The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-07-19
BALTIMORE LETTER.

lHC CtdtC tlG parry 10 SOllNlN anu lldl-
moniously united and the workers are
merely awaiting for the firing of the first
gun. Because of the heat and because
the people have been wading through
the political contests almost in
cessantly for the past eighteen
months, and most of the leaders believe
that the battle should not be started
until September Ist. but when it does
start there will be more vim and force
in the Democratic fight this year than
there has been for many years. This to
a great extent will be due TO the enthu-
siasm that exists in the ranks. The
Democrats see victory ahead and they
are ready to march on and seize it.
The party leaders and regular workers
have already done their best in every
fight and they cannot be expected to do
more this year. But ii is fact, and one
that means much in a political contest,
that hundreds of young Democrats will
take an active part in this fight and the
young men can accomplish much in
political contest. Regulars always work
for and support ticket; they know
nothing else; they may be defeated in
primary contest or a convention, but
they always aCquIesCe to the rule of the
majority and loyalty support the ticket,
irrespective of their attitude in the pri-
mary or the convention. This is pdrtiC-
ularly true of the party leaders in Mary
land. They have stood firm and solid
behind their candidates in the past when
those who are now growing the loudest
over the ticket, bolted and openly knitted
the partv's candidates. But the workers
say that this is not the time to discuss or
agitate these old cases They want the
help of every man who believes in the
party and its principles at present and
will Cheerfully welcome him into the fold
Everybody will, however, work in con-
junction with the regular leaders and
precinct workers They can not super
sede them and neither can they expect
to dictate the methods of conducting the
campaign. Their advice will be sought
and when it is good advice it will be
accepted When it is not they will be
shown the faults in it.
The suggestion has been made that
Governor Wilson should open his cam
paign in Baltimore and his friends heart
| lily indorse the plan. OF course the Gov
eminent will be formally notified of his
nomination at his home at Sea Grit
| The candidates have always been noti-
| fed at their homes, but ii is asserted that
the Governor should make his first real
campaign speech in Baltimore, the city
! in which he was nominated. This sug-
| geStion will be laid before Governor
| Wilson and his campaign managers and
! his Maryland friends hope that he will
accept it. Baltimore would give the
! New Jersey Governor a rousing recep-
ton; one that would encourage him
| during the entire campaign. The meet
! ing could be held in the Fifth Regiment
| Armory i'll which the National Conven-
ton was held. Should Governor VIII
son make his first speech here the
| armOry would not be near large enough
to hold the crowd that would want to
see and hear him, Notwithstanding the
| armory is one of the largest halls in the
| country.
The break in the Republican party in
| Maryland is complete. The division be-
when the Taft and Roosevelt forces
| is as wide as that which, in the past has
! separated the Democratic party from the
Republican party. In fact there is more
personal bitterness between the leaders
of the two Republican camps than there
| has ever been between the leaders of the
two great parties. While the Democratic
and the Republican leaders OF MARYLAND
have always fought one another with all
Of the power and force at their command,
but seldom did they resort 10 any per
sonal attacks. A. present the Taft and
Roosevelt leaders Of Maryland are busy
heaping abuse upon one another. Moth
ing is too harsh or unkind for them to
say against one another. Following the
example of their peerless leader"
the Roosevelt men IN Maryland are call
ing their Taft brethren thieves, " "trai-
tors, and the like.
SO bitter is the feeling between the
opposing Republican factions that the
Roosevelt men contemplate nominating
Congressional candidates in several dis
tricts. They have their eyes on the
Third and Fifth Congressional Districts,
and should they enter candidates it
would mean that the Democratic Candi-
dates would sweep them, Roosevelt
or no Roosevelt candidate the Demo-
Gratis will carry the Third District. and it
is conservatively estimated that Con-
gresham George KONG, will be re-
elected by over 1000 majority. Should
a third candidate enter the race every
vote that he received would come from
the Republican State Senator Albert NJ.
Sproesser. and this would mean Kong
by several thousand more majority.
The campaign will be managed by
the State Central Committee, which
uuder the law is the only body that
can manage it. The members of the
committee were elected by the people for
the purpose of handling the party ma
chinery and conducting campaigns
From the State end, the fight will be in
charge of General Murray Vandiver,
Chairman of the State Central Commit
tee, while in Baltimore City Mr.. Daniel
! Loden Chairman of the State Central
Committee, of Baltimore, will have
charge of the local headquarters. The
members of the committee, together with
all of the workers will be directed by
them, who will also be in constant
touch with the regular party leaders who
are not members OF the committee.
Other precinct committees outside of the
regular organization workers may be
formed. but these will also work under
the State Central Committee, which is
the only body in the State that has the
power to appoint auxilirsy committees
The leaders are ready TO manage the
fight and the people have the utmost con.
fldenCe in them. 1t must also be said
that the friends of the candidatea are anx-
ious and willing for the regular party ma
chlnerv TO assume absolute charge of
Governor Wilson's campaign. In fact
several of them who were in Baltimore
just after the convention, conferred with
the State and city leaders declared that