The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-04-06

Democrats and Republicans
to Nominate Candidates.
INDEPENDENTS WILL CONTROL
Campaign Most Intense in Years-Par-
ty Machine Appears to Hold
Upper Hand.
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BALTIMORE, April Baltimore has
just passed through one of the most re-
maTkabIe campaigns in her history. and
il viii be some time before the easy
going ole town on the Patapsco RECEIVERS
its balance Today, on the eve OF a hot
municipal primary election-the goal a
mayoraIty nomination - the citizens OF
Oystertown await with almost feverish
expectancy the battle of the ballots to-
morrow, when half a dozen candidates
line mp for nominations by the two great
parties.
Just how this little family affair is
going 10 end it's hard 10 prophesy
There are four Democrats anxious to
show the people how well they can man
age the city's affairs. while the Repub-
Iieans present two of their favorite sons
for the consideration of the party voters.
It's a -as-you-pIease sort OF a mix-up
in which all six are struggling hard to
come out on top. Each organization has
its candidate and each has a thorn in its
side in the way OF an independent
How They Line Up.
They face the barrier tomorrow as foF-
lows
DEMOCRATS.
Robert NJ Mclean
Thomas Gordon Hayes.
Gen. Ferdinand C. Latrobe.
Francis E. YeweH.
REPUBLICANS.
W. D. PIatt.
Frank c. WachteI
Mclean is known as the gentleman
candidate" He represents the Demo-
cratic organization. and was dragged
into the fight al the last moment, just
when the party leaders seemed about 10
let the election so BY default. He IS a
young man. ard is allied with the Bour-
hon clement of the party which has al
aIonG dominated its affairs as though
it were a close-hsted corporation II a
weIl-dTilIed machine, headed by that
cunning and crafty political leader, l.
Freeman Rasin. viii avail him anyt hing.
he holds the whip hand
Strongly opposed TO him is Thomas
Gordon Hayes, the present mayor. who
wrested the city from the Republicans
q little over three years ago. He is a
sort OF broneho- buster In the political
ring. and is asking for second nomi-
nation on the strength of his record
Hayes is the author of "A City Without
q Graft His record is his strong
est card. and he hopes. as does the lit
tie municipal machine that he has built
around him. to overthrow the party
leaders who refused to dig him up"
as candidate.
Latrobe Out of Running.
General Latrobe has seven times been
mayor Of the city and is out again be-
cause ne likes the JOB. He is not to be
considered and is only looking for a
complimentary vote.
A hustler without the semblance of a
machine to back him and independent
of any faction is YeweIl. a well-known
business man and contractor He has
hopes. which the wise ones say will be
badly punetured.
The fight undoubtedly rests between
Mclean and the present mayor. In the
brief campaign they have left no stone
untHTned 10 insure victory, and both
sides viii poll large vote. The ma
chine is claiming all of the twenty-four
wards for Mclean. while the Hayes
workers predict that they viii get the
bulk o. TIE vote.
IN Republican ranks Platt IS the can
didate Of the organization and is sup
ported by Collector of the Port Stone
and his Union League followers. He is
a business man. but not well known
among the ward workers. His opponent,
Frank g Wachter, represents the Third
district in Congress. He is of the hus-
tling, aggressive, il-feIIow-weH-met
type, and has made a ripsnoTting cam
paign, touching every part Of the city.
Lake IN the Democratic ranks, the
chances seem to favor the man with the
weu-drilled machine
The campaign when it opened promised
10 be conducted along clean lines. but it
lCouiinued an Second Psge)