Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1915-05-28

"A newspaper article published this
morning is entirely untrue There is no
city versus county" fight II the city had
a candidate for Governor those opposed to
him might consider it a justifable political
trick TO try to array the counties for a
county man. But there can be no issue
made between the city and the counties.
simply because the voters in the city
choose TO support Lee Zone county MANI
rather than Harrington (another county
mani.
-Four years ago, when Lee was a can
didate, the city supported German, when
the State primaries. outside of Baltimore
city, were carried overwhelmingly for Lee,
and but for Baltimore cityLee would have
been nominated for Governor When Lee
was candidate for the United States
Senate Senator Smith and his friends not
only refused to put up any man against
him, but refused to support a city candi-
date for the position Therefore, they are
responsible for Lee having been elected to
the Senate. If the city had received any
encouragement from Senator Smith and
his friends at that time. the probability
is that the State would now be represented
in the United States Senate by some man
from Baltimore city.
IF Blair Lee suited the county people
well enough four years ago to have 81
votes in the convention for Governor, all
from the counties, and suited the people
OF the counties well enough to be sent to
the United States Senate without opposi-
ton and by record majority. it is GER
tainly far cry to try to raise any fight Of
the city versus the counties against Sena-
tor Lee simply because the Democrats in
the city choose to support Lee.
Baltimore city must be looked to to
furnish the principal portion of the ma
jority for the Democratic candidate, and
Senator Smith and the newspaper referred
to certainly ought to be willing to let the
Baltimore city Democrats have a vote as
between two county candidates, without
trying to start up an issue which is false
issue and that is injurious to the interests
Of the people Of Maryland, whether in the
city or in the counties. because the true
interests Of the people everywhere in the
city and the counties lies in a spirit Of
cooperation and not animosity or preju-
dice.
Il have a very high regard for Mr.. Frank
Furst. look upon him as one Of my best
friends, and would have been for him for
Governor If he had been a candidate II
he had wanted to be Governor he would
have come to his friends in Baltimore city
directly and not as the candidate of a
newspaper. Mr.. Furst is too wise a man
to allow himself to be used to pull other
peoples chestnuts out Of the fire.
"0f course would like to see city
man nominated for Governor, but know
Of no one from the city who has shown
sufficient strength with the counties to in
dictate that he can win the nomination.
regard Senator Blair Lee as much the
strongest candidate in the city and in the
counties, for both the nomination and the
election. His vote in the Senatorial cleo
ton, which he carried by a majority Of
upward Of 10000. seems to me to point
to him as the most available candidate
for our party this fall.
ut is important to the Democratic party
to put up its strongest candidate for Gov
ernor, without regard to fractional leanines
! think from his past record and from his
repeated and consistent Endorsement Of
the principles of home rule that Baltimore
city may look for fair treatment at hi.
hands. ! therefore am in favor of the
nomination Of Blair Lee as the Democratic
candidate for Governor this fall
FuRsT DECLINES To Run.
Frank A. Furst gave out a statement
Tuesday last declining to run for the
Democratic nomination for Governor. Hi
said
After due consideration have deter.
mined not to be candidate for the nomi.
nation for Governor of the State of Mary.
land in the Democratic primary election
to be held in the fall for the demands Of
my business are already so exacting that
in the present impaired condition Of my
health, my medical adviser warns me thai
1t would be perilous to assume any addi
tional responsibilities.
Mr.. Harrington will be supported by Mr.
Furst.
Congressman Linthicum made a speech
at Rossvile, Md, in which he announced
his withdrawal from the fight for the nomi.
nation.
1t is now accepted that the contest will
be between Senator Blair Lee and Comp
troller Emerson C. Harrington, the former
being backed by Mayor Preston and the
latter by Senator Smith.
The real prize is State control. Smith
has it now and wants to keep it, Lee is
Smiths political enemy and wants to take
control from him Preston is Smiths politi-
cal enemy and wants to take control from
him. Both Of them have ideas about State
Government. especially about the actions
Of the next Legislature. which are in con-
flict with the ideas credited to Smith. II
may be assumed that both Lee and Pres
ton are sincere in those ideas. but il is
apparent that the great thing in the minds
of Lee and Preston is ito Gel" Smith. That
is what they want above all things else.
In the case Of Preston this can hardly be
disputed.
The Smith ticket. in all probability. will
be Harrington for Governor, Hugh A. Nc
Mullen. of Allegany county. for Comptroller,
and Albert c. Richie, of Baltimore. for
Attorney General: and the Lee-Preston
ticket. Lee for Governor. William b. Cop
per. Of Kent county. for Comptroller. and
Mr.. Maloy. Of Baltimore, for Attorney Gen.
eral. The principal doubt of that lineup
is as to the Compuollership. There is talk
that the city people may want McMullen