The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-02-07
MIR. MUDD DENIES 1T.

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German and himself, in which it was
alleged that because of a friendly under
standing between them, Mr.. Mudd had,
among other things been instrumental in
having two Republicans vote for Mr..
Vandver as State Treasurer, instead of
Gen. Thomas J. Shryock. Mr.. Mudd, I'M
til the present, however, has been un-
willing to say anything in reference to the
statement for publication.
Il have never felt called upon to try to
run down an anonymous falStier," said
Mr. Mudd. while feeling somewhat
resentful I am frank to say, about such
have not felt called upon to pay any at
tention to it. 1t is unjust to Senator
German, as well as to me, to say, that we
ever have had IA deal or understanding or
political arrangement of any kind in the
world
Il understand the purpose of this thing,
however, and because of some recent kim
dred innuendoes, l have concluded to
make an observation or two upon it.
Sometime ago, when the subject matter
of rediStricting the State first began to be
mooteG, it was started in some newspapers
that as the Democrats would likely find
it difficult to make my district Democratic
they would likely, for purely partisan
reasons, make that, as we'll as Pearle's
district, more strongly Republican, in
order to make certain, if possible, the
creation ct one or more Democratic dis
tricts adjoining the Fifth and Sixth.
IF they should do this--wbile. of course
no one can justify purely partisan gerry
Wandering, and l have no favors what
ever to ask as to my district-it would,
nevertheless, be no surprise to anyone,
and may as we'll he understood in say
ing that l shall not get violently offend
ed if, for reasons of their own, our friends,
the enemy, shall find it polite, from their
point of view, to so redistrict the State as
to give ne Re. ublican, instead of a
Democratic, district.
Now, in view of the likelihood of this
condition of affairs happening, this charge
as to its being done as the result of a deal
between Senator German and myself is
made for specific and well understood
purpose, it originates from one or two
gentlemen of a superior cult and I'M
known politics, together with a few
Republicans here and there, who would
like to see me disposed of in some such
fashion, backed by some encoura cement at
this end of the line. 1t would please several
gentlemen of alleged prominence in Mary
land, if a manufactured charge of this
kind should give assistance in leading to
a gerrymanGer that would remove me
from annoying interference with certain
plans and purpose and ambitions. .s
ut comes in suitable season, too. 1t
aids and tallies with a sort of cant you
sometimes hear around here, along the
line Of all the Maryland delegation being
together, except one,' all of the delega-
ton were seen except Mr.. Mudd,' etc.,
and similar descriptions of otherwise I'M.
disturbed harmony, the purpose of which
is first, to have people think, and to get
members of the delegation, if possible, to
feel that they are and ought to be at
loggelheads with me, and then to impress
the President with that idea that some
civil service dispenser of spoils might, by
emitting me in the dispensation, assist
still further in purely virtuous move
ment Of eliminating my inccnvenient per-
sonality from the Republican politics of
the State.
Il don't want any friend of mine to
get unhappy about this, however. 1 know
that am written down as the most I'm
degenerate and irredeemable spokesman in
Maryland by those who assert themselves
to be entirely above the use of what is
called patronage in politics. But pro-
pose to remain on hand and l am a candi-
date for Congress, and expect to be nomi-
mated and re elected, even if am pictured
as 1ocking to myself sometimes, which
makes me, after ali, feel little satisfied
to have people understand and know that
1, at least, don't flock under any other
fellows wing.
"Now, as to the deal between Mr..
German and myself, as evidenced by any
alleged feeling of mine on the Senator
ship. l wanted Republican Senator.
l tried, within my small and circumscrib-
ed area of opportunity, to bring it about
that we would get a Republican Senator
and it was no fault of mine, think, that
our brilliant approach to victory at the
recent election did not mount up to the
proportions of successfully constructed
victory. I did my fighting. however, be-
fore the election, ard not in loud and
unavailing lamentations afterward.
Because l was not willing, and ex
pressed an unwillingness, to figure as an
assistant engineer in futile, fool move
ment, all of a virtuous character, how
ever, to be attaired only by exclusively
virtuous means, to defeat German by the
election of some little Democrat, some
insignificant, Liliputan sort of fellow
who stood fer al the objectionable in
politics that has been charged to Mr.. Cor
man, and for none of the bigness of capa-
bility that all ADMIT he possesses, and that
without any consideration whatever of
party advantage to US, am, it seems, for
a season in the disfavor somewhat of
several great and good people.
"As to the Vandiver end of this canard,
to the effect that 1 was responsible for
two Republicans voting for him for Trca-
surer,' said Mr.. Mudd, Il might add that
l have received a very much-appreciated
letter from General Shryock in reference
to it, in which, upon his own motion and
in the mani NJ anEer characteristic of him,
he voluntarily wants to assure me of his
condemnation and reputation of any such
charge as to myself
The hurricane Sunday night caused
a number of wrecks along the eastern
coast, including the founderng of two
big ocean tugs off Sandy Hook and, the
stranding of schooner On Brigantine