Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-30
Political Leaders Whose Power is at
Stake.
PLA9T, QUAY, BRICE And GoRMAN
Interest Felt in Coming Elections
in Four States.
THE EFFECT NEXT YEAR

The November results in New York. Penn
sylyania, Maryland and Ohio will have a
special significance for the politicians . In
these states, in addition to other issues,
the issue of bossism is involved. 1t is by
10 means new issue, but it has taken on
something of new form, and it is all the
more interesting because of the fact that
in the primaries the bosses showed not
orly surprising, but overwhelming strength.
The contest in all Of the four states named
Is largely of their shaping, and hence their
responsibility is very clearly defined.
Mr.. Platt's Power Involved.
In New York Mr.. Platt's power is in
vclved. His activity in the primaries be-
trayed no diminution of his skill or bold
ness. He m,de direct for everything in
sight and even his republican opponents
admit that he won a great deal. He has
just supplemented his convention winnings
by reorganizng the state committee on his
own plan and by the selection of his own
men. Warner Miller and Mr.. Depew are
members of the committee, but Mr.. Platt
is easily in control The machine will obey
his hand. The republicans carried the state
last year by a sweeping majority. The
conditions this year are altogether chang
ed, but still republican majority is de-
manded. And it Is demanded Of Mr.. Platt.
He must provide victory.
The Case in Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Quay is again on the throne in Penn
sylvania. He is expected to provide re-
publican victory over there. But republi-
can victory in Pennsylvania this year will
be required to stand a sort of comparison
with the victory of last year. Then the re-
publican majority, in a campaign conducted
by the now rejected Gilkerson, was a quar-
ter Of a million votes These figures are not
expected this year, but still very large ones
are. The tariff is always an issue in Penn
sylvania, and Mr.. Quay's return to power
was predicated on his past services to the
protected industries and what would prob
ably be required for them in future. In
these circumstances Mr.. Quay Is naturally
desirous of polling large republican vote
this year. There IS some complaint Of the
Hastings combination. Tie Quay people are
little afraid that the overthrow combine
may revenge itself on the new state chair
man at the polls and leave him with sadly
sawed-off returns.
Mr.. Brice's Fight.
Turning to the democratic side, the fight
that Mr.. Brice has on his hands in Ohio is
a trying one. He carried the state conven-
ton by vote of over two to one. The size
Of the winning was surprise even to him.
self. But what about the polls? VIII the
defeated silver democrats rally to him
there? Some uneasiness Is felt on that
score a Brice winning in November--and
the reduction Of last years republican ma
jority to small figure would operate as a
Brice winning-would mean a sound money
delegation from Ohio to the democratic ma
ionai convention, headed by Mr.. Brice.
VIII the McLean-Thurman faction cordially
cooperate to that end?
Shall German Rule3
The issue in Maryland is the simplest Of
all. According to the republicans and the
anti-Gorman democrats as we'll, nothing is
at stake but the right of Mr.. German to
rule the state 1t is conceded that he does
rule the state; that with regard to the
affsirs of the state, both at Annapolis and
in Washington. his simple word is law.
Shall his rule be continued?
A Good Deal at Stake.
The success of the bosses in November
will mean great power to them next year.
They will have to be -reckoned with by the
king-makers and obeyed little more i'm
plicitly than ever before. Their defeat, on
the other hand, will mean radical read
justment of many presidential calculations
On the republican side in particular loss
of prestige sustained by Mr.. Platt and Mr..
Quay will be an event of moment.