The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-12-20
BALTIMORE LETTER.

tons or alliances formed. From present
indications. none OF the Senatorial Candl-
dates will get into the fight until late
next spring. Most of them at present
hold high Offices Of public trust and they
are more Interested in performing their
official duties than they are in getting
mixed mp in Senatorial fight.
When the fight does begin it will be an
interesting and exciting one. The re-
port that MAYOR Preston will be can
didate Tor one of the two terms has met
with the endorsement of the rank and
file Of the party. Although the Mayor
has RETAINED from tlkng about the Sen
atorShip. many OF his friends have. dur
ing the past few DAYS strongly urged
HIM to become a candidate There is no
doubt that the Mayor, with his ability
and determination 10 do things would be
big factor in the Upper House OF Con-
greSS. The Mavar, however. is devot-
ing all of his time and attention to his
civic and municipal duties. His friends,
however, are keeping close eye on the
situation, and at the proper time they
will probably urge the Mayor to enter
the race Likewise the other prospective
candidates are mute on the situat on.
While Interested IN the discussion OF
the United States Senatorial candidates
. and CLOSELY following developments, the
, Democratic organization forces both city
and State, are not taking any active part
IN the proceedings In the first place,
the political leaders realize that ii IS en-
! tlrely too early to give the SenatorShip
any serious consideration. Although
7 they realize that a number OF well known
Democrats arc seriously considering run
nng for the places, they Will wait until
( formal announcements are made by them
/ before taking any definite stand. In
other words, they will wait until the
candidates get into the field and then
/ they will pick their preferences. From
I present indications. II Will be many
/ months before the Senatorial fight be-
/ gins and, As far as the organization
/ workers are concerned. 1t Is doubtful il
they will take any part until after the
State primaries are held next summer.
! AT these primaries will be nominated
| candidates for State Comptroller. the
Legislature and the various city and
local offices. The organization will make
lis first fight in these primaries and then
it will begin the campaign for the cleo
tiou Of the nominee and also for It's can
dIdates for the United States Senator
ships. AS it is well known, organization
/ Democrats believe IN making one fight a
time and especially when three month,
VIII eiapse between the State primarle,
and the Senatorial primaries. The sen
a,oral primaries WILL under the law be
held on the same dlv as the genera
State election, which will be the frs
Tuesday after the first Monday in mex
November
In Baltimore City the active Demo
Gratis are far more Interested at present il
the State primaries .hAn they are in tn,
Senatorial primaries While they are no
We, discussing candidates for the variou
offices. vet in the wards the executive
and their friends are casting abou, 70
available and strong men for the variou.
nominations, especially for the LegiSla
ture. They also have their eyes on th
offices which are to be filed by tn
voters OF the entire city, There will bt
elected in Baltimore next Novembe
twenty eight members of the House c
Delegates, or six from each Legislative
district These men will be nominated
in the primaries next summer. In add
ton, there will be chosen a State Senate
r from the Fourth Legislative district. Be
Cause of the split in the Republican
party in this district and the fact that tn
Democrats are better united than the
have been for years, il is believed that
Democrat will be elected Senator mex
i. November. who will be the first one 70
many years. In the other three district
+ the present Senator's all Democrats
are hold over members of the next Leg
iS.ature. They are Senator Charles p
COady. First District: Senator Peter
Campbell Second District. and Senate
". Mines Maloy, Third District. Unles
there is a decided change in sentiment
the Democratic leaders believe that a
+ the next session Baltimore City will n
represented by a solid Democratic dele
CATION in both branches. which woulC
mean that on JOINT ballot Baltimore Cit,
would cast thirytWo Democratic votes
Il has been many years since the cit,
n4S had a solid Democratic delegation a
Annapolis. The Democrats have, how
ever, ueu lly controlled the delegation
by subs aDial majority, but the indica
tons are that next year the Democrat,
u..l sweep the decks In the first place
the party is soldv and harmoniousll
united That is, that there is no break
IN the rank and file Of the party nor any
disCard among the workers and leaders
When the primary fight begins and the
Candidates are brought out, efforts will
be made bY the ant-Democratic news.
papers and the elements which try TO
dominate the party to stir up strife and
agitation These elements will fight all
of the candidates who are regarded as
having the support Of the organization.
f The merits and the qualifications OF the
men will not be considered ANY man
who styles himself an differentiation
, Democrat and fights the regular organlza-
ton workers will have the support of
tn-ee newspapers and men. They will
make their fight in the primaries. and
, unless al signs fail, they will surely be
overwhelmed. Just as they have been in
the past Then following their usual
course, they will try, if possible, 10 de-
feat the ticket at the general election.
Already the leading newspapers of this
type are deploring the fact that the Re-
publican party, to which they rrghtfully
belong is divided against itself They
realize that, under normal conditions,
Baltimore City and the State Of Mary
Land are Democratic, and with divided
Republican party they understand That
the Democrats will unquestionabIy
sweep the State next November. Aud it
can be taken for granted that none but
regular. StAwart Democrats will be
nominated and elected