Democratic messenger., 1895-01-05
Politics and Politicians.
COMPLEXION OF THE NEXT
ASSEMBLY ENGROSSISG
ATTENTION.

ASSEMBLY EXERCISING
ATTENTION.
Many Candidates for the State
4 senate and House of Delegates
in the Field and the con-
test in Many Counties i
Well Under Way.
The fact that Ii State Senators and
House Of Delegates will be elected
next fall. and that the General Assem-
bly, will not only have United States
Senator To choose. but also State
Treasurer and two members of the
Boar,l Of Police Commissioners Of Bal
timore city, gives the electiun au
importance indirectly that il ordinarily
would not have. The Governor.
Comptroller and Acknowledgement are
elected directly by the people, but the
Seuatorship the State Trtasurership
and the two Police Commissionership>
depend on the General Assembly. and
the party or faction that controls the
General Assembly, even il it should
lose the Governorship, the Comptroller
ship and the Attorney -Generalship.
wotld not by any means get much the
worst of the bargain Hence the
Legislative portion of the ticket Is in
most respects the most important part
OF ihe whole business. for the control
Of the Legislature carries with II
pra .iically the control of the State
Government; for the State officials,
froil Governor down, can 10 nothing
unless they have chosen with them a
body of Legislators in harmony with
their policy. In all parts Of the State,
therefore, as great interest l. being
manifested in the Legislative nomina-
tions in both parties a in the rest of
the ticket.
The State Senate rs now constituted
has ~ hold-over members, OF which
nine are Democrats and three Repub-
licals. and ii members are to be
sele ted, l3 OF whom will hold over
and vote for Senator Gormans successor
in 1898, and one will be chosen in
Hartford county for one session To
succeed Mr.. William b. Baker, Re
publican, who was elected to Congress
last month. As IL members make a
majority OF the Senate the Democrats
will have but five to elect To control
that body. and as the strongest Dem
ocratic counties in the State, notably
Wicomico. Queen Anne's, Hartford,
Carroll aud Baltimore counties, a. well
as the First Legislative district of the
city, will elect Senators, there is little
doubt that the Democrats will retain
the majority of the Upper House OF the
General Assembly. The chief contest,
therefore, will he over the election Of
members to the House OF Delegates,
in order To secure = sufficient number
of members of that body to control the
two bodies on joint ballot and thus
elect the United States Senator, the
Sta.e Treasurer and the two members
Of the Police Board.
The counties which will choose State
Senators are Wicomico. Somerset,
Queen Annc's, Kent, Hartford. Carroll,
Washington. Frederick, Calvert, Anne
Arundel, Baltimore county, Howard
ami the First and Third Legislative
districts Of Baltimore City
In Somerset county the Republicans
will probably nominate Abraham Lin
coin DRYDEN. who was defeated for
Congress last month. II i stated that
the only Democratic candidates now
mentioned are the present Senator,
Col Levin l.. Waters, and Mr.. f. G.
Polk, editor of the Marylander.
Ia Wicomico county it is said Mr.
Edward Stanley 'roadvine. who has
served two terms in the Senate. will be
nominated bv the Democrats without
opposition Mr. Toaiviue SAYS he does
not wish to be candidate, but he has
served 80 acceptably to his people that
! il is said he will be renomlinated. A.
the Democratic majority in Wicomico
is very large there is NJ doubt that he
will be elected.
In Queen Annes county there will
be the old-time fight al the primaries
between the factions. in which Mr.. W.
W. Busieed, editor OF the Centreville
Observer, will be the candidate on one
side for the Senate, and Mr.. Woodland
z. Finley, the presen, Senator, will he
the other. The best informed Demo
crats from Queen Anne's state that
Mr. Busteed will win with ease.
Ia Kent county the indications are
tha, the Democrats will nominate either
Mr. Harrison ". Nickers or the
present Senator. Mr.. W. +. Hepbron.
The Republicans will probably nomi
nate Mr. W. II. Burchinal. formerly
Surveyor OF the Port. who sers ed eight
years in the Senate from 1888 to
1891.
Hartford county Democrats da not
appear to have selected any candidate
yet, but the Republicans ot that county
are said to be united in favor Of the
nomination Of Mr. Stevenson \. vii.