The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-05
HARD BLOW
 TO GORMAN Maryland Rises Above
 BOSSiSm. CONTEST IS REMARKABLE Machine Beaten by Printers Ink and 0rat0ry.
The New Senator We'll Equipped by Education, Training and Ability. Was Leading Counsel for
 Admiral schley.
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 The nomination by the Democratic cau- GUS of the Maryland Legislature of Isidor Rayner for United States Senator and his election today to succeed Louis E. Mo- Comas, is a subject of general comment at the Capitol.
 II ends a remarkable contest between Rayner, ex-Governor John Walter Smith. Representatives Miles and Jackson, and Bernard Carter, a Baltimore lawyer brought in at the last moment as a com promise candidate. It was at first ap- prehended that MT. German would be se- riously injured by the contest. He alone was regarded as responsible for thu tie- up of the Maryland Democrats through insistence upon the nominati n of his fa- vorite. It Is believed now that it was Senator German who at last settled the trouble. Realizing that to prolong the struggle meant mischief to the party. he used his influence for a conclusion, and 1t is said. absolved his friends, from any promises.
 Rayner was almost the unanimous choice of the Democrats of Baltimore from which the party in the State had most to hope. His nomination is now taken as an assurance that the electoral vote of Maryland will be given to the Democratic candidate for President, who- ever he may be.
 Career of Rayner.
 Isidor Rayner has had an eminently successful career as lawyer ever since he was graduated twenty-five years ago from the University of Virginia. He has served in both branches of the Lepisla- ture and three terms in Congress from a Baltimore district. He last attracted na- tional attention by his brilliant champion ship as counsel for Admiral Schley.
 AR-- a- At IS he entered the University of Vir- glnia. There until he was graduate4. he yVas distinguished in all his studies. He was. popular with students and faculty and was leading member of the Jeffer- son Society, which at the time embraced Senator John W. Daniel Henry W. Grady, Charles J. Faulkner and John s. Wise, and was chosen by the Society as the anniversary orator.
 The Baltimore Evening News has this today:
 '"The long and intense struggle at An napolis ended last night in the choice by the Democratic caucus of Isidor R 7yner as the party's nominee for United States Senator.
 Matter for Satisfaction.
 '"This outcome of the struggle presents many reasons for satisfaction. In the first place Mir. Rayner is a man qualified by his native powers. by his legal equip ment, and by his public experience to fill creditably the post of a Senator of the United States. In the second place his fight, whatever elements of doubtful qual- ity there may have been in it. was essen tially a fight of the individual az in t the machine and hls victory shows that there is in Maryland chance for oratory and printers ink to overcome manipula- ton and organization.
 'Without undertaking to unfathom the true inwardness of the developments at Annapolis, the one thing that stands forth beyond dispute is that MT. Rayners g success is a clear defeat for German. The part played by Rasin in the matter is thing of mystery, to which few besides The Old Man himself possess the key Whether he is entirely satisfied with tho result or not. it would be presumptuous for an outsider to say, but that Mir. Cor mans prestige has suffered severe blow can hardly be denied"