Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-12-30
POLITICS WARM UP
State House Getting Ready Fer
Regular Gathering Of the Law
Makers Who Come Next
Week.
PRICE FOR PRESIDENT.
Wicomico Man Seems to Have the Call
Over Blair Lee to Preside Over
Senate For Speaker.


BY this time next week, the Mary
land General Assembly will have met
for its session of 1912, organized and
adjourned. Don't forget the adjourn
ed part of that, because the next week
or two of the life at the State House
does not show any indications of be-
ing different from the early days of
sessions of the past when a meeting
on Monday, or possibly Tuesday night,
followed by short midday sessions
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
and then adjournment, has constituted
a weeks work.
In preparation for the coming of
the lawmakers, Mr.. John r. Sulli.
van, custodian of public buildings,
with his corps of assistants, have
more. New carpets cover the floors
of both the House and Senate rooms,
desks and committee rooms have
been cleaned and made ready. and new
electric globes placed about the rooms
to shed artificial light on the doings
Of the legislators.
The fixing of these globes in position
about the high ceiling of the Senate
and House chambers, where no provi-
sion for their renewing was made by
the architect and builder, proved a
tough job and dangerous one, but
was finally accomplished by a danger
ously long ladder and many ups and
downs.
When the solons gather here on next
Tuesday night and the Democratic and
Republican members meet in caucus
to select their presiding officers and
the members of the desk forces, there
will be brought to its climax what
promises to be lively scrap.
After a lengthy conference Of lead
ers of the Democratic State and city
organizations yesterday, it was def
nitely decided that they will support
Senator Jesse d. Price, of Wicomico
county, for President of the Senate,
while they will back Mr.. Elmer j.
Cook, of Baltimore county, or Mr..
James Nee. Trippe, Of Baltimore city,
for Speaker of the House of Dele
gates, with chances favoring the for
mer.
The conference was the most import
ant held this week, aud was only at
tended by regular organization men
the Lee supporters not being invited,
which indicates that the organization
proposes to organize both branches
without consulting the Lee wing.
1t was announced that Senator Price
would have at least twelve votes in
the caucus. Only seven votes were
| conceded to Senator Lee for Presi-
dent, and the organization people hope
to win several of them before the
caucus is held Tuesday night.
1t is expected that the same leaders
will hold another conference Monday
morning, when they will definitely
| select their choice for Speaker. They
are confident that the man they agree
| upon will be elected. Although friends
Iof Mr.. Ogle Marbury, of Prince
Georges county, still believe that the
organization will eventually support
him for Speaker, the opposition of the
city organization to him has apparent
ly put him out of the running.
While the organization leaders were
in conference, Senator Lee was in this
city, where he saw Governor Crothers.
The Lee forces have not by any means
| given up their fight and say they feel
| confident that he will win out in the
caucus. They, however, are closely
following developments. Several of
the Senators who are now claimed by
Senator Price, they believe will vote
for Senator Lee Tuesday night, while
they assert that others are wavering.
They are expecting the votes of both
Senators Andrew, of Hartford, and
Milbourne, of Somerset counties. Mr..
Osborne is also going ahead with his
fight and does not seem discouraged
Mr.. Max Ways is slated by organi-
cation leaders for secretary of the
Senate and Mr.. w. Trickett Giles for
reading clerk of the same branch.
Mr.. Lee |. Hecht, of Hartford county,
is also a candidate for reading clerk.
Mr.. Albert ]. Almoney, of Montgom-
cry county, will probably be elected
chief clerk of the House, and Mr.
Humphrey D.Wolfe, of Howard coun-