The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-09-11
DEMOCRATIC POLITICS IN
THE STATE.
After the Primaries.

After the Primaries.
The winning of control among the re-
publicans in Baltimore by their regular
organization strengthens the democratic
position to marked degree and almost
insures the city going solidly democratic,
certainly in 50 far as the legislative ticket
is concerned, where not little knitting by
disconnected republicans may be counted
upon, thus increasing democratic strength.
To offset this, however, is the state of
affairs incident upon registering the vote.
The democratic vote IS far more largely
out of Baltimore at this time than the re-
publican, and eight out of ten of the pack
ing hands in the fields of Hartford and
other canning counties are democratic.
This puts the city leaders up against a
proposition involving an expenditure in
volving close upon $4,000 or the general
election will be hopeless]y lost so far as
the city is concerned, and the most OPTIC.
mistic democrats hardly hoping for more
this one thing alone may presage defeat
unless properly handled.
The Ticket.
So far as the nominations are concerned
there has been little change in many
weeks Ex-Governor Jackson was spoken
of with enthusiasm nearly two months
ago in connection with the Comptroller
ship, and his wonderful financial and ex-
ecutive ability was pointed to as reason
for the nomination being offered to him.
The Ex-Governor himself made no sign
and eventually it was said that he did not
care for the honor, which, as is we'll
known, would be to him a great amount
of work, solely for the good of his party.
Nothing being heard from the Governor
on the subject, ex-senator Thomas A.
Smith, of Caroline county, and Secretary
of State Wilfred Bateman began to be
spoken eff for the nomination, although
friends of Mr.. Bateman are the authority
for the statement that he does not want it.
Governor Jackson Willing.
In the meantime it has appeared author
itatively in many papers that Governor
Jackson, while unwilling to come out in
the open in the position of seeking the
Office of Comptroller, will nevertheless
accept it should it be rendered to him. If
this is authentic and it depended entirely
upon city leaders it would almost surely
be offered him, since the Ex-Governor has
for many years been one of the most lib
eral, if not the most liberal, campaign
contributor in the State and is recognized
as better suited to handle the State funds
than any other man in Maryland.
1t is said of him, that ex Governor Jack
son is the one man in the State with abil-
ity of nature and sufficient to clear the
Commonwealth entirely of direct taxation,
which would strengthen democracy in
Maryland immeasurably and would prob
ably remove it from the position Of a
doubtful State in national campaigns to
Irregular of the regulars" and the demo-
cratic stronghold that it was prior to '95.
Straus for Attorney General.
With regard to the other nominations,
Mr.. Isidor Rayner has ceased to be spoken
of in connection with the Office of Attor-
ney General, and the only names men,
toned now are those of Mr.. Isaac Lobe
Sirius, whom many people, including Gov
ernor White and others not less infuen-
tial, think it would be good policy to
nominate; and Mr. William Shepard
Bryan, who will probably be nominated
in case the leaders decide not to overlook
Mr. Straus' record at Annapolis and give
him the nomination because of the
strength thus added to the ticket. That
his nomination would add strength is un-
questioned.
For the United States Senate, although
Mr.. Isidor Rayner and perhaps one or two
others are said to have aspirations, the
man most likely to be elected, in case
Maryland and Baltimore go democratic,
is Governor Smith, who could have been
elected in place of Senator German when
the latter went in had he cared for it in
that way at that time.
1t is understood that Senator German
may settle this question as he did that of
the gubernatorial nomination, and 1t is
confidently believed that his friendship
for Governor Smith will actuate him in
his behalf. BALTIMORE.
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