The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-09-21
OUR BALTIMORE LETTER.
Politics Freely Discussed BY Our Cor.
respondent.
BALTIMORE, MD, Sept. IS, 1911.

DALIlMORE, MD, sept. 10, 1911.
If the Hon Blair Lee was really sin
cere in his public declarations when he
seconded the nomination Of the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, and if he
really means it when he asks his erst-
while followers to support the MahOn-
Smith andiver-made candidate, then
ne as well as the Democratic bosses will
find they have big surprise coming
when the votes are counted IN the cleo
ton that is, in those sections of the
State where the votes are counted, be-
cause here in Baltimore the simple for
mality of counting the ballot is infre-
quently dispensed with when it best
suits the purposes of Sonny" Mahon,
as witness the discoveries made by
Thomas F. McNulty, the sweet singer
of the Democratic party" and there is
a well-grounded belief that Mr.. German
won his own nomination in much the
same way as Mr. Hughes (McNulty 5
OppOnent) won his.
But ii Mr.. Lee has any idea that he is
going to deliver even a small percentage
of his excellent following in the recent
Democratic primary over to Sonny
Mahon's candidate, then he is not the
man OF good judgment the people think
he is, nor the sagaciOus politician he is
credited with being. As a matter of
fact, Hon. Blair Lee made a mis-fire
when he pledged his own support and
that Of his friends to Mr. German and
the machine. Those Democrats who
followed Senator Lees standard in the
late primary followed the principles of
the Lee doctrine rather than the man
himself, so that, no matter what atti-
tude Mr.. Lee may now take with respect
to Mr.. German, his progenitOr, MahOn,
and the others Of the Democratic bosses,
the Democrats who lined up against
them il the primary are Just as much
opposed to the gang and their methods
today as they were on August Goth, and
probably more SO, since they have seen
how dogmatic they have been and how
consistently they have kept and are
keeping the Lee following from getting
too near the front in party affairs.
Blair Lees supporters in the counties
have not so soon forgotten Mr.. German S
public record -eXp6unded to them with
so much earnestness and so much elo-
quence by Senator Lee himself in those
days when they cast their lots with him
and pledged themselves, with him, ''to
die, but never surrender. They know
that he is the same German who spent
the public money with amazing extrav-
agance during the last session of the
Legislature when he was President of
the Senate; the same German who OPP
posed the primary election law, impeded
the passage of the public utilities bill;
the same German who denounced every
body and everything not in accord with
the plans and policies laid down for his
own personal and political aggrandize-
ment; the same German who was de-
nounced by the press of the whole State
for his wanton disregard for beneficial
legislation and economy, and for his in
sistent energy in behalf of every politi-
cal scheme that would aid the bosses
and strengthen the machine; that he is
the same German who, because of his
persistent and arbitrary .antagonism
toward every movement and every