Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-05
Revolt Of the Citizens Against Domi-
nation of Bosses.
UPRISING AGAINST WELLINGTON
Discussing His Break With B. ".
Warner.
THE MASTER MOVEMENT


| Wellington in Washington and the white
hot republican campaign for the Baltimore
| mayoralty nomination local politicians
have teen in turmoil of excitement that
| has rarely been reached i'm regular cam
paigns. and politics have become the domi-
| nai.t topic of conversation among men OF
| all classes
| Senator Wellirgton's break with Mr. h.
| III. Warner of Washington has greatly sur
prised all Mary!arders who recall the al
| nc st simultai eous al pearance OF Mr.. War
| ner In Annapolis last year and the election
| Oh Mr. Wellington as Senator Gbson's sue
| oessor. aid his friends are fairly aghast at
| his course.
His political opponents are delighted at
| what they consider his fresh display of
self. AID are making as much political
| capital cut of the matter as possible. Those
| to whom the Incident Of the meeting in the
Stiate con merce committee room and the
retorts AID implications especially appeal
are OF course, regular democrats and they
can scarcely contain their citation at The
| beqIest Of such abundant and entirely un-
looked for material for their campaign
Ihey feel that the Marbnrg and Hennig-
harsen episodes. the ignoring of the Mary
| land cor lal delegation and other
matters that have distinguished the short
career OF the junior senator have been
Ell oGgh TO make good their frequent asser-
IONS that Corn an is not i'm the same class
with the duke az boss and, of course
| they welcome expressions especially from
person like Mr.. Warner, which NAV he
/ sc interpreted as to reflect upon the means
| of MS election.
Tie effect of This brush also finds an echo
among the admirers of Congressman Mudd
VINO resent the association OF his name
| with the colloquy. aud who are IN I'm arms
| AZ the suggestion that he swung aroup5
| from Col Mulliken, for whom ne had
voted to Wellington during the balloting
| Tor senator, for any other ronsidrra,ion
believed hat l,a r,,..
| OF the party would be best advanced
| through the election OF the latter
Inc matter has been taken up by the
Master and Suppl-e men with the great
est avidity, and they feel that il will con-
tribute TO working public sentiment to such
a degree that Mr.. Marburg's chances of
nomination VIII become simmer and Slim
| mer as the time for holding the party pri-
mares draws near.
Mnister Stock Advanced.
Malster stock has gone UP with a hound
| on account of the recent remarkable meet
ing and demonstration in his behalf held
| IN the Holiday Street Theater and on the
| city hall plaza Despite the sufroca.inr
| heat, the size of the crowd and the enthu-
| siasm manifested would have done credit
TO gathering at the close of a campaign
ahd the spontaneous outpouring is regarded
by the Master men as being highly sig
nificant.
Mr.. Malster, in speaking of the meeting.
account
for the remarkable enthusiasm of Inc
crowd last night on the theory that the
people look upon me their own candi-
date. a representative of a p,ro,yinp
movement. which is arraigned against the
assumption of the party dictators and
that they turned out in large numbers 20
as 10 manifest their determination rot TO
De treated like slaves, and beraIls,, They
hoped that The effect of their enthusiasm
| might even yet check the doubtful course
OF the machine. L would not presume to
look on the demonstration as a personal
tribute, but whatever may be the outcome
OF this tight. il will always be a satisfa.-
ton to have been identified with those who
believe in trying to prevent the trampinS
under foot of popular rights. TO say roth
ing of the Interference of outsiders"
senator Wellington Contrndjctcd.
Mr.. Wellington is wrong in his statement
that the members of the House from his
state will back him in his fight against the
confirmation of Mr.. Warner. Four of tn.
Maryland delegation, namely Messrs. Bar.
ber Baker, Mcdonald and McIntire are
known to be friendly to Mr.. Warmers con.
firmation. and three of the members re-
TERED to, Messrs Baker, McIntire and
Barber, were III Baltimore yesterday and
all were emphatic in their statements that
they did not intend to recede from their in
dorsement.
The relations between Senator yelling
ton and all his colleagues are very much
strained. to put the case mildly, except per
haps DIR. Booze Mr.. Mcintire and the SEN
ator are almost at the freezing point so
cold have they become in their intercourse
with each other. DIR. Barber is on the
verge of revolt because of the collector
snip OF internal revenue, and Mr.. Baker
has been restless under the dictation of the
Allegany man for some time Even Gov
Lowndes has recently shown signs of re-
bellion, and in several important instances
has been known to disregard the edicts of
Mr.. Wellington, so far the appointment
OF certain state officials is concerned. 9th
ers of influence have also openly reyolted
among whom may be counted Sheriff Ste
phen X. Mason of Baltimore city, eN-Post
Office Inspector William T Henderson Po-
lice Commissioner w. w. johnson. ali of
whom have heretofore ranked as co-work-
ers with the senator in the machine
RINK md File I'm Open Revolt.
The truth is the rank and file of the re-
publican party I'm the city and state are i'm
open revolt against bossism OF all sorts.
For over a generation the republicans and
independents here have been battling to
overthrow Senator German, Mr.. J. Free
man Rasn and the old democratic bosses
of the machine They have been alarmed
at the prospect of similar organization
In their own party, and they do not intend
to submit TO II. No sooner had they de-
feated and turned out the old crowd than
MIR. Wellington and his followers under
took to set up similar machine on the
ruins of the other. The only difference was
that the new one was labeled republican
and was even worse and more arrogant
than the Gorman-Rasin organization
Fortunately for the people, the attempt
has been unskilfully managed from the
start. The first defeat ii encountered was
when the state committee met on June .
and prevented the completion of the plan
of the bosses to manipulate the primaries
and nominate men for office whom the
people do not want. The plan was frus-
trated, and when the primaries are held
unless all the usual signs fail the machine
here will be completely demolished and
nothing will be left of it but hopeless
wreck. Conservative party men. who have
been followers of Mr.. Wellington up to the
present Time are beginning to realize this.
and every day witnesses men of prom
inence repudiating the whole business and
going over to those, who under the lead
of Mr.. Master and his friends are deter
mined to take charge of the party before
II is made total wreck by the folly of
those who are now in charge
Even Chairman Stone of the city COM
mittee is becoming alarmed at the outlook
and is said to be taking in sail preparatory
to the rising storm which will soon burst
and overwhelm the present organization
The republicans of Maryland are not used
to such performances as those of their SEN
ator, and they will not submit to thar