The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-02-07
BALTIMORE LETTER

70, '',G ,h;cp, i 70 he dec;ded will
4 ~. ',b.,bar ,hara sbau he earIv ar late
,r;r,ariss Under The law the primaries
Fan he held early in the summer. should
/ Ne cba;rn,en If the different State Cen
/ tral Committees so agree. If, however,
/ they, cannot aoree on an early date
/ then the law nrovides that they must be
/ held on the first Monday i'm September
! MANY of the Democrats are in favor of
| early primaries. either in Tune or Tuiv,
/ whjla others believe that they should not
4 be held until the last Tuesday in August
/ The probabilities are that the primaries
( will be late. This win be due 10 the
fact that the Republicans are and have
4 ALWAYS been in favor OF late primaries, as
/ thev believe that If helps them. In ad-
/ diton. the Progressives will also have
to make their nominations in the State
wide primaries thj, year and their State
/ Chairman must agree before an early
! primary date can be selected. With the
I inauguration over, it is expected that the
/ candidates for the Legislature and the
various other State and local offices to
: be- filed next November will spring up in
/ the different wards and sections OF
/ the city and also through all the
counties. The organization forces
throughout the State will bring out can
didites Tor State Central Committeeman.
vino re members OF the governing bodies
OF their respective parties.
So far as the United States Senatorial
situation is concerned, it is not be
lieved that the contests Tor these olhceS
will really begin until after the State pri-
marieS, 1t was pointed out about SIX
weeks ago, when Blair Lee and Isaac
ODE Straus were trying to inaugurate
their campaigns 1t is because OF this
condition that Mayor Preston has refused
to declare publicly whether or
not he will be a candidate for the
United States Senate. Ii is, also, for
the same reason that United States Sen
2 ator Iohn Walter Smith and Congress-
man |. f. c. Talbot have refused 10
i make any general announcement of
their candidates.. Not only do they rea-
lie that It is too early TO begin Sena-
torial campaign but they also realize
that so far as the party workers are con.
cerned, their chief interest will be in the
, state primaries. When they are over,
o then thev will turn their attention 10 the
General campaign and also to the Sena
/ Iorial primaries. There is no doubt that
= the Senatorial candidates and theil
y friends will h., varv active in the pri
: maries. They will fight for the nomina
ton of men who favor their candidates
J. This is but natural. This will be partic
e ularlv true concerning candidates for tn,
IS LEGISLATURE who N the end elect UnteC
81 safes Senators.
n The Proqressves will hold big con
IS ference in Baltimore on Februatv 18th
D. and from the present indications the,
viii divide into two factions. One vii
ID advocate amalgamat,on with the Repub
r Iicans as proDosed bv Frank A. Munsev
Or the proprietor Of the baltimore News, >
h and The others will oppose it.
e The News" position politically il
lie this State is an amusing one. Il VA
X the mouthpiece of the Progressive fph
r. last wear. and now it is irving to CONVEX
e Proqressives into Republicans At tn
.ame time it is irving to dictate am
,e dominate the Democratic and Repub
III con parties. But the amusing part {
Il. The situation IS hat Munsav and hi
It. paper are pleading 10 former Democrat
10 follow them into the Repubiica
- parlv AS examples, it is urging snc
:, men as General ~ Winston William,
=. who was Secretary OF State during III
"a Crothers administration, Edward
~ Clark. and other former Democrats I
10 become Republicans. lust few month
II ago Munsev and his newspaper peadt.
20 with the Democrats 10 desert their oil
- party and become Propressives The
denounced both the Democrats and Re-
e. Duhlicans Now it pleads with thos
II Who did desert thu Democratic part
l. 10 drop the Progressive party and be
A. come Republicans. Nunsev and In
d. News" are showing their hands the
rs made one 6oht outside of the Renut
lean partv and tina. for Theodore Roose
ut Wit anr now then they are irving to OF
a barL, and take everything poss1ble vii
s. tbcm. After February 18th, the Pre-
p orassives will he divided into two faction,
E. hecanse nt this amalaganation scbam
and tbev will desn.rat,lv font eac
y other
N The Republicans are much intereste
.. IN the re- orraniyatinn NJ the Custom
4 service which is nov being made. bv tn
Il Secretary If the Treasury and the Pres
;d.nt If !, were carried tbrnuyh
u,o,,Id lao;eI,te y, ,r,,her of binh ,rG in,
1ortarI cnetorn officials ont n Office ~
-. Tmna 10Th ,evt u,hiIa the tarme If tbee
:. me-, ,yo,id not ex,,ire unt,I Iure 10Th
- ToIt rho ado,tion If the re.nroa3iza
: ron scheme hv the President ,voul,
:, mn, that ono ve,r would he tal,an ot
= IS he ter,nS of th.. ceyaral of;c;aIs
> 'rh;s you'd o;vn the annointmants +,
). the new president Immediately afrer hi