Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-19
Latest i ,iIR q in Maryland
Senatorial Fight.
SIGNIFICANT VOTE
GREAT CROWD AT ANNAPOLIS
STATE HOUSE.
Bitter Charges of Treachery Against
ea1 Senator German by Ex-Gover-
nor Smiths Friends.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
STATE HOUSE, Annapolis, Nd, January
19.-The general assembly failed to elect
senator today to succeed Mr.. Louis e. Nc
Comas, no candidate having received ma
jority OF the votes cast. The vote was as
follows: Raynor,. IS; Smith, %: Jackson. 8;
Miles, 4: Carter, 8; McComas, 80; Hender-
son, 2; Warfield, 2. Necessary to choice. Co.
= The contest has reached the red-hot stage
and the fight made by Senator German and
Mr.. I. Freeman Rasin to control the cleo
ton threatens to disrupt the democratic
party. All sorts of accusations of treach-
cry and double dealing are being made by
Ex-Governor Smith and his friends against
Mr.. German, who was counted upon to aid
the ex-governor in his fight These people
claim that Mr.. German was elected two
years ago as a result of the extra session
of 1901, which was called by Governor
Smith, and which passed the election bill
which resulted In DISTINGUISHING enough re-
publcans to enable Mr. German to win two
years ago. ID
No Election Expected Before Thursday.
The best judges of the situation do not be-
lseve that senator will be elected before
Thursday or Friday. Senator German and
Mr. Rasin are said to be determined to force
the election of Mr.. Bernard Carter, and the
indications are that they will have a hard
fight to gain their point. Every effort Is
being made to whip men into line for Mr..
Carter.
The state house Is crowded with bosses
and politicians from every section of the
state Mr.. Rasin has taken personal charge
of the fight and from the speakers room in
the state house is directing affairs with
al rixt1l IIa hug until n i'm nf.tv
his old leutenants but several Baltimore
detectives are here to keep him informed as
to what is going
The state house is crowded with people
from every section of Maryland, and more
interest is taken in the contest than in any
senatorial election held here since the war.
The sentiment of the crowd seems to be
stronly in favor Of Mr.. Rayner. every
vote In his favor being greeted with loud
cheers. After the announcement of the
vote both houses adjourned to Wednesday
noon, when another vote will be taken.
Runor as to Warfeld
A persistent report is current here that
Gov. Edwin Warfleld will be finally elected
United States senator. and a significant fact
in support of the report is that Arthur P.
German. jr.. of the state senate and Dele
gate Gill OF Howard county both voted for
Mr.. Warffeld for senator at today's session.
In case Mr.. Warfield should be made sem
ator. President Spencer c. Jones of the
state senate would become governor.
Delegates Amiss and Landsdafe of Mont
gomery county voted for Judge James B.
Henderson for senator. These were all the
votes Judge Henderson received.
Caucus Last Night.
Last night democratic caucus was held
at Annapolis pursuant to published call
and adjourned without taking vote on the
senatorship.a It Is claimed that Mr.. Ray
ners friends haze been contending all along
for an open vote and a fair field, and they
regard the action of the caucus as a partial
victory for him. The motion for an ad-
journment was carried by vote of 50 to
30, the supporters of Messrs. Rayner, Smith
and Jackson voting together. The vote Tor
an adjournment came as a surprise to the
Carter people, Notwithstanding the mem
bers of the caucus had known it would be
resorted to If any attempt were made to
stampede the caucus for Carter. -
Senator Moore. in making the motion to
adjourn the caucus, declared that he did
so because of the evident desire of the
people of the entire state to know how
their representatives voted upon the sena-
torship, and that the best place for that
declar a ton was in the members respective
chamber and by viva voce vote
Governor Smiths supporters are out
spoken in their denunciatiOn of what they
regard a. cold-blooded breach of good faith
on the part of Senator German and his
friends. However, Governor Smith still
implicitly believes Senator German is his
friend. He maintains that he Is in the fight
to stay until the finish. Many of his friends
declare that the fight will not end with the
election.
Views Of the Wiseacres.
There are some of the wiseacres who de-
clare that the induction of Mr. Carter into
the contest at the eleventh hour looks very