The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1897-11-11
THE !. s. SENAT0RSHIP.
Some Of Those Mentioned as ASpirantS for
Mr.. Germans Position.
THERE IS NO LACK OF CANDIDATES.
State Treasurer ShryOck Said to be PrOmi-
nent in the Race. Major Alexander
Shaw is Also Mentioned As
Strong Candidate.

lar Is dlIeduy DSIlS ulESCItu IOWA! u
the selection of a successor to Senator
Arthur p. German. From present
indications there will be no lack of
candidates.
Had the Republicans of the Eastern
Shore met more general success last
Tuesday a determined effort would,
no doubt, have been made to have |
Senator Wellingtons colleague selec-
ted from that part of the State. For
midable claims for recognition would |
have been put forward by friends of
Congressman Isaac A. Baber, of Tai
bot; Marshall L. Haines, of Cecil; !
State Senator A. Lincoln Dryden, OF
Somerset; Judge George NJ. Russum,
of Caroline; State Senator Charles L.
Westcott, of Kent, and perhaps Comp
troller-elect Phillips Lee GoldsbOr-
ough, of Dorchester.
As matters stand, the Republican
representation in the Legislature from
| the Eastern shore will be smaller than
it was two years ago, and this loss OF
votes will, it is thought, initiate
against any aspirant from across the
BAY. 1t is believed, however, that
when the roll of candidates for the
| United States senatOrship is called at
Annapolis next winter, both Senator
Dryden and Congressman Barber will
be found among those present. They
alone from the Eastern Shore will
have solid county delegations behind
them.
Mr.. Dryden is being prominently
spoken of as the next president of the
State Senate. Should Governor
Lowndes be selected to fill Mr.. Cor
mans seat, Mr.. Dryden would then
succeed to the gubernatOrial chair.
Others being talked of in connection
with the Senate's presidency are
Senators Norman b. Scott, of Wash
ington county, and j. Writ Randall,
of Anne Arundel. 1t is said that
Senator Washington Wilkinson, of
st. Mary's, may also be a candidate.
The names most frequently heard
now, whenever the question Of Mary
lands next United States Senator is
discussed, are those OF State Treasurer
Thos. J. Shryock, Major Alexander
Shaw, Congressman Sydney (. Mudd
, Mr. B. H. Warner, Attorney-GeneraI
Harry NJ. Clabaugh and Mr.. John V
. L. Findlay.
> The betting element among politl
S clans seems to be placing their chan
ces in the order named. Had a full
' Republican delegation been selected
' from Washington county, judge
q Louis E. McComas would undOubt
t edly have been a strong competito
O. in the race, as his friends could have
' looked with some degree of assurance
d for aid from other parts of the west
|. ern section. Under certain condition
: they might have gathered votes iron
n Frederick and perhaps Montgomery
o But Judge McComas is Handicapped
at the start by the fact that thre
delegates from his own county ar
Democrats.
10 State Treasurer Shryock has bee
'o one of the active spirits in cOnductin
" the Republican campaign in city an
State. He spent much of his time q
- headquarters, and, according to tn
10 testimony of Chairmen Scott an
Mason, of the State and city COMM
10 tees, rendered valuable aid,
III addition, General ShryOck BEGAN
III acquainted with large number
county leaders, and this eXtensiN
Wy friendship, formed at so critical
~ time, may prove of great service
y him next winter. General Shryock
u large wholesale lumber dealer
Baltimore, and is grand master of II
NC Maryland Grand Lodge of Masons.
~ Major Alexander Shaw is wealth
les mine and real estate owner and b
'i long been prominent in Republics
~ politics, although he has never he
W office. In 1889 he was a candidate f
ey Mayor of Baltimore, but was defeat
e! by Robert G. Davidson. Major Sha
has large personal following
~ Baltimore city and Allegany count
where much of his mining property
We located.
Mr.. Sidney +. Mudd is the prese
ny Congressman from the fifth distri
or and was speaker of the last Maryla
House of Delegates. He is known
ns a shrewd politician and is suppos
nc to possess considerable strength
au Southern Maryland. OF the twen-
Vi one members of the next Legislatr
ne from the counties in the fifth congr
NJ sional district, however, nine will
Democrats.
I've Mr. B. H. Warner, of MOntgomt
h' county, has come to the front rapiC
re- since the election as a senatorial p
sibility. He is wealthy and prol
nent real estate dealer, doing busin
! If in Washington city, and in late yet
we has been active in Republican pc
Eel O.