Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-10-22

President Roosevelts interest in
Maryland politics is one of several
circumstances which have made
the campaign in that state OF nat
ional Importance, hardly second to
that OF the contest in Ohio. For
some time there has been bitter
factional struggle among the Mary
land republicans, between the fol-
overs of Senator McComas and
Representative Mudd who quarrel
ed over federal patronage. Many
of the republicans are determined
that Senator MeComas shall not be
reelected and this lack of harmony
is liable to be of service to the
democrats. The leaders of both
factions have had frequent inter
views with the President and this
gave rise to rumors that he favored
first one and then the other faction.
He has now made it plain that his
interest in the campaign is merely
party one and that he is neither
for nor against any of the republi-
can candidates. He has appealed
to the leaders to put aside their
factional differences and unite to
defeat the democrats. 1t is not
known just what effect the Presi-
dents attempts at harmonizing the
party will have but they have much
ANNOYED Senator German who
publically criticises President
Roosevelt for interference in the
state campaign. Mr.. Germans
criticisms may be good politics,
but they are not very just as there
are plenty of precedents for the
presidents interference in the state
politics in the interest of the party.
1t might also be said that the
Senator from Maryland is himself
interfering in the New York cam
paign, as he is now in that city
aiding Tammany. He is one of
the most probable candidates for
the democratic nomination for
president and many republicans
feel that he is the strongest man
the democrats can put up. His
chances for the nomination are
supposed to be in direct proportion
to the democratic success in his
state and this is another circum-
stance which makes the Maryland
campaign of Importance. In adj
dition, the race question which has
been made the issue of the cam
paign, is of speciol Importance to
President Roosevelt, as he has
done much to make it factor in
present politics. He no doubt
feels that a republican victory in
Maryland would serve as an in
dorsement of attitude toward the
negro, and as the state has south
ern sympathies, such an indorse-
ment would have special weight
with the Presidents northern and
western critics of his negro policy.
Therefore a republican victory in
Maryland would give the President
prestige as party harmoniser,
would be partial Endorsement
of his attitude toward the negro,
and would lessen the power of Sen
ator German as a possible compet-
itor in the presidential campaign.
Senator Hansbrough is prepar-
ing bill along the general lines
recommended by the President in
his message to the last session of
the Fifty-seventh Congress. This
measure provides that the desert
land act shall be so amended as to
prevent the assignment of the en-
trymen's right before the expira-
tion of the three years from the
time of entry. Speaking on the
subject of land law revision, the
Senator said recently, "The facts
do not warrant complete reversal
of the existing land laws, although
the notifications which have in
corporated in my bill / regard as
most important. People who have
lived in the West, who have
watched the struggles of the poor
but energetic settlers in that