Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1934-11-09
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Well, Sir, this is "Chuesday" morn
ing; "Choose-day," sho huff. I'm just
sittin' here thinkin', and it wouldn't
take much of wizard to tell what
I'm thinking about; and what's roam
ing around in the upper story OF my
corporeal anatomy is just about what
is occupying the attic Of several more
people in this good old Commonwealth
Of Maryland.
I'll give you two guesses.
Right. the first time-the election.
You, know it's going to be interest
ing to see how some Of the guesses
are going to turn out. There's been
many q prediction, enough really to
elect all the men on both sides; and.
as said once before in this column,
I don't know what's going to be done
with 'em If they all get there safe
and sound. I reckon We'll have to
persuade Delaware and Virginia to
come in with US and make q larger
state somehow so that all the newly
elects may find room for themselves
to display all this administrative abil-
ity they have been talking about so
much during the campaign that now
has passed into "innocuous desuetude."
AS I said above, I'm sittin' here
thinkin' and I can't help but think
we're going to have a "fifth-term"
man at the head of Maryland's admin
istrative bench. Maybe good deal
of that mental trend is due the way
/ was "brung up" I don't know Thst
reminds me of a certain paraphrase
Of a passage of Scripture learned
when was going to Sunday School.
It ran, Bring up child in the way
he should 60 and when he is old he
will not depart from it." The para
phrase made 1t read: Bring up q
child In tho way he should 60 and
when he Is old, away no goes"
OF course, was "brung up" as q
Democrat. It's wonder, too, be-
cause I spent twenty years Of my
young life with Methodist Episcopal
clergyman. But the wonder ceases and
yet it doesn't when tell you he was
a sterling Democrat. That accounts
for my early training and yet pro-
duces another fine exception to the
rule that most clergymen of that par
ticular denomination think the other
way.
But think the Democrats are going
to win, because we haven't q very nice
man for Governor, and yet we have
haven't we? That's a sort Of para
dox-I think that's what they call 1t.
He's nice and yet he isn't Nice. !
don't believe the opinion Of the vot-
ers will be reduced to q nicety-pot
to the extent Of having that gentle
man say what we are going to eat
and drink for the next four years
specially to drink. And have bunch
that when the votes are counted TO-
night the result will not be so nice
for Mr.. Nice.
Then, when it comes down to party
conditions in the county, don't think
the good old Democrats who have been
true to the faith. Lo, these many years
are going to help put Republicans into
office-and that's the only way they
can get there. Why, there's enough
Democrats in old Worcester to form
a cloud big enough to obscure the Re-
publican Sun-and also sons-so that
not single ray could pierce the gloom
in a thousand years. So what's the
use?
I'm looking then for clean sweep
for the unterrified Democracy, and,
of course, a continuation Of good
government. But, while am not 60
ing to shift my thinking lineup, I
know this old political dope goes
wrong sometimes. And then, again,
it runs true to form. I got bunch
this is a good old Democratic year,
and I'm whooping it up till the last
ballot is deposited. I hope I may
whoop it up afterwards.
Rev. R. B. Mathews, rector of St.
1r.~,,,s En;cconol Church this citv