Evening star., 1911-08-27
G0RMAN LEADS LEE.
Claim Made for Organization
Candidate for Governor.
CAMPAIGN IN MARYLAND
Democratic Party Workers Line Up
for Howard County Man.
LEE SUPPORTERS CONFIDENT
Primary Election Next Tuesday for
Nomination Of Candidates.
Fight for Control.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd. August &C. 1911.
The democratic primary campaign prac-
tically closed tonight. with both German
and Lee leaders claiming victory for
their respective candidates. The German
managers assert that it will be an easy
triumph for the Howard county man. and
that he will have. when the votes are
counted, q majority that will be sur
prising. They claim all four districts in
Baltimore city and enough Of the coun-
ties to give German over eighty votes
on the first ballot in the convention.
The Lee managers, however, contend
that their candidate will carry two dis
tricts of Baltimore city and a sufficient
number of the counties to give Lee sew
enty votes out Of a total of 12S. The
claims of the Lee adherents is gen.
eral, however and there is no disposition
on their part to give definite in
formation as to the counties which Lee
will carry.
Viewed from an unbiased standpoint,
the situation in the city and counties in
dicate victory for German and the entire
organization ticket Tuesday next. In
Baltimore city the Mahon machine is
lined up solidly behind the Howard
county senator. The Smith state ma
the counties, save that of Baltimore
county, which is the vest pocket political
property of Representative J. F. c. Tai
bot. Even in that county however,
German will make splendid showing. be-
cause there are many in that section
who were warm friends and Heutenants
of his father.
Party Workers With German.
The attendance at the German mass
meeting at the Lyric last Tuesday was
three to one as compared with the at
tendance at the meeting at the same
place the week previous. The German
meeting was crowded with party workers
men who get out and bring the gang
to the polls on election day. At the Lee
meeting the audience was composed
chiefly Of the kid-glove element of the
party and Independents. These two meet
ings served to show that the political
workers were with the Howard county
candidate and that Lee had with him only
prominent citizens"-the kind that will
give column interviews during the pri-
mary campaign and then forget to go to
the polls on election day.
The city leaders assert that German
will sweep the city by at least 1900
majority, and are basing their claims
upon reports made by the ward and pre-
cinct executives. Mahon has his work.
ers in perfect battle array and has made
it known that the entire ticket from
German down must go through.
The candidates for city jobs whom the
organization will support are Robert H.
Carr, jr., states attorney. against Eu-
gene ODunne and Emory l.. Stuchcomb:
j. Albert Hughes for sheriff, against
Thomas l.. McNulty, who was formerly
the agent for a well known whisky firm
in Washington, and Joseph L. Weeks
for surveyor against Tolley ]. Bays.
There are six candidates for three nomi-
nations for the supreme bench of Balti-
more, but the organization, 1t can be
authoritatively stated. will keep hands
off in the primary and the same pro-
cedure will be followed regarding the
two candidates for the nomination for
judge of the court Of appeals.
Would Capture Committee.
The Lee democrats or progressives
are also after control Of the state cen
trail committee for Baltimore city and
have put up candidates to oppose the
organization in every legislative dis
trict in the city. This move on the
part of the progressives has caused
much bitterness to be engendered and
more than anything else solidified the
Mahon machine. Many shrewd poll
ticians assert that this was a grave
mistake on the part of the Lee man
ayers and that some of the organiza-
tion democrats. who might have been
for the Montgomery county candidate
have been driven to work with the
machine as a matter OF self-preserva-
ton.
Another grave mistake. 1t is claimed
was made by the Lee leaders when
they dragged in the liquor question
This was done during the week by
William l. Marbury. a Lee leader. who
advised and warned the saloon keep
ers and liquor dealers to keep hands
off in the primaries. The Lee mana
gers admit that they fear the raising
Of this issue will hurt their candi-
date.