The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-10-02
RAYNER, JACKSON
AND SMITH.

lJQ LOWuQ6S, JaCkSOu anu MCCOuldS
on the republican side of the fence wait
ing for the senatorial plum to drop to the
man who can reach the longest, and with
Smith Jackson and Rayner on the demo
cratic lot waiting for the same thing, this
promises to be one of the warmest cam
paigns Maryland has ever seen, and with
not few unusual and curious features
thrown in.
The News, for example, is somewhat of
an unknown quantity in city politics these
days, although its we'll known republican
tendencies in the past few years would
seal that at once were it not for its curious
fondness, not to say admiration, for GER
tain men connected with the democratic
party. Just at present this is manifesting
itself in the News almost frantic support
of Rayner and its seeming absolute will
ingness to support the city legislative
ticket, at least, in order to help Mr.. Ray
ner along.
It's influence is considerable with a GER
tain class of city voters and its alliance
quite valuable With the News, and Ray
ner's barrel opened alongside of ex-Gov-
ernor Jackson's and Governor Smiths
any man with half an eye on the inside of
matters political can see that lack of
money and printers ink will be no cause
for republican victory, if by possible
chance the republicans with "Uncle Bill"
and Lowndes and McComas borrowed
barely all at work do succeed in carrying
the state or any part of it.
In the city, the result of Rayner's an
nouncement will be to dull the edge on
the News attacks, attract the Hebrew
vote and bring out workers who would
not otherwise come out. The leaders,
city and state, are exceeding glad that
Mr.. Rayner has come out, and the frank,
open manner in which he did it, without
fear or favor of the leaders, far from
arousing their ire, aroused their respect
as strokes of this kind always have, wit
ness the case of ex GovernorFrank Brown.
The effect of the republican row all
over the state is hard to predict, but the
most pessimistic of the republican leaders
themselves profess to think it will not
hurt, rather the reverse, their chances for
the state ticket, reacting on the local and
legislative, where some wholesale cutting
is looked for. Leaders on both sides pre-
dict very close fight over the Governor
ship, with the lead slightly democratic.
Mr.. Williams is immensely stronger
than his party, which at this time is
hardly party at all, except in his and
the Attorney Generals behalf, which is
really all the republicans have ghost
of show to elect, unless they get to-
gether very quickly.
McComas as pacifier is failure, but
it won't sound funny to hear him in con-
ference with Mr.. Wachter some weeks
hence, about four days before the cleo
ton, when if the walls have ears, con-
versation something like this would
probably be recorded.
Mr.. Wachter would probably say
"Look here McComas, we got to get to-
gether and lick these - democrats.
l have cussed you up one side and down
the other and don't take back any of
the dams I used in describing you, and l
still believe you are crook, and l am
going to watch you close as thunder, but
we got to get together!''
And the fairly Honorable Mac" being
of aforgiving spirit, will say: ''Oh that's
all right, Frank, don't mind that. You
are good fellow you know; you just pitch
and whoop things up little SOS we can
beat the democrats. We can't afford to
scrap now"
Then they will slap each other on the
back and tell each other what hot stuff
fellows they are and make things wake
up.
1t will be no surprise to any one on the
other hand, however, if this Fall sees the