Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-29
NOVEMBER ELECTIONS
.
May Influence Democratic
Nomination Next Year.
BRYANITES RESOLVE
NO MAN SHALL BE NOMINATED
WHO LEFT THEM IN 1895.
Interest Centers in States of Ohio and
Maryland and New York City as
to Municipal Contest.

The real interest from a national point Of
view in the coming November elections
comes from the light they may throw on
the democratic nomination puzzle. Not in
years has the task Of discovering been SO
| severe. and especially is this true IL a sec
ond campaign is to be taken into account
The Bryanites seem determined that no
man who left them in 1895 shall receive
the presidential nomination. Their VIC
tories Of the last week show that they
are still In control of large part of the
democratic field.
They never weary of pointing to the fact
that six and a half million voters followed
Bryan. while only a few thousand sup
ported Palmer and Buckner. asserting that
the dog will not be wagged by the tail.
This is illogical, since a very large per-
centage Of the membership of either party.
! democratic or republican, will vote the
| party ticket wha tever happens 1t does not
| lie in the power of convention or a tide
of public sentiment to devise anything
which 80 per cent of good party men will
not readily swallow, even though they do
so with disgust
The six and half million democrats who
voted Tor Bryan did so largely because 1t
was their habit to support the party ticket
No doubt major part of the real intelli-
gence and leadership of the party either
voted for Palmer or for Mckinley, but this
the Bryanite people can never be made to
see and they are determined that the first
qualification of next years candidate shall
be that he actually voted for Bryan. This
requirement is almost a mania with the
Bryanites of the west.
Majority Vote Party Ticket.
While the number of voters at the polls
who would be driven away from the demo-
cratic ticket by dsregardng this Bryanite
requirement is probably small, parties do
not like to map out nominations with the
expectation of driving away anybody The
two-thirdS rule of democratic conventions
also aids the Bryanites in checking any
complete reorganization.
AT present democratic leaders of both
gold and silver wings are hoping to find
some available candidate among those per-
sons who actually voted for Bryan This
considerauon is what excludes George Gray
OF delaware whose name has been attract
ing considerable attention; 1t tells against
many other strong men. Mr.. German ana
Mr.. Oiney represent an attitude toward
Bryan which is about as far from the
Bryan camp as the party would appar-
entity dare to go. German voted for Bryan
Doth times, but with reluctance while Mr.
Oiney voted for him the second time and
did not vote at all the first.
1t Is possible that the autumn elections
VIII prlng ABOUT democratic victory some-
where whose hero may be hurriedIy
where are democratic victories to be ex.
pected7
This is In political parlance an Off year.
considerable significance. however, always
attaches to the elections preceding the pres
idential because of their value as tide
markers. In several states lively political
contests are already In progress
Importance of Ohio.
Ohio will be the scene of the most i'm
portant state election and New York city
the most important municipal Not only is
state ticket to be elected in Ohio but the
seat in the United States Senate now occu-
pied by Mr.. Hanna Is at stake. He will
be candidate for reelection. The legisla-
ture chosen next November will name his
successor. If he is to have one. The demo-
Gratis appear encouraged to believe that
they have chance to elect legislature,
and for several weeks past rumors have
been current In Ohio that Senator Hanna
was concerned over his reelection or
course, old politicians know that little bit
OF a scare, thrown into the boys" as they
say In Ohio, proves most useful. Campaign
FUNDS have to be procured and the best
way to get them Is to alarm the faithful
In point of fact, according to trustworthy
advices received here. nothing in the Ohio
situation warrants the fear that the re-
publican party stands any danger of de-
feat. Mr.. Tom L. Johnson has conducted
a campaign directed mainly against cor
porate interests Ohio Is q conserya tive
state. He has been associated with free
silver, Is an vowed free trader and would
make his followers believe in nearly free
railroads The people Of Ohio are prosper
Gus; the farmers have good crops and most
Of them believe their prosperity due to the
business principles of the republican party.
Mr.. Johnson's agitation seems too much
like Organism over again to make a sue.
cessful appeal His minority will do some
thing to settle his status as q presidential
possibility. His election would give his
candidacy great strength, but this is an
extremely remote contingency.
Contest in Maryland.
Another state with an important election
is Maryland. A governor is to be chosen
and legislature to choose successor to
Senator McComas. Maryland is one of the
border states where the tide Of political
fortune GIBBS and flows. Mr. German is a
national figure. Today he dominates with
out question. democratic politics In the
state. But on national issues he has not
been able to swing the state There are
two sections in Maryland, the eastern
shore. which is an agricultural region
controlled by old aristocratic notions
Of family and birth. and the western sec
ton. which is largely industrial In the
last five years that region has been filing
who have gone in to develop its iron, petro-
leum and lumber resources. To these Mr..
McComas is appealing; he points to the
Dingley tariff the handmaiden OF pros
perity. The state will be very close. with
chances favoring the democrats. Their Sue
cess is Indispensable to Mr.. Germans can
didacy.
1t is unlikely that the municipal election
in New York will have any bearing on the
presidential situation. Were a successful
democratic candidate for the mayoralty to
be taken up by a national convention for
the presidency. before he had really been
tried at home. the party would make an ac-
acknowledgement of its desperate straits
such as no organization likes to yield to.
Besides. the friction between the Hill or
ganization, in control up the state, and the
Tammany organization. where the demo-
cratic votes lie is such as to offer no as
surance that a successful democratic can
didate in the city would carry the state In
a presidential contest. Such an assurance
is the only excuse for nominating New
Yorker.
Nothing Doing in the West.
In the great northwest there are no
campaigns of Importance. In Wisconsin
there il great political activity at this time.
but the results win be manifested ysaa