The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-11
MISS GARRETT'S FIGHT
Using Her Gold and Influence
to Wipe Out an Old
Score.
DOOMED BY A STERN ENEMY.
Long Ago the Democratic Prophet
Dug a Pit into Which He Is
Destined to- Fall.

NEW YORK, n. Y, July 10.-The Mail
and Express prints the following special
from Washington: For the first time in
his political life Arthur P. German, United
States Senator ana Democratic boss of
MARYLAND and would-be controller of the
Democratic party, trembleS for his politi-
cal supremacy and sees with fear the hand
writing on the wall. But so often has the
CRY of wolf been made in the Terrapin
State and the people made to believe that
German has reached the end of his rope
that in some quarters this last cry goes un-
needed.
In few days the Democratic State con-
vention will be held in Maryland, and
complete State ticket is to be nominated.
For many months a battle has been going
on within the Democratic party in the
State against German and his methods.
Soon after Congress adjourned it was an
nounced that the Senator, worn out with
his fight for the sugar trust tariff bill, in
tended to take long rest and go to Eu-
rope.
His plans had hardly got under way,
however, before the rumbling of the COM
ing storm was heard, and the astute
'boss'' thought it best to change his plans
and stay IN this country. A trip to the
Pacific Coast was then planned, but hardly
had he begun to arrange for passes and
private cars before he found this, too. was
out of the question, and to the surprise of
nearly every one Senator German an
nounced that he would spend his summer
quietly at his county seat in Maryland.
As the days grew warmer the politicians
in Baltimore City began to grow accus-
toned to seeing Arthur P. German come
once or twice a week to the Democratic
headquarters. These visits soon became
daily, and finally the Senator took COM
pIete control Of affairs and began once
more to manage his gang of heelers and
workers. But while the cat had been
away the mice had been at play, and Cor
man found that the little animals had
been knawing at his political ropes and
that they were not as strong as usual.
German was forced to openly face the
situation and then began his battle.
The Republicans in Maryland carried
the State last fall, and had there been
general election instead of a Congressional
one Republican officials would now be in
all of the State offices. The party at pres
ent is as strong as it was then, but this was
not all that the senior Senator had to con-
tend with. The internecine fight in his
party was bitter. Men who had been
promised political preferment for years by
German demanded now fulfllment of
these promises, and this brought about the
Senator, who had lived on broken prom
ises, horde of candidates.
In Maryland there are two distinct Sec
tions of the State-the eastern and the
western shore-and as each is Jealous of
the other there is a row. The written law
is that each section shall have United
States Senator. Candidates for Governor
sprang up all over the State, and German,
in his dilemma, decided to play little
game known in Maryland as ''the favorite
SON.; that is, he promised every county
that it should name candidate for Gov
ernor, and in this way tried to secure
county delegations to the Democratic State
convention favorable to himself, intending
at the last moment to name his own man
This little trick, however, was too trans.
parent, and the counties began to kick.
Then came open revolt. Ex-Congressman
Ravner came forward as an independent
candidate, but when he found that the
and electing delegates opposed to him he
wisely withdrew, and there was howl
among the 'boys' who had hoped to have
had this well-spring of money throughout
the campaign.
AS soon as Germans scheme was ex-
posed the counties began to work for them
selves, and then came Germans great sur
prise. The man whom the Senator wished
really to nominate for Governor was a
western shore man, with Populistic ideas.
Counties in the western part of the State
have SO thoroughly repudiated German
and his men that an almost solid anti
German delegation will appear in the State
convention. The Senator has given up
Baltimore city and county, and has so
changed his tactics that he has dropped
his western candidate and when the con-
vention meets will spring an eastern shore
man, named John Walter Smith, as the
"people's choice"
The reason is that Gorman's strength in
the convention viii be almost wholly from
the eastern shore. There is doubt,
however, whether German will be able even
to nominate Smith. At his headquarters.
he has most interesting document in the
shape of a tally sheet, which shows him the
names of all the delegates, so far elected to
the convention, and to his dismav and
anguish, he can only count majority of
about bakers dozen. This slim showing
will yet be reduced by the delegates to be
elected, and that is why German is trembl-
ing now.
Behind all this there is a story which is
intensely interesting and decidedly dra-
matte. There is woman in the case, and
this woman has score to settle with Mr..
German, which will never be wiped out
until the Senator is beaten.
About ten years ago, when German had
one of his lieutenants in the gubernatorial
chair, the Senator was appointed director
for the State of Maryland in the directo-
rate of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway.
No sooner did he take his seat than he be-
gan his usual tactics of rule or ruin, and
the result was that there was a change in