Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
PRESTON'S STAND
ST|RSLEADERS
Maryland Move in Short Term
Senat0rShip Declared Trick
to Force Smiths Hand.
TALBOT LIKELY MAN
TO PIT AGAINST LEE
Bonaparte Says Progressives Will
Put Candidates in Field for All
Offices This Fall.
Special Correspondence OF The star

Special Correspondence OF The star
BALTIMORE, Md. July :. 1919.
Inc regular democratic organization
or the city and state is on a still hunt
Tor candidate to defeat Blair Lee in
the short-term senatorial primary.
Mayor Preston, who has aspirations to
wear toga. has put it up squarely
20 the organization of the state to find
that man. or failing to oppose Lee in
the short-term contest he points out
that the machine should get behind
Marbury for the long term The may
ors stand has caused some of the big
state leaders to get hot under the COL
iar and many of Smiths friends are
openly scoring the mayor for what
they term an attempt on the part of
Preston to put Smith in hole 1t is
we'll known that many of Smiths sup
porters on the eastern shore are behind
Blair Lee. and they hope to see Smith
benent IN the long term fight over their
support OF Lee at this time.
The Smith partisans claim that Pres
ton took his stand regarding the short
term because he knew that it would
he up TO Smith to find an opponent for
Lee They assert that it is a trick of
the city LIBERALIZATION TO I0rce smith s
hand and compel the senator to get
behind the mayor for the short term.
They assert that Smith has no desire
To form an alliance with Preston or
any other man who may become a can
d1date for the short term: that Smith
Is perfectly satisfied to paddle his own
canoe in the coming long-term fight
and that he will make no deals or
combinations of any kind.
Adherents of Smith assert that it is
Preston
Lee. inasmuch as the mayor pointed
out that the organization must fight
The Montgomery candidate They say
the mayor has the senatorial bee work
ing overtime in his bonnet and that if
he is sincere in having a candidate to
oppose Lee he will lose no time in
getting into the arena. They are mad
all over because the mayor has put his
mouth into the affair. and hint that
Preston will get a drubbing that he
will not soon forget should he decide
10 oppose Lee. As one of them put il
TO The Star correspondent today:
Preston Is Scored.
That fellow Preston thinks he can
run the state as well as the city or
ganization. He. wants to go TO the
Senate, and TO do this he knows that
he will need the support of Senator
Smith. Therefore. he is attempting to
Preston as the state organization can
didate for the short term. He has
practically served notice on the sena-
tor that unless the state crowd declares
for Preston. the city leaders will hand
a wallop TO Smith next year If Pres
ton wants to be a senator why doesn't
he come out in the open and declare
himself in the race. Because he wants
the state organization pledged before
he makes his announcement. He hasn't
got the courage to make the fight un
less Smith shall indicate that he will
get behind him. The senator has not
asked the city organization Tor its sup
port and will not do so. He believes
that .he city crowd is bound to get be-
hind him. if they play the game as
they should in regard TO an organiza-
ton man. and Senator Smith has always
been straight-OuI organization man.
even when he has suffered from the
double-cross as was the case when
Rayner was first elected TO the SEN
ate"
IL is understood that the state crowd Is
favorable to Representative Talbot
should il become necessary TO put man
in the field against Lee. ana saSaclous
politicians assert that there is no other
way out. The leaders admit that PreS-
toms ultimatum was good political talk
and that the organization to save Its race
cannot allow Lee TO walk into the United
States Senate unopposed. They ADMIT
that while Preston may have made
PLAY to put Smith in a hole. neverthe-
less he set out clearly and unmtstaka-
bly, the program that the organization
must follow in regard to the short-term
senatorship II is now taken for granted
that man 10 oppose Lee will be forth
coming and some announcement Is ex-
pected from Preston, Talbot or some
dark horse within the next fortnight.
Manon Favors Preston.
II is known that the city boss. sonny
Manon. is very favorable to Preston for
the short term. because he does not
want the mayor to be candidate against
Smith for the long term. Mahon does
not want 10 break" with Smith, but he
will be forced 10 do so should the mayor
decide to enter the long-term contest
next year. Preston has all the pie and
plums. while Smith has nothing to offer.
and Mahon has a reputation for following
the plum tree and pie counter road. no
matter in which direction that road may
lead
In the opinion of Charles j. Bonaparte.
the leading progressive Of Maryland. the
simon pure. straight-out progressive party
of this state-the Roosevelt party-will
nominate for the short-term senatorship
and all other Offices this fall When
asked IL he knew anything about pos
sible progressive candidates. for office
the former Roosevelt Attorney General
said:
II have no authority TO speak for any
one but myself. Ii IS, however, my per-
sonal opinion. as at present advised.
that there will be 'straight-out pro-
gressive candidates for every Office 10 be
filed by the voters of the entire state.
such as controller. clerk of the court OF
appeals and short-term senator. There
NAV be also a progressive candidate for
Congress in the third district.
am not prepared 10 express an opinion
as 10 local offices or members of the gen
erai assembly. In regard to these Of
fees conditions Will vary In the different
counties"
IL is currently reported that Ronaparte
Will enter the fight for the short-term
senatorsnip, but this subject the for
mer Attorney General and mouthpiece
of the bull moose big chief is silent.
ON AN EQUALITY WITH MEN