Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-14
Both Parties Have Opened Head
quarters in Baltimore.
SITUATION IN fHE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS
Republicans Have a More Hopeful
Outlook Than Ever Before.
d E NJ CRATIC FACTIONS
Correspondence OF The Evening Star.

| committees have opened their state head
| quarters here in this city and are actively
| at work preparing for the campaign, which
! Will begin the latter part of the month.
Maryland will hold no state election this
year. and the only officials to be chosen are
six members of the Fifty-fourth Congress
| ana two members for the balance Of the
| Fifty-third Congress. one in the first dis
| trict to succeed the late Robert F. Brattan,
and the other in the fifth district to sue
coed Naval officer Barnes Compton, who
| resigned to accept the naval office at this
port. In addition TO the above a new judge
| of the superior court is to be elected in the
| city of Baltimore and twenty-five men,
bers of the first branch of the city council
in the same place.
The democrats have held their congress
| sional conventions in the first, fifth an6
sixth districts, and the republicans have
held their conventions in the first, second.
| fifth and sixth districts, and candidates
have been nominated in the places named.
| The conventions of both parties in the
| other districts will Lot meet until October
2, and the city conventions Of both parties
will meet at the same time to nominate
| car ddates for judge and also for the city
council.
The First District.
In the first district the democrats have
nominated Joshua W. Miles. young law
yer of Somerset county, for the Fifty-fourth
Congress, and w. Laird Henry, editor of
the Cambridge Chronicle. for the balance of
the Fffty-third Congress. The republicans
have nominated in the same district Mr..
Abraham Lincoln Dryden of Somerset for
the Fifty-fourth Congress, and MIR. Joseph
Mallalieu OF Queen Anne county for the
balance Of the Fifty-third Congress. All
the candidates are men of high character,
and no question of personal fitness for the
position will enter into the calculations Of
the voter in making UP his decision before
casting his ballot Yet, for the first time
since the war, the first, or eastern shore
district is considered by both parties
debatable ground and the republicans are
apparently filled with hope at the prospect.
No republican has been sent to Congress
from that section of the state for more than
quarter OF century, and TO accept the
republican nomination has heretofore been
considered even less than a forlorn hope:
but this year the democrats are filed with
dismay at the outlook, and the republicans
are openly claiming that they will not only
elect Mr.. Malalieu to iii out the late Mr..
Brattan's unexpired term but also will
elect Mr.. Dryden to the seat In the Fifty
fourth Congress. While the republicans
are united and full of enthusiasm, the DEM
ocrats are rent almost asunder- by fractional
quarrels. as far as the politicians are con-
cerned, and the rank and file of the party
are apathetic and taking no interest what
ever In the ticket, while many are openly
hostile. The old element of the party which
has always been opposed to the domination
OF Senator German claims that the ticket
was named In his interest, and that they
VIII not exert themselves TO elect IL on that
ground, while the younger elements are 10
great extent disappointed at the distribu-
tion OF the federal patronage, and say that
the office holders bossed the Convention
which made the nomination and that n Is
no more than fair that they should see TO
Its election. While the chances, therefore.
1adging from the facts. ought TO be favor
able to the success Of the democrats the
situation is such that no one would be SIR
prised TO see a reversal of things and the
republicans victorious.
The Second District.
In the second district the republicans have
nominated State Senator VIM. b. Baker of
Hartford county. Mr.. Baker is a banker.
and Is the largest manufacturer OF canned
goods in the state. He was elected to the
state senate last fall by a majority of over
200 in Hartford county, which usually polIs
a democratic majority Of loo, and ali the
democratic ticket was elected by the usual
majority, except the candidate for senator,
who was defeated by Mr.. Baker, as above
stated. The democrats will renomfnate
Congressman j. +. c. Talbot, without on
position, but IL Mr.. Baker should poll the
same vote in proportion in the other counties
which II is conceded he will poll in his own
county, II VIII make the result very doubt
full, with the chances in favor of the repub-
Lean nominee AS great part of the manu-
featuring industries of the state are situat-
ed in the second district, II is claimed bv the
republicans that they have a fighting
Chance to win, although the Democratic
politicians ridicule these claims and assert
that Mr.. Talbot will be reelected by a
safe majority.
The third and fourth districts are situated
entirely in Baltimore city, and the demo-
Gratis are sure to win, no matter whom they
lnay nominate
Mr.. Harry Welles Rusk will be renomi-
mated by the democrats in the third and
no one can tell who will be named in the
hxT fhnr
Ray has announced his Intention 10 de-
cline denomination and become a candi-
date for governor. There is some talk az
renominating Mr.. Rayner in spite of his
oeciination IN advance, but that gentleman
says that he win not accept under any cir
ccmstances The conventions of both
parties in the two districts named will NOT
be held until next month. the democrats
on the Sd of October
The Fifth District
In the fifth district the battle between the
parties has already begun, and will doubt
less be one of the hottest conflicts the
state has ever seen. The republicans have
nominated State Senator Charles Z. Coffin
Of Prince Georges county for both terms
while the democrats have selected State
senator John q. Rogers of Howard coun-
" Ier the Fhty-fourth Congress, and Or
George Wells Of Anne Arundel county for
me unexpifed part of the Fifty-th;rd Con-
gress. All these gentlemen are men of
hlgh Character and ability and will make
strong candidates. The democratic nomi-
nees are handicapped, however by fractional
nights In several of the counties in the dis
trict, and were only nominated after stormy
scenes In the convention; and the bad |
blood raised by the fights referred to does |
not seem likely to cool. but on the con-
trary the bitter feeling is apparently on the |
increase. Mr.. Coffin, on the contrary has /
a united party at his back and the repub- /
licans in the fifth district appear TO be in |
excellent form for a winning fight while
the democrats are correspondingiy demor- /
allied
The Sixth District,
In the sixth district the republicans have
nominated Mr.. George l.. Wellington of |
Aliegany, after a hard fight, and the DEM /
ocrats have placed In the field Mr.. Ferdi- |
nand Williams, also Of Allegany. The dis
trict has normal republican majority OF
over fifteen hundred. although factional
quarrels in the party ranks have caused /
so much trouble that Mr.. w. NJ, McKaig
has been elected twice-in 1890 and lsy2. 1t |
is not thought, however, that the result |
this year will be the same but on the con-
trary the most sanguine democrats concede
the election Of Mr.. Wellington by a good
Never before in the history of the party