Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-19
TO OPEN THE CAMPAIGN
MARYLAND REPUBLICANS WILL
HOLD GRAND RALLY
al baltimore Tomorrow Evening
senator Fairbanks to Speak-Pros-
poets for Party's Success Bright

'ieciai correspondence of The Evening Star
| BALTIMORE, September 10, 1904.
Inc FORMAL opening of the republican ns-
.ioiiai campaign in Maryland will take place
mere tomorrow night. A grand rally will h,
heid at Music Hall. at which Senator Charles
w. FAIRBANKS. the vice presidential nomi-
"ee' VIII oelver an address. Other distin-
guished speakers include Senator Paul Dill
bingham of Vermont and Senator Louis T.
McComas. who will preside at the meeting.
special committee will leave here to-
morrow morning at $40 o'clock for VIII
mington. Del. to escort him to Baltimore
The party will arrive here at 12:3a nm
and VIII be met at Union Station by State
Chairman John b. Hanna and Collector or
the Port William F. Stone The senator
VIII De escorted to the Hotel Rennert
where a suite of rooms has been engaged
for him. and after luncheon he Will rest
until p.m., when he will be escorted to thu
parlor on the second floor of the hotel
| where he will hold an informal reception
until O'clock
After the reception the senator will rest
until dinner. and at T:30 O'Clock will be
driven to the Music Hall, where he will fire
the first big gun of the campaign in Mary
i land.
Prospects of Republican Success.
Republicans of the state and city are
each day growing stronger in their belief
that Roosevelt and Fairbanks will carry
Maryland. State Chairman Hanna's conf
Dental reports from the members of the
state central committee are encouraging
and. gratifying reports are being received
in regard to the expressions of opinion
from disaffected democrats
The republican leaders assert that there
is every indication that there is a large
number of democrats in the state who.
after the first flush of the effect of the
Parker gold telegram faded, have come to
realize that there is little back of a candi-
date whose sympathies are not in accord
with the platform upon which he was
nominated and whose association and close
adherence to the Bryan doctrines in the
past have been SO pronounced.
Disposition Of Campaign Matter.
The republican campaign committee Is
receiving great quantities of literature
daily, and is disposing of 1t as fast as it
can be reshipped to the members of the
committee throughout the state.
consignment of $1,000 national cam
paign buttons is expected at headquarters
this week. These buttons. which bear ex-
cellent portraits of President Roosevelt
and Senator Fairbanks. are works of art
The portraits surrounded by scrolls.
and are separated by Old Glory. which
falls in graceful folds to the bottom of the
button.
Another novel campaign souvenir Is a
shield made of the stars and stripes in the
center of which is bas reiief bust or
President Roosevelt. Piercing the shield
is a large red rose, which can be worn as
a boutoniere. There has been much de-
nand for campaign emblems from the
counties Chairman Hanna Will endeavor
to accommodate all who make requests for
the embiemS.
Representative Wachter. who will be re-
nominated in the third district convention
tonight says he will attend the gathering
and deliver an add ess to his constituents.
The convention will be held at O'clock
in the Bijou Theater. and promises TO be
one of the most enthusiastic In the hissory
of the third district.
Committees at Work.
The city and state democratic committees
have settled down to work in real earnest
and assert that all the wards IN the city
and the counties in the state are In excel
lent shape for an active campaign The
democratic managers are claiming the state
by ma torities ranging from 10000 to 10000.
Their main hope Of success is based upon
tie race issue which they will play up to
tie full capacity not only for the needs OF
tire present campaign, but also for the needs
o. the campaign next year. when they VIII
lcck horns with Gov. Warfield in an effort
to secure the adoption Of the constitutional
amendment then to be voted upon. and by
which, II adopted, they hope to bring about
the disfrenehisement of at least % per cent
Of the colored voters Of the state
Registration Offices Opened.
The registration offices throughout the
city will be open tomorrow for the first
time this fall. The sttings of the regis
trars will be for the enrolment Of new
voters and for the issuance OF transfers.
There will not be another general registra-
ton until the fall of 1906.
Unless the law is repealed there win be
a general registration every two years after
1896. Voters whose names are now on the
registration lists and who have not changed
residence since the last election will not be
required to register this fall. Those who
have changed their places of abode may
receive transfers by applying to the regis
tration officers Of their former precincts.