Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-19
BALTIMORE PRIMARIES
THE RASIN MACHINE SUFFERED
HEAVILY.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md. September 19.-The
Rasin machine suffered heavy defeat in the
primaries held here yesterday. The great
surprise of the day was the defeat of Isaac
Lobe Straus by ]. Charles Linthicum In the
third legislative district. Straus was backed
by the regular democratic city organization
and all the influence of the city boss was
exerted in his behalf. Linthicum. on the
other hand, was backed by the Warfield
wing of the party. and the result. there
fore, has caused much speculation among
the politicians.
Linthicum's majority was 257, and the
opponents of the Rasin machine are assert
Ing that this shows plainly that the "Old
Man" Is losing his grip in the city. They
also point to the fact that Linthicum's ma
tority in the eleventh ward, where Rasin
votes, was 223. In this ward William u.
feated for the house of delegates by VIII
liam NJ. Maloy. Rayner also had the sup
port Of the organization.
In the thirteenth ward John v. L. Muir
ply, anti-organiZation candidate for the
house. won out by majority Of IA after
one of the hottest fights on record.
Horace 8. Whitman, anti-organization.
defeated the Rasin candidate in the flf-
teenth ward by majority of % votes.
In the contests for executives the organi-
cation suffered defeats in the eleventh.
seventeenth and twenty-frst wards. In the
twenty-frst ward John c. Harvey, for
mer Washingtonian, was victorious over
Jacob c. Gauer, who was backed by the
Rasin machine
Another former Washingtonian, Edgar n.
Ash, received the nomination for the house
of delegates from the fourth ward, polling
321 votes
Taken all in all. the result Of the primal
ries far as the democrats are concerned
certainly furnishes food for reflection for
the democratic leaders in the city and
, state.
Many of the organization democrats who
are opposed to the Poe amendment are to-
day declaring that Senator German is re-
sponsible for the defeat of the organization
In the primaries and openly assert that the
result shows that the democrats will meet
defeat In November. AS an executive Of a
ward put 1t to The Star correspondent to-
day: 'It is useless to deny that there is an
overwhelming sentiment in the city against
the franchise amendment. l know that
Rasin does not favor the measure, but the
Independents know that Rasin Is a party
man, and when the amendment is indorsed
by the state convention next week the old
man will support 1t. 1t was this knowledge
that caused the Independents and the gov
ernor's crowd to put UP such stiff fight
in several of the wards
THE result of the primaries only fur
nishes another instance of where German
sacrifices the city organization and perhaps
the party ticket next November in an effort
to gain political advantage in the state.
And right here l want to predict that If
German is defeated next November 1t will
be his last defeat"
The Warfield men are Jubilant today, as
they claim that the victory of Linthtcum
over Straus Is in a measure a personal tri-
umph for Gov. Warfield. The opposition to
Linthicum. they claim, was inspired by Cor
man, because OF the formers friendly rela-
tions with the governor.