Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-22
BIG RACE 0BSCURED
Little Interest in Frederick
Over Presidential Contest.
INTENT ON CONGRESS SEAT
Farmers Arguing Over Lewis and
Wagaman.
DEMOCRATS SEEM CONFIDENT
Political Observers Say Republicans
Margin Will Be Small,
if He Wins.
DEMOCRATS SEEM CONFIDENT
Special From a star Correspondent.

Special From a Stan Correspondent.
FREDERICK, Md, October 22.-The
best informed political observers, and
there are plenty of them here to attend
the big county fair, believe that if
Charles Wagaman, republican candidate
for Congress, wins, it will be by small
margin.
The regular republican shouters, Of
course, claim that Wagaman is going
to be elected. On the other hand, in the
Office of the democratic county chairman
here, there is plenty of evidence to show
that the democrats are not paying as
much attention to Wagaman as they are
to Arthur Willard. republican candidate
for the judgeship In other words, they
believe they have the reelection of David
Lewis in their hands.
When you get to browsing around in
this rolling farm country talking politics
you have to use great mental effort to
remember that this is a presidential cleo
ton year. The way the farmers are
fighting and arguing over the congress
sional election puts out of mind all
thoughts of the great race for the White
House. Politically this seems to be
separate little county, with the fates all
hanging on the fight between Lewis,
democrat, and Wagaman. republican, and
the red-hot local situation right around
Frederick at times almost puts the con-
gressional argument in the shade
Ambition of the Third TERRIERS.
AS was indicated in yesterdays dis
patch from here. the horns of the bull
moose are about the only evidences of a
presidential effort. The most enthusiastic
third termers here don't care a snap of
their fingers about anything in the state
and local line; all they want is to smash
the G. o. Z. and turn over a county Tor
Roosevelt. They are supposed to be
backing Wagaman, the republican, for
Congress They have instructions from
their county chairman to vote that way.
If all good third termers back Wagaman
that candidate will stand a great chance
of carrying this county, because the third
term spirit is strong. But the great big
If in this proposition is presented daily
In the short but active form of David J.
Lewis. When he gets to spellbinding he
makes friends right and left.
Wagaman is working under handicap
around here. 1t will take some fine steer
ing to get his ship through the rocks.
Wagaman's Trouble.
The difficulty dates back to the days be-
fore the republican convention at Chi
cago, when men were tearing their hair
and crying aloud under the stress of their
souls because they could not figure out
whether to support President Taft or the
third termer Mr.. Wagaman came out
strong for the third termer in the belief
that Roosevelt would he the republican
candidate. He did this to offset a similar
announcement by an opponent. But when
the republican party chose President Taft
for it's standard bearer Mr.. Wagaman
swallowed a large lump in his throat and
joined the republican procession. And
since then he has been haunted day and
night by band of Unsuitable voters who
demand
or Roosevelt. OF course the regular re-
publicans believe that Wagaman. having
become the regular republican candidate
for the House OF Representatives is re-
publican through and through, but he
keeps quiet. How the democrats do sit
up and shout gleefully at the dissension
he has caused.
To Offset this faint of the third termer.
Mr.. Wagaman is great man in his
county. He is solid, we'll known and goes
to church on Sunday
That fact alone is getting him a largo
wad of votes from the church-going
voters over in Washington county. He
owns farm and plows the fields him.
self. That gets him more votes Demo-
cratic farmers are going to vote for him
In Washington county for just those rea-
sons. and they tell him so every day.
Lewis Better Campaigner.
Now to get down to David Lewis. If
you have ever seen him in his office in
the House office building in Washington.
smoking the shortest little clay pipe in
existence, and with his hands tucked
down inside his trousers, the claim that
''Davy is a man of the people" will be
self-evident He was working in the
darkness of a soft coal mine when he
was nine years old and that bit of
biographical history is being worked
overtime up and down the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad