New-York tribune., 1900-01-29
: -AARYLAND,s SNUB TO BRYAN.
THE TWO DEMOCRATIC FACTIONS PREPAR-
ING FOR BITTER STRUGGLE
MIR GORMAN's PLANS.


Baltimore, Jan. 2S (SpeciaD-That Arthur Pue
German will head the opposition to William J.
Bryan in the coming Democratic National Conven-
ton is assured by the developments in Demoera tic
circles in Maryland in the last days. The snub
to Bryan in the Legislature and the action Of the
Democratic State and city officials and party lead
ers in declining to take part in the reception to
him and attend the big meeting at the Music Hall
clearly show that German and his friends are pre-
pairing to send strictly gold Democratic anti
Bryan delegation to the convention. The free sill
verites in Baltimore City and in the Eastern Shore
counties will fight the regular organization on this
issue They hope to get three four silver men
on the delegation they did in 1896.
Should Bryan receive the nomination Murray
Vandlver, chairman Of the State Committee, will OF
course, have the mana cement of his campaign In
Maryland, and yet, by a strange coincidence the
free silver leader and the Maryland chairman were
in the Pennsylvania Railroad station at the same
time the evening that Bryan came to Baltimore
and they Gid not meet
The only organization Democrat of any promi-
nencs who took any notice of Bryan on his recent
visit Edwin Warfeld, a sound money man,
president OF the Fidelity and Deposit Company.
Mr.. warfeld a candidate against Colonel John
Walter Smith for the Democratic nomination for
Governor last year. He was also a delegate to
the convention which nominated Bryan Warfeld
occupied private box at the Music Hall meeting
and paid a special visit to Bryan at the hotel on
the day following. The party leaders are trying
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for Congress from the With District. Vandiver,
Wilkinson and the other leaders of the regular or
ganization believe that they justified in the
stand they took in withholding official recognition
of Bryan's visit by the preponderatng sentiment
Of the city and State for the gold standard
Last year the Democrats carried the State by
carefully eliminating the currency from the plat
form and the campaign They did not even invite
National leaders to assist In the campaign as the
Republicans did, lest the silver bugaboo should be
nfNt the fight Is ed he
leaders intended that the frost they gave Bryan
IN Maryland should have far reaching effect in
the Eastern States.
TON" Weeks, free silver leader here. admitted
that Bryan's visit iu-timed and that he should
not have come here unlimited by the regular party
organization German and his friends doubt
calculated that the Democratic party organization
and they also believe that no better place could
be selected in the East to start the anti-Bryan ball
went Democratic last year, but went Republican
when free silver was the issue.
this visit important, for they believe that 1t
has infused new life into their cause. They con-
Maryland delegation to the convention.
It begins 10 look as though the rival organizations
Bryan delegation. S. S. Field, the leading spirit
IN the Democratic Association has stated that the
cratic primaries with view to the control of the
8ryan Seiegaton resolutions adopted by t6e
Bryan League show that 1t has the same object in
Close friends OF German say that he win take
charge personally Of the campaign against the
movement to send a Bryan delegation to the con-
vention It is also suggested that Mr.. German viii
actively enter the arena for the Presidential nom
ination. In view of the fact that the free silver
meeting he is now looked upon by them as outside
works Hence oor1nan's participation in the anti
convention campaign would be the signal for a
elements of the Democratic party In this State.