The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-08-01
BALTIMORE LETTER.

meeting will be attended by State, city
and county leaders and as far as possible
faCtiOnal politics will be avoided. Seldom.
in the history of the State has the outlook
for Democratic victory been as bright as
it is this year and the party leaders and
workers propose to take full advantage
OF conditions and every opportunity. 1t
is conceded even by Republican leaders
that, from present indications, the Demo.
Gratis will have more than enough votes in
both branches of the next Legislature TO
pass any bill they may desire over the
Governors veto. Likewise they will have
the necessary votes 10 pass any consutu-
tonal amendments which may be desired
BY the public. Governor GoldsbOrough
is cognzant OF conditions in the State
and he is doing all in his power to pre-
vent the election OF Democrats to the
Legislature. In his desire TO amalgamate
the Republican and Progressive parties,
the Governor very frankly tells his con-
fereeS that one OF his chief aims IS 10 pre-
vent the election Of a tWo-thlrdS Demo
cratic majority in the next Legislature.
The Democrats be lieve that they will
have more than two.thirds of the members
OF the next Legislature. Democrats will
be elected from counties which heretofore
have been overwhelmingly Republican
and in Democratic counties the nominees
Will be elected BY unprecedented MAORI
ties. AT the meeting OF the State Cen
trai Committee conditions in each county
and legislative district will be reported
and then plans for the campaign discussed.
Particular attention will be paid to the
supplemental registration this summer.
Voters will be registered in every pre-
Cinct in the State. Only new voters will
be enrolled. Voters who are registered
and who have not changed their resi-
deuCes since the last election are not re-
CURED TO register again. The committee
| and It's friends will have full charge OF the
registration work. Every effort will be
made to get every Dem cratic vote en-
rolled.
With the primary election lust about
seven weeks of, it is expected that can
! didates for the Legislature, especially in
the Democratic party, will spring up fast
in all the wards. Unlike last year, legis-
lative candidates have to a great extent
renamed in the background In former
years candidates for the Legislature were
usually early in the field and began act
| i've fights for the nominations months be-
| fore the primaries. The delay of candi-
| dates entering the race this year is prob
ably due to the fact that most every
aspirant for the Legislature desires the
| support of the organization. The organ
| izaton. as a whole. has been rather mute
on legislative candidates and because ii
would not indicate VIVA: menit preferred
for the offices, most of the aspirants have
! held themselves in the background. They
| i -.
| ton candidate than come out as indepen-
dent candidates and then try to seek the
support of the organization. The Dem
oCratC leaders assert that they have an
abundance of aspirants in the wards and
! that they now believe that these men will
come out as open candidates and begin
their campaign. Most OF the Democratic
leaders are in favor of sending as many
experienced men to Annapolis as posi-
| bic next year. They believe that at the
next session OF the Legislature Baltimore
| will badly netd the services Of men who
are thoroughly familiar with legislative
| procedure and, in case of new men, they
| desire men OF character and ability who
| can easily master the situation at Annap-
! oils. The organization forces, headed
by George \, umsen, organized some
weeks ago, have not yet put any legisla-
| tive candidates in the field. The anti
organization men cannot make stand
| for any candidate until they ascertain
what the organization proposes TO do.
| From present indications, State Sena-
| tor Blair Lee, of Montgomery county
will be nominated without opposition by
the Democrats for the short term United
States Senatorship. No candidate has
developed against Senator Lee in his
party and under the law, with no oppon-
ent, Senator Lee will not be required to
enter the primaries. His nomination will
be certified to by the Election Supervls-
ors No primary will mean a big financial
saving to Senator Lee. A number Of his
| friends, however. are making fights in
! different counties for control of the party
machinery and they are relying upon him
| for assistance. In his home county, Sen
ator Lee has a hard fight for control of
the party machinery and he will unques-
tionably spend most of his time in Mont
gomery. Arrayed against Senator Lee is
Mr. Arthur Peter and both he and Sena-
tor Lee are confident of victory. The
| fight is for the nomination of every local
candidate TO be elected at the November
election. Senator Lee is back OF DR..
| I0ues for the State Senatorial nomination,
while Mr. Peter and his friends are sup.
porting Mr.. Dawson Williams, who was
| a member OF the House of Delegates at
the session of 1905 Mr.. Williams and
Senator Lee were formerly good political
friends. In fact, Mr.. Williams was one
of Senator Lees most ardent friends in
politics The cause of their break is not
known.
All opposition to the denomination of
State Comptroller Emerson c. Harring-
ton has disappeared. In the past it has
been the custom to renomindte the Comp
troler He is the only State official
whose term is for two years and, because
Of this fact it has been the invariable rule
to give the Comptroller two terms After
the adjournment of the last Legislature
there was some opposition to Mr.. Har
rington among few prominent Demo
Gratis. This opposition. however, has
subsidized very much and it is not believed
that the men who were opposed TO his
course will want a candidate put in the
field. In fact, many OF them believe 1t is
best to follow precedent and unanimously
renominate Mr. Harrington. He has
made a good State Comptroller and his
friends say that his record will add to the
strength of the ticket in the next State
campaign Mr. Harrington is the recog-
nized leader of the Democratic organiza-
ton forces IN Dorchester county. He has
been actively interested in politics for a
number of years and his friends say that
,Uith him as a candidate the Democrats