Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-10-14
BALTIMORE WEEKLY LETTER.
SHORT BUT AGGRESSIVE CAM
PAIGN PREDICTED.
Possibly To BE Like The Singed
Cat Resume of Political
Situation.

Three weeks is practically G!l that
remains OF the campaign. YET the past
| i've or six days has seen little Gtyelop.
ment While this is true there is
scarce a buster place i'm BEltimore
| than the Democratic headquai tiers. aud
the activity is intensely aggressive.
| The Republican element, on thc other
hand lpcssibly like a siuged cat)
would appear % be giving Temark-
ably clever imitation Of party utiliz-
| ing valuable time in the highly at
tractive occupation Of waiting
Although there has been no marked
change during the past week. beyond
the fact that the campaign is regarded
as sufficiently far advanced 10 warrant
the commencement of meetings, time
enough has elapsed to enable fair
idee of the situation throughout the
state TO come into Baltimore. It is
fact, each day now becoming more ap-
parent, that not IN years have tho
Democrats in the counties been so
thoroughly united. German aud anti
German, machine and anti-machiue,
regular aud irregular members OF the
party with dissenters scattered only
snoh long intervals rs to make the
fact more pronounced, are together,
and the spell that has wrought this
wonder is said TO he the proposed con-
stitutioual amendment. ia almost
every county Democrats look TO the
amendment 20 assist the local candi-
dates in doubtful and Republican
counties, particularly one hears such
things as this: Well | look TO see
cur local ticket pull through this
year. 80 ou have no idea what n
tremendous sentiment there is in my
county for the Poe amendment. "
As has been pointed out before, it
is ia Baltimore, il anywhere, that the
debate will be excitingly close. Yet
oven there a strong feeling in favor of
restricting the suffrage for some time,
has been growing, steadily moro pro-
nouncod Despite noisy newspaper
opposition. but an air of strength by
the voices of few prominent citizens,
there is no denying that white work.
ingmon of every party are more than
looking askance at the negro laborers
swniming upon almost every structure
building now ia Baltimore These
men are beginning TO wondor and to
ask each other il a vote for the amend
ment Will not be a blow at negro
labor. The very opposition which
the plan has aroused seems TO have
stirred a slumbering hostility, of
long standing but not deep sleep, into
life. City workingmen are plausibly
Informed that the outcry against negro
aspirations is "a morest bugaboo, vet
even the dull can see that negroes and
always more negroes are crowdinQ
here for work, a condition calculated
TO grow worse rather than better, they
reason, with the spending of the va
rious great improvement loans, under
Republican supervision, and the con
sequent increased demands in the
near future upon the supply of labor.
Maryland is the last of the Southern
states to close her doors upon tho
negro ambitions TO equality. Balti.
more is a yeritable haven for the black
riffran of the South A few thinking
{ y men may not regard the 100, 600
inhabitants Of the city's negro colony
"a menace, both to physical and TO
moral health both 10 city and to state,
but few laborlng mon are OF the same
mind. Ia only one other city IN the
country is there such an enormous
colored population, and yet here Mary
land is Off the Republicans and allies
have their way about 20 issue broad.
cast an invitation TO all darkeydom to
flood in. Newspapers may contend as
they will, but their arguments are
like the boomerang with the laboring
vote.
Along with discussions Of the many
phased amendment, the election 10 10
held in 1907 is still apparently as fa-
vored topic of political gossip az it
was two weeks ago. when Ex-Governor
Frank Brown entered the field for
gubernatorial houors once more aud
stirred all concerned into sitting up
and taking notice. Friends Of the
former Governor are glad to find that
with his return TO health he has re-
turned to politics and the interests Of
Maryland. if anything, with more
than his old time vigor. The ex Gov
ernor is now having prepared, as a
preliminary step TO his canvass, books
in which (when completely will be en-
rolled the name and address Of every
Democratic voter in the state. A suc-
cessful business man, he knows the
value OF personal letters, and it is said
To be his intention to communicate in
this way with each one of these voters
In the course of his campaign.
Paul Winchester