The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-01-22
Around Town With
The Editor

Thank goodness a baseball man
has at last been found who has
courage enough to bring into the
open the under cover" methods
used by some major league clubs in
their dealings with their minor
league farm clubs
Don't fail to read Gene Raney's
scathing indictment of Major League
methods, which you will find on the
back page.
Two instances during the inaugur-
alton of Dwight D. Eisenhower as
the Saith president of the United
States proved, as far as am con-
cerned, that we now have, not only
a truly great man. but also a fine
Christian and husband in the White
House.
His inaugural address, in which he
left all political questions and mat
ters of policy for his State of the
Union message, which he will de
liver later, was a clear-cut challenge
to all Democracies to cooperate to
the fullest extent with our own
country for the attainment of true
and lasting peace.
But there are two things l will re-
member long after his inaugural ad-
dress is forgotten y his stepping
over and kissing his wife after he
was sworn in and q his own simple
and moving Prayer which he offered
before reading his inaugural address.
Next Tuesday, January 81, the vot-
tiers of the City of Hagerstown will
go to the polls and nominate a Re-
publican and Democrat for the office
of Councilman; the two men that
each Ward selects will then become
the official candidates of that Ward
in the general election in March.
Then, on the same day, all the
voters of the City of Hagerstown
will go to the polls and select Re
publican and Democratic candidate
for the Office of Mayor of Hagers-
town and in this case, also, the two
men selected will be the official can
didates in the general election.
I have said in this column before
and l say it again that l don't
believe newspaper should take any
side in a primary election, because
the whole idea of primary election
is to give the voters an opportunity
to make free selection from the
candidates in the race.
I do, however, feel that it is my
duty, as an editor and publisher, to
urge every registered voter of the
City of Hagerstown to go to the
polls next Tuesday and cast his vote
for the candidate of his choice.
1t must be remembered that if
you stay home on primary day
election and just allow the Republi-
can and Democratic party machines
to take over primary election, you
may be faced, in the general election
in March, with having to vote for a
candidate that is less acceptable to
you than one of the candidates de-
feated in the primary-a defeat that
might have been avoided if you had
taken the trouble to go to the polls
and vote.
No greater proof can be given of
what can be done by the people
when they really decide to exercise
their right to vote, than the presi-
dental election last November.
So urge you ALL whether you are
a Republican or Democrat, to study
the qualifications of the candidates
in your party carefully and then go
to the polls next Tuesday and cast
your vote for the one you consider
best fitted for the job.
If you do this you will not only
have done your duty as citizen,
but will also be doing your part in
giving the City of Hagerstown the
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