Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-08-07


s@xg5 recessed their wstlis ymesa 10 ilsa nr.
hEasa aAs Anne Arnndsl eounsy xas
IandsaII spoke savnFahiy 81 hlna
However, iha bOosn whsch had AFs-8
Eparenfay been started widest Dr per-
Sgse'a knDwiesage gradually fadea sway
lAma the cOnfegeace anallY resolved ~
Esass into i general feeling that IS no
csndidata had hgthart0 entered the
held iii opposisaop 10 Caleb q Magra
der. inaslsnhont clerk, and mat Mr.. Ma
lerndes had already ssled The reauired
Eeertifsca1e 0f his candidacy. An agree~
naent Was reached whereby he was
-nonninataa.
There VIII be nj opposition, 70 any
oa the candidates, Tor the tifst time
since the Direct Primary act vas pass.
lhd the Democrats viii not have 4
lprImaxy night Tor nominations to State
loalces.
Attorney General Richie, whose
snOmsuafion for Governor has been q
EToreg0ne conclusion for several weelxss
IfIed MS papers With the Secretary of
State some time ago, and Mr. Magru-
der ms filed Major Lee and Dir. Keat-I
ms. who nov holds the ONCE OF State
Insurance Commissioner. viii fle eth
eg toaay Of tomorrow The lists close
ItonorFow.
sx'ls d Hagmeny TIekes
The ticket Is harmony ticket and
| IN the ticket which tbs party people
laa tlsA Rennart wanted and which they
believed could be elected Tbs Lee
forces are recognized hy the Smith
sfase orgaAisatI6n II the nomination
| is Major Ice. And NJ. Keating. the
nominee TOR Attorney General, has not
Ealways been an organization man. hay
Linz supported senator Lee for the none
lamati0n Tor Governor Ia 1871, while Mr.
Richie ii not regarded as one Of the
State peoples stalwarts. although he
MS been With them Id late fights.
/ The truth is that the ticket Is less 4
State organization affair than any
mominated IN years. And because Il
Il party ticket, rather than faction
al ticket. the party leaders believe
that there would be more harmony In
this campaign than Ia any In years,
aad that, despite the plain fact that d
bard fight is ahead. the election Will
] 80 10 the Democrats They plan to
kbagfn dghting today and 10 continue
sighting until November
Not only ID there harmony as 10 the
state ticket, bar HE result of yester-
day j conferences between leaders OF.
sthA different factions resulted III an
lagrnameit that brought to d head the
Eelforts at harmony In Baltimore city
which hive been under way for days
Lee Fsnatiy Wen Oyer
sThere was no difficulty in arranging
the state ticket. except as 10 the
Econptroilerxlaip Major Lee did moi
Want ID take the nomination for
eCunaptroiler on personal grounds
After lie mad been argued out Of that,
lie wnnfcd Id BE assured that the
Baltimore city situation was adjusted
! III wan nae until nearly midnight after
shours u conferences. that the matter
wns thraslaaa out satisfactorily In
final conference. 10 which John Ma
ihon had been asked ID come, but In
stead sent statement Of his views
and purposes. and at which all the.
Iother iflteFests we're represented. the
whole party situation was whipped
into shape. and Lee accepted
Otiaer than the discussion of the.
local situation there was no political
s3ockeyisag apparent at the meeting
aso BIZ as the effaYts to pfis Major Lee
On the ticket went, Il seemed 10 be q
lgenuiTe movement for harmony with
i out any strings tied TO II And HI sucil
l4&Ik as there was about shifts hi the
sthae fIcaset, while the taking with
sAass aAoat EEas0f Lee was on. there
was 10 EFFORT 10 enabaTrags anyone or
any .sgF0ap. All the leaders md ALI
sAs WORKERS Of ali fale facEions seemed
ii have in mind oalS che settling Of
the State ticket upon the wfseSt basis
]. Augustine Mason, ek EsagerstoWn
$50 has been sandh talked abOat for
me nomination Tor Attorney C5enerAl |.
Ned HIS inaueace for the slate pro
p8aAd. 1T bird been th0ught ttaat II
jox Lee were nas n0a1ainatea Weat
sAfn Maryland would be given the
ImpsainakiOn aor Attorney Sseneral and
azg. Mason was slarned 70 as the best
s he woaad have been glad to
sahe the ncnxina sio k5ut he felt that
the selectios Of Asa5oE Lee was wises
ana waaam the aouhs was greatest as
IS whether Isae waaid accept Bsr. Ma
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