Early in the evening it appeared that Senator Lee would surely win the renomination, but at late returns came in his lead was cut down and Lewis forged to the front. The slump in the Lee vote is credited to "Frank" Kelly, who controls Baltimore's eighteenth ward. Yesterday Governor Harrington, a Lewis champion, appointed police in high positions favorable to Kelly, who today paid the debt by piling up a majority in his ward that wiped off the lead held by Lee and turned seven votes into the Lewis column. With Carroll and Prince Georges Counties still in doubt tonight, Lewis has 62 votes, and the best Lee can muster is 57. Maryland's delegations to the national conventions, both Republican and Democratic, will be uninstructed. There is no opposition to Wilson, and, naturally, Maryland's vote will be cast in that column. An abortive attempt was made by some of the Republicans outside of the organization to win with a delegation instructed for either Hughes or Roosevelt, but this was defeated.
MAYOR AINSLIE URGES GENERAL PLAN FOR CITY
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as of February 1, was $15,048,095, less cash securities in sinking fund.
$11,836; net outstanding debt, $11,466,209; assessed value of real estate, $105,055,792. Eighteen percent of this, to which the bonded debt of the city is limited, is $18,910,042.
The  Mayor again calls attention to the city Auditor's recommendation that the ordinances of the city be so changed as to make the operating year of all departments conform to the fiscal year, that is, from February 1 to January 31. 