New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-12

both the Republican and Democratic parues ~
the present State campaign. Congressman w n
Jackson OF the Ist District, the Eastern ohoIe'
will be a candidate against Senator Louis T. NC.
Comas should the Republicans secure controI Oh
the next legislature. congressman Mudd and Wach-
ter are friendly to Congressman Jackson and tney
will do all in their power to defeas the re-eiecuop
OF McComas and down him the leader OF
the party. Former Postmaster General James A
Gary and Former Governor Lloyd Lowndes wouic
also like to zee McComas beaten, and would no
eoubt like to enter the themselves Mr. Nc
Comas has not obtruded his candidacy Tor re-
election as Senator into the campaign and even
requested the State convention not to indorse him
for reelection On the contrary. the Senator mas
been exerting every effort to get all the factions
together. urging item to work for the state TICKET
and elect IT, to put Maryland in the Re
publican column for President Roosevelt next
year.
Congressman wachter and his friends in this
city, however, are almost irreconcilable. They
blame Senator McComas and William f. Stone.
Collector of the Port, for Wachter's defeat for
Mayor the election last May. Wachter beat
the Republican organization candidate for the
nomination in the primaries and he and his
friends blamed his defeat by only 400 votes to the
lukewarmness OF the McComas-Stone people. Sen
ator McComas and the other organization leaders
declare that they did their best for the ticket.
but the ranking In the hearts of the Wachterites
is hard to heal
On the Democratic side the campaign opened
smoothly. but the Senatorial contest also threat
ems to split their party and arouse the old indie
penderts into another anti-Gorman fight Two
years ago Senator German had Governor Smith
call extra session of the Legislature to pass an
election law designed to disfranchise the negroes
by means of complicated ballot which an Hit
crate could not mark intelligently. This helped
German get control Of the legislature and secured
his election as United Senator. 1t is said that he
then promised Governor Smith that If the Demo-
Gratis carried the State this year the Governor
should be made Senator TO succeed Senator Nc
Comas. Just before the State convention German.
Smith & Co.'S little scheme received a shock by
the announcement Of Former Governor Elihu E.
Jackson. of the Eastern Shore brother Of Con-
gresham Jackson. that he was a candidate for
Senator.
Right after the convention another bomb
dropped into the German camp by the declaration
OF Isidor Rayner that he g candidate Ray
ner is Attorney General of the State IN the Smith
administration. but the brilliant lawyer who de-
fende Admiral Schley before the Court of Inquiry
is friend Of German the other bosses OF the
machine He feels that they have tried 20 crush
his political ambitions. and he would like to get
even. German would rather have any Democrat
as his colleague In the Senate than Rayner. He
fears that the man who now bears a national
reputation lawyer might win similar renown
a statesman and take away his prestige.
few days after Rayners declaration Of his
candidacy John P. Poe. former Attorney General
Of the State. came out a candidate-the fourth
in the race.
Rayner considers Poe's candidacy a blufT
the part OF German and the organization to kill
off his candidacy. Poe is one OF Germans closest
friends and most trusted lieutenants. Rayner de-
clares that tricks and devices OF this sort in
stead of paving the way for Democratic victory.
create dissensions and discord"
1.-THE candidacy of the attorney of the State
Central Committee continues Rayner is dis
tinctly in favor of Governor Smith. and 1 shall
therefore not allude to IT during the be-
cause I want the direct contest between Governor
Smith and myself TO be the direct issue OF Balti-
more City. and il shall be the issue If possess
the power to make II So"
An effort Is being made to stir up the indie
pendents against Senator German and Free"
Rasn. the Democratic boss of Baltimore City.
and 1t is believed in some quarters that Rayner's
friends are doing II.
While these fighting their battle for
Senator the State campaign is growing hot on
the race question. The Democrats have raised
the issue and the Republicans have met II and
revived the old ssue-the Gorman-R asin machine.
German had hoped to keep his out of the
campaign. He did not want to be made an issue
for fear It would hurt his chance to figure in
the fight for the nomination for President next
year. He did not attend the State conveu-
ton that nominated his old friend and trusty
lieutenant Edwin Warfeld. for Governor, and he
would not permit that body to indorse him. as
MANY Of the county conventions had done. for
the Presidential nomination But his old enemies.
the Independents. are trying TO drag him in
issue again, and with the Republicans blame him
for the raising Of the cry or negro domlnauon'i
and the race issue
Stevenson williams, the Republican candidate for
Governor, and one Of the ablest lawyers In the
State IN q statement this 'bugaboo'' issue
shows US the trick of the Democratic machine
He says:
These Democratic leaders have enough to
know that they cannot always win on broken
pledges with their distorted Ideas OF political moral
ity They know that they must have so-called
principles with which to hoodwnk the people, !
Their plea is negro domination They play on race
prejudice. We all know prejudice exists But
this alleged fear OF negro domination is only a
campaign dodge. There are four whites one
negro in Maryland. and white man can put
fears the negro Win ever Donnie tbt st ta' ne
there white man in the State who wants negro
it? If so. have never met or heard of one.
and our opponents know that this cry Is put for
Furthermore this oligarchy asserts that the |
negI9 uofs Fem mas Yote n od say the negros
in 1895 could never have swept the oIiesrch, ont
goe ON ey me Nssfo SsP But the oil
vent an lnaglnsrg Ganger proposes to pass laws
need such laws. While the United States sUre Toe
Court decisions are that each State can pass fran
held that each State must be a Judge OF It's owns S
bSma IS not necessarily good for MarPIap ana Ala
The election law question is the great question
discussion Of 1T. though do not believe we VIII
bat we will go down struggling to the end for
when the people Of Maryland understand ,b,.
the oiigarchy. when they understand It's promises
GG OF g02d made e use wsaa 6 more Than
stand the utter faisy Of the Democra lie nosifion
the pueTe cry OF nsro domination ea ,se and
rise In their might. and the result In Novemher
will be sweeping victory for tho Republican
party"