Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09
Fight FOR IT'S LIFE
Maryland Democratic Organ
ization in a Battle Royal.
FOR SENATORIAL PLUMS
Machine Leaders Get Smith and
Preston to Join Forces.
TALBOT OUT OF THE RACE
Reported That he and His Friends
Will Do Nothing to Help Lee
and Marbury.
FOR SENATORIAL PLUMs
TALBOT OUT OF THE RACE
Special Correspondents OF The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star
BALTIMORE. Md. March 8. 1913.
The regular organization democrats will
present solid front in the coming sena-
torial primaries. This much Is now as
sured as a result of conferences held
during the week between the big leaders
of the city and state machines. It is ex-
pected that Mayor Preston will during
the coming week make his formal an
nouncement as candidate for the short
term, the city democracy having decided
to get behind Smith in return for the
support of Preston in the counties Prior
to the advent of Marbury in the race the
chances all favored Preston going into
the fight for the long term and opposing
Smith. All is changed, however, and the
regulars, city and counties. will whoop
il up fir Smith and Preston. The machine
leaders have come to a realization that
the organization as factor in city and
state politics must fight for its life this
fall, and in order to bring the bhoys into
a solid phalanx 1t was necessary to get
the senator and the mayor together,
which has been accomplished by mutual
friends.
1t now seems more than. likely that
there will be a fourth candidate In the
field for the long term. The friends OF
w. Cabell Bruce assert that their favor
lite is awaiting the announcement to be
made by the mayor. and that in the event
Preston goes for the short term Bruce
will enter the field against Smith. His
friends say that he will stand better
chance than Marbury. The progressive
leaders assert that Bruce will not be In
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be brought to bear from a high source
to keep the progressive path clear for
Marbury. The Marburyites appear to
take 1t for granted that Blair Lee VIII
link his fortunes with those OF Marbury,
and II is generally believed that however
much Lee desires to run as a free agent
and without any entangling alliance, he
will be compelled, in Difference to the
wishes Of the national administration,
to make the fight with Marbury as his
running mate.
Today II Is learned that Representative
j. F. c. Talbot will not be candidate
for the short term. as he had anticipated.
1t is said that his friends have advised
him to keep out of the fight. and ne has
deferred to their wishes. The repre-
Sentative has announced in this connec-
ton that he proposes to call upon Presi-
dent Wilson and advise that the CHIEF
magistrate take no active part In the
senatorial primary.
said Mr.. Talbot. land explain to him
the political situation in Maryland. am
going to tell him that the important
thing for US to do Is to get the state
back from the republicans am going to
ten him, too. that he need have no con-
Germ about having the support of the men
elected to the United States Senate from
Maryland. He Is the President and the
senators from Maryland will have to go
along with him."
Shy About Lee.
Talbot is being urged to support Smith
for the long term and Lee for the short.
but some Of his friends assert that the
willy boss of the second district will not
put In q lick for Lee. and add that II
he does he will be going counter to their
wishes. They express the opinion that
he will lend his aid to Preston, not be-
cause ne Is enamoured of the mayor,
but merely to help his friend, Smith.
Many of the ultra-radica. Talbot men
make no bones of asserting upon street
corners and in the political clubs that
they intend to work might and main
against Lee. because they believe that
the Montgomery county candidate did
not play white politics when he went
into the short-term fight They say that
1T was up to Lee to get behind Talbot
and not oppose him in his ambition to go
to the upper house of Congress. They
harp upon the fact that Talbot put up
rafting hot campaign for Lee when he
made the primary fight for the guberna-
toral nomination. and denounced Lees
entry INTO the race as a piece of political
ingratitude.
1t Is certain That Lee will suffer heavily
from knitting" at the hands of Talbot s
friends in the city. as well as In the
counties. because the Talbottites are mad
all over as q result of the complications
shat have come during the past two
weeks.
No matter who may enter the fight
after Preston losses his hat into the
ring. the organization will regard that
candidate as an differentiation man,
and Will accordingly do it's level best to
defeat him The city ring Is alive" with
nghters just now. and the leaders are
chuckling over the fact that the advent
OF Maroury has put ginger into the erst-
heeiers The general idea now among
the ring" leaders and followers is that
victorious organization is the only
material thing in the whole situation.
and this the leaders propose 30 have, no
matter what sacrifices have to be made
In regard to the candidates who are to
wear the Organization" collar during the
campaign.
Conferences Excite Suspicion.
The fact that Blair Lee has had two
conferences wish President Wilson at the
White House has aroused the machine
leaders as nothing else in the way OF
political developments could have done
The machine leaders assert that this Is
proof positive that the national admins
tration proposes 10 take hand in the
coming senatorial primary.
II became known this afternoon tina,
the President has been bombarded with
letters attacking both Lee and Marbury
II being stated by one progressive that he
knew of nineteen such letters being SEM
to Washington. 1t is also stated tina,
letters have been sent to. Secretary OF
STATE Bryan, who Is being counted on a.
one, OF the men who Is to exercise his in.
hue1lce In putting Marbury across as, q
winner. 1t is stated that the letters re.
cite the unfriendiiness of Marbury durins
the Nebraskan's two presidential cam.
paigns, and Il Is further charged tina,
MArbury's sympathies are with the cor.
porations rather than with the people.
Doubt is expressed here that Bryan vii
mix up In the senatorial fight Politicians
here recall that City Solicitor Field has
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