Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-05
Maryland Senatorial Contest Marked
by Unusual Bitterness.
eleven BOILERS IN CONTROL
They Can Prevent an Election as
Long as They Please.
RUMORS ABOUT GORMAN

Special DspatcI to The Evening Star
STATE HOUSE, ANNAPOLIS. Md. lam
airy THE fight against Judge Louis E.
McComas for the seat in the Senate now
held by Senator Arthur p German is the
ost intense ever witnessed here in a
generation and far sUrpasses in bitterness
the contest two years ago. when Mr. Geo
l. Wellington was chosen to succeed Mr.
Charles Fl. Gibson.
Within the past twenty-four hours the
whole character of the contest has chang
cd, and, while the trouble over the sDeak-
er5hip of the house of delegates is inter est-
ing, the senatorial battle fills the wilole
background, to the exclusion of almost
everything else. There is denying the
TACT that the eleven city members hold
the key to the situation, and if they re-
main firm in their determination to abstain
from voting for Mr.. Gould or going i-.tc
a caucus for senator they can prevent
the election of the Montgomery county
man for speaker and also prevent the cleo.
ton of Judge McComas to the United
States Senate
BoIters Arc Obstinate.
Today they are more obstinate and bel
igerent than ever. and the entire strength
of the Baltimore city government, backed
Used to prevent the election of Mr. Gould
and also the election of Judge McComas
All sorts of stories are being circulated
TO the detrimelt of both Judge .McComas
and Mr.. Gould, and the contest is fast as
Stunning personal and mud-sllnging char
acted totally unexpected One of the
strange features of the contest is the fact
mat several citizens of Montgomery coun-
" are here bitterly opposing Mr.. Gould
lor Speaker. Among them is Gen Allen
rutherford, clerk of the court of appeaIs
IEesC gentlemen are pronounced and bitte1
IN thelr opposition to both Mr.. Gould and
Judge McComas
Meantime Judge McComas' friends are
not inactive Governor Lowndes is openly
advocating his election. Attorney General
ClabaUgh is doing likewise: Controller era
nam and Controller-elect Colds borough,
Chairman Norman Il. Scott of the repubIi-
can state committee. and. in fact. nearly
all the best of the republican leaders. are
On hdrd working for the best interests of
their party Yesterday they were all con-
Edent of success, but today they are un-
easy and worried at the outlook
House Failed to Organize.
The house of delegates today failed to
elect speaker and adjourned after a short
session to Thursday noon. The eleven CITY
bolters voted for Mr.. Schaefer, and Mr.
Gould, the republican caucus nominee re-
oeiveG thirty-e!ght votes while Mr.. VII
klnson, the democratic candidate, receiy-
ed forty-one votes. Mi. Oscar Quin-
Ian of Baltimore city was elected tempor-
airy speaker without opposition There is
no present prospect of harmony in the re-
publican ranks, and 1t is very doubtful il
an organization of the House is completed
tomorrow.
The senate organized today by the cleo
tion of Mr.. John Writ Randall as president
ard Mr.. Martin NJ. Higgins as secretary
with full list of subordInates. The senate
organization was completed without any
friction, and that body is ready for work
but can do nothing Until the house is per-
naneAtly organized.
Now that the eleven boilers have shown
their determination to stick together the
situation looks very much mixed. and the
democrats are enjoying it to the fullest ex-
tent Some of them are predicting that in
the end they will be able TO get enough re-
puDlcan votes to control matters and re-
eject Senator GoIman.
Between McComas and Shaw.
The fight for the Senate has now mar
roWed down to Judge McComas and Major
Alexander Shaw. All the state leaders
laFof the 1ucge, while the city bosses are
for the major. AS the republican ma ,ority
Is SO close, few obstinate and determined
men can decide the result The obstinate
and determined men seem to be here for
the work Many people here seem to see
rack Of all of the trouble the shrewd man
agtment of Senator Arthur p German
Many of Mr.. Germans close friends are
on the ground looking out for his interests
ana they are known. to have held freouani
cohieie ences with the lea6ers of the boiling
city delegates 't's
me torty-two democratic members Of
the mouse and the eight democratic sena--
tcrs are ready TO act when the time comes
anu shouid they decide to form d comtina-
tion with the boIters they could narnr,,
the whole business, including the election of
United States senator