The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-04-21
To End iussytO 9ting

There is reason for mild gratitica
tion in the announcement which is
made this morning that "Davy
| Lewis is again 10 be candidate for
the United States Senate from which
be was barred in 1916 by the emer-
gence of Senator France. Mr.. Lewis
is an intelligent. plainspoken man
| with some OF The elements of con
structiye craftsmanship. ana his elec-
tion now. as in 1916 ought to be a
! guarantee that the State will be
! sOundIy represented III the Upper
! House.
The present pre-primary campaign
| i* one of the most Stultitying that
fingers in the public memories. Man
! after man HIS been tr0Jted forward
Dv the leaders OF both partiSe, or
has trOtted forward of his own ac-
I cord, parading his points before the
public gaze. The Republican per
formance has been Il curious one.
: Senator France has aroused the an
{ tHgonism of out-of-town interests and
has been read out of the party by
l:on from other States. Why? Be
! { LuSe he followed the dictates of his
onscience and voted consistently on
| he disarmament program. Just at
! present rather ridiculous effort is
/ being made 10 get him under some
| statute or other because he suggested
! to the leaders of the various del2ga-
| tons at Genoa that it might be a
good thing if they were to renew
their invitation to the United States
| to participate in that gathering.
To oppose him the chief parsonage
produced to date has been Col. E. Z.
Darlington. We do not object to Mr..
Darlington on the basis OF his long
residence in New York. We believe
that at heart he is a Marylander. But
the series of statements he made TO
the press when his hat was thrown
into the ring were not an edifying
performance for those who prefer TO
think that statesmen should discuss
issues and leave circus method to
shoymen Colonel Carrington's
statements and his platform so far
as it has been developed, are anus
ing, but little more.
In the Democratic ranks, things
are little better. Up to recently
there has been some sort of political
tiIimbleriggery going Oh between
the Smith forces and the Ritchieites
Il mere maneuvering for position,
with little or 10 argument as to plat
forms or principles. There has not
been a single statement that would
give those who are anxious to know
tor what we shall vote when we
choose our man in the fall - hook
on which to hang our hopes. Until
Mr.. Lewis announcement it has been
Kitchie against Smith, not principle
against principle.
With all due respect TO the person
al ambitions of the men involved, we
are convinced that this sort of stun
S poor food for voters. For our
part we are tired of this kind of
oIactioneering Why should issues
BE- forgotten in the food of person
alities? After all, these men, must
stand for something. What do they
stand for beside election? Echo an
swers, What?
1t should be the duty of the cleo
tcrate to insist that these meE who
will ask for their suffrage cases to
muddy the waters. The voters have
a right to know where they stand. So
far as it is possible The Evening Sun
will use its influence to get a pro-
from those who ask for
public support.
Mr.. Lewis is the candidate of the
moment We begin with him and
We begin with the fundamental is
sue Of the day. We do not know
whether Mr.. Lewis for the moment