Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-28
MARYLAND POLITICS.
Candidates for Governor and Senator
in the Field.
LEGISLATORS TO Be CHOSEN THIS YEAR.
Regular and Independent Democrats
Come Together.
PARCELINa OUT OFFICES.

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE. September "a. 1888.
Although the successor to Gov. Brown
will not be nominated until 1896. and the
successor to Senator Charles H. Gibson will
not be named until the general assembly
meets in January, 1896. several candidates
for both places are already In the field and
wires are being laid on all sides to control
the democratic party machinery in the in
terest Of the different candidates for those
places.
One-half Of the state senators are to be
elected this year. and as these gentlemen
will hold office for four years they will be
members Of the general assembly Of 1896,
and consequently will vote for Senator Glib
sons successor: hence great interest Is
taken In these nominations, and the friends
of Senator Gibson and the other candidates
are at work to secure the placing Of men on
the tickets who will be friendly to their
favorites when the proper time shall have
arrived. A majority of those named Nd to
date are believed to be favorable to the re-
election of Senator Gibson. The fact that
the state machine, under the leadership OF
Mr.. 1. Freeman Rasin. is supposed to ue
favorable to the reelection Of Mr. Gibson
has been a great source Of strength to the
friends Of that gentleman and has helped
them to win wherever there has been an
open fight All the present indications
therefore point to the reelection of Senator
Gibson without any serious opposition.
Vigorous Fight for Governor.
From the present point of view the indi-
cations are that there will be a sharp and
vigorous contest for the democratic nomina-
ton for the governorship in 1895. Several
wei-known men have already been an
nounced as candidates and their friends
are at work preparing the way to thei-
The most prominent of the candidates are
ex-Mayor James Hodges Of Baltimore ex-
controller Louis Victor Baughman of Fred
srick, state Treasurer Spencer c. Jones of
montgomery, State Senator Thomas G.
Hayes of Baltimore CITY, and State Senator
John Walter Smith Of Worcester county.
All these gentlemen are regular in their
party allegiance and the machine will have
a strong friend in the executive no matter
who may be successful
II Will place the leaders of the regular or
sanization In a Quandary when the time
comes to select the nominee to succeed
GOV; Srown. owing to the fact that all the
candidates so far in the field will claim the
support OF the machine as due them for pa st
services. and the contest may cause trouble
treasurer Jones' friends claim that Sena-
In fact some of them go 50 far as to say
that Senator German has for a long time
been under an express promise to aid Mr.
Jones in his aspirations
COL Baughman and his friends deny that
Senator German favors Mr. Jones. On the
contrary they claim that the senior Senator
Is IN FAVOR OF the Frederick county states
man for the governorship and viii an
nounce his position when the final contest
Is on They also claim that Col. Baugh-
man Will have the support of the entire
yer OF western Maryland counties. except
Montgomery, which county Is all they con-
cede to Mr.. Jones'
Ex-Mayor Hodges is, however considered
oy many as having the strongest claims for
sne nomination as well as the strongest
backing. and he is therefore believed to
nave the best chances to succeed Governor
Brown. The ex-mayor has been twice a
candidate and has twice retired gracefully
party expediency. He will have the active
support in 's5 of Mr.. I. Freeman Rasin.
the boss of Baltimore. who is openly in
favor Of his nomination. and he will have
strong backing in the eastern shore
counties. where he has long been popular
among the democrats. Mr.. Hodges has also
strong friend In Senator Charles H. Glib
son and the influence of that gentleman
will probably be cast in his favor.
Regulars and independents Frater.
nixe.
The most interesting event in the politics
OF the past ten days has been the deal en-
ginee-ed by Mr.. John K Cowen, the leader
Of the Independent democrats, and Mr.. I.
Freeman Rasin. the leader of the regulars.
For more than a decade the democratic
party in Baltimore has been divided into
two factions-the regulars who control the
organization and the offices and the indie
pendents or mugwumps. The two factions
are working together. The regulars and in
dependents have agreed to bury the hatchet
and Will act for the common success of the
party this year, and as a consequence the
ticket named contains men who have here
tofore been in deadly opposition to the
other men whose names appear on the
same ticket. The deal referred to provides
for the division of the federal appoint |
ments hereafter to be made In this state.
and fo- the first time in the history of the
democratic party In Maryland the indie
pendent or reform faction will secure some
Of the offices. and Mr.. 8. Davies Warfield,
who was the independent candidate for
mayor two years ago. will be supported TO-
postmaster of Baltimore, and Mr. W. L. Mar
bury. who ran as an Independent for states
attorney, will be made United States dis
trict attorney fo- Maryland and the small
er offices will be divided in the same pro-
kicked vigorously at the deal and have not
hesitated to call 1t a sacrifice Of principle,
but they are very few in number and are
possessed of no great influence.
Mayor LatrObe to Run Again.
Gen. F. c. Latrobe has been mayor Of
Baltimore for six terms and has received
the nomination for seventh. As the
democratic majority is large he will doubt
less be elected in November. He first be-
came mayor in 1875. and has been elected
the alternate terms ever since, never before
having received nomination while in
office. but only after an intervening term
filled by some one else. This year he has
broken his record and secured a unanimous
denomination while in office.
All the improvements of any consequence
which have been made in Baltimore have
been made while Gen. Latrobe has been
mayor. He has devoted his life to the de- |
velopment and improvement of the city.