New-York tribune., 1896-10-06

is expected on November 3. and Of the total
Republican strength in Maryland il Is con-
hdently believed that not more than j or per
cent can possibly be detected to Bryan.
NEW AND IMPARTIAL Election LAW.
No single thing however. has SO changed the
face Of Maryland politics this fall the op-
Grafton of the Republican Election law.
This city has long bean notorious for violence
and fraud in its elections. Under the old law
the election machinery was put absolutely In
the hands Of the dominant political party The
minority had neither check nor redress in the
management Of elections. Three supervisors
OF elections were appointed by the Governor
for each county. and three additional ones for
this city. These three su otrvisors then selected
three subordnates to act as judges Of election
in each voting precinct Of the city county.
Two OF the three supervisors were always ma
chine Democrats Two Of every three minor Of
ficials were also Democrats. and in this city
at least tho third was more than likely to he
a Republican nominay. but in reality de-
pendent of the German machine. The registra-
tion lists were permanent ana names were often
retained and voted long after their own
ers lay buried in the city cemeteries. Colonial
tion and repeating incidents of every
election, and 1t has been estimated that In
some years as many as J.lnm fraudulent votes
have been cast and counted In Baltimore. Last
fall thanks to the extraordinary efforts of the
reform leagues of the city. comparatively
honest election was held here: Yet. according
to THE Baltimore News" G!,2 voters were on
the polling lists in one ward from houses in
which only ninety-fve persons could he reached
by registered letters: while In another section
Of the city 40 voters were registered from
eleven different houses. not one Of whom could
be reached In the same practical way
This year. under the new Election law. the
of1lca at each polling place in the State are
to he evenly divided between the two parties.
and no judge o: clerk can bc appointed as
approved by the official representatives of the
organization to which he belongs. new gen
eral registration has been ordered for the whole
State and Baltimore is To have fresh regis
tration hereafter annually. Governor Lowndes
retains the power to appoint the three county
| and city supervisors; but in the main. the law
is strictly equal and bipartisan. 1t is esti-
mated that the new system Will have the effect
of so purging the rolls in Baltimore as to re-
duce the normal machine strength by at least
900 votes. At all events. it will make much
easier and palmer the tasks set the Repub-
lcan managers Of retaining the hold on the
citys vote put so decisively in their hands at
last years election.
Eight days were assigned for the new reg,
stratlon In TINS 81 cE & The t9tal vhfe n ress'Srsa
cast in the city was lOO.G1O The total cast
this year will probably reach 100000 or no.
600 Conservative judges here estimate the
city's probable plurality for Mckinley at from
5000 to 1JMN 1t is difficult to see how the
Bryan ticket can escape defeat In Baltimore
by less than 10000
The rest of the state promises to he much
closer. with the chances favoring a slight plu-
rality for the Republican candidate The vote
the Eastern Shore will not vary greatly
from that cast In other years. The Palmer
/ Buckner ticket may draw 800 to 500 votes In
the Eastern counties: and small Republican
detection to Bryan may not be improbable.
However the Democratic plurality. which in a
tidal-wave year like lN!'2 was only l''E' can
scarcely reach more than 1.6o0 next month.
Southern Maryland has a large negro vote.
| which is Of course unaffected 10y the sophis-
I tries Of the Chicago Platform. The Republican
| plurality here. though small IS an exceedingly
stable on-. and may be counted on 10 reach the
natural level of perhaps 800. Western Mary
land is the seat Of a ve.y active revolt against
the iS ~9%I It's p"aqy RSrnS iS
! lican excess is about 800 The Mckinley
electoral ticket should get this year at least
200 The Central counties. Including Cecil
on the Delaware border. give n normal Demo
! cratic plurality of $500 or $500 They are AZ
! fected by much the same influences. however
| as Baltimore CITY Lowndes carried them last
! fall hy 800 votes This year they are not
likely to give .oo plurality to either ticket. In
| the state at large. therefore. IT X reasonable
guess that tn. Republican electors VIII have
something like ! 1000 plurality
| CONGRESS CANDIDATES ASD PROSPECTS.
| Maryland sent three Republican and three
| Democratic Representatives tn the Ltvth Con
gress There is an excellent chance for n
| gain OF one or two members this year. The LIST,
J or Eastern Shore Distric, may or may not r"-
turn Joshua W. Miles, It's present Keprescnta-
tive. Mr.. Miles was Sound Money Democrat
until a month or two ago. but Is now making a
free silver conag" canvass. lie had "A plural .
! ifv Of l. O,9 In 1894 Dr. Isaac \. Barber. of
! Talbot County, iG making the race against him.
and is highly encouraged al the present Iollt
ica outlook. In the I'D District. Hartford
| Carroll. Cecil and Baltimore counties and part
| OF Baltimore City. William II Baker. the sitting
Representative has been nominated for a sec
ond term lie s G@r"ep ana cnr.FrIc S 1s,r,c hT
which is normally Democratic. by the narrow
margin Of l9l votes. George NJ. Jeweti OF
The lid and IVth districts lie wholly within
the city. Both chose Democratic Representa-
tves two years ago. Harry Wolles Rush win
Il xs.fn and tAi ~ u
Cowcn I'm the IVth by OO6 Mr. Rush is a
gold-standard Democrat and. although he Is
supporting the Bryan and Sewall ticket. de-
| clined to stand for reelection on free silver
| coinage platform. T. &. Weeks is the Bryan
nominee this year. Dr William s. Booze is
| again the Republican candidate. After the brill
liant showing lie made in 1894, his election
| seems almost assured. Representative Cowen
| is this year supporting Mckinley His place
| as n Congressional candidate has been taken
by w c. ogden. a Democratic local politician.
William W McIntire ls the Republican nomi-
nee He has more than even chance of win
The Vth or Southern Maryland. District Is
represented in Congress by Rcpuhiican.
q nluralitv ~ Of 3 Io2 sidney r. Mudd. who sat
! for the district in the List Congress and was
last year Speaker Of the Maryland House OF
| Delegates Is the Republican candidate this
year He is opposed by Robert Moss. lawyer
Of Annapolis. Mudd should win Ivy respecta-
bic margin. In the With. or Western Mary
| land District the chances also favor the Re
publican nominee Blair Lee District Of Co
iumbia lawyc- who has some landed interests
i'm Montgomery County. is the free silver candi-
date His opponent Captain John Mcdonald
was nominated after long and bitter contest
in the Republican Congress Convention. and
NAV suffer few losses in the district as a
result II. has every advantage however. To
start with and should he elected. The district
was carried in 1894 by Senator-eect George L.
Wellington by 2.9J1 plurality.
FTSJOV SCHEME ~ ILLINOIS.
Springfield. H. oct. chairman Taubeneck, oil
tho pooplc's Party Statc Central Committee has