Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1915-06-11
Letter Fro- Senator Lee.

To the Editos Of the Sentinel:
Dear S.;-Nzycx Prsssons snnoancs-
rnent Il his i1tsntioa To sgppor1 ne in the
DerDocrzfic primary fog the Bo1ninzii0a for
GOveDX seems 20 have thrown certain
pspers allied with Senator Smith and NY
oppo1ent- VI. Hsrrinstnn. into . panic
and % have ed these papers 70 charge
that have made -dszI- nth the csry
q Baltimore At the expense Of the eo1nt5es-
S0ch charge Il uat3e. Sothins Ehort Of
= psne co1d have ind0ced these pagers
% sttenp 10 raise 50 unpzui1ie ard %
false an issze-
Tbe peOpSe Of tins State should kno~
ne TO sci 70 pay any attention 60 the
charge tia, Mayer Preston-s support is the
result Of = -dezI- with him O. any che
else. changing my position a. shown By
ny public rscnrd- am unchanged in ny
eo1yjcsions and political objects and stand
f< the sane things have always stood
for sitho1r any Modification Of plan o.
abandonment Of principle Soch alicia
tons a. that wIH fsyor the mass vote
Or abandon the county unit system for
'shich am largely responsible, as part Of
OGE present. primary Law. are MOI only IN
true bat impossible Moreover. the peopae
81 this State are men Of reason and intelli-
seDoe they kn0~ that none Of the results
! Nth which my opponents are tying to
Tighten the peopae Of the counties could
Be accomplished without an Act Of the
General Assembly Of the State
am srstffed 70 have the support Of
Mayor Preston The Democratic admins
trstion which be has given the city Of
Baltimore has been approved By the peo-
PIE Of that city BY majority larger than
ever vas known in any prior msyoralty
election Amy candidate fOg the n0mins-
ton foS Governor would be glad to have
the support Of a man who has just been
elected Mayor Of Baltimore city By ma.
jointly Of over seventeen thousand.
There is no real conflict Of interest Or Of
feeling between the people Of Baltimore
city and the people in the various counties
We are all Msryisnders; we are all related
By ties Of blood our sons and daughter.
have gone up from the farms Of the van
Gus counties TO make their homes in the
city Of Baltimore our business interest.
are interlOcked. and be who would Try Il
raise psejudice and III feeling between the
counties and the city is doing an injury &c
the counties no less than to the city; to sal
nothing Of the effect which success on suct
an issue might have upon the psospects
Of the Democratic party. In recent year
the Greater portion Of the Democratic ma.
jOrity has come from Baltimore city. and
no real Democrat could contemplate. with
out anxiety for his party. the nomination
Of candidate who won upon a campaign
Of svowed hostility TO Baltimore city
That this unworthy attempt to stir W
strife and prejudice between the counties
and the city is a studied scheme put ou
from some central source. is shown by the
fact that substantially the same state
ment appears In the last weeks issue o.
practically all Of the papers allied with
my opponents on the Eastern Shore Tbs
evident purpose Of this move was to try Il
stem the tide which is running strongly
in my favor in that section as well as il
the other portions Of the State.
Respectfully yours.
BLAIR LEE.
Silver Spring. Nd. June l. 1915.