Maryland. Straus, Isaac Lobe): FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR: FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL ISAAC LOBE STRAUS, SUBJECT TO DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES SEPTERMBER, 1914

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Maryland. Straus, Isaac Lobe) : FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR: FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL ISAAC LOBE STRAUS, SUBJECT TO DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES SEPTERMBER, 1914

Tiny closed tear to 1 corner of front cover, no text affected, Very Good Condition; Tall 12mo; 20 pages; Photo of Straus on cover. Campaign pamphlet from Straus' unsuccessful 1914 bid for the US Senate from Maryland. This pamphlet is aimed at Maryland Democrats in supporting Straus against the incumbent Democrat Senator Smith. Straus rails against Smith as a server of special interests and writes that Smiths rennomination would be against the progressive spirit of the Maryland Democratic Party. Straus was a progressive Democrat who had supported such laws as: Workmen's Compensation , State Care of the Poor Insane, the Pure Food Law, Two-Day Rest law for Railway Telegraphers, the Ten-Hour Law for Working Women, the Anti-Cocaine Law for Baltimore City, Law Prohibiting Expectorati on in Railway Cars (! ) , etc. Straus, born in Baltimore in 1871 was had been elected to the Maryland General Assembly in 1902 and Attorney General in 1908. He also served as counsel for the Lord's Day Alliance, the Maryland Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and other organizations. (UJE, 1943, 10: 81) . Basically, the pamphlet is 1 page on Straus with a photo of him , and a 19-page invective against his opponent. Includes a volounteer-for-Straus sign up form laid in. Makes you yearn for the good old days when there wasn't so much negative campaigning (! ? ! ). Very Good Condition. (amr-27-26)

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