Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-10
Mr.. Wellington Confident Of 10000
Plurality for Mckinley.
DEMOCRATS ALSO CLAIM TEE STATE
What the Figures Of the Registra'
ton Show.
NGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS


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| election is a certainty. In the matter Of
claims however. the republicans appear
| to have several shades the best of II, as
| they show an inclination to give figures.
| while Chairman Talbot and his assistants
| confine themselves to the statement that
| the tide Is running for Bryan. and that he
| will carry the state. Both headquarters
! present a busy scene these days. and at
| the democratic headquarters at the Carroll
| ton the contrast is marked between the
present activity and the apathy which has
| existed up to the last week. Both head
| quarters have sent out tons Of literature
during the campaign. and the work on this
| line Is still progressing. Baltimore street
itself is political headquarters for many
squares, and the banners stretched across
| IT, the announcements Of different head
| 81 arters in flaming letters, and the crowds
| that stand on the corners and do nothing
| but talk politics, gives an idea OF he tre-
| mendous interest taken in this city in the
| present campaign. Many separate and dis
tinct parties are represented by headquar-
| tiers or committees in Baltimore.
Many Headquarters.
| There is repubIIca an headquarters, demo-
| cratic. national democratic, honest money
democratic committee. populst, prohibition
| and free silver prohibition faction. Clubs
and other organizations are sprnkled thick
| ~ dioIiS DOln SiucS OF the street The Ger
man Mckinley and Hobart Club has
headquarters; the Honest Money Demo-
cratic League. which is supporting Nc
kinley. has filled the large windows of AN
unoccupied store with cartours and plac-
ards. warning the passers-by Of the evils of
| Tree coinage; the Alpha Bimetallic League
| Is sending out handbills dilatng upon the
| iEiquity of the shylocks and money sharps;
| the democratic city committee is purs uing
Its regular campaign work, is the state
committee. In the evenings impromptu
| meetings are held On almost every street
| corner, which usually addressed 10y
fervid orators with socialis,ic tendency.
| All this is on the surface, and is an iidica-
| ton only Of the interest taken How the
vote will be polled is another matter
senntor weIIinston's Confidence.
Senator Wellington. who is In absolute
charge of the republican campaign in the
state. express the most unbounded con-
| fdence in the result. more satisfied man
| would be hard to find than the newly
elected United States Senator as he re-
ceives reports from the state at the head
quarters in the News building Senator
Wellington in answer to inquiries from the
national committee has told them in the
last Jay or that If Ohio was as certain
T 10 vote for Mckinley as Maryland they
r should feel satisfied He has asked abso-
| lutely assistance from the national
campaign fund, and so far as Maryland is
| concerned the republican side OF the con-
n test has been fought with local money
s Mr. Wellington said today to The Star
correspondent that he felt absolutely Ger.
| tain that Maryland would give Mckinley a
plurality exceeding 2D.OO0. The registration
q in the city, he said. had been more thar
: sa satisfactory to the republicans and every
( report from the counties was encouraging
4 | Baltimore city, he predicted, would roll
t up a surprising majority for sound money
e ard the state itself would come up to the
i a he nj ta1 inrts h.
e | same direction. He thought his party SURE
: Of carrying at least four and probably five
of the Six congressional districts.
I Democratic officials at their headquarter:
d | deny m toto Mr.. Wellneton's claims, ant
d | told your correspondent that in the las
t, | week the drift both in Baltimore and il
s. the counties had been SO strongly in faro
: | of Bryan that the state was certainly FOL
him. They profess confidence that he viii
y carry the labor vote in Baltimore city al
l. most unanimously.
s The Repatriation.
e This is the position taken by the tw,
e campaign committees. Looking at the stat
l. from an outside standpoint it would ap
i. pear from the registration figures that oil
e the face of the returns the republican
| have secured advantage by the new
y law. Last year in Baltimore city Their
were 114.43 registered voters. Since tina
n | time there has been a material increase ii
d the population of the city. Yet the tota
Is registration for this year is only 113, 1tt
Is 95.a35 being white and 1854 colored. Tn
r. white vote by the new registration ha
IN fallen off about 1000, while the cciored vot
has increased 1000. Republicans in Balti
more point to these figures a certai
evidence of fraudulent registration unde
the old ring rule. They call attention es
n | pecially to the ninth ward in Baltimore
The ninth ward. lying in the lower end q
the city. was noted they say, as a hottie
|
n | the total registration in the ninth was 4, Al.
y but this year it is 3,251, a falling off Of 1, IL:
Republicans claim that the new registrs
| ton by eliminating padded lists in Bait
De more city and in several of the countie.
n | will decrease the democratic vote in Mary
s. land from 5000 to 10000 Democrats o
= | the other hand who have made study {
& the registration in Baltimore have a plau.
IL ible explanation to give for the figure
j. | They say there was no new registratio
A, in the city in 1885. in that year name
-, | simply being added to the list of 1894 witt
=" cut any revision. The registration of ISD
NJ they say, was little under 100000. an
If last year without striking off the name
of those persons who had moved or VIII
lie had died some 1900 or 1000 names wer
s. added to the list. TIE total of $4,000 TIL
IS year. they say, marks full reSistratio
he of all active voters in the city. an
J. old. and they profess confidence that bot
s. in Baltimore city and in the counties tn
ID Bryan vote is completely registered. Cor
ST sentative democrats coacede Baltimore cit
n 1000 ma jority, but assert that the countie
ID will roll up Bryan plurality of from 6.H
20 5000 The lowest republican estimate O
lie Baltimore city is 5000 for Mckinley, an
W these same estimates place the countie
1t as staad-off. Last year Lowndes carrie
l. Baltimore city by 1880, and Mr.. Well.n.
Or ten claims that Mckinley will do bette
1t will be seen then that conservative r,
fl IublicanS claim the state by not less tia
a. 5000, while conservative democrats say
IN will go their way by 1000 to 900.
~ The Congressional Districts.
," The congressional situation in the stat
seems even more mixed than the generi
result. The first. second and third d
re tricts are generally thought to be exceed
err | ingly debatabe ground while the fourt
fifth and sixth are claimed with confident
s. by the republicans. 1t will not be surpr
n. ing If in several Of the congressional d
is tricts the republican candidates run CO,
ne | s;ierably behind the national ticket, poss
or | bly, far enough behind to secure their d.
in / feat. The eastern shore district, it
ar thought will surely go democratic. In II
be two Baltimore districts republicans see
TO have just a shade the best of it. In ii
81 fifth district the congressional fight is