The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-03-05
Special Correspondence Baltimore County Onion
LETTER FROM ANNAPOLIS.
STATE HOUSE, ANNAPOLIS. Nd.
March 1. 1904.

LETTER FROM ANNAPOLIS.
STATE HOUSE, ANNAPOLIS. Nd,
March !, 1904.
The general political situation for the State,
gagged Of course to best advantage at this time
from Annapolis, has hardly been of sufficient
importance, in the light of other events. for
general discussion during the past few weeksor
a month. Due to the big Baltimore fire crowd
ing fast upon the heels of Mr.. Rayner's election
to the Senate, and the Governors appointments
following fast upon the heels of the fire, and
until both of which Interruptions were lost
sight of, the general situation as before men
toned, has not occupied sufficient prominence
to have been yet taken into full consideration.
Now, however, the distractions have sunk with
the rest to the level of the ordinary, and the
future once more claims its share of attention.
In Baltimore on Saturday-there may have
been more than this one-there was some sort
Of conference at the Hotel Belvedere. gath
ering of the Rayner clans. John Gill. the
Senator-elect's leader In the upper house at
Annapolis; Bobby Wells, one of the Senator
elects most outspoken adherents In the House
throughout his entire fight; Hope Barroli, the
Senator-elect's leader on the Eastern Shore and
how many others your correspondent Is unable
to state positively, were there avowedly to see
the new Senator. And the new Senator was
there to see them.
Now what this conference, held in Baltimore.
resulted In on Saturday, or whether it resulted
in anything or not it is impossible to say, but
this much is fact, and while to those who ex-
pect Mr.. Rayner to make the nominating speech
for Mr.. German at the Presidential convention
this year in St. Louis, it may come as surprise,
out of the $500 kilograms and letters of con-
graduation received by Mr.. Rayner at the time
of his election, not one has he yet found from
Senator Arthur Pue German, whose colleague
he Is soon to be.
-..~ -x.sur-s se,ar from mr. mcCUmas. And nearly
everyone else in Maryland Of any prominence,
in person. by wire or by mail, congratulated the
Senator-elect, but no such thing did Mr.. German
do, nor, more than probably, will he. Mr.. Cor
man never wanted Mr.. Rayner, and he has not
recovered yet from the resentment which the
election aroused in him.
Hence it is plain that amicable relations be-
tween these two distinguished sons of Mary
land are certainly not too positive, and hence it
is also more than plain that the reverse is more
apt to prevail. But on the other hand, and
queer as it may seem in view of the above,
fight between them for control is not yet by
any means announced. In fact after the cleo
ton of the delegates to the national conven-
ton peace is more likely to prevail than war;
Most people, and especially those who know
anything of Senator Germans plans, intentions
and hopes-if anyone can be said to know any
thing of these things assert that Maryland's
Democratic chief for a quarter of a century
(the wiseacres who state the opposite to the
contrary will make one more throw for the
Presidential nomination prize this year. which
they say he wants and, failing in that will serve
ont fa ofx.v oar forr In "a with
paratively little attention to affairs at home.
But. and here is the point, if Mr.. Rayner and
his friends are dead anxious to lead-if they are
overcome with a desire to rule-why little or no
opposition will they have in securing the OPP
portunity. This may not be Senator Germans
intention at all, it must be understood, for he
himself has not subscribed to it positively SO
far as the writer knows, but the general ex-
pressions of his wheel horses and the men who
have been his organization for from 20 to 80
years, is one of utter WEAKNESS with the whole
business, supplemented by desire on the part
of the older ones at least to retire from the tur
moil and leave it entirely to the younger men,
most anxious as they have been for some time
to carry on the work.
The old crowd with few exceptions have spent
great deal of money on tho game, many of
| -4lA-.-.,ore rnan they ever made out of it, and
realizing as they do now at this late day, that
the Senator, the man for whom they have done
their all, is tired of it, is losing his interest in
the abusive play and wishes to Withdraw en-
tirely from it, as soon as possible but without a
resignation, are certainly entertaining an entire
willingness to do the same. If Mr.. German is
tired of it so are they, and some of them are
Disguised to boot. 1t need surprise none If the
indications reported here turn out to be fore
runners.
The Shoemaker road bill, introduced by Mr..
Hill, on Tuesday was favoraly reported by the
Ways and Means Committee with an amend
ment making it take effect from January /, 1905,
instead. of from the date of its nassa 9e srha
DR.. Everhart on Friday introduced bill
changing the line between the lst and Sd cleo
'tion districts giving part of the Sd to the 1st.
Mr.. Jockeys joint resolutions urging Mary
lands representatives in Congress to vote for
the Brownlow road bill, but the original reso-
buttons, rewritten so as to eliminate the title,
"Brownlow," which is the name of Republi-
can, passed the House on Tuesday.
DR.. Everhart has introduced a bill in the
House which provides for the dissolution and
distribution of the assets of the maryland Ag
ricultural and Mechanical Association.
The bill introduced in the Senate to build a
school house at Arcadia has passed that body.
Mr.. Benson has introduced bill in the House
to amend the laws regulating the granting of
franchises to use streets and roads in Baltimore
county.
The bill to incorporate the Towson Electric
Light Company amended by the committee,w was
reported favorably on Tuesday morning by the
Corporations Committee, the amendment con-
filming operations entirely to Baltimore county.
The incorporators are William A.. Slade, James
Rittenhouse, John f. Everhart, William Diet
rich, Baltimore county; Michael ]. Fitzsm-
mons and Edwin L. Ward, Baltimore city.
Mr.. Carroll, of Hartford county, on Friday
morning introduced in the House a bill to ex-
tend the time for racing, pool selling or book
making in the counties of Baltimore and Har-
ford from thirty days, as it is at present, to
fifty consecutive days. This is an 'od soldier.''
and will doubtless draw the church people of
Baltimore and Hartford in train loads to kill it.
At present it is snugly ensconced in Mr.. Car
rolls desk, not yet having been reported.
Senator Biddison's bill for the emasculation
of the county police law has not been heard
from lately. The BILL it is said is resting at this
time in the hands of the delegation which seems
to be in somewhat of snarl over it. w.