Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27

The Poe Amendment Will Be the Real
Issue.

The Poe Amendment viii Be the Real
Issue.
Special Correspondents Of The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd. August g. 1905.
| The issue upon which the state campaign
Of 1905 will be fought is the Poe amend
| mont. This became an assured fact when
Secretary Bonaparte delivered an address
to the republican editors at the dinner ten
dered by State Chairman Hanna. 1t is In
teresting. too because it furnishes one in
| stance wherein Senator German and Secre-
tary Bonaparte agree. Never before In the
| TWO gentlemen been able to reach the same
conclusion upon given political subject.
| However. the agreeing ends with the
| fixing of the issue. Here the roads diverge
ana while Secretary BOnaparte is directing
tn, fight Of the republican party and the
| Reform League against the measure, Sena-
tor German will be bending every effort and
bringing into play all those clever political
me- POPULATIONS be has practiced for years to
| secure the passage of the amendment.
| On the result of the campaign hinges the
future of Senator German. Only two doors
ara open to him. One leads to political OBJ
livson. the other to absolute dictator of the
state Facing such a situation, there can
| be no doubt that the senator will make
the greatest fight Of his life and should he
| win. the victory must go down in history
| as the greatest ever achieved by any state
| leader. In all previous fights the senator
| lad had the loyal and undivided support
| of his lieutenants throughout the state and
| city.
| His Lieutenants Lukewarm.
In this contest. however. the senator finds
| few of his big Heutenants raIlying around
the German standard and joining In the
time honored chorus of ''All for One His
| forces today are scattered. Many are luke
| warm and not few are on the verge of
boltfng the amendment. Two of Senator
Gormans most powerful leutenants-L.
freeman Rasin, the city boss. and Repre-
| sentative J. F. c. Talbot. the easy boss
| OF Baltimore county"-are in the lukewarm
| list. and those in position to know assert
that Senator German will have little or
| no support from them prominent demo-
crat in the confidence of both Mr.. German
| and Mr.. Rasin. in discussing this phase of
the situation today. said: German and
Rasin are not, as generally supposed. close
personal friends. They are merely political
| partners because one is useful at times to
| the other. In this present fight German
| mas everything to gain we'll as every
| thing to lose, while Rasn has nothing to
! gain and would, perhaps, lose considerable
| pc wer with German should the amendment
| be ratified And the same argument fits
the case of Representative Talbot Rasn
| and Talbot have little or no interest polit-
| 1caliy save in Baltimore city and Baltimore
| county. respectively. In their respective
| sections they have the situation well in
| IaHU ana at no period during their leader
| ship have they found it necessary to call
| upon German for assistance.
The Frederick Leader.
| The one county lieutenant upon whom
| Senator German can rely for support and
assistance in this fight is Gen. Baughman
| OF Frederick county. and it is to the western
| Maryland leaders advantage that he should
| line up with the senator. Gen. Baughman Is
| out for the governorship and this furnishes
| an incentive for him to work in behalf of
| the amendment. Win or lose, Gen. Baugh-
| man will be in position to demand the sup
port of Senator German in the fight for
| the gubernatoria1 nomination. And right
here 1 want to predict that if the amend
| ment passes, Gen. Baughman will be the
i next governor of Maryland"
| In this connection it Is interesting to note
| that report has it that Governor Warfield
| will seek second term, and organize ton
| men. as well as the governors followers
| look upon his candidacy as almost a sure
| thing. When asked as to whether he would
| seek denomination, Gov Warfield replied
| that he had not thought about the matter.
i am attending to my business as governor
| of Maryland" he said. "and am not bother
| ing about politics. and therefore it Is too
| early to say anything on that score. If
| am candidate for denomination l will an
| hcunce 1t and there will be no reason to
| misunderstanding the announcement / ex-
! pect to finish this my first term, and
| want to make good governor. The fu-
| ture will take care of itself"
Child Labor.
For long time the question of the en-
| ployment of children and women in the city
! of Baltimore and state of Maryland has
| been under serious consideration by the
| state labor department. we'll as by
number OF ladies and gentlemen connected
| with the various phianthropic associa-
| tons. These associa tions. comprised most
ly or CLUBS connected with the Federal ton
| Of Women's Clubs, Consumers League or
a ftaa hox,
eStly desired to ameliOrate the condition of
these unfortunate employees of the factory
| and shop, and as a necessity to bring about
| that ameioration have long desired a thor
| ough understanding of the conditions that
prevail in this city.
| During the year the Consumers League
placed at the disposal of the department
one of It's agents. Miss NJ. L. White with
| the request that We make at least a partial
| investigation into these conditions To
| fully realize the extent of this work it need
only be stated that there are fully 5000 to
1000 places to be visited in the state to in
sure this investigation. The limited means
at the disposal of the bureau precluded the
possibility of d.verting the attention of the
sweatShop inspectors In this direction, and
therefore it was determined as a beginning
to select certain places and investigate
where children were employed, with view
Of presenting such testimony to the legsla-
ture would induce them to so increase
the appropriation or means at the disposal
of the bureau would enable 1t to make a
thorough investigation of the entire subject
commensurate with its Importance.
Typhoid Fever Scare.
Health department officials are somewhat
concerned over the increase in typhoid
fever cases reported during the week The
report shows Sixty-Six new cases, exactly
double the number in the corresponding
week of last year. Acting Commissioner
Jones Is of the opinion that many of the
cases have been brought here by persons
returning from their vacations, which were
spent in section where the water supply
was polluted. and that the fever developed
on their return home. The city water sup
ply, 1t is stated. is very good. and although
analyses are made weekly no typhoid germs
have been found. DR.. Jones, however, has
issued statement in which he advises all
householders to boil the water whether
from springs, wells or the city supply. AS
the cases reported are confined almost ex-
clusively to one section of the city, the de-
partment is making an investigation to de-
termine its cause 1t is said that the out
break may be due to the imperfect sanitary
conditions in the neighborhood. brought
about by the lack of a modern sewage sys-
tenn. DIR. Jones has fears that the fever
will become epidemic. and says that if ev-