Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-10-09
VANDIVER RETIRES.
He Gives Up His Position at the
State Central Committee.
BALTIMORE INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
Little Hope in Fighting the
Regulars.
SPLIT IN THE REPUBLICANS.
Of The Evening Star.

SPLIT IN THE REPUBLICANS.
Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE Md, October z 1893.
Internal Revenue Collector Murray VAN
diver has decided reluctantly to resign his
position as secretary of the democratic
state central committee and his place will
be filled by William l.. Lamar Of Mont
gomery county. Mr.. Lamar is a candidate
for the house Of delegates and is a nephew
Of the late Justice L. O. c. Lamar. He has
been citizen of Maryland for about four
years.
1t was generally desired among democrats
that Mr.. Vandiver be allowed to continue
as secretary and treasurer Of the commit
tee. but the party leaders thought it would
provoke hostile criticism to have a promi-
nent federal official take an active part in
the campaign. 1t is also limited that Presi-
dent Cleveland advised Mr.. Vandiver that
1t would be violation of the spirit Of the
civil service reform act for him to continue
to hold such a prominent position in the
state organization and would SAVIOR too
much of bitter partisanship to be proper in
one holding place in his administration.
Independent Democratic Convention.
The independent democrats will hold their
city convention next Monday night and will
nominate candidates for mayor, sheriff.
clerk Of the city court and members of
both branches of the city council. They
have organized several committees and are
now engaged in raising funds to carry on
their campaign. The present indications
are that Mr.. F. w. Schultz. a wealthy
plumber. will secure the Independent nomi-
nation for mayor.
The republicans have decided to nominate
a full city ticket. The threatened bolt Of
the leading colored republicans is causing
much worry to politicians OF that party.
These colored men claim to have been ig
nored by the organization OF their party in.
the recent appointment of state and city
committees, and are now making deal
with the democratic machine to vote the
entire city ticket from Gen. Latrobe down
to members of the council. Gen. Latrobe is
especially popular among the colored people
because he often attends their church fairs,
subcribes literally to many of their chari-
ties and gees to their school commence
ments and gives out the diplomas to the
graduating classes. AS the colored people
republican party, their detection on election
day will prove fatal to any opposition to
the regular democratic ticket.
The Opposition Demoralized.
In fact the whole local situation. so far as
all opposition to the regular democratic
organization is concerned, looks thoroughly
demoralized, and the prospects are that
Gen. Latrobe and the rest of his ticket will
be elected by an unusually large majority.
The republicans are quarreling among
themselves. the leading independents who
have fought the ring for many years
have deserted their colors and are now
working with the machine, and the present
Independent movement is almost entirely
in the hands of men who are hardly known
in politics. The rich men, the great cor
porations and Their attorneys. who have
for the past eighteen years put up the
money and furnished the brains for the
anti-rng movements in Baltimore. are now
in active accord with Messrs. Rasin and
German in their efforts to control the
political destinies of the city and state.
and especially are they anxious to control
the general assembly next winter to enable
them to dictate a new assessment bill
which will not bear too hard on those who
are blessed with a plenty of this worlds
goods.
A New Assessment Law.
1t is generally conceded that the question
Of a new assessment law will be the para
mount subject in the general assembly,
which meets on the first Wednesday in
January next In the session of 1890 an
assessment law was passed which met with
very decided opposition from the capitalists
Of the state and was vetoed by Gov Jack
son. at the request Of the bankers and bus
mess associations of Baltimore.
Another and more drastic assessment bill
was passed in the session of 1882 and was
vetoed by Gov. Brown for reasons similar
to those which caused his predecessor to
veto the bill passed in 1890
This year the farmers and those represent
ing the agricultural interests of the state
have demanded the passage of a bill similar
to those which have been vetoed The dem
ocratic state convention has promised to
pass some sort of bill The republicans
have promised the same thing and the only
question is, what sort of bill will be
passed.
1t is this assessment question which has
brought about the alliance between Mr..
Rasin, who is now the supreme boss of
Baltimore, and the leaders of the old-time
independent movements. These independent
leaders are generally corporation attorneys
and representatives of capitalists, who are
opposed to a rigid assessment law and Mr.
Rasin is also opposed to such law. They
have united, therefore, to elect ticket
which will do their bidding at Annapolis
next winter and prevent the passage of any
extreme measure, and secure the passage of
such laws as they may direct. Gov. Brown
approves of this coalition and will aid in
bringing 1t to success in its aims.
Notes.
DIR. George Wells. who is now the duly
recognized democratic leader of Anne Arun-
del county, is announced as candidate for
the position of naval officer of the port OF
Baltimore. The other candidates for this
place are Congressman Barnes Compton,
Col. Buchanan Schley and George Cotton.
Senator Charles Ii. Gibson and Congress
man Robert +. Brattan are at ioggerheads
over the appointment to the collectorship of
the port of Crisield. Senator Gibson is sup
porting Mr.. II. II. Dashiell, a merchant of
Princess Anne, while Mr.. Brattan is back