Evening star., 1911-08-31
Senator Lee May Fight Cor
mans Claim to Victory.
DETECTIVES HUNT FRAUD
Agents Sent Into Every County to
Watch Official Canvass.
FIGHT ON CONVENTION FLOOR
Lieutenants Of Montgomery Coun-
tian Hold Conferences in Balti-
more to Decide Upon Move.


!, BALTIMORE. Md, August 31.-There
is strong reason for the belief that
Blair Lee will contest the nomina tion
Of Arthur p German on the floor OF
the democratic state convention. which
will meet in this city Thursday next.
II IL known that detectives in the en-
ploy of the progressiyes are in the
counties carried by German, and are
under orders to report any evidence Of
fraud that they might unearth.
Stung into action by the reports that
the Lee forces are hunting evidence Of
fraudulent voting. the German workers
are reported to, be preparing to retaliate
I.y digging up evidence against Lee
men In the counties carried by the
montgomery man. Lawyers and watch
"rs for both German and Lee have been
ispatched to the various county seats
watch the recount, and to protect
,je interests of their respective candi-
ates.
The Lee leaders have held a half dozen
onferences. and this morning announced
: hat they will stick to their original
,tatement that they will concede nothing
- Senator German until after the con-
.rton.
Hope in ofRcial Count.
The official canvess of the votes began
il Baltimore city and the counties today.
and the Lee men have hopes that the
official count will change the figures in a
county or two so that Lee may be pulled
through.
On the other hand, the German forces
claim that the official canvass will give
their man q larger vote and that the
small majorities received by Senator Lee
in st. Marys and Somerset counties will
probably be wrested from him by the
onicial count.
lees attitude has begun to worry the
organization leaders. and though Senator
, Gorman seems confident that he is the
winner, many Of his heutenants admit
frankly that they would prefer that the
tell what next the fighting Montgomery
man may spring on them.
Senator Lee was here today and in
close conference all the forenoon with
his advisers ana lieufenants. but he
refused to make any statement to The
Star correspondent II is understood
that Lee will wait until the official re-
turns are in before making any definite
his future plans regarding the primary
may be.
Germans Plurality, IL, ,543.
The unofficial returns In city and
state show that German has a plurality
on the popular vote Of 1888 over Lee,
the majoritfes by counties being as
follows:
Gorman-AlIegany. I'll; Anne Arun-
del 649; Baltimore city 13.347:
Dorchester. 904; Howard. 1.242: Kent,
500: Washington, 219: Wicomico. 351;
Worcester. $40; total. 1928.
Lee-Bahimore county, 92&; Calvert 81
Caroline, 345: Carroll. 1856; Cecil, 174
Charles. 30: Frederick, 1.419; Garrett, $50
Hartford. 2c3: Montgomery, 2,1I0: Prince
Georges ia. Queen Anne. 513; St
Marys. {; Somerset. So; Talbot, 2s5: to.
tai. 1,6SD
An analysis OF the pluralities shows
that for the first time in the history OF
Maryland elections the old saying, "As
Baltimore goes, so go the countless. die
not come true. German carried the city
by 13.347 plurality. Lees plurality In
the counties he carried is 1850, whils
Germans counties give only 5.S76. show.
ing that Lee had a ma jority Of 1,S04 or
the popular vote all in the twenty-three
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