Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
maryland ELECTS
SENATOR TUESDAY
Three Candidates Presented
for Direct Action Of
the Voters.
WITH HIS FOES DIVIDED
1T LOOKS EASY FOR LEE
Democratic Candidate, However
Has to Face Opposition Of
Anti-Saloon Interests.
pecisl Correspondence Of The star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
BALTIMORE, Md. November i. 1913.
The first direct-vote senatorial election
| in Maryland will be held next Tuesday.
The candidates are Blair Lee democrat:
Thomas Parran. republican, and George
l.. Wellington, progressive. On the face
of the political situation 1t looks like
wa.kover for the democratic candidate
as the republican party Is handicapped
by the progressive entry and the fact
that the democrats have a heavy ma
1orty on the face OF the registration.
/, The general impression is that Lee will
win hands down.
| On the other hand. the foes OF the sa-
| loon have waged lively campaign
| against the Montgomery man and have
| used every effort to bring about his de.
| feat Then there are ugly r,imors that
certain elements within the democratic
/ party throughout the state will aid Par
| ran against Lee. Parran has made an
open bid for the anti-liquor vote and is
| being warmly supported by the foes of
| the saloon. and this has had the effect
of lining up the liquor interests solid
| against the republican candidate. The
only interest attaching to the candidacy
| of Wellington is that the vote for him
will show the real strength OF the pro-
gressive party in the state.
Interest in Shrievalty.
The Baltimore shrievalty contest is at
| tracing the big portion of political in
| terest The average citizen Is anxious
to know whether the machine is going
| to swat McNulty, the regular demo-
cratic nominee, who defeated the ring
| candidate in the primaries last Septem-
| Der, and who the year previous. by start
| ing the election fraud investigation, put
| several ring judges and clerks OF eiec-
! ton behind the bars.
The tip is out that the republican CAN
didate William e. Albrecht. Is to win.
And 1t was to cover the hand Of the
machine 1t is reported, that the second
democratic candidate, Louis p. Green.
got into the fight The machine" is
now in position to split its vote SO tina.
ed defeated and can then explain the
/ loss of the shrievalty to the democrats
as due to the fact that the party had
| two candidates In the field.
The organization is concerned chiefly
| over the legislative ticket, and every
| effort is being made to return sOiid
democratic delegation to Annapolis from
Baltimore city. The state and city lead
ers have determined that the party shall
/ be in absolute control in both branches
of the legislature. and that the majority
shall be so great that the governor of
the state Will cut no Ice In the iesis-
lative program to be put through at the
coming session. In other words, Should
the governor see fit to veto any meas
ure the legislature will proceed to pass
| it over his veto There are a number OF
saIaried commissions to be created at
| the coming session, and the party lead
ers propose that the governor shall have
no part in naming the members. as the
members of the commissions are to be
named in the acts creating the bodies.
Up Against Hard Game.
| The governor realizes that he is up
against 4 hard game, and is on the
hustings In an effort to secure enough
republicans in the legislature to thwart
the plans of the democrats. but there is
little or no hope ahead for him. The
governor has made great many enemies
among the regulars since he entered
upon his office at Annapolis, and there
lare those within the fold today who
7 will chortle with glee when the demo
1 Gratis at Annapolis begin to hand 1t
| to GoldSborough.
/ A great deal of comment has been
| caused by the visits of the national SPELL
| binders to this state. with the repub.
| lican party split" said one republican to-
day. Il cannot understand why tho big
| guns of the democracy are on the stump
| in Maryland. Seems to me that the sea-
| son is affecting the party leaders and
they are afraid of hobgoblins Why.
/ just think OF IT. There are secretary OF
/ State Bryan and Speaker Clark plead
| ing for the democracy Just as though
! a national campaign were on. The ma
/ tionaI leaders can have no interest save
in the senatorship fight. and Lee ought
| to have walkover and win handily by
from 20, 600 to 80 600 majority. It looks
to me as through the democratic ma
| tional leaders We're afraid that the re-
| publicans are coming back and that
they have already an attack Of stage
| fright We republicans look only for
defeat this year. but we feel pretty san
/ guine over the state and city contest that
will come in 1915. when we expect to see a
| harmonious and reunited party give q
| good account of itself At that time
the common people will still be looking
| for that fifteen-cent-a-pound steak, and
| they'll find that the cost Of living has
| not been reduced and. further. that there
| has been a slump in the earning capacity
| of the breadwinners. Then will be the
time when the democratic national SPELL
| binders will be needed not only in Mary.
| land, but in every state In the Union In
| which an election is scheduled to take
| place"
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