Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-15
AFFAIRS TN MARYLAND
PARTY MANAGERS AWAKENING
TO A FEW THINGS.
Special Correspondents of The Star.


Special Correspondents OF The Star
BALTIMORE. Nd. July IA. 1908
The party managers are beginning to sit
up and take notice. While this Is an on
| year in Maryland politics and only six rep
resentatives are to be elected. they are pre-
| pairing for the campaign Of next year which
will be of exceptional Importance In the
spring of 1907 will be waged the battle for
| municipal control. Millions of dollars are
to be expended in improvements In Balti-
more for sewerage system, improved
streets and a chain OF beautiful parks to
surround the city. Naturally the leaders
of both parties are anxious town In the
municipal election because OF the great
amount of patronage that Will be at the
disposal of the mayor and the city council
Even at this time no one can predict those
who will head the city tickets.
The republicans. Of course, realize that
Mayor Timanus has made an excellent
showing in office and must be reckoned
with for the nomination.; they also realize
that Representative Wachter has mayor
atty aspirations and certain valid claims
upon a second nomination And 1t Is the
shadow of Wachter that Is causing mucn
uneasiness among the organization leaders,
who, 1t Is generally understood, favor IL
manus for the head of the city ticket. These
leaders realize that a primary light De-
tween Wachter and Timanus will leave sore
spots. no matter which nan wins Hoth
men are strong. They enjoy the confidence
of the business interests OF the city, ana II
either received a unanimous nomination
would poll the full party vote. But light
for the nomination would put another as
pect on the situation In other words, the
republican leaders would be naFpy with
either if the other were out of the field
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| Tn, he IL similar conditions
exist The mayoralty possibilities fill the
woods No one is going about shouting
from the housetops that he is not a candi
date. All are in a receptive mood, and
| some are aggressively at work to secure
the nomination. One man with his eye
pinned on the mayoralty chair is George
Stewart Brown. now member OF the upper
! house of the city council. He Is the only
| democratic politician who has ever SUE
cessfully fought the Rasin machine. He Is
the foe of corporations and the big public
utility concerns He stands for municipal
| ownership and is waging a vigorous cam
paign along that line. He is in the fight
hammer and tongs. and announces that he
will be found at work until the primary
polls close.
served seven terms as mayor of Baltimore,
may be trotted out by the organization
forces. and in such an event would prove
a formidable factor in the fight. He is the
idol of the Old Guard and has the conf
dence of the financial interests. He Is at
present the president of the Consolidated
Gas Company. but it Is thought that he
would willingly retire from the corporation
to again lead the city democracy In a may
orally election.
Others mentioned. and, like Barkis willin
are President of the First Branch City
Council ]. Barry Mahool. Col Sherlock
Swami, president of the burnt district COM
mission: Harry Hooper, city controller;
John Hubert. member of he second branch
city council: James P Gorter. former city
collector: Thomas C. Hayes, former mayor;
Edward n. Parrish. fire commissioner, and
George w. Gail. president of the fire board.
The election in the fall following will be
the one to rouse the managers and work.
ers to strenuous efforts. There will be at
stake a governorship, legislature and two
United States senatorships For the guber-
material nomination it can be stated upon
excellent authority that Gen. L. Victor
Baughman of Frederick will, if his health
continues to improve, make aggressive
fight. Gov. Warfield will make not the
slightest move looking to a denomination.
He is willing to run again at the head Of
the democratic ticket, but the honor of a
denomination must come unsolicited. In
other words, he will make no deal with the
party leaders for a second term. A failure
TO give Warfield a denomination will cause
a split in the party, because his followers
are of the opinion that he has made such
excellent record that a second nominal
ton should come to him as a matter of
course. In the words of prominent War
field man: Its up to the organization.
The leaders can renonAnate him or turn
him down. But if they turn Warfield down.
then let them elect the man they may
nominate"
The grand jury is now at work probing
into an alleged agreement to fix the price
of ice. About half a hundred witnesses
will probably be examined and their evil
dence, 1t is expected, will reveal the ex-
istence of a combine. States Attorney
Owens is most hopeful of results from the
grand jury investigation. I'VE are apt to
get practical results" he said, that will
inure largely to the public benefit from the
ice investigation. l have sent a carefully
prepared brief 10 the grand jury outlining
the case against the so-called Ice combine,
and advising the grand jury that II the
charge is sustained the guilty parties are
liable to criminal prosecution If indicted.
The grand jury will itself call before 1t the
important dealers of Baltimore and put
them on oath as to the truth of the allie
cations made
give any information whatever as to what
has been done by that body, or to even adj
nit that the investigation is under way.
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An interesting statement is contained in
the annual report submitted by DIR. Charles
G. Hill, physician In charge of the Mount
Hope Retreat, which was made public this
week. DIR. Hill In discussing the reasons
for any possible increase in insanity gives,
among other things. the prosperity of the
| period He says:
IF there is a marked increase of insanity
| at the present time believe that by a thor
| ough research, consisting not only of
! survey OF the mental symptoms, but an In
| vestigaton with microscope and chemical
| retort of the tissues fluids and secretion of
| the body. 1t could be traced In a great part
| to the prosperity of the period: the luxuri-
| Gus indulgence the designations. the de-
parture from the old standard OF rectitude
| and the moral deterioration made possible
| in all conditions of society to greater or
| lesser degree. An acquired nervous defect
| may be always traced to either psychical
| or physical cause"
| Figures prepared by the local immigra-