The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-05-28
NOW FOR STATE FIGHT.
Fall Contest Already On In Some
of the Counties of
Maryland.
EX-GOVERNOR FRANK BROWKSAGIVlTY
Regarded as Possessing Peculiar Signifi-
icance-Senator German Expected Back
From Europe in July-The Guberna-
torial Nominations.


torial Nominations.
The announcements made by Chair
man Vandiver, of the Democratic
State Central Committee, and Chair
man Goldsborough, of the Republican
State Central Committee, that meet
ings of these bodies will be held some
time next month has the attention of
the politicians all over the State to-
ward the fall campaign, and, prema-
ture as it may seem, the fight in some
OF the counties is already on.
Statements have been made by two
men, both of them in position to
know what they are talking about,
which signify their bearing upon the
struggle next November. One of these
was that Senator German will return
from Europe some time in July in
plenty of time to exercise his influence
upon the nominations to be made by
the Democratic party and with the
determination of exerting this intlu-
ence. The other statement was that
former Governor Frank Brown is
lending financial aid to the anti-or-
ganization Democrats Queen Anne's
county for the primary fight there,
and that the leaders in the contest
against the regular organization in
that county are enthusiastically in
favor of him as a candidate for the
United States Senatorship in prefer
ence to Governor Smith.
Persons who profess to be familiar
with political conditions in Maryland
express the belief that the chances
are something like 100 to that Mr..
German and Mr.. Brown will be on
opposite sides in any party contest,
and they profess to see in the return
of German and the activity of Brown
the indications of fight in the Dem
ocratic ranks to prevent Governor
Smith from going to the Senate, the
moving spirit in which will be former
Governor Brown, whose ascendancy,
it is said, Mr.. German will diligently
strive to make impossible.
What position Mr.. Rasin would
take in a fight of this sort is uncer-
tain, and he is not committing him
self one way or the other. He and
Governor Brown are political friends
of many years standing, and there
are those who profess to see meaning
in the utterances of Mr.. Rasin just
after the primary election, when he
asserted that the Estate crowd had
given absolutely no help, either tinan-
cially or otherwise, and that he owed
nothing to them. The intimatlon
that Mr.. Rasin will go abroad is not
credited by his close friends, although
they admit that there is possibility
of such thing. They say that for
some time he has been anxious to
close..his political career and retire to
private life. The general feeling
among his followers is that he will
not do this until after the fall cleo
ton, Notwithstanding the fact that
he has now passed his SEVENTEEN
birthday.
1t has been generally understood
that Mr.. German is under an almost
positive pledge to do everything in
his power to aid Governor Smith in
becoming the next Senator from Mary
land, and the talk of his remaining
in Europe until after the nominations
have been made in order to get out of
the whole fight is declared by his
friends to be wholly unfounded.
Incidentally while abroad Mr.. Cor
man will visit his son-in-law, Mr..
Grambrill, who is the head of the
London branch of the Fidelity and
Deposit Company of Baltimore, of
which corporation Mr.. Edwin War
field is president, but he is expected
back in Laurel before August.
AS far as the Gubernatorial nomi-
nation is concerned the field is still
held by Mr.. Warfield and his friends
claim that there will be no opposition