New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-29
POLITICS IN MARYLAND.
Action of Coming State Contentious
The Congress District Contests.

st,,cted % vote for him Maryland Republicans
have as yet no favorfte for Nice-Presldent. Ahe
four delegates-at-arge will probably De Oii'.U
States Senator Louis f. McComas stevenson a
williams who the candidate TOT 1oFeihoi
last year: Congressman William H Jackson OF 'ne
LIST district and General Felix Agnus. puohSh'i Vi
THE Baltimore American
The Democratic State Convention VIII be helu III
Baltimore on May q. Senator German VIII De III
complete control BY his orders the Delegation 20
the national convention VIII be unnstructed' anu
ready to support the candidate he faVors nc
delegates at-large will probably be eN-eToNeiHo,
John Walter Smith. Murray Nandiver' chdiI iiian %
the State committee and State Treasurer berhHI"
Carter and perhaps Senator German hiInseiI. III
case the Senator should decide TO be canoiua'e'
Mr. Carter who is a splendid orator. VIII pace HIS
name before the convention.
Maryland Democratic politics will be In aoeya"ce
until the national convention shall have selecteu "
noninca for President II the nominee Is hearst
BRYAN or some other Democrat with free siveF anu
some other fantastic views promulgated pS -
Democrats in the last two national campaigns tne
marty I'm this State will not bestr Itself as the
ers will be fully convinced OF DEFEAT peloIe '"eS
enter the fight. ,,
The fact has become apparent that Maryland
Democrats prefer gold Democrat as thelr hoiili1e
for President. If Senator German or Judge ram.
or a candidate committed to the gold stanuaIu -
selected there will be a lively Democratic oNi
raign in Maryland Another result VIII DC .i'a' ui'
field will be full OF candidates for Dem"cratic iio
I mr. Congress. II, on the OtHei A"iiN' -
nominee for President is not selected. Democratlc
,-,,cress nominations in the State Will go n-oes-
ging - ,. robr W
Robert Garrett. grandson OF the late Joii, '"
Garrett president OF the Baltimore ana Ohio nan
/ road Company young man prominent IN soeIe'E'
II. ,oe Republcan candidate in Baltimore
co,nty for the legislature last fall. VIII nave tne
Fenublicaa nomination for Congress IN the llu
district offered to him a. ,ecoo
Undismayed by the Democratic plurahty OF ~"
. last a
wilson BALLOT bill which does away with the party
designation on the ballot and creates an euuCa
,ional test for voters in number OF the oouh.es
where such a test will apparently inure 10 I,e
aa,,n,are Of the Democrats. the Republican lead
~, claim that Maryland will undoubtedly go IoF
President Roosevelt next fan
/ They base their claim mainly upon Democrauc
numbers in the last legislature. Among the great
oet Of ,bese they class the Poe disfranchislns
/ amendment and the passage OF the Wilson Ballot
bill mentioned above. Such radical legislation 'sy
assert was only TO be expected with an un"ie'us
/ Democratic majority. but they claim that II mas
aleuated a large portion OF the Independents NO'e
! which assisted the Democratic party last fall
/ The increase in the State tax rate, wh'ch was
raised from l. cents last year to 2Z12 Genus IoF
this year and 23ia cents for next year VIII ''e ~
/ publican leaders say. work TO their aoNar'ase'
/ Notwitnstanding that the increase vas made WITH
legitimate and perhaps praseworthy OBJECTS tley
say that it will be an unansweraoIe argument
when a Republican spellbinder haunts his tax OH
on he stump next fall ana OeCldlIlr. A~i9' s'''-
! my state tax was Il cents on 500 A Democratic
legislature increased IT TO 22s cents. and next year
81 will be higher still" This is expected to be
/ particularly convincing in the rural regions.
! CONGRESSMAN Jackson. in the Ist. and Pearre' IN
the With District il is claimed. are certain OF re-
nomination and reelection. About the llld. IN
and With districts the leaders are not 80 POSITIVE
and they are not Yet making any claims about mo
I'D which is the most strongly Democratic district
in the State. Heretofore the With District has been
even more strongly Republican but IL includes the
black belt which VIII be seriously affected hy the
[ DISTINGUISHING schemes.
Tn. reconciliation OF Mr. Mudd ana Mr.. Stone
tie Collector OF the Port Of Baltimore sergeant-at
! arms Of the coming national convention and the
leader Of the party in this city. is good sign tor
the Republican future. These two leaders are I'M
doubtedly the ablest generals In the Repubhcah
army and united make n strong team Mudd
saws he has had enough OF fighting IN the party
and now desires peace. With the Republican party
united he may need every vote he can poll not
withstanding his belief that every coored iliiteTate
in the district knows the name OF Mudd wher-
ever he sees f. and can readily distinguish IL
from the others even II It is sandwiched between
a Socialist and a Prohibitonist
There are probably number who can do TINS
but many one will be puzzled when he faces a
ballot the like OF which he never before saw.
Hundreds of Republican votes are bound to be
thrown out and unless the Congressman can seI
cure the support OF ] t Ito o Hence
It was advisable for him 10 make peace win inc
Ol.
Inconvenience in the city and III Prince George
Sow that terms Of peace are agreed upon, Mr..
Mudd IS assured OF denomination ana the hearty
support OF every organization Republican. In re-
turn for this the Congressman mas promised 70
Sontestants TO fight il out among themselves. The
epra1gsrnent si16 takes i'm the election Of Tom
/ Parran and former Congressman Blakeney as dis
% ads off If his BACK and an implied
from Congressman jackson that he will keep out
Congressman Wnchter does not Intend to make a
fight the city. At the same time Collector Stone
I has put sleep the half grown boom of ex-Gov.
/ ernor I.owndes. who had been slated for national
c9mntteem9n ana ba +i iUp b bl "n ~
pieces because OF Mudd's alliance and left Stona
M ste 9i ne 10 s s f
The Congress contest in the city in the fall VIII
surrender until he is down and out. and the man
who ticks him will know that he has been In
from n party standpoint, would be for Stone and
in the city for if they continue fighting the chances
the winner will cut the loser at the general
election and both go down to defeat. Mr. Wachter
appears determined to battle to a finish regardless
OF the consequences. and. as he uses sedgeham-
are apt to leave scars II they do not kill. lie
made a winning fight once before under adverse
circumstances. and believes he can repeat the per
Torrance
who then supported the Congressman with
so FAR as the Congress nominations this fall arc
concerned the Democratic leaders In either the city
state seem TO be giving them but little attention
although the districts hopeful candidates
are grooming themselves
ful that the Wilson Election bill and the Gormar
Registration bill passed by the legislature esca PEE
measures been turned down the managers say
, they might as well have closed up shop and gone
[ home.
: The vital nature OF the Registration BILL which
provides for biennial registration and continues tn
present registrati hooks until 1906 is illustrate,
in the Third Ward This is the ward controlled b!
he an