Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-12
Fight for the Republican Nomination
for Mayor Of Baltimore.
MARBURG ARRAYEDAGAINSrM MASTER
Character Of the Campaign Now in
Progress.
GENERAL VIEW OF THE STATE

| CoHJcCtuie as 10 the value OF the report
that Senator German intended to retire
from politics. is again absorbing public at
tention. and the party primaries On the
23d viii settle the most remarkable pre-
liminary campaign that has been fought
in the city for years.
The Organization" or the Marburg fac
ton. still expresses confidence in ultimate
victory, and the Master men appear to
grow more and more encouraged as the
| time for holding the primaries approaches.
Col. Supplee and his followers are still in
| the field. but are being taken less and less
| seriously All three aspirants are display
Ing tremendous energy. and every evening
the city rings with fervent oratory, while
such picturesque (and occasionally gro
| tesque) features as trolley parties, Sup
piee straw rides" cake walks. dances and
p1cnics en- the bay shore have, through con-
| slant repetition, lost their novelty.
Senator WelIington's Opinion.
Republican business men who are sup
porting Mr.. Marburg have felt encouraged
this week at the visits of Senator yelling
ten, and the conferences he has held with
City Chairman Stone, Chairman Airey Of
the Marburg campaign committee and other
machine leaders. While Mr. Wellington
has publicly expressed satisfaction at the
| outlook, privately he has admitted that
ing is fully shared by many others VINO
are conducting Mr.. Marburg's campaign.
Officially. the organization leaders say
that they are making progress every day.
| They concede great strength TO Mr.. Nal
| ster, but declare that it's distribution will
pl owe fatal to his candidacy. They predict
| that while he will probably carry some
wards by big majorities, he win lose by suf-
| hclent margins in others, and, although he
| may have the bulk of the rank and file Of
the party back of him, this. under the sys-
| tenn of the election of delegates by wards,
| will be Of no more avail to him than a
popular majority to a presidential candi-
date who is unable to carry the electoral
| college.
Some Campaigning Schemes.
The support of the radical reform ele-
| ment is sought through representations
| that in the event of Mr.. Masters election
he will be in duty bound to take care Of
| certain republicans who have not stood
very high, either in public estimation or
in their party councils. The candidates
| Identification with certain OF these 'po-
| litical vagabonds," as some of the Mar
| burg men term them, Is being extensively
| used to alarm the purists, whose votes are
| sought.
| An effort is now being made to induce
Governor Lowndes to bring Police Com
| missioner A. w. Johnson, who is consid-
| cred a Master man, over to the Marburg
| standard. The governor was Of consider
| able service to Mr.. Johnson when the lat
| ter made his fight before the general as
sembly for his present Office, and it is
| hoped that the commissioner may listen to
his appeal The Organizations chief anx-
lefty lies in the fact that Master has the
| police board, and can consequently depend
on approximately fair treatment at the
| primaries. --"@i'e.'
We're it not for this protection Marburg
| would doubtless carry the day in approved
| Gorman-Raisin RIG style, but it is ex-
| ceeding dubious If the machine can shake
| Masters hold en- the board. az
The power of the state administration Is
being applied, and the police magistrates.
| who have been quietly working for Mar
| burg, are showing more activity. The sa-
| loon keepers have received instructions via
the liquor license board to exert their in
| f1uence. and the closing days of the fight
| find the organization working with an en-
| ergy only displayed by a machine that
| realizes that its very existence is imper-
| lied.
| Enthusiasm for Malster.
The Master campaign is going on with
| characteristic enthusiasm, and every night
meetings ard demonstrations in behalf of
| the shipbuilder are held, which have never
| been equaled in similar campaigns in Bal
| timore. Fresh accessions are reported
daily. and so intense is the devotion of the
Master men to their idol that it is safe to
| predict that, If Mr.. Marburg's nominal
| ton should be effected through unjust
| means, and it seems impossible that it
| should be otherwise accomplished, there
| will be desertion of the party mayoralty
| candidate this year which will practically
| insure the election of whomever the demo-
| Gratis may nominate.
Southern Maryland Drawing Atten-
ton.
The maneuvers Of the Mudd and
Lowndes factions in southern Maryland
| are attracting great deal of notice from
| politicians of both parties in Baltimore.
and visitors from that section are assured
| Of attentive listeners. State Senator Wash
ington Wilkinson. who has represented ST.,
| Mary's county so many times at Annap-
oils that it has been occasionally suggested
| that elections for that office are super
fuous, has been in town during the pres
ent week and has conffded a pathetic tale
Of grievances to his friends in the city.
According to Mr.. Wilkinson, his renomi-
nation for the state senate is by no means
a certainty, owing to the practices Of Con-
gresham Sydney E. Mudd, who is back
| ing Mr.. Joseph Ching, young lawyer and
former member of the house of dele
gates, and who has succeeded in shaking
! the fidelity of many Of the former Wnkin-
son supporters. Mr.. Ching has recently
| inherited large fortune from a relative in
New York and is consequently well quail
| fed to meet the emergencies of a southern
the support OF Mudd, renders him a for
midable antagonist. Senator Wilkinson
| has appealed to his old ally, Postmaster
General Gary, and it is understood that
| he will receive substantial assistance from
him.
He is especially anxious to return to the
state senate next January. as he proposes,
| in the event Of his election and republican
control Of that body, to become a candidate
| for its presidency. Gov. Lowndes is anxious
| to see him returned and IS doing what he
| can to aid him. and. in fact. the interior
ence of Mr.. Mud is due entirely to the
/ fact that Mr.. Wilkinson, if reelected, will
support the governors senatorial boom,
and not his own.
Party Harmony Desired.
| Great interest is felt here In the situation
| in Prince Georges county. and city repubii-
cans who are anxious to see party harmony
preserved. and care little about the ascend
ancy of either the Mudd or Lowndes
| factions there. are hoping that the state
convention will order new primaries to be
held which will be credit both to the
| county and to the party.
An effort will be made to have the con-
| yention appoint q commission. composed
| Of republicans who are not residents OF the
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