Evening star., 1897-08-25
Baltimore Republicans Take Their
Grievances to the Convention.
CLAIMS OF THE RIVAL FACTIONS
Master Men Confident of Recog-
milton There.
MACHINE MEN FULLOF FIGHT
Special pispateh to the Evening Star.

jority of out-of-town delegates to the re-
! publican state convention who are in town
| today en- route to Ocean City appear to
/, strongly sympathize with the Master end
of the party dispute here. The general
| opinion among them is that the convention
| should order new primaries, and hedge them
about with such safeguards that fairness
and justice can be assured both sides.
Among those who were most outspoken
| in denunciation of Wellington, Stone and
| the other machine leaders, was State SEN
| ator Scott, who heads the Washington
| county delegation. Other delegates who
/! favor new primaries are those from Fred
| erick, Hartford, Cecil Carroll and some
| from southern Maryland. The treachery
1 involved in the turning down of Supplee in
| the organization convention last night has
| aroused great indignation. A report is
| abroad that Mr.. Marburg may not accept
! the nomination. A number of influential
republicans, including Judge Russum, are
| out in interviews to the effect that Mr..
| Marburg cannot accept such nomination
| and retain his self-respect The party ap-
| pears to be literally split open, and unless
| the convention tomorrow treats the NAL
ster men with justice, all hope of carrying
| the city Is lost.
Great Local Interest Manifest.
| Local interest In the action of the repub-
| lican state convention at Ocean City to-
| morrow on the dispute between the Malster
and organization factions of the party in
| the city is at fever heat today, and is
arousing endless speculation among poll
ticians of all factions and parties.
The exodus to the scene of the conflict
has been large, and every train has carried
down enthusiastic contingents CT partisans.
The Malster men have given UP their in
tention of chartering a special boat and
! train, but large number of the ship
builders admirers in addition to his dele
gates and managers, have pledged them
selves to be on the ground, ard there will
be no scarcity of Malster enthusiasm in
view when the convention is called to Or
der.
will enforce recognition from the coEven-
ton. Their showing at Mondays prinar-
les, when they polled 1S,025 votes to the
6..34 cast for Supplee, and the G. 1:S3 for
Marburg, is something, they feel, that
cannot be ignored, and they propose to
have sufficient force on hand to con-
vince the county delegates, to WHOM, they
look for support that refusal to accede to
their wishes means the defeat of the party
IN the city certainly, and probably in the
state. s.--
MaIster Will BE a Candidate.
Mr.. Malster, in discussing the situation
this morning, said: mo matter what the
decision of tomorrow's convention may be
as to this dispute, 1 propose to be a can
didate, and expect to be voted for in No
vember. l feel sure, however, that the
convention will recognize the justice of
our position, and will sustain our course.
Il look upon my candidacy, not a per-
sonal compliment, but as the embodiment
of protest against effort of small
body of city politicians to run the party
according to their own IDEAS and entirely
without regard to the wishes of the people,
1t was because of this wretc he'd ring
policy that the voters turned the democrats
out of power, and in less than two years
time. the organization managers are fol-
Inu riY1cy icnIvr tn t1,at,
most mistaken course at any time, and par
ticularly when we are on the threshold of
campaign of such vital Importance. Should
the convention be whipped into line by the
bosses, defeat in Baltimore is inevitable as
my friends will under no conditions indcrse
the tyranny of the machine A defeat any
where along the republican line this year
renders a state victory by the democrats
probable, and this will carry with it the re-
election of Mr.. German to the United
States Senate.
Furthermore, how can We look for the
assistance of the Independent democrats
this year if they see that freedom of choice
by the people is forbidden by republican
ring? They helped us into power solely to
rebuke similar condition in their own
party, and if no benefit has been obtained
they will naturally prefer their own bosses
to ours. AS 1 said 1 propose to remain in
the field under all possible conditions, but
1 believe l shall do SO with the official
sanction and approval of the state conven-
tion.''
Attitude OF the Organization.
The organization leaders, while they pro-
fess to be serene. are really very much at
sea. and are at a loss to know how to pro-
ceed. To capture the county delegates is.
of course, the task set them, but they are
alarmed by the report that the countrymen
are pretty thoroughly imbued with Malster
sentiment, and with the prospect of big
Malster demonstration, they realize that
heroic efforts will be necessary to swing
the convention their way.
In word, the machine leaders have a
ton, and a large and varied list of white
hot comments for private circulation
Their situation Is a most unenviable one,
and after their poor showing at the pri-
maries they will have no little difficulty in
trying to discount Masters claims to gen.
ulnely popular support.
The machine delegation from the city
will base its claim to recognition on tech
mic alities, and the Master men will ep-
peal tc justice and expediency. To win
the body over to the former will require
active snte-convention caucussing, and a
number of adopts in this art, including
Senator Wellington. have gone down ahead
of the crowd to see that this is effectively
attended to.
Senator Wellington Dfsgusted.
Prior to his departure, the senator in a
conversation with The Star correspondent,
expressed himself as being very much dis
gusted at the ENHANCEMENT of party affairs
in the city, which, he declared. had at
tained a very unnecessary degree of devel-
opment He denounced the city politicians
In the most extravaGant terms for allowing
the situation to become so involved, and
while interlarding his talk with predictions
of the discontinue of the Malster dele
gates to the convention, he clearly showed
his anxiety to the result. In fact, all
the machine leaders are avowedly regret
ting their course during the past three
months, and some of the less ardent pri-
vately admit that 1t would have been bet-
ter to have indorsed Masters candidacy.
They feel that IL they should carry their
point at the convention they are doomed
to defeat in November, and Sheriff Mason
and others, who climbed into the Malster
band wagon early enough to retain their
dignity, are generally congratulated On
their foresight.
The interest in the city dispute has en-
tirely overshadowed the nominations to be
made for controller and clerk of the court
of appeals. It is understood, however, that
Controller Graham win be renominafed,
and that ex-State Senator Parran Of Cal
vert county. or Gen. Allen Rutherford Of
Montgomery, will be named for the clerk
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