The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-09

Washington, Arg s.-(Special. )-Senator Arthur Pue German, much to the grati- ficatfon of his admirers here and his po7 iitical dependents hard by in Maryland, having returned from his trip abroad, has established himself for the rest of this month at his rural home in the little town of Laurel. Md, which Is almost a suburb of Washington, being close to the District of Columbia line. The Senator will be at Laurel until early in Septem- Der. when he will go to Saratoga and will meanwhilet make occasional visits to this city. where, at his downtown ofnce, op- posite the Treasury Department Building, he is accessible to callers. He has al ready been in Washington during the week and has met a fiattering reception and welcome home from foreign parts.
 Senator Germans attention for some months to come must needs be engaged with very interesting situation in Mary land. which involves the election of a State ticket and the choice of United States Senator to succeed Louis E. Mo Comas Friends of the several Demo- cratic candidates for Governor were eager for Senator German to get through with his European trip and come back to help them, but. having returned, he has only adroitiy emphasized a special regard and an equable temper toward all the candi- dates and has quite gracefully backed out
 It really looks as thought the Demo- crats should win in the fight for the Sem atorship. McComas has been grief and thorn to not few ambitious Maryland Republicans and Is now up against a bit ter antagonism within his party, led by a pretty strong triumvirate, to wit, Con- gressmen Mudd, Jackson and Wachter. The three have formed a very vigorous offensive and defensive alliance. and be- tween them. with German to guide the Democrats and no serious differences among them, it appears reasonably cer- tain that Maryland. as of yore. will soon be represented by two Democrats in the United Statea Senate.
 Representative Robert Baker.
 Representative Robert Baker of the Sixth District of New York. who is one of the new Congressmen from the Empire State, representing. in part the borough of Brooklyn, promises to get himself mo- ticed as uniquely as possible by conduct ing himself as one who does not believe when in Rome doing as the Romans do.
 His first essay for public attention was in the biogra phical sketch of himself for the Congressional Directory. The pub fishers of that interesting book of refer ence for the legislative branch of the Government usually accord to Congress men the privilege of putting into shape whatever they care to have appear about themselves in the volume. Baker is therein eminently his own Boswell. In quite soul-stirring fashion does he tell how he was converted from a raw and radical opponent to an enlightened and redeemed advocate of the single tax doc-
 
 and inspired the radical democracy of Brooklyn" for the immediate abolition of protection for the trusts, for raw ma- terials, for ultimate abandonment of all tariffs, for municipal and national owner ship of public utilities. for the initiative and the referendum; boasts that he was elected in spite of the ''rancorous opposi- ton of The Brooklyn Eagle" Baker was elected by plurality of 446 in a total vote of 36,024.
 He points with great pride to the fact that he was a member of the Resolutions Committee of the New York Democratic Convention, which declared for national acquirement and control of the anthracite coal mines. Mir. Bakers latest grab for notoriety. or as some Congressman and railroad men agree, Is provocation to the fool-slayer, consisted of a public refusal Of a railway pass. Another recent bizarre performance was a conspicuous decIina- ton to appoint cadet to Annapolis from his district. It is seriously believed that MT Baker Is not destined to be pleased