Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-11-05

for the direct election of United
States Senator'S.
Senator Bacon, of Georgia, was
re elected to the Senate under the
amendment, but in his State there is
no Republican party and there was
not a real fight. As it happens,
daryland was not one of those States
which helped to adopt the amendment.
1t was ratified by three fourths of
the States in the Union before this
State had an opportunity to act. But
the vote for Lee-long a stalwart
upholder of the idea indicates that
the people of Maryland are in syn
pathy with the plan and glad to avail
themselves of the right t. directly
choose tn 'ir representatives in he
upper branch of Congress.
While complete figures from the
State may change the situation some
what, the figures on hand shortly
seemed to tell story of failure upon
the part of the Republicans "to get
away" with the amslgsmation plan.
A large number of precincts in Bal
timore city gave Parrsn a vote that
was practically the same as that
gwen Taft lest year. while WelliDg.
ton fell far below that of Roosevelt.
This appears to mean that the Bull
Moosers stayed at home and are in
an attitude of suspension of judgment,
although some of them may have
voted for Lee.
Primarily, the vote seems to be
an Endorsement of the Democratic
party under the leadership of Presi-
dent Wilson. All through Maryland
the voting was marked by quiet
Seemingly, the people knew what
they wanted to do and did it without
loss of energy. They were behind
the Wilson administration, and they
made it plain by acts rather than by
words.
Added to this, however, is what
appears to be demonstration of gen.
uine strength by Lee himself. In all
the counties he made splendid run.
And in Baltimore city-which Presi.
dent Wilson carried by plurality of
about l5,OO0-Lee made a strong
average gain all over the city-in
precincts in every section of the
city. Apparently he was not harmed
in the least by the attacks of William
H. Anderson, superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League; if anything, he
seems to have been helped
And in addition to all else is the
fact that the Democratic party seems
TO have shown itself to have been in
better condition in this fight than in
any in many years. The hot primary
throughout the State, which so many
old-fashioned politicians predicted
would result in harm to the party,
seems to have been a great help.
Probably the fact that all Democrats
knew they had had fair family con-
test helped in that.
Reports from all the counties are
incomplete, but the indications are
that the Democrats will have a great
majority in the Legislature. Wheth-
er this will be great enough to over
/ ride the veto Cf Governor Goldsbor-
ough is not known. But the drift
of the tide was such as to give a
great deal of ground for the belief
that more than q three-fifth majority
/ would be secured in each branch
/ The hold-1ver Senator'S are:
Baltimore City-Seeond district,
Peter j. Campbell, Democrat; Third
district, w. Mines Maloy, Demo crat.
Baltimore County-Csrville d.
Benson, Democrat.
Calvert-Alex B. Duke, Republi-
I can.
Carroll-R. Smith snider, Repub-
lican.
Frederick. P. T. Matthias, Re
publican.
HOward-E. M. Hammond, Demo
crat.
Kent-W. w. Beck. Democrat.
Queer Annes-J. Frank Harper,
I Democrat.
Somerset-L. NJ. Milbourne, Demo.
/ crat.
Washington Samuel Emmert. Re-
publican.
Wicomico-Jesse D. Price. Demo
crat.
( Republicans, 4; Democrats, 8.
Candidates for the Senate elected
according to partial returns are:
] A legany-F. N. Zihlman, Demo.
crat.
Anne Arundel-Benjamin Watkins,
Jr., Democrat.
Baltimore City-First district,
William Curran; Fourth district. w.
j. Ogden, Democrat.
Caroline-Harvey L. Cooper, Dem
ocrat.
ChArles-John F. Mudd, Republi.
can.
Dorchester-James S. Shepherd,
Democrat.
Garrett-Harvey }. speicher, Re
publican.
HsrfOrd-Jsmes J. Archer, Demo.
crat