Evening journal., 1913-09-23
MARYLAND
NOT AGREED
ON The man
In Consequence Fight For
The COIIeCtOrShip is Not
Ended
OPPOSE DELAWAREAN
FOR THE POSITION

WASHINGTON, sept 1o--ine ap-
eence Of Senator John Walter Smith
from the conference Of Marylanders
held in Representative Lnthicum's
Office yesterday resulted in failure
OF the Maryland delegation to agree
upon a candidate for the cOllectorship
Df internal revenue.
Delegation members, present and
prospective. with the exception of the
senator. conferred for three hours,
drafted and signed a letter to the
President protesting against the ap-
pointment of a Delaware man TO this
nfice, Issued statement to the news
papers and then adjourned.
Those presnt at the conference
could have agreed upon an aspirant and
would have done so but for the fact
that they had no word from Senator
Smith as to his choice and the addi-
tional circumstance that il would
have been unwise for them to name
the candidate in disregard Of the
Senator. TO whom they must turn for
confirmation
Moreover, the delegation realized
that without the Senator they could
not tell the President that the candi-
date was the unanimous choice OF
tho Marylanders in Congress The
TACT that Senator Smith was holding
out would have been detected by the
executive at once.
Willing TO Centre on Bryan.
1T became known after the confer
ence was over, however, that the
members OF the house as we'll as
State Senator Blair Lee and Charles
p Coady. Democratic nominee for
Congress in the Third district, were
willing TO centre upon William II
rryan. of Baltimore county. IN fact,
the name of Mr.. Bry an was the only
one that came up and received any
serious consideration.
He was not entirely acceptable to
all OF the conferrees, but when the
gathering got down to the question
Of picking a substitute they found IL
harder to arrive at unanimous
choice than they supposed. Then, too,
the Endorsements secured for Mr..
BRYAN from the business interests OF
Baltimore we're used as an argument
In his favor.
II Senator Smith will agree to sup
port Mr.. Bryan, II can be safely pre-
dicted that the Baltimore countlan
will get the formal Endorsement OF
the united delegation. Should the
senator take a stand against Mr.. Bryan
and in favor of some other candidate
the whole situation would be changed.
Senator Smith Biggest Factor.
The truth IS, Senator Smith is the
biggest factor in the fight at this
time Not only will he have the last
say as to the confirmation Of the man
WHO is finally nominated but the
plain lntimation from the White
House that the solid delegation would
do well to get behind the man to
oppose Raughley. If that man is to
be given consideration, makes II nee
essary for the other Marylanders in
Congress to defer in a large measure
to the Senator.
The conference resulted specifically
in the drafting and signing Of for
NAL protest against the appointment
OF a Delaware candidate. IL was sign
ed by the four Congressman, by Sen
alor Lee and Mr.. Coady, and was left
IN the hands of Congressman Lin
thicum. who is TO secure the sigma
ture Of Senator Smith as soon as pos
sible
This letter will serve two purposes.
II will put Senator Smith on record
for or against a Delawarean in the
frst place and will be Maryland's plea
for delay in taking any action at the
White House in the second.
II has been frequently intimated
that Senator Smith was In sympathy
with the movement to name Raugh-
ley. II this is true, he will hardly
relish the idea Of signing his name to
a letter urging that Raughley be not
named. II II is untrue, the fact, will
be a matter Of black and white rec
ord
Letter Of Delegation Given.
The letter is as follows:
The President of the United
States. Washington. D. c.:
Dear Sir-Those Of US signing
this letter, both as Representa-
tives OF Maryland in the Congress
of the United States and as Demo-
cratic candidates before the peo-
pie OF Maryland for election to
membership in one OF the other
branch of the Congress Of the
United States, desires most earn
estly to urge upon you the ne
cessity for appointing as Collec-
tor of Internal Revenue for the
District Of Maryland a resident OF
the State OF Maryland
We feel that this ofiice is one
which has peculiar intimate re-
lations with the people who pay
Federal taxes. The collection of
taxes is always a matter which
brings the collector into intimate
contact with those from when
the taxes are collected and the
collector ought to be a man who
can best establish thorouehly
satisfactory business relations
vim the taxpayers. The State Of
maryland is now paying In inter
enal revenue taxes more than
n nine-tenths Of the total amount
COLLECTED in the district, and so
far as figures can possibly indi-
cate this percentage will be in
creased when the income tax be
comes an additional source Of
Federal revenue.
There is no trouble at ali 70 find
in Maryland a Democrat Of char
eacter and capacity to fiji the
place with credit to your admin
istration and with absolute fidel-
ity to the interests Of the people.
Under the circumstances we feel
that we have the right as repre-
~ fsentatives of the State Of Mary
land to vigorously urge upon you
the selection of some man for
collector who may be a resident
OF our State