Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-31
Special Correspondents of The Evening Star.
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croWoeo into tne present week. VI course the
fine work, or most Of 1.-THE work that accom-.
piishes results and practically settles MAORI.
ties--has been done. Both sides have been hold.
ing two and three meetings every night and ex.
hausting the usual means to keep enthusiasm
up to the proper pitch.
But in spite of all efforts II has not been q
| campaign Of enthusiasm and hurrah. This il
largely the case because no one doubts the
election OF the entire democratic state ticket,
and even in Baltimore city, where the situation
u more interesting because Of the combined
opposition Of republicans and independent
democrats, 1t 10 not an opposition with the old
time vigor which the regular organization has
had to contend agsins. in past campaigns
INDEPENDENT STILL HUNT
The independents are making more Of a still
hunt this time and thei, tactics contrast
strangely with those which they have hereto
fore adopted. Their campaign as to men and
| methods is essentially different The
great leaders who, night after night, through
campaign after campaign. have stood before
| immense audiences and hurled their anathe-
mas against the democratic managers
X. Cowen, s. Teakle Wallis, Col. Charles
Wallis, ex-Congrcssman Findlay, Charles
]. Bonsparte and many others like them,
giants in the political arena, though still in
sympathy with the independent movement,
have raised neither hand nor voice in its de-
Tense. Only handful of the younger men
who trained under these leaders are doing the
work and nearly all OF them are candidates for
Office. These are: &. Davis Warfeld. the can
dldate for mayor; VIM. L. Marbury, candidate
for states attorney; Daniel Miller, candidate
for the state senate, and VIM. Cabell Bruce
Mr.. Warfeld is son of Henry NJ Warfield.
who sixteen years ago. in 1875. led the first re-
form movement as the candidate Tor mayor
against Gen. F. C. Latrobe, who is now the
democratic opponent of the son and for the
sixth time the party nominee for the office.
DEMOCRATS UNEASY ABOUT KERn's PROSPECTS.
The only man for when the democrats have
any alarm on their ticket is Charles G.. Kerr,
the candidate for states attorney. He has q
desperate fight on hand, but will probably be
elected. A novel complication is the attitude
OF the Methodist and Baptist preachers toward
keer. but particularly the former. Both de-
nominations denounced him at their weekly
preachers meeting, and the Methodist preach
ers passed resolution binding every one of
them to preach against him in their pulpits on
Sunday. One Of them. Rev. c. Herbert Rich
ardson, who was for some time stationed in
Washington, has already preached q sermon
against him. The ground of their bitter oppo-
sitIon to Kerr is because he has nolle pressed
number of cases that have come up in the
criminal court for gambling and violation of
the Sunday liquor law since he has been filling
the Office.
Mr.. Richardson. before he entered the min
istry, was a lawyer and at one time the repub-
lican deputy states attorney for Baltimore city
under the late George c. Maund. Mr.. Kerr
hunted up his record and replied to his strlc-
lures through the newspapers showing large
number of similar cases nolle pressed by Mr.
Richardson when in office. The Methodist and
Baptist preachers have for some time been de-
handing q stricter observance OF these laws
an trau 20 N n
war Is the outcome of these efforts. 1t is diff
cult to measure the effect of this new factor.
1t is without doubt far-reaching influence
and while it may not be sufficient TO defeat
Kerr, makes the situation a very serious one
for him and will cut his majority far below that
of the rest Of the ticket. 1t is very probable
that he will only be saved from defeat by the
republican votes that he will get. for the indi-
cations are that he will receive a larger proper
ton Of that vote than Marbury. notwithstand-
ing the latter Is the nominee Of both the repub-
hcans and independents. If the republicans
keep faith with their allies at this election and
give their actual support to the democratic in
the combination it will be the first time they
have ever done so in any similar case.
THE POWER OF THE OFFICE
The power Of the state attorneys Office is
far reaching. From a partisan standpoint it is
a most patent political factor. 1t wields an
influence that no other public Office can attain.
realize this. Some veteran democrats say that
Kerr will run close along with the rest Of the
ticket Latrobe will get q large republican
vote, and his more enthusiastic friends predict
for him a majority Of 5000. Others place it as
law as 5000. The democrats have no fear of
losing their legislative ticket in the first and
second districts, though the independents have
q strong ticket in the second district and the
usual democratic majority may be reduced.
The third district, which elected a solid repub
lican delegation to the last legislature, will
probably be carried by the democrats this year.
No one denies that great many democratic
votes will be cast for Warteld and Marbury.
BoLrING THE MAYoRALrY CANDIDATES.
1t will probably prove true that more demo-
Gratis will vote for Warfield for mayor than
voted for Major Alexander Shaw, the fusion
candidate, two years ago. On the other hand.
Gen. Latrobe will get many more republican
votes than did Mr.. Davidson, the present
mayor, who defeated Shaw. The size of La
trobe's majority will depend to a great extent
upon the republicans who stay away from the
polls II the full republican vote were poled
for Warield and Marbury, one, il not both of
them. would be elected. But it will not. The
republican organization is q rope of sand in
most Of the wards. Rival factions are ready
today AZ ever TO trade of candidates or knife
them. No man among them has yet developed
q capacity for leadership that rises above fac
ton.
This year there was an excellent opportunity
for such q man to come to the 'front.' but he did
not materializc. On the other hand the demo-
cratic organization is unquestionably one Of
the finest in the country. Indeed it may be
safely called the best. Beginning with Senator
German. it is well generated and the staff Off
GERS are skilled veterans. Behind this is pa
tronage in which 10000 voters are more or
less interested. Say that today there 2 500 men
on the municipal pay rolls, each ono Of whom
can influence at least three others. father and