New-York tribune., 1901-09-23
MARYLAND POLITICS
THE FIGHT FOR GEORGE L. WELLlNG-
TONS SEAT IN THE SENATE.

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Wellington. Should the Republicans az In,
State this fall and control the legislature II WIN
be a free for all competition for the sa,4
Those whose names arc mentioned as N"'
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of Baltimore City; Phillips Lee Goldsborough chair
man of the Republican State Committee' Oonsies'
msn George A. Pearre. of Alegany County FORMER
Governor Lloyd Lowndes. of Al'egany county
s,ata Senator < williams. of Hartford County;
Judge H NJ Clabaugh OF Carroll County now
member of the bench of the District OF Coi"mo''.
Congressman Sydney F. Mudd: B. H. warner VI
Montgomery County; Milton G. urner' oil frsoe'ioN
;ounty; DIR. Isaac A. Barber. OF Iaipo' c"ui'tS'
Congressman w. II. Jackson. of Wcomico Cooi's'
and there be others including iorme' r's'
master-General James A. Gary. 49,
OF course the candidacy of some or these men VIII
depend upon contingencies. Situations 'oo' may
arise after the assembling of the legislature "iich
may bring others into the field not now sueses'e"'
as for instance Judge Schumacher or the court
Of Appeals or James Fl. Wallace, OF Dorchester' VI
Major Alexander Shaw or George X. Iai'hei' W
this CITY Thsre is one thing sure. Thefe VIII De
no dearth of candidates If the Repuphcahs CON"
troll
Southern Maryland may insist UPON the canuiua0s
Of CONGRESSMAN Mudd. Notwithstanding ms oec-
,ar,,,on that he will not be a candidate. Times
change and men change with them, ana congress
man Mudd may find himself confronted oy SIT
uation-not theory, as now.
There are other contingencies Should Wicomlco
ro Republican--and there is likely chance that II
wn-Congressnan Jackson's friends in the House
from that county will present his name noiens
voIens And he will entitled to their support
for Mr. Jackson has done more than any other
RAN IN b,,i1d I'm the Republican party in Wicomico
and place II in a position to win. Mr. Jackson mas
many friends in the State outside his own county
| Should Talbot go Republican ana that 700
Is probable DR.. Barber will be ''in the hands OF
! his friends.
| HAD Charles T westcott remained resident
! Of Kent instead of coming to Baltimore. he too
/ would loom up formidable candidate LOT 'i'e
! Senatorial seat In 1896 when Mr.. Wellington. in
defiance of the Eastern Shore law (Which required
! ttat one Senator should come from the Eastern
Shore and the other from the Western SHORE or
the Chesapeake Bay carried off the honor MT
! Westcott was his most aggressive opponent and
had he then possessed the political insight which
| he subsequently acquired Mr.. wellington would
never have in position to present the spectacle
! OF a United states Senator. elected IS a hepuoh-
| can supporting Bryan for the Presidency or max
ing slurring. disrespectfu comment upon Fresi-
dent Mckinley when the CHER Executive lay oEiis
| from the assassin's bullet
Phillips Lee Goldsborough. who is now prominent
In the list of candidates was also prominent can
didate then. and had the Republican members
from the Peninsula been able 10 get together
| he too would have stood good show OF election
That Lloyd I.owndes who was the only Repuo-
lican governor Of Maryland In thirty years. is de-
termined to enter the race IL shown by the IN
terest he has displayed in the choice OF legislative
his name has been favorably received In other
sections of the State. AS Governor Mr. Lowudes
contributed largely to the election OF Mr. Mct toinas
| as United States Senator. even Withdrawing from
| the race that he might extend aid The Governor
was subjected to the hottest kind Of fire because OF
the part he played in the fight and because, as a
result the most coveted political honors within
the gift OF the State placed In the With Con-
gress District OF course Mr. Lowndes and
Congressman Pearre will not figure I'm the race
simultaneously as candidates. Conditions may
arise by which one may develop more strength than
the other.
| Montgomery now ranks among the Republican
counties and should 1t elect a Republican Senator
and four Republican members OF the House II
would be in position to put forward B. II. War
ner as its choice for the Senate. The same situa-
ton applies to Frederick. which would delight 70
give it's votes former Congressman Crner
S A Williams. of Hartford. Is one OF the ie"
avowed candidates.
The convention OF HIS county instructed the nom
| inees for the legislature 10 vote for him in the
event OF their election
Rumors have 10 Baltimore from washing
| ton that Judge Harry NJ Cabaugh would prefer
the Senatorial toga TO the judicial ermine Wher
Mr.. McComas elected and while Judge ia
baugh was Attorney General ne received an ore'
Of the support OF many prominent Republicans tol
Senator but he declined. and devoted all his en-
ergies 10 secure the election Of Mr.. McComas
There has been some talk from time to time tha
| the Republicans would make prominent In thC
| a
the legislature, to re-enact the old Eastern Sbor'
law and elect an Eastern Shore man Senator bu
such talk is idle. There is no general demand fo
the re-enactmert of the law. and the Republicans
while showing decided gains the Peninsula in re
| cent years do not command sufficient strength II
| that section 10 Justify the demand that ii should
have Senator TO the exclusion OF the other sec
tions of the state, and Of Batimore city more Gs
peciay The election Of NJ Wengi1n III nIon, Torn
| and was the beginning n series Of troubles with
natey. phowevcr. it was sulilcentiy strong in 1881
when Mr.. Wellington's interparty opposition wa
| so pronounced, withstand his enmity. Had tn
law been permitted to remain on the statute books
| even after Mr.. Wellingtons election. 1t would hav
been blessing the Republicans and would hav
been source of wofry to the Democrats AM
especially so at this time, when they are so anx
In fact to the Democrats the repeal Of the an
wanted the law of their way years ago, bu
they gd resar n haa aHd 'es Extra o @ Of Se
ure they had the power TO re-enact the law, bu
The Republican State Committee is determines
to get look at the State census lists which MI MMr
German ard Governor Smith had prepared. tn
cost of taking this census was about $4,000 Mr
spring passed the DISTINGUISHING election law t
shut out all colored voters. also ordered The star
the results Of which did not please the Democrati
managers Now the Governor and the Democrat &c s
| the census lists which should be open all
pahned e Mth the view IF using the states
and authority 10 secure political information con
that could be gained in no other way. This wa
fy''' by indisputable ne proof furnished by Demo
ciatc enumerator. This is row in the possession
census books, or rather a duplicate copy n
reference is made TO vacant houses in those, sec
belt there elaborate explanations. The numbe
Oh fhe name OF the resident voter When unoccupe
: the statement IL made that II is vacant Any othe
section 'ti on the other hand no reference is mad
fnc cIip ast