Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-01-31


his Honor, Mayor Preston, of being respon
sible for the defeat of the local option bill
} through the organization of the Legisla-
ture which he foisted upon the State, and
at the last Lyric meeting we proved it on
him as witnessed by vote of the audi
ence.
THE Mayor first tried to ignore it
Finally, when it got so hot he could not
ignore it, he decided to answer it, and his
answer was to call the league superintend-
ent scamp which we presume is en-
tirely convincing to those on the intellec-
tual level of the Mayors main political
supporters.
II have been asked whether intended
to sue him. Hardly. 1t was too much
trouble to get started to run the risk of
soaring him off again, and the fellow who
is responsible for an explosion would be a
poor sport if he complained of the noise"
After predicting that Congressman Tai
bott would be scared from making fight
for the United States Senate by the tenn
perance sentiment and discussing the pre-
dicament in which he said Senator John
Walter Smith had been placed by the vote
of Senator John p Moore, of Worcester
county, in the last Legislature on the Lo-
cal Option bill, Mr.. Anderson continued
THE greatest enigma in the Senatorial
situation is State Senator Blair Lee, a good
| olaan man v,ho doao mt eaaun to raoliza
that there is no neutral ground left on the
temperance question in Maryland, it hav-
ing all been shot away. and that the man
who tries to travel with both crowds is in
serious danger of becoming fatally twisted.
Senator Lee is man of clean, upright
personal character. He would not take a
dollar of dirty or dishonest money. And
yet it was he who gave the liquor interests
and crooked politicians an excuse for kill
ing the local option bill when they had
failed to accomplish it by their usual
methods.
IF ever a man has been guilty of in
gratitude toward the decent temperance
element of the State which had supported
him cheerfully without insisting upon as
surances. Senator Lee is that man.
81 should also ay that Senator Lee was
given fair notice that unless he declared
himself as Mr.. Straus has done the light
would be turned on the details of his con-
nection with the defeat of local option
last time. If he does not declare himself
we shall encourage candidates to come
out against him, either in his own county
or elsewhere.
But can imagine | hear some of our
timid friends say If you ALLEVIATE all of
the big leaders, whom can you 90 TOT We
don't have to 60 to anybody. We stand
for principle that they will have to come
to- And if the men now in control of po-
litical affairs have not sufficient inteli-
gence to see the point, or enough courage
and character to do what they realize
ought to be done, the declaration by Mr..
Straus indicates that new generation is
springing up to take their places when
they die. or push them out Of the way If
they don't die soon enough"
Unless Senator Lee puts himself in the
proper attitude on this question. he said.
the league intends to push this matter
until it will be possble-provided the Re
publicans and Progressives get together
to defeat the entire Democratic party so as
to prevent his election to the Senate. even
If he secures the nomination. And the
league will use its utmost efforts to en-
courage working agreement between the
Republicans and Progressives in order to
have some kind of effective opposition
available in case it is needed"
Also he charged that Mr.. Andrew j..
Cummings. member of the last Legisla-
ture from this county, took part in the de-
feat of the Local Option bill before the
Legislature, and paid his respects to other
politicians of this county in uncompli-
mentary terms.
Joseph d. Baker, of Frederick, or some
man of his type, was suggested by Mr.. An
derson as the sort Of candidate that would
be acceptable to the Anti-SaIoon League
| II
derson asserted. he would sweep the State.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Anderson s
speech, Mr.. Norman BOuic. a prominent
attorney of this town. arose in defense of
Senator Lee. He said Senator Lee is n
Christian gentleman, whose character bears
not stain. and that public matters could
be placed in his hands with as good results
to the people as in the hands of Mr..
Straus. though the latter is Endorsed by
Mr. Anderson
Mr.. Anderson replied that the church
was not the place for a political debate.
but challenged Mr.. Bouic or any other
friend of Senator Lee, or Senator Lee him
self to public discussion at any time or
place of the Senator's political record, and
stated that the Anti-SaIoon League would
pay the cost of the hire of the hall.
Here the discussion ended, at least for
the present.
Resolutions were adopted favOring the
Kenyon-Shepherd and the Jones-Work bill
now before Congress and expressing the
confidence Of the Montgomery County
League in Superintendent Anderson.
A committee. consisting Of Benjamin H.
Miller, +. w. Walker and Frank Higgins,
was named to organize an Anti-Saloon
League among the colored people Of the
county.
Religious Notices.