Evening star., 1896-08-13
M R. GORMAN'S GAME
Why He, Favoring Sound Money, is Aiding
Free Silver Candidate.
Looking to Next Years Senatorial
FiSht-GOssip in Spells Circles
If Bryan Wins.

In political circles one hears a great
deal about Mr.. German these days. The
Maryland Senator is at all times man
of interest, but just now that interest IS
doubled by the Senator's attitude toward
the national issue and the national cam
paign. He is a friend of sound money,
and as such presided over the Maryland
state convention which declared for sound
money, ard yet he is booked to assist
Chairman Jones with suggestions about
carrying cn the free silver fight. In fact
he is the main hope of the silver men on
this side of the Aleghenies
The Game of German.
What is there in the game for Mr.. Cor
nan? He is not philanthropist. Sore-
thing for nothing is something that nobody
ever got cut of him. The belief is general
therefore that Mr.. German expects TO
bereft by this lightning change from gold
to silver and back again on his part and
to be continued through the campaign with
such ease as to give him the appearance
of being on both sides of the question at
once.
Next Years Senatorial Fight.
One answer to this question relates to
next years senatorial fight in Maryland.
Mr.. German will be a candidate to sue
ceed himself in the Senate, and oppos:
tion will show itself in his own party to
his return. That opposition will be strong
in Baltimore, and in the very circles where
sound money sentiment this year is found
He cannot, it is stated, be placated. 1t
has Mr.. German slated as a good man to
be retired to private life, and it will labor
next year to accomplish that end Moth
ing he could do for sound money now
would reach this opposition. 1t would rise
up next year and smte him even if he
sulked all through this campaign.
If the Party Wins.
So Mr.. German, in his smooth and some
what non-committal way. is going over to
silver. That is to saw he will help the
nominees Of his party in this fight. He
will claim to act strictly as a party man
He will obey the will of the majority
while still protesting that the free silver
policy is unwise. And if the party wins
|then Mr.. German is to be in clover. He
VIII control absolutely the federal patron
age in Maryland, and the whole power of
the new admin stra ton will be brought to
bear to assist in securing, his return to the
Senate. That will mean much to Mr.. Cor
nan He has built himself up by the aid
OF the machine. and if he is to survive 1t
must be by keeping the machine in the
best of working order
Forced thus to recruit his diminished fol-
lowing at home. Mr.. German will turn to
those who like himself. live by office and
It's crumbs. Coming to them with his wal
let stuffed full OF prizes, he will be greeted
by the boys with their old-tme enthusi-
asm. and they will work with their old
time ardor to make up to him for the loss
he has sustained by the detection In the
ranks or the business men of Baltimore.
Feeling in SpoiIs Circles.
1t Is intimated in spoils circles that if
Mr.. Bryan is elected, upon a platform
which declares against civil service reform
the favor of the next administration will
be worth something to men with mouths
to feed Pickings will be abundant. and
Old scenes of hustling and scrambling will
come again These cannot come at once
for the law will interpose an obstacle. but
with spoilsmen again in control means in
season will be found for rewarling the
faithful and the machines will again
be on full time.
This is sa I'd to be MIR. Germans game.