Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-05

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Chase tried the case alone and obtained a
| conviction as to Borges. who alone was ar
| rested. 1t took six weeks to try the case
and Chase got $6O00-S1.0OO week HIS
salary before was $500 Chase worked
hard. Moran sat in his office and smoked.
cases. srowled little at the $4,000 extra
! fee and then shouted. Great is Moran!
Mystery of His Success.
| What the hypnotic power is no one seems
| to know Moran is small in stature. unin-
teresting as a conversationalist and very
much of an egotist His success Is hard
to understand. He has not been successful
as a lawyer (as far as money making Is
concerned), and for many years was In
very straitened circumstances. AS stu.
dent he did chores, slept in the office OF
some friendly lawyer ana never 81. u aoaa
to regular meal. His parents were oeau
and he had no relatives who could assist
him. His struggles in those days gave nm MN
the strength to meet obstacles In later ne
but I'D to the time of his election his In
come was still very limited. He Is not fond
of work. but he has an inordnate thirst
for notoriety, and that serves as an IN
centive In most of his efforts.
In his campaign for governor ne exhlp-
tied a remarkable nerve and won remark
able success He announced himself as an
independent candidate, then went arter lne
prohibition nomination. which ne got: Ills
letter of acceptance stated his platform
He said he did not believe in prohlb1t1on,
but high license Some Of the prohibition
lists were in favor of taking MIN on tne
elected high license man who was tenn
perance man was better than de1eateo
prohibitionist, and he remained on the
ticket Moran then started after the dem
ocratic nomination. He had never been an
out-and-out democrat, had defeated the
democratic nominee for district attorney
and had openly supported many republicans
in previous campaigns.
Els Democratic Nomination.
The democratic leaders had selected
Henry NJ Whitney as the strongest man to
60 before the convention and the people.
Representative John A. Sullivan was their
choice for lieutenant governor. Whitney
consented to run. though he knew there
| was no hope of election. The state was or
dinarily republican, Moran would run as an
independent and prohibitionist in any event
and republican success was certain. At this
noint some of Sullivans friends insisted
that Sullivan be allowed to run for gov
ernor and that Whitney. who had had
higher honors, should take second place, as
1t would be no particular honor to MIN any
way This brought on quarrel between
the friends of Whitney and Sullivan, and
Whitney withdrew. In the meantime Mo-
ran had practically settled the controversy
nv getting most of the delegations instruct
ed for himself. When the convention as
sembled the conservatives had no candf-
date on whom they could unite, and Moran
walked away with that nomination also.
In the meantime the Independence League.
which was backing Hearst in New YORK,
handed him out a nomination. After the
democratic convention adjourned he went to
see Hearst in New York, and had con-
ference of some hours duration. When ne
came back he continued to keep his own
OH last nomination, and ne
had all the politicians guessing. AT the END
of week he accepted the nomination.
There was much muttering among the Old
| line democrats. They resigned from the
various organizations and for time there
| was stampede. Moran's friends were on
| hand to fill the vacancies and he seems
| now to be in thorough control OF the DEM
| ocratic organization.
| Republican Candidate.
| Curtis Guild had been renominated by the
| republicans. He has made good gov
| ernor, as far as honesty and dignity go,
but he has offended the labor vote by some
| of his vetoes. He was elected year ago
on a platform demanding immediate legisla-
ton for tariff revision and reciprocity. This
year the Immediate" Is left out and there
| is not SO much rush about it. 1t was the
| expectation that the race should be between
Whitney and Guild on a tariff revision Is
4 sue and the republicans. fearing such an
| issue. hedged Moran upset these calcula-
| lions and the personality Of the two men
! will determine the result more than will
any ISSUE Moran cares little for plat
forms and makes his personality the issue.
| He works at the top notch Of his strength
J.! all the time and faints frequently after po-
| litical speeches. He faints dramatically,
| and the audience is always advised that he
| has overtaxed his strength, but that 1t Is
1 not very serious.
| It is not possible to estimate the strength
| of John B. Moran in this fight. He will
| carry Boston by immense majority with
| the democratic nomination, which he did
/ He will receive the mill vote over the state
| and much of the labor vote. AS far as this
| vote is republican the republicans will lose.
| He will get the prohibition vote, and to Off
| set this will lose number of votes among
| the old-line and conservative democrats.
Massachusetts is republican, but the party
| il on the defensive in this fight. The state
| is no longer rock-ribbed in It's republicanism
| and 1t Is an off year. All these conditions
| are in Morans favor.
| His running mate is w. Gary Brown. and
| he may help some and possibly be elected
| lieutenant governor. He has been In all
| parties except the democratic and has
| owned at various times several of the week
| ly papers Of the state. He Is a Spiritualist
| and runs paper devoted to that faith. His
| record Is clean and he Is In no way person.
| ally vulnerable. The republican candidate
| for reelection, Draper. ran far behind the
| ticket last year. He Ia mill owner and
| runs an open shop, employing both union
and non-union labor. He was scratched by
| the labor vote and will be again. The pop
| ularity of Moran and Brown may pull the
! entire democratic ticket through, but there