Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-10
RALLY AT BALTIMORE
THE DEMOCRATS WILL HOLD A
BIG MEETING TONIGHT.
special Correspondents of The Evening Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE October 10, 1904
| The first big gun Of the democratic pres.
| tdential campaign In this state will fire
here tonight at the Lyric. The speakers
| will include Mr.. Henry G. Davis, Senator
John W. Daniel Of Viryinia. former Senator
D. B. Hill of New York and former Gov.
| ernor William Pinkney Whyte Of Mary.
| land. Senator A. P. German will preside
From spectacular point Of view the
| meeting will surpass anything of a polit-
| ical character heretofore attempted in this
| city. Red fire. bands, torehlight process
| sions and trolley cars bearing illuminat ted
| transparencies will be used to whoop up
| enthusiasm, and all indications point to a
record-breaking crowd
Democrats Supremacy Confident.
The democrats still retain their supreme
| confidence that the state will go for Parker
and Davis and that they will also elect q
| majority of the congressional delegation.
AS Chairman Murray Vandiver of the state
central committee put 1t today: There Is
absolutely no doubt as to the result next
November; it is only question as to how
great the democratic majority will be-
Chairman John B. Hanna of the repub-
ican state central committee expresses
every confidence Of the success of Roose-
welt and Fairbanks in this state, along
with full congressional delegation Tue
leaders pin great faith in the fact that
Maryland in the past two presidential cleo
tons has given good republican pluralities
and claim that conditions being the same
the state will again be found in the repub.
lican column.
Nominations for Congress.
Both parties have made their nominations
for Congress In all the districts. They are;
First district-Wiliiam H. Jackson, repub.
Hcan; Thomas A. Smith, democrat Sec
ond district-Robert Garrett, republican,:
j. F. c. Talbot. democrat Third district
Frank c. Wachter. republican; Lee 8.
Meyer democrat. Fourth distrfct-WiIiam
c. Smith. republican; John GILL democrat.
Fifth district-Sydney E. Mudd, republican,:
Richard 8. Hill. democrat. Sixth district
George A. Pearre, republican: Walter 8.
Johnston. democrat
While keen political observers incline to
the belief that Maryland's electoral vote
Will go to Parker and Davis, solely on ac-
count of the race issue, they are all at sea
as to the probable result In the congress
sional districts.
Republican Chances.
Looking at the situation today from a
purely unbiased viewpoint. and eliminating
the race issue. 1t seems most likely that
the republicans will carry the first third.
fifth and sixth districts. and the democrats
the second and fourth districts.
In 1900 Mr.. Jackson carried the first dis
trict by 1,541 majority, while Mr.. Mckinley
only received CAT majority.
The second district gave Mr.. Mckinley
1. 100 majority, while Mr.. Blakeney, the re-
publican candidate for Congress only SEE
cured 800 ma jority. Since that time the dis
trict has been serrymandered so that 1t Is
safely democratic, unless a landslide should
happen.
The third district Is safely republican and
it is only a question of the size of Mr..
Wachter's majority.
In the fourth district figures count for
little, the independent vote holding The re.
suit In the balance. Four years ago Mr..
Mndd carried the fifth district py $3.50 na-
jority.
srhe sixth district in 1900 gave Mr.. Nc
Kinley 26z1 majority, while Mr.. Pcarre had
majority OF $780,