Arizona republican., 1900-09-11
MARYLAND POLITICS
Reasons Why Mckinley Will
 Carry the State
Chairman Goldsborough Gives Fig ures to Show That the Stay At-Homes Will Come Out This Year and Vote

Baltimore. Md, Sept. 1O.- Chairman Goldsborough of the Maryland republi- can state central committee is out with a statement in which he produces figures to prove that Maryland is a re- publican state and that it will surely go against Bryan this fall. The figures presented are absolutely accurate, hay ing been compiled from the official rac- Ords. They show that, with the demo- crats united last fall and republicans disOrganized because of the opposition to Governor Lowndes, John Walter Smith was elected by a majority of 12.- 900. MT GOldsborough said:
 There were more than 30 900 stay-at- home voters in the last election. In 1896, when there was only one con gressnan to vote for on each ticket. there were 54,OOO stay-at-homes, and little interest in the election. We boiled. however. 5000 more votes then than the democrats. Assuming that the num- Der of people who voted the ticket on either side in the election were genu- inc party men, and I think We can req sonably do SO, the increase or decrease in the 1899 votes over that of 1898 ought to tell the tale of how the battle was Won or lost.
 We lind in going over the returns that the stay-at- home votes were much larger than they should be: that the democrats made gains in every county largely in excess of our gains. and that the stay-at-hOme vote n republican stronghOlds was very much larger than in democratic strongholds.
 Tn the First district the republican vote increased only 925 in 1899 over 1898. while the democratic vote was in- creased 2512. In the Second district tha republican gain was 2S56, while the democratic gain was 7,43S Tn the Third district the republican gain was 3O5, while the democratic gain was :. 3.S27 In the Fourth district the republicans boiled l,lS9 more votes than in 1898. and democrats 3,557 more. In the Fifth dis trict the republicans advanced 1.4OO votes and the democrats 3.717 while in the sixth district, a republican strong hold on all national questions. the gain was l,492 for the republicans and 5,392 for the democra8. the republicans carrying the district by the very narrow majority of 6O6. of course an absurdly low figure for an extraordinary Occa- sion
 These figures can be carried out in every county and almost every ward of the city and in each casa the reason for 1t can be pointed out with almost abso- lute certainty. It is net my purpose to recite these reasons now. but they are well known to party leaders and ii is certain that very few of them will ex- lst in the coming election. In the lower wards of Baltimore city, for instance. the stay-at-hOme vote frequently runs up to F or IA per cent, an absolutely ridiculous figure. with annual registra- tion. At least four-fifths of these Were republicans who had their own reasons for neglecting the polls. In Baltimore county there was a stay-at-home vote of nearly 4.0OO. the reason for which does not exist this year, and in Ale ghany county there were 2.35O voters who did not go near the polls. although they were registered.
 T don't know how many genuine re- publicaTs the democrats figure on in this state, but I think We have taught them that when We are all together as we are this year. it is a figure that sets [ without any eXtraneOus issues. When We add to them the sound money pao- pie, the men who are opposed to Bryan on any kind of platform the men who think that the country is now prosper- ous and who believe in the policy of letting well enough alone and not for getting the large number of democrats who have joined with the republicans m administration, I can see very little chance for democrats even in beginning to figure out victory in Maryland.
 There are in Baltimore city sos poll
 ing precincts. and outside of the city S7o polling places, making a total of 665 in the entire state. Smiths plur- aIlty over Lowndes was 12,123. There fore. gain of 19 votes in each precinct in the state would give Mckinley a plurality of 474 votes, sufficient for the victory, but we want and expect many more. The average stay-at-home vote in each precinct last year was forty seven. We have those to work on be- fore We begin to take up the men who voted for John Walter Smith on what was so sOlemnly proclaimed to be Q campaign of local issues only. A change or ten men m each precinct who voted for John Walter Smith last year and are going to vote for McKin- ley this year would give us the plur- ality before even taking up the forty seven stay-at-hOmes. This is another way of looking at the same situation. Combine them both and republicans will see just how bright our chances are this year. These are hard figures to get around. Let the republicans get their own vote out and the democrats who are opposed to Bryan will roll up a handsome majority, I'll warrant" EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE.