The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-11-07

McComas' election, and Is prepared to
| work vigorously in his behalf.
Another prominent Republican who viii
| be found behipd the Judg. is MIR. Cla-
| augh's law partner. Mr.. George II.
| Gather. Jr. Mr.. Gather has become
, power In local Republican councils, ana
| his advocacy Of the McComas boom VIII
prove Of great value. Mr.. Phillips Zee
6OldsDOrough, the COntroler-elect, will
also be found IN the McComas camp. and
his friends claim that he holds the key
be ON great deal Of prestige
The chief obstacle in Judge McComas
way is his old enemy, Senator Yelling
ton Those who believe that Mr. We'll
ington will have nothing to say as TO ne
election OF his colleague. or that the
snubbing he received at the state con-
veTiion removes him as a factor, are
reckoning without their host The Sena-
tor will be very much In the hshl anu
his friends cdaim that ne hoids the KEY
TO the situation in his hands.
II is a significant fact-out one that
has been overlooked I'm the post-election
furor-that the counties that sustained
Mr.. Wellington az Ocean city were those
carried by the Republicans with least
difficulty. and that in those that send
split delegations 20 Annapolis the Welling-
ton msn have been the successful candl-
drtes. On the other hand. in the anu
wellington counter the Republican leels-
lative tickets. In the majority or IT.
starces. were either defeated or were
only successful fir a few individual cases
AIR Wellinetons friends claim that he
will control twenty-one votes In the As
semblv. distributed as follows. Somerset
4. Caroline 2: Garrett. 8; Allegheny, .;
FREDERICK /. Washington, j; Calvert, g.
baltimore city. I. and Carroll, 1. with
such a showing as this he may possibly
he able to confer the scnatorship upon
whoever he chooses. and his well-known
enmitv toward judge McComas Is not
likely 10 allow him TO cast MS votes III
that direction.
Governor Lowndes, who was popularly
supposed to have lost his chances when
the effort 10 force Mr.. Theodore Mar
burgs nomination as the Republican
mayoralty candidate fell through, has
emerged from the cloud and is again look
ed on as a formidable aspirant. lie has
large stock of patronage TO dispense. and
this. coupled with the probable support
Of Senator wellington. gives him a handi-
cap over the other competitors. At tho
start he can fairly count on the votes OF
state Senator'S Emory. Of Baltimore cOun-
ty. and Randall. Of Anne Arundel. Sena-
tor-elect Williams. Of Hartford. will vote for
him. and Senator Wikinson's vote, with
the two votes Of st. Mary's in the house,
will probably be his.
The candidacy OF Congressman Mudd.
who has finally officially announced that
he is I'm the field. IS not taken very serious
ly This was used as "a campaign argu-
ment By the Democrats. and the Charles
mt 90 as a
political bug-aboO 10 keep the indepen-
dents i'm iine-with. it must De confessed.
very indifferent success. Mr.. Mudd has
only four votes that he can depend on
three from his own county and one from
Prince Georges-and If he were a strong
or aspirant it is not likely that the lead
ers Of his party-including senator Wei
lington-would tolerate his election. His
Southern Maryland admirers claim that
he will have a number Of votes in the
city delegati0n-noabl from the First
District-and they build upon his indorse-
ment by Police Commissioner W. W.
Johnson. Public sentiment. however, is
strongly against Mr.. Mudd. and the party
managers realize that they cannot afford
to advance his political fortunes.
Congre ssman Barber is scarcely fac
tor. He has only four votes-those from
Talbot county-to back him. His friends
count on the support of State Senator
WestcOtt Of Kent county. but the latter
is suspected Of leaning toward McComas.
Congressman McInure Is also anxious
TO 90 and 10 is claimed has eX-City Chair
man William +. Stone behind him. Mr..
Mclntire has little or no chance, how
ever. and his aspiration will not worry his
rivals.
OF the three remaining candidates Ma
iOr Shaw, State Treasurer ShryOck and
Postmaster-Gneral Gary the first named
has rather the best standing lie was
the first important accession 10 the Nal
ster ranks among the local business men
and is supposed 10 stand well in the city
delegation.
Mr.. Shryock has @ strong personal fol-
lowing and made many friends during
the campaign by the interest he dis
Dlaved and the AID Doe rendered Chairmen
Scott and Mason. lie was a liberal con-
tributor 10 the campaign fund. and was
particularly helpful in getting the vote
registered having offered number Of
cash prizes for efficient work IN this re-
spect. IL is believed by some that in
case Senator wellington is unwilling 10
support Governor LoWndes. and IL is UNI
derstOod that the relations between the
two are not as intimate as they have
DeDii ne VIII ltfh atAs hiil JUN dNu liirf
of course. would place the treasurer in
the front rank
Democrats generally take the defeat OF
Senator German very philosophically.
and IT is surprisine the little regret that
is manifested over his downfall. The
Senator was never particularly popular
I'm Baltimore. and the regular Democrats
here gave him their support rather
through fear Of his anger than for any
other reason. Now that he is defeated
i'm a contest in which he himself was the
issue they are In many Instances express
ing their disgust at the fact that he was
ready to allow the party TO be wrecked
rather than withdraw from what many
Of them foresaw would be losing fight
with his candidacy as the chief subject
OF discussion.
1t is now believed that with both Sena-
tor German and Mr.. Rasin out Of the
way the Democratic party can get to-
gether, and when the contest for Gov
ernor and the other State Offices takes
place I'm 1883 the Republicans will have
q thoroughly united Democracy 10 con-
front. and that their struggle 10 maintain
their ascendancy in Maryland will be
much harder than 10 has been during the
present year.
tn. Keterans 10 Attend