146 State Papers and Addresses

"With reliance upon God and with the interests of our State at heart, may
we now proceed in united activity, to effect worthy accomplishments for Mary-
land. "

That was my purpose and determination then. It is now. Furthermore,
with the experience derived from this year's work I feel even more certain that
these objectives can be attained. While I freely recognize and admit my limita-
tions, that should be only a further incentive to strive harder to reach the goal.
With your help and cooperation, success can unquestionably be attained for the
betterment of the State of Maryland.

ADDRESS BEFORE INDIANAPOLIS CLUBS

Jackson Day Dinner, January 12, 1940

Indianapolis, Indiana

ONE may count himself as fortunate to be within the confines of the great
State of Indiana and to assemble with the citizens of this great Common-
wealth. It is no exaggeration to say that the sons and daughters of Indiana
have ever been an inspiration in patriotism, leading citizenship and in National
and State pride. Just as Indiana is a State of extensive resources of agri-
culture and industry, so Indianapolis is to its visitors a city of exceptional
beauty and striking vitality. When I observe, as I have, the excellence of your
railroad service, centering in a commodious and well-arranged Union Depot;
when one sees your attractive road bus terminal, the largest in the Country, I
am told; when I think of your World War Memorial Plaza, conceived and ex-
ecuted on such a magnificent scale, it is not difficult to realize the vision, the
resourcefulness and the perseverence which have gone into the development of
this great City and of the State of which it is the capitol.

Your State Capitol is, indeed, a worthy one for any State, or, indeed, for
any nation. It is interesting in its modern treatment to a visitor from Maryland
as is our own State Capitol in Annapolis, the major part of which was con-
structed before the Revolutionary War, to visitors from your own section. All
of which leads to the consoling thought that after all one of the things that
makes our great Nation the leader in the family of nations today is its ability
to assimilate the old and the new and to keep both in harness side by side,
functioning smoothly for the mutual benefit of all concerned.

So, tonight, I consider it a privilege to be among you and I am happy to
bring you greetings from the people of a State whose origin may have been
older by almost two centuries than those of the middle and far West, but whose
feeling and whose loyalty for the Nation we jointly claim is as young and as
vital as is yours here in this great Commonwealth.

Tonight, throughout the Country the Democratic Party celebrates its ex-
istence. Nothing is more heart-stirring than to refer to our parentage and
to our date of birth. We may justly be proud to point to the fact that we
were born with the election of Thomas Jefferson in 1800; that we came to full
manhood with the presidency of Andrew Jackson 28 years later.

We gather tonight, simultaneously with other assemblages of loyal men
all over the Nation, to pay our tribute to Andrew Jackson the co-founder of