The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-05-30

). ). Field, OF Baltimore.
Mr.. S. S. Field, the prominent sill
yer leader and the personal friend
and representative of William Jen-
nings Bryan in Maryland when the
Nebraskan was candidate for Presl-
dent of the United States, declared in
an authorized interview that Mr..
German cannot carry Maryland next
fall. And here are his reasons:
THE result of the recent election in
Baltimore means that the Democratic
party cannot win this fall with ex-
Senator German as its candidate for
the United States Senate.
Mr.. German was the captain on
deck, with Mr.. Rasin at the wheel,
when the boat went down. Having
recovered from the sore throat with
which he suffered during the cam
paign last fal Mr.. German openly
assumed command of the party, and
personally took charge of the move
ment for the extra session and the
passage of the new election law, the
defeat of the primary election bill,
and the passage of the census bill to
distribute 5000 of the States money
among his followers. He was not the
power behind the throne but the
power on the throne in the whole
matter. After the adjournment of
the Legislature his interest in the APP
preaching election was shown by fire.
quent visits to Baltimore.
mr.. William F. Porter, speaking
as is generally supposed for Mr.. Rasin
and Mr.. John J. Mahon, one of the
foremost of the German leaders in
1895 had declared, in carefully pre-
pared interviews, that the Demo
cratic party should take its position
in favor of the reelection of Mr.. Cor
man to the United States Senate
and that German should be the is
sue,' and in the recent campaign
Democratic orators predicted that
Democratic victory this spring would
mean a German victory this fall.
Among others, Mr.. Alopzo i. Miles,
the law partner of Senator Germans
son, declared in addressing a Demo
cratic mass meeting that a Demo
cratic victory would be an endorse
ment of Mr.. German for the Senate;
and State Senator DIN Bryan, at an
other meeting, said that Democratic
victory might give Mr.. German
start for the Presidential nomination
in 1904.
''ln the primary contest Mr.. Rasin
had triumphed in every ward except
two, and in those the Democrats won.
The election of the two Democrats
who had defeated Rasin in the pri-
maries and the defeat of almost all of
the German Rasin candidates was the
response of the voters of Baltimore
to the invitation to endorse Mr.. Cor
man for the Senate and give him
start for the White House.
1.-The lesson of 1895 and 1897 was re-
peated in the Baltimore election of
May z, 1901. Following the open
leadership of the party assumed by
Mr.. German in reference to the extra
session, the appointment of Mr..
Sehley, a '92 German lieutenant, to
have charge of the census in the State,
and of Mr.. Fledderman, '95 Rasin
lieutenant, to have charge in Balti-
more city, the temperance of Mr..
Rasin, the chief lieutenant of Mr..
German in 1895, in the undisguised
control of the party in this city, and
the triumph of his candidates in the
primaries, the Democratic defeat I'M
questionably means that the people
of Baltimore W i'll not, in 1901, vote to
re-establish the identical bossism in
the person of the same individual
leaders which they voted to overthrow
in 1895.
Anu DIS cues DdlllluOTe So goes
Maryland, for there is not in recent
years single instance in which the
State and city have failed to vote the
same way. Always both have gone
Democratic or both Republican, and
if we want to make an exception to
the rule this year we must remove
the cause that operated in 1895, 1897
and in the recent election. 1t can be
done. The Democratic party can win
this fall, for there is scarcely a doubt
that majority of the people of Mary
land are Democrats and will elect the
Democratic ticket whenever it's can
didates receive the loyal support of
the entire party.
1T is just as certain that large