Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-30
G0RMAh'S ,CAND|DACY
His Friends Look Upon It
as an Assured Fact.
ENTHUSIASM AT HOME
CLEvEUAND,S DECLINATIoN Is
HELPFUL TO IT.
What He Will Do in the West, in
Bryan's Bailiwick, Seems to Be
Problematical.

| Special Dispatch TO The Evening Star.
| BALTIMORE, Md, November 30.-The dec
| lnation of former President Cleveland to
| again enter the lists for the democratic
| presidential nomination has had the effect
| of arousing greater enthusiasm among the
| adherents of Senator German throughout
| the state. Not that the senator's boomers
| feared Cleveland as a factor so far as the
Maryland delegation is concerned, but be-
| cause they seem certain that the influences
| which would have followed the leadership
of Cleveland into the national convention
| will now rally to the support Of the Mary
| land senator.
Accepted as Fact.
That Senator German is candidate for
| the presidency Is accepted as fact, al
| though the senator has not even SO much as
| intimated such an ambition to his closest
| political friends and advisers, men in whom
| he has reposed confidence for years.
| These leaders, nevertheless. regard Mr..
| German as bona fide presidential candi-
| date, and think themselves justified in
| doing what others outside the state are
| doing-urgjng him the most available
| cand date who the democrats can nominate
| next year.
man twice had the opportunity to deny
that he was a candidate, and on each occa-
sion evaded the question. The first came
at a mass meeting at Highland in Howard
county. While he was speaking some one
In the audience called out:
Three cheers for German, our next
President!'
Stopping deliberately In his speech. he
looked toward that section Of the hall
whence the interruption had come and said:
mo, no, l don't want to move away from
this community"
Still Another Opportunity.
Again at the Lyric, in this city, lie was in
terrupted by the mention of his name in
connection with the presidency, and he
said:
Il want to say to my friend in the far
gallery that we have an election on hand
for state officers. The democrats have
nominated excellent men for governor,
controller and attorney general. Let us go
ahead and elect them before discuss an
other election"
During the campaign Senator German
made himself an issue by punging into the
contest in its closing hours, directing the
campaign in person, besides making several
speeches, in each one attacking the policy
of President Roosevelt and throwing down
the gauntlet to his enemies within the
state
The success of the democrats, therefor
was in a measure Mr.. Germans success. He
was Endorsed by the Maryland democracy
by large majority. He has received home
encouragement TO go before the country as
candidate for the presidency, and what
ever may be his wishes and intentions re-
garding his future course. the fact re-
mains that he has been forced by the logic
of events in Maryland and throughout the
country to the front of the political stage.
and there he stands today, the object of
public gaze as a candidate for the presi-
Dental nomination.
Will Not Plunge Into Current.
Senator German can. well afford to let
fhn 1,trk
plunging into 1t, and this he will probably
do. Politicians and financiers take 1t for
granted that, as the presidency is such an
exalted position, it is worthy the ambition
of every man, and that no man can be too
great to toss aside even suggestion of his
candidacy for the Office. Hence, they ser1-
ously regard Senator German as a candi-
date.
So far as the movement in his favor has
gone he may be said to be In high favor
with the financial powers Of the north and
with Tammany Hall, which next year will
be an important factor in the New York
state convention, which will elect delegates
to the next national convention.
He is also well thought of in the SOUTH
where his fight against the force bill in the
Senate In 1880 is gratefully remembered,
ana where his recent stand on the race is
sue has attracted to him thousands of
state and local democratic leaders, who find
In him a man of northern birth, training
ana Ideas, and yet upholdiEg the same
views on the suffrage question which have
been their views, and which in many cases
they had not the courage to proclaim to
the country.
What Will He Do in the Westp
What Senator German can do in the west |
no one can tell at this time. Mr.. Bryan |
and his friends continue numerically strong |
and aggressive in that large territory.
Senator German is not in high favor with |
Mr.. Bryan. While this fact has aided him |
In the more conservative east, 1t has not, |
even in Maryland, attracted to him that |
element OF his party still loyal to Bryan |
and his theories.
In all of his campaigns Mr. German has
supported Mr. Bryan most loyalty, and in |
the last presidential campaign he paid al
most all OF the Nebraskans expenses in |