Evening star., 1900-10-17
PEOPLE WAKING UP
More Interest Being Manifested in
Maryland Campaign,
BOTH PARTIES WORKING HARD
Detection in Democratic Ranks
Over Money Question.
DISTRUST OF THE LEADERS
les WORKING HARD
DISTRUST OF THE LEADERS
Special Correspondence of The Evening star

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE October II 1900
Twenty days before the election finds
both parties doing their best 10 increase the
votes for the respective candidates. The
interest in the campaign has become strong
enough during the past few days to please
even the most enthusiastic partisan. and
the apathy complained of a short time ago
has given place to great interest and even
excitement among all classes of the popu-
lation.
The meetings of both parties are largely
attended and in most instances are en-
thusiaStic To an unprecedented degree. One
of the marked features is that the enthu-
sIasm of the democratic gatherings seems
all aroused by ailusionS to individuals,
while at the republican meetings the enun-
citation OF principles receives the bulk OF
the applause, although the candidates come
in for a fair share Al the democratic
III. etingS the perfunctory denunciation of
trusts and Imperialism, which form a part
OF the stock of every speaker arouse very
little applause. while the mention of names
Of candidates bring down the house to an
unusual degree. Allusions To what are
called the tIme-hOnored principles of the
party usually appsauded with vigor
although no statement of those "time-hon-
ored principles is made.
Democrats Distrust Each other.
The out-and-out Bryanites and free eil-
Yer men are becoming more and more sus-
picious of the regular democratic organiZa-
tion which is managing the campaign and
are not slow to voice their suspicious on all
occasions. In support of their contention
that the managers Of the contest are not
sincere they point To the fact that Chair
man NandiVer is a national bank director
and Is Lar gely Interested in Baltimore fnan-
CiaI institutions, and that Gov Smith Is
not only bank president, but also that his
eNcsieHcy, although someth hing Of an ora
tor, has not opened his mouth III behalf of
BRYAN since the beginning OF the cam
pagn Othcr members Of the state COM
nlttte are pointed out as capitalists. trust
maguates and gold bugs. and il is said
tEa, II the men y no are high in position III
The organization would only put their
hands in their pockets, the Honest
Money League members doing. there
would be no lack ~ funds for campaign
purposes
Large numbers Of prominent democrats
in all sections uf the state are from day 10
Gay. coming out for Mckinley, while Cthcrs
age going 50 Tar TO say that while they
haE. not determined to vote for Mckinley,
they have determined that they viii Mt
vote for Bryan. Among those who have
Ur"fay announced their intention to vote
f.l Mckinley a few II the most prumi-
uauJ are Gen. John Gin Mr.. Randolph
NE officers in the confederate army: rX-
Mayor Robert &. davidson. Gen. LawraSon
k:sIS Mr.. William Cabell Bruce, president
uf The state senate III 1896 Mr.. John X
CuWeu. president Of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad; ex-senator The0phiIus Tunis of
Talbot county. and Mr.. Thornton Rollins,
al one time president of the city counciI.
Honest Money League Growing.
The list Of names Of those who have
joined The Honest Money Democratic
League now numbers several Thousand. and
Others are joining every day. x striking
feature OF the list # those democrats who
Intend u work AMI vote for Mckinley is
that a large number are personal and DO
litiral friends - ex-senator German. and
have always been loyal 10 the political far-
tunes ~ The former senator. Even during
The times when many democrats were OPP
posing Mr.. German, these gentlemen were
h. stanCh friends, and IL is believed hat
il IS due to their influence that he = really
taxing no part in the campaign except To
WrtIc an anti-impeTialist letter or an inter-
View and then. Indeed, some OF III, -
honest money friends Of MIR. German assert
that he will take no part in the fight even
il he should recover the use OF his .Uice."
As one Ct them said: This is not Germans
fIaht. His battle viii take place next year
We have told him that This is our ii3nt
ana that We want him % let Us alone. and
Il appears that he is taking our advice
German knows that he cannot get along
without Us, and he Will DO nothing 10
ai'enat. our support by taking active
part against what We COnSider@0f vital in
isreat u u. His friends among the poll
tcians will DO nothing to harm our cause
although some 9i them will make a bluff
al It. In support II this, everybody here
knows that Mr.. Rasin and his licGteaaGts
;rc doing nothing, while such close bLsi-
II, - friends Of MIR German as Gen. Llutd
l. jackson, Nh. Andrew D. Jones ex-
Mayor baN NldSqn and others are actively
supporting MIR. Mckinley
- the present time il is rather difficult
u make a reasonably accurate forecast Of
the contest FOR members Of the House in
TN several districts. The republicans claim
that tE.E viii elect the entire delegation of
SIX, and produce figures 10 substantiale
their views. The democrats. on the Other
haHd, claim but three Of the districts, and
admit that the contest will he close IN
~" 81 these, namely, the = cond and
fourth ami that the result. even here is
aoAbuuI They openly conccde the re-
election II Messrs Mudd and Pearre in ,he
titIh ana sixth districts, and that of III.
Nach-er II the third. while they contend
thar the first district is so certainly demo
craric that there Is no question az 10 the
result IN that place
The First District
This section. known as the eastern shore.
has only returned republican to Congress
once since the war. having gone democratic
every election since then except in 1896
when the sound money tidal wave took it
IL. and DR. Isaac A. Barber, republican.
was chosen by over 30 majority. The con
diii9ns there now in many respects resem-
bir lAoSe u four years ago, and in addf-
ton many prominent democrats who in
tend - Elte for Bryan are either luke
warm toward he democratic candidate for
congress Or else are openly hostile TO him
Mr Moore, the democratic nominee for the
fGli term, Is the business partner Of Cow
tEsvr John Walter smith, and, as a MEM
n-r pf tht state senate last winter took
SGsh a position on several public questions
a. - arouse the hostility OF many inftueu-
tidi members Of his own party. His course
~ regard . the gas bin and other corpora
ti"a measures made him subject to much
adverse criticism. and hts nomination for
Congress Has forced on the convention by
the strong influence of Governor Smith,
VINO controlled mat body. These facts. il
i said by the republicans. will materially
hslp Mr.. Jackson, their candidate and add
largely u his vote. In addition, l.iere is
much discoatcnt among the democrats
oystermen over the new oyster law passed
last winter by the democrats at annapolis
and for the passage of which Mr.. Moore
v rkei and voted when il came up for