The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-06-25
TICKET FIXED BY GORMAN
A Regular Democrat Believes That
1t Will Be Broken.
WORK OF PARTY MACHINE
Democrat who Knows Says 1t Is Smith
and Warfield-This Combination Is Not
Agreeable to Mr.. Rasin-Attitude of ex-
Governor Brown.

A regular democrat who speaks
from the book" and who knows all
the inside workings of the party ma
chine, has given a statement as to the
political situation in the democratic
party. These are his words.
Senator German nearly three years
ago fixed the ticket that the democrat
ic party must vote for at the next
State election-John Walter Smith
for United States Senator and War
field for Governor. Warfield is closer
to German than any man in the State.
German promised him the Governor
ship and every henchman of German
in almost every county in the State is
for Warfield. German declared that
Warfield was his choice before leaving
for Europe, and his son-in-law whom
he is now visiting in Londan has $40,
900 year sinecure under Mr.. War
fields company, the Fidelity and De-
post Company of Maryland, and
wherever you go in the counties the
word has gone fourth, German is for
Warfield.' German also made a bad
bargain with John Walter Smith, that
in return for the call of the extra ses-
sion which sent German to the Senate.
Smith was to go to Senate of the Unit
ed States, and every follower of Mr..
Germans in every county of the State
has been ordered to send unpledged
delegates to the Legislature who will
all be for Smith. This is the combi-
nation-Gorman, Smith and Warfield.
1.-THE candidacy of Spencer G. Jones
is a fable. Jones will do whatever
German wants him to do as soon as
German returns. Jones will get
number of votes in the convention
and then will retire under a contract
with German to give him the next
term. This arrangement provides for
Germans friends keeps up the East
ern Shore succession, and retains
German in the United States Senate.
''This combination is not agreeable
to Mr.. Rasin; he does not believe that
Warfield is a strong candidate, and
he is firmly convinced that Smith will
carry the ticket down in Baltimore,
and that he (Rasin) cannot save it.
Rasin would be willing to break the
combination, if German would yield,
but German will never yield, and Ra-
sin always yields to German. Rasin
will thus have the blunt of the fight
on this fixed ticket, and on this ugly
contract, and Rasin feels that it is
fight that cannot be made successfully
in Baltimore city, but Rasin knows
that he has only % votes in the Cover
nor's convention, and no more than
81 votes in the joint convention for
United States Senator, and German
can over-power him in both conven-
tions.
"This is the fight of 1895 over again,
and unless a change occurs, this slate
has a poor Glance of succeeding.
Smith alone will cause this slate to
be smashed in Baltimore city. A
mere suspicion that he is to be the
next United States Sena Sor from
Maryland will bury the party in Bal
timore city. The people here will
simply not have him, and German can
not see the storm coming. Rasin does,
and wants to avoid it, because he al
ways respects public opiuion in Balti-
more city.
Governor Brown, v 40 is politi-
clan, has declared his antagonism to
the State ring. Politicians all through
the city are whispering that the ticket
is gone. Isidor Rayner, who has the
people at heart with him, could ap.
peal to them and break the slate. The
Independent democratic voters of Bal
timore can easily destroy the combi-
nation. On the other hand, there are
political allies of German and Smith
who would rather see the slate smash
ed at the polls bv the republican party
than have it smashed at the demo-
cratic primaries. In fact, they feel
rather than let Brown exercise any
influence in the party, or Rayner go
to the Seate, where he belongs, or the
independent democrats have any
show, that the whole ticket better go
down. Their cry is that German and
Smith had better be beaten outside
of the party than inside, so as to keep
them in control of the organization,
Now, you have got the situation
today. 1t looks black and ugly for
the democratic party. Will any demo-
GRAFT who is not on the slate come to
the front2 That is a question that l
cannot answer. 1t looks very much
like it, however, and it looks very
much to Inc as il the State ring has