The citizen., 1913-09-05
GEN. VANDIVER ABSOLUTELY Y
DENIES CHARGES OF CON
GRESSMAN FRANK o.
SMITH.

kJN11 L L.
Last week Congressman Frank O.
Smith, of the Fifth District of Maryland,
which is composed of Charles, Prince
Georges, Anne Arundel, and certain
wards of Baltimore City, published paid
article in which he charged Mr.. Murray
Nandiver, chairman of the Democratic
State Central Committee, with party dis,
loyalty in the campaign Of 1912, at which
time he was elected over Thomas Parran,
the Republican aspirant,
! Those who profess 10 know see in it a
predetermined effort to head off any force
that might rally TO support Parran in his
| fight for the United States Senatorship
against Lee this fall and also to give
weight to the plan OF those who are
! against the retention OF Nsndiver as head
OF the State Central Committe for the
+ coming campaign.
/ The charges were that NandiVer Sc.
! cretly consplred To defeat Smith and give
aid to Parran, whilst protesting to direct
/ the fight in aid OF Smith which is in aC-
1 cordance with his duties as chairman of
/ the Democratic State Central Committee
/ Mr.. Nandiver denies absolutely all
! charges and deplores such an occasion to
:
/ at the instance of poll .a enemies who
/ are conspirng for his defeat. He has
/ been chairman for fourteen years and de-
! fed Smith or anyone else to bring proof
> of any action of his that even sayors of
/ hostile action
Following is part of Mr. NaUdyef' $
+, public rcutaton Of Congressman Smith $
charges:
.,T ,,.;sI, T., c.,,,tra,l;.-t ,L-,',,+ n. ,f,.
statements made by Mr. Smith His
charges are entirely b1seies> and false.
But for tie publicity given them | should
treat his utterances as too contemplate
for notice He belongs to tha, class Of
beings which bite the hand that feeds
them He accepted aI The support that
could possibly have been given him, and
then slabs his helpers in ibe back Many
of MY friend, think lha, le should be left
90 In, own de-iedauou without any reply
or any notice OF his shameless statements,
in making which, all understand, he is
only mouthpiece and catspaw OF other
people whose favor he i- now seeking.
is false never, directly or indirectly,
by word or action suggested to any man
10 vote against Mr.. Smith or any other
lt~lIiA fitlN lt1iilIliNN 90 tB nc t4ihstAtl l44L
IL Mr. Smiths campa % or i'm the cam
paign of any other Democrat: nor have
! ever said or done au,thing or eit e. or
used money Tor any purpose than th, alb
solutc success OF every Democrat in every
campaign on the party ucke.. In Mr..
Smiths particular case everything that |
could possibly do was done by mcto Sc
cure his election 10 Congress and TO de
I NTr 1
for Mr.. Smiths success and Mr.. Parran's
defeat.
when he says that tried to defeat
him in the last congressional campaign
and that | advised Democratic workers
20 let his opponent. Thomas Parran
alone, he states what is not true. know
ingly and intenlionall, states it, no doubt,
10 please some people from whom he is
expecting favors in return for his false
hoods against me.
HIS statement that | said that Mr.
Parran had been very useful to me is
equally false-a falsehood of the same
/ sort as the others.
! Mr. Smith SAYS: He tVandiver
should have been deposed as state chair
| man fifteen years ago. In the campaign
of 1896. for instance. managers of the
Democratic Congressional Committee,
= with headquarters at the National Hote
IN this city Washington told me they
had no confidence whatever IN Nandiver's
t ability to run the mpaign
The truth is that in 1896 | was moi
chairman OF the State Central Committee
that year, nor connected with it in any
, capacity whatever. The late Mr. II. w.
Talbot was chairman and the late Spen-
| Wattinc uoS saf,ratar, md traor,r..,
Both of these gentlemen were from Mont.
gomerv county.
= at is equally untrue that am motor.
ously hostile to Senator Lee and that |
have close personal relations with Mr..
Parran.' am not hostile to Senator Lee
and shall do everything in my power to
NO ecb reat;nSs -. as .s satad 1eiT'G b. G,h nave