The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-06-25

| camps OF the TWO opposing candidates
for the Democratic nominatian quite an
assortment Of ideas and camp followers.
Mayor Preston of course set the ball
rolling for Mr.. Lee when he announced
that he would give him his support, and
! practically the support of whatever part
of the organization of Baltimore City
! that he could control. Mr.. Lee has
headquarters in that city now, and is
making a formidable fight to secure the
greatest number of votes at the Primary
in September. In many of the counties
Of the state he has quite followsng aud
his friends claim that his strength with
the people has not diminished since his
election to the senatorship, but on the
contrary has increased very materially.
His main lieutenant is Mr.. Lamar of
Montgomery county, who will work be-
tween Mr.. Lees home and the Balti-
more headquarters, and practically have
charge of the direction of his campaign.
Mr.. Lee S son is also active in the work
for his fathers nomination, and accom-
| panies him on all his trips throughout
the state. In this county quite num-
Der of prominent citizens are allied with
Mr.. Lees cause, making it rather diff
cult at this juncture to forecast with any
degree of certainty the outcoming re.
suits. Mr.. Lee opened the campaign
in Baltimore early last week at the Con-
cord Club, and several claims were made
by Mr.. Preston with regard to the won
derful popularity of Mr.. Lee throughout
the State # Maryland.
In the public forum of Baltimore Sun
on Sunday last writer signing himself
GA Frederick County Democrat takes
issue with Mr.. Preston in good natured
way regarding the absolute popularity of
MIR. Lee, and goes to show by means OF
figures and facts that in reality, outside
Of the city Of Baltimore, John Walter
Smith, when he ran for Senator, received
several hundred more votes than Blair
Lee. The deduction Of course is made
with reference to John Walter Smith,
because the real fight in this campaign is
made between Lee and Smith, no matter
what efforts may be made to disguise the
facts. This writer seemed to feel that
Mr.. Preston had not quite stated matters
correctly, and he also quotes the Balti-
more Sun Almanac figures in support of
his deductions. OF course in Baltimore
City Senator Lee polled more votes than
did Senator Smith. but the aforesaid
writer gave some reasons for this dis
crepancy. He also calls attention to the
fact that Mr.. Bryan came over from
Washington and made the only speech
he ever made in Maryland for a candi-
date outside of himself in support of
Mr.. Lee, and at that time Mr.. Bryan
name was one to conjure with, and he
was responsible no doubt for many hun
dreds of votes for Mr.. Lee. He also
compares the votes of President Wilson
with those of the Hon. VIM. Jennings
Bryan, when he ran some years ago,
and shows by the vote that President
Wilson was more popular man accord.
ing to the ideas of Mr.. Preston than the
Hon. VIM. Jennings Bryan, although
Mr.. Bryan received in one of his cam
paigns from one hundred and fifty to
nearly five hundred thousand popular
votes more than did Mr.. Wilson.
Mayor Preston few days later answer
ed this letter by saying that the writer
had misunderstood some of his figures,
and that he was prepared to demonstrate
that what he said with regard to Mr..
Lee was correct, and that the vote in
September would prove that he was the
more popular of the two men, all of
which however can only be proved by
the actual votes in the contest.
Another interesting feature in connec-
ton with the campaign between Mr..
Lee and Mr.. Harrington was the an.
nouncement by the Hon. David J.
Lewis of Allegany county, Congressman
from the Sixth District OF Maryland
that he would support Mr.. Harrington
for the governorship, and some of his
reasons can be read in another column rs
they were taken from his remarks at the
big Harrington meeting at Woodsboro
Wednesday night, where Mr.. Lewis
spoke, as did also MIR. Harrington and
other well known speakers.
Before the withdrawal of Hon. Chas.
j. Linthicum from the gubernatorial
fight, there were many who hoped that
Mr.. Frank Furst, the well known bust
ness man and politician of Baltimore
City, would take up the mantle and 90
forward into the contest, but he refused
to make the fight. He however came
out short while ago in very strong
interview, giving some of his reasons for
supporting Mr.. Harrington. He stated
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