Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-29
BETWEEN TWO STOOLS.
Maryland Republicans Likely tt
Fall to the Ground.
a DEMOCRATIC CLEAN SWEEP.
fractional Discussions Injuring Repub-
hcan Prospects I'm Maryland
Special pi,p.,ch to The EVENING STAR.

Special Dispatch to The EVENING STAR
BALTIMORE, Oct. eff there is not practi-
cally democratic clean sweep in Maryland
this year appearances 60 for nothing. To the
mind Of tho average observer any other result
seems hardly possible The republican who
would seek the cause for this does not have to
60 far. He will find it where it always is in
Maryland, right at his own door.
MARYLAND REPUBLICANS LKADERLEss.
Maryland republicans, at no time a harmo-
NOUS family, have never before been involved
in such hopeless state of decentralization and
organization as they are at this time. They
are without leadership, without money. with
out enthusiasm, without concert of action, and
in Baltimore city they are split squarely in two
Oh local issues, which, Of course. affects very
materially the whole state organization. These
factiOnsl disputes, which have been going ON
all sunmsr, have brought about q most re-
marksbls state of affairs. and have actually re-
suited in bringing the rival factions into
court
TEE HISTORY OF THIS QUARREL
il an interesting one and is a clearly defined
fight between the administration and anti
administration members of the party. 1t
dates from the appointment Of ". W. John
son = postmaster Of Baltimore. HIS leading
opponent for the appointment was William L.
Henderson, q wsll-knovn local politician and
Harrison. Postmaster General Wanamaker and
First Assistant Postmaster General Clarkson
became advised il soms way that Henderson
had some Official connection with the Louis
lana Lottery and johnson was appointed. Soon
after bis appointment johnson, who was the
chairman Of the city executive committee,
called the committee together for the purpose
OF arranging for the primary meetings to elect
new city executive committee and resigned
the cLsirmanship of the old committee in con-
sequence OF hls appointment
HENDERSON BzaINs The FIGHT.
Henderson and his friends, angered at his
failure to secure the postmastership, COM
mencsd the dght hors. The meeting OF the
committee resulted in q row and the result was
the election Of two city executive committees,
one representing the johnson faction, the
other the Henderson faction, each claiming
regularity and each proceeding to exercise the
functions with which II believed itself vested.
Each committee held its primaries and elected
the city members Of the state central commit
tee, which met IL July.
TIE CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEET.
When the state central committee met it was
without quorum, but proceeded regardless OF
that to take up the question. 1t refused to
recognize either of the two committees and
appointed committee. two OF whom were
Congressman Stockbridge and Mudd, to ar
range for primaries for q new city executive
committee. The commission declined to serve
knowledge the authority of the state central
committee, ignored its action and called its
primaries to nominate candidates for the city
council. The Henderson committee then APP
pealed to Col. Hodson for recognition, but
knowing that he would be exceeding his au-
thority to do so. he called meeting of the city
members OF the state central committee and
laid the matter before them. He knew when
he did this that every one Of them, like him.
self, was in favor Of Henderson and would of
course vote for his recognition. including Hen
derson himself. Sure enough, the resolutions
drawn up by Henderson himself for his own
recognition and voted for by him were adopted.
The Henderson committee Claiming this as
their authority, although the state central
committee had refused to recognize them,
called their primaries and nominated council
candidates.
While in some Of the wards both factions in
dOrsed the same candidates in all Of the repub
hcan wards and the close wards there were two
republican candidates in the field. The demo-
Gratis, Of course, had q candidate in every
ward.
DEMOCRATS RECOGNIZED AZ ARBITERs.
Now comes the most interesting part Of the
situation The republicans, unable to reconcile
their differences and getting farther apart
every day, have, singularly enough, been
compelled to recognize the democrats as the
arbiter between them. The Australian ballot
law passed by the lasslsgislature provided that
any political party which polled more than l
per cent Of the vote at the last election
shall be entitled to go the official
ballot and have the party emblem, which it
must itself adopt. This included the regular
democratic and republican organizations and
the prohibition party. No other candidates
could 20 on the Official ballot except as
independents, without any party emblem. The
law also provides that where there are more
than two claimants from the same party for
the right to 90 on the regular ticket under the
party emblem the board of supervisors of
ok 10 har
THE JOHNSON CANDIDATES RECOGSIzED.
This board consists Of two democrats and one
republican When the time came to make up
the official ballots the board summoned
the rival factions before it to make
their respective arguments for recognition.
Both side. were heard and the board unani-
mously recognized the validity OF the Johnson
City executive committee and ordered Its coun-
Gil candidates to be placed on the regular
republican ticket
The CASE REoPENED.
This placed the Henderson candidates under
the disagreeable necessity Of running as indie
pendents or not at all and was supposed to end
the matter, but not so. A few days after the
decision was made the Henderson people again
went before the board aud asked that their
council candidate in the first ward, Vim. III.
Dagger. Be placed on the regular ticket instead
Of DR. David W. Jones. the johnson candidate
The board rsopensd the case aud heard both
sides
The Henderson men commended that Jones
was irregularly nominated in that his nomns-
ton was made by ward meeting and not a
primary meeting. while Dagger was nominated
at primary meeting. The whole question
hinged on this point. whether primary meet
ing and . ward meeting are on the same foot
ing. and whether under the law q nominate
made BY . ward meeting IL a valid one.
VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION.
The question has become a most important
one. As a matter OF fact the republicans held
but three primary meetings in the city in the
first (Dalger's). third and eleventh wards. All
the other candidates of both factions were,
according to the Usual republican way.
nominated by ward meetings Tho pri-
mary and the ward meetings are essentially the
same, but different in their methods, the former
being conducted by ballot, with judges and
clerks, while In the latter these are all dis
pensed with and the choice of the meeting
simply nominated aud certified by the presi-
dent and secretary of the meeting.
The board again decided against the Hender-
son faction by a unanimous vote and ordered
Jones name 70 go Oh ths regular ticket De-
tsrnined now to push their to the utmos.
limits the Henderson faction refused to
accept this last decision as final
and through their counsel they filed petition
In the city court on Monday before Judge Har-
Ian for . writ of mandaIuus TO compel the board
To place Daigsr's name on the regular ticket