The Anaconda standard., 1899-10-24
THE INDICATIONS ALL POINT TO DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES

ner said is that the governors word
cannot be depended upon in politics,
| and it Is a. fact that most of the Mary
| land republican leaders place no con-
fidence in him. Neither Mayor Mails
ter. Senator Wellington nor Congress-
man Mudd trust him. wellington, who
knows him better than the rest, says
he is untruthful, and openly predicts
his defeat. The common impression IN
Baltimore city is that the state will go
about 10000 democratic. 1t gave Nc
Kinley 32,224 plurality in 1896 and
Goldsborough (rep) 7,1Oa plurality for
controller in 1897. The division Of thes
vote between the city and rural Mary
land was as follows at these elections:
Baltimore city ....21, ,O9S rep. 7.75s rep.
Remainder of Mary @5
land. ...... ....1 1926 rep. 644 dem.
The rural democracy repented Of the
error of its ways two years ago, and
Baltimore city came around last spring
when it elected the democratic city
ticket by 10000 majority. There IL every
reason to believe that Maryland will
be in the democratic column in 1909,
and be in it to stay.
With the return Of Chairman James
K. Jones to the city there has been a
brisk renewal of discussion concerning
the location of the next democratic
national committee headquarters.
Chicago is by no means certain to be
chosen, notwithstanding the fact that
the headquarters are temporarily in
that city. Probably no steps will be
taken to settle the question Of loca-
ton until the democratic national COM
mittee assemblies here presumably In
February to settle the place of holding
the next national convention. Chi
cago has undoubtedly better chance
for the convention than she has for
the hpndnnRrtarC al fn
vide accommodations for the delegates
is unquestioned, while her hospitality
and good treatment of the national
committee are seriously doubted since
the campaign of 1896 Chicago was the
meanest goldbug city in the union,
and her newspapers We're shameless in
their unfairness. The result has been
the survival of feeling of deep resent
ment on the part of many of the mem
bers of the present democratic national
committee. While Senator Jones has
himself not expressed his views recently
it is known that in 1896 he shared the
feeling that Chicago was not an ideal
location for headquarters.
There will be a strong effort to fix
the home of the national committee
during the next campaign in this city,,
although a branch may be retained al
Chicago similar TO that operated there
by the democratic committee in the
successful campaign of 1896.
Kansas City is persisting in her ef-
fort to secure the next democratic con-
vention. Not week passes but some
of her industrious boomers come to the
capital and announce with serene con-
fidence that all is over but the shout
ing. Her latest walking delegate is
Hon. B. F. Ivby. AT the Normandie
this week he said to your correspond
ent: kansas City can be set down
for a sure winner as the city that will
hold the next democratic national con-
vention. We have every inducement
to offer, a pre-eminent attraction being
our magnificent auditorium. which
will contain 21,000 people comfortably,
and the acoustics of which are perfect.
Besides, there are 20 lines of railways
converging at Kansas City, and its
central location makes it convenient
for delegates from every section"
HOSFORD.