The citizen., 1913-11-21
BALTIMORE LETTER.
Baltimore, Md, November II, 1871,

land will soon disappear ana the people
will turn their attention to the incoming
legislature. The candidates and party
leaders and workers have spent the past
/ week in resting after a most vigorous
I campaign lasting Tor months but now
/ they will begin to plan and prepare for
! the next legislature The chief topic OF
/ discussion for the next few weeks will be
! the organization of both the State Senate
and the House of Delegates and also leg
islation which will be considered at An
napoIis next winter.
A number OF candidates are sprnging
up for the SpeakerShip while it is rumor-
ed that there will also be lively contest
! for President of the State Senate. 1t IS
admitted that Baltimore city will get one
OF the chief places. There are already
/ three city candidates for Speaker They
are Mr.. lanes McC. Trippe, who was
Speaker OF the last House of Delegates,
Mr.. Lloyd Wilkinson, who served as
Speaker a number of years ago, when he
represented Worcester county in the
House of Delegates, and Mr.. lanes A.
MCOuade, who next winter will serve his
fourth term as member of the House.
The friends of Mr. lanes A. Dawkins
are also suggesting him also as a candI-
date for Speaker A number of friends
of State Senetor Peter !. Campbell are
advocating his election as President of
the State Senate In the next legislature
Baltimore city will nave four Democratic
State Senators and twenty four Demo
cratic members OF the House of Dele
gates The entire representation will be
Democratic and thus it is certain that one
OF the presiding officers will be chosen
from the city and also that the city will
get its full share Of desk officers and
other CITY employees of the legislature
The probabilities are that no definite
action will be taken by the city members
on their attitude in the organization Of
the legislature for some weeks. The plan
will be 10 allow each candidate to develop
as much strength as possible. Then the
probabilities are that the city members
will caucus and decide OH plan Of ac-
ton.
Congressman-e elect Charles p Coadv.
of the Third Congressional District. will
probably qualify next week and assume
his new duties. The Third District seat
has been vacant since the death OF Geo
KONG last summer. With the entrance
of Mr.. Coady Maryland will again have
gress and it will have a solid Democratic
delegation. As yet, Blair Lee, the new
United States Senator-elect from Mary
land, has not decided when he will as
sumo his new office. Some of Senator
Lee S advisers are urging that he qualify
within the next two weeks while others
believe that legal obstacles would prevent
his qualification at this time A fight has
developed in the Senate against Mr.. Lees
qualification this year A number of
lawyers have held that United States
Senator IaCSSpn'S term will not expire
the first OF January, when the MARYLAND
Legislature COuvenes. Then they hold
that Mr.. Jackson ) term expires and that
Senator Lee can then qualify The fight
against Lee entering The Senate is now
being made by Senators who are opposed
to the administration currency bill.
They realize that Senator Lee is an adj
vocate OF President Wilson's currency
measure and that, as a Senator, he would
enthusiastically supper, It, Senator lack
son will unQuestiouabiy vote against
many OF the features of the administra.
ton bill For this reason the anti-admin-
istratlon currency Senators are planning
to fight the seating of Senator Lee at this
time. Within the next few DAYS Senator
Lee and his friends will probably hold
conference with the DemocraSt.
One OF the most important pieces of
legislation which will be considered at
Annapolis this winter will be Mayor
Preston's borough bill for increasing the
area and population of Baltimore city.
This measure will have the enthusiastic
and undivided support Of the civ mem
bers and during the State ca npagn
Mayor Preston in the tour Of the counties
won considerable support of the measure.
In the near future Mayor Preston and his
advisers will decide on the sort of cam
paign which the city will conduct for the
measure. During the State campaign
Mayor Preston was unable to accept
number OF invitations to speak on the
bill because of lack of time. 1t will be
recalled that the Mavor was on the stump
every day and that he kept as many en-
gagements as possible. Some of the
Mayors friends are suggesting that a
series of meetings be held in the counties
before the legislature convenes and they
predict that considerable sentiment could
be worked up for the bill This is un-
Questionably true and may be adopted.
But no definite action has yet been de-
termined upon. II certain, however, that
a most forceful and vigorous fight will
be made for the passage OF the borough
bill at the next session. AS may be eX
pected, the Baltimore county members OF
the legislature will oppose the bill. Bal
tlmore county, however. will only have
several votes on joint ballot in the legis-
ature. as compared with twenty-eight
from Baltimore city.
State Senator Jesse ID. Price, of Wicom-
lCo county, has announced that he will be
a candidate for President of the State
Senate. Mr.. Price was President at the
last session and his friends say that he
made a splendid record The friends of
Senator Carville ID. Benson. of Baltimore
county are urging his name as a candi-
date for President. In 1906 Senator Ben
son was Speaker of The House of Dele
gates. Several other names are being
suggested for the place, but il is believed
that Senator with experience will be
elected President. Some OF the friends
and followers of United States Senator
elect Blair Lee are urging that they en-
deavor to organize both branches of the
legislature, and this would probably lead
to a fight, if it were attempted. There is,
however, a demand among all Democrats
that the organization be perfected without
arousing factional or sectional difference
and this will likely be done. In the next
State Senate the Democrats are certain
OF seventeen votes. while there will be a
contest from Worcester county. where