The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1913-02-14
Friday, February l4th, 1913
SENATOR SMITH ANNOUNCES HIS
CANDIDACY

Senator SmlCQ makes an ape
refutation of the, charges of
party disloyalty that havel been
laid against him by his enemies,
in his address to the Democrats
of Maryland recently,-'k pub
lished. Maryland cannot
be recreant to a precedent
long established of returning to
the Senate a man so deserv-
ing of the sympathy and sup
>port of the people He has .won
great. popularity by his fidelity to
his friends, his devotion to the
cause of the people, and his pride
in the honor and welfare of his
State.
Senator Smith declared that
he is in the fight to win and
that he will take his case direct
ly to the people. but he emphati-
cally asserts that if in order to
be reelected it is necessary to
play the demagogue and hypo-
critic, to lie and to bear false wit
ness. then he prefers to lose.
The loss Of his self-respect, he
stated, is too high a price to pay
even to return to the United
States Senate.
The Senator went into detail
in explanation of his lumber vote
and declared that he cast his
vote in accord with his conscien-
ce and his convictions and has
no regrets concerning it. He
stated that he voted in the in
terests of the South and tried in
some measure to correct the
cruel unfairness of the bill, to-
ward that section In this. view
and on this vote, he declared, he
stood with the leadingl Democra-
tic Senators of the South.
Senator Smith asserted that
the charges that have.been made
against him are lies, that those
who know the facts or take the
trouble to investigate know they
are lies, and that anyone who
chooses to believe that he voted
In the interest of his own pocket
book is welcome to that belief.
AS matter of fact he stated,
his business partners were
strongly in favor of free lumber
and urged him to vote that way.
His company would not be affect
ed in the least by the tariff on
lumber, as it sells practically all
its product in the neutral mar
kets and in Europe.
Senator Smith charged that
his opponents in attacking him
have suppressed the truth in
part and have skillfully distort-
ed the facts concerning his re-
cord. He declared that they
charge him with having voted
against free lumber. which is
false. but that they do not state
that he has twice voted for free
lumber, once in the Canadian Rec
iprocity bill and once again in the
Farmers Free List bill. He furth-
er asserted that he has voted for
and supported every single tariff
reform bill that has been sent
to the Senate by the Democrat
ic House and that every measure
that has been framed by Chair
man Underwood in the House
has received his support in the
Senate.
He declared that he supported
the bill amending the constitu-
ton so as to provide for the dir
ect election of United States
Senators and has stood with his
party leaders in favor of every
progressive measure that has
come to a vote in the Senate.
None of these facts concerning
this record, he declared, is ever
mentioned by his opponents.
Nor, he added, do they mention
that on his tariff votes he fol-
lowed the lead in many instan-
ces Of Senator Money, the Demo-
cratic leader, and was joined by
Senator Bacon, Of Georgia; Sena-
tor Daniel, of Virginia, and 9TH
ers of the big southern Demo-
Gratis.
Senator Smith declared his be-
lief that the Democratic voters
of the State will be quick to see
the motive back Of the charges
that have been made against
him and that his reputation in
Maryland as a Democrat for
more than 40 years is such that
he can afford to be Indifferent to
these charges and not get angry
about them.
Concerning the Lorimer vote,
Senator Smith declared that