did not
turn John Walter Smith down as
President Of the Senate, and give him
the job, he would join his vote to
that of the republicans, and get it any
way, and the democrats weakly yield
cd, and ne sat in the Presidents Chair
during the session. In 1896, he bolted
the National democratic ticket and
voted against Bryan, and in 1897, he
again supported the republican ticket
and, as the record is too large to give
ir full, it is but safe to say in conclus-
ion, that he has never been known as
an active supporter of any democratic
ticket either city or state, while he
has often supported vigorously, indie
pendent and republican tickets.
1t is but fair to state that in answer
tc a question by your correspondent,
Mir. John j. Mahcn said that he was
rot taking any part in the movement
TO nominate Mr.. Bruce and had no in
tcrest in it whatever-that it was a
scheme of others.
In the meantime the two candidates
in the field, Messrs. Norris
and Lewis, are working vigorousl :
but quietly, and there is every indica
ton that a majority of the democratic
voters Of the State will choose one or
The other, as both have now been be-
fore the people as avowed candidates
fol four months Neither is rich
Al