Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1903-10-08


ventlon seems 10 be worse and ths
factions more at war than ever. Mr.
Mudd's paper, the Marlboro Times
which the Congressman writes ths
political editorials for himself. wa.
bitterer than usual and exhausted
the vocabulary Of printable exple
tives in the last issue in speaking o.
the organization or McComas faction
OF the republican party in general
and Mr.. Phillips Lee Goldsborough
in particular.
| The Mudd ticket stays in the
field in Prince Georges and the or.
ganization ticket has been taken
down, after which as usual the or
ganizatiOn crowd will turn to and
knife the Mudd ticket on election
day, practically assuring the county
to the democrats.
In several other counties the CULTS
are as wide as ever and while in the
city the elements promise TO get TO-
gether TO support the state ticket,
it is very unlikely that the best eff
forts of the Wachter leaders can do
anything To stem the tide of hatred
for the whole McComas collection
and for the ticket which his gang
has put up.
Mr.. Isidor Raynor is calling for
an expression Of opinion which it is
little likely that he will get, from
the Legislative candidates of Balti-
more with regard TO their attitude
toward him. He holds that he should
have the endorsement of the city
since both Governor Smith and ex-
Governor Jackson have been en-
dorsed by their counties. But the
city is far different matter from a
county and this seems too much TO
expect. The delegates aud the load
ers alike welcome Mr. Raynor in the
field as they do Mr.. Poe and are per
fectly willing To take their chances
against him, without a pledged dele
CATION, which he likewise should be
willing to do. Mr.. Poe is asking
for no pledges and is willing To
make his fight at Annapolis.
The meeting at Mt. Airy was a
great success and the start on the
campaign thus begun, in marked
contrast with the republican Motif
cation meeting. held in republican
headquarters and with one onlooker
and listener crowded to suffocation
where the democratic meeting had
hundreds.
The Democratic committees have
the machinery of the situation very
thoroughly in hand, and are run
ming it with the greatest smoothness
and rapidity, where the republican
machinery is hardly starting and
then very slowly and with much
cracking and rusty groaning from
disuse and lack of perfect under
standing of all the mechanism.
Mayor McLane's city appoint
ments were the theme for great
deal of discussion last week and
much talk Of discomfort, although il
was noticeable that such talk was
confined almost entirely to the re
publicans who would perhaps have
fancied it that way, and imagined
that the conditions were such as to
justify their hopes and expectations.
But the fact is that the Mayors APP
pointments were expected and &C.
casioned no particular surprise, GER
tainly meme whatever TO Mr.. Rasin,
the man by long odds the most in
terested.
A persistent rumor affirms with
great stubborness that The Old
Man" has played very clever poll
tics as usual, and it is pointed out
that not Rasin man had even ap-
piled for one of the department heads,
the reappointing to. fill which has
occasioned so much discussion.
THE Old Man" infinitely prefers
81, 500 appointments toone 5000 job
and il as the rumor further states
that Mr.. Rasin's men will fill the
great bulk of the minor appoint
ments, whose number, including tn,
extras, runs almost into the thou
sands, then the organization viii
fare very well in the city and will
have nothing to complain of.
The situation is very uncertain a.
yet, but in summing up, the cit,
looks at this time as though it woul'
go democratic solidly for the loca
J ticket anyway, carrying three legis
lative districts almost certainly, an,
| prohahIv the fourth