Evening star., 1906-09-09
MARYLAND POLITICS
STATE WILL GO REPUBLICAN,
SAYS A DEMOCRAT.
Bryan's Government Ownership idea
Deplored-The Oyster Season
- Automobile Mail Cars.
Special Correspondence Of The star.

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Maryland viii go republican by the
heaviest majority in the history Of the
state IL the democrats nominate william
Jennings Bryan for the presidency" This
statement was made today to The Star cor
respondent by one Of the most prominent
democrats in the state. by his speech In
Madison Square Garden Bryan has made
himself an impossible man insofar as the
presidency of the United States is con-
cerned. Yes I supported Bryan In 1896
and again in 1900, not because I agreed
with the views he held then, but because I
have always been regular and never bolted
democratic nominee in my life. But the
parting of the ways has been reached in
the event that Bryan should be nominated.
do not mean to say that / will vote the
republican ticket. but I shall for the first
time in thirty years remain away from the
polls on election day."
Friends Of Gov. Warfield claim that while
he could not possibly now permit the use
Of his name on q ticket with Bryan. he is
nevertheless still one Of the best pieces Of
vice presidential timber in the democratic
camp in the event that the safe and sane
wing of the party is in control of the next
national convention and selects sound
democrat to lead the ticket in the cam
paign of 1908. Some of them will go SO
far as to assert that Gov. Warfield would
make a good presidential candidate. They
say that he alone could count upon the
support Of a united democracy; that he Is
solid with the conservative element of the
party and that he would have support Of
the Bryanites. No governor In recent years,
eye as Warield. What he does has been
widely chronicled, and he has been doing
the things that make for popularity. They
claim that If Nebraska Is large enough to
~ sI-Lo x1ok AHorxy y1or,l
So 1t need not be surprising II from the
ashes of the Bryan hurrah in Maryland
there should arise full-fedged Warfield
boom for the presidency.
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The congressional states are gradually
filling out and by the end of the month the
nominations will be completed. In the first
district William H. Jackson will oppose
Thomas A. Smith, the democratic incum-
bent: In the second district, Representative
J. F. c. Talbot will try conclusions again
with Robert Garrett, the well-knoWn re-
publican leader Of Baltimore county; IN the
third district no nominations have been
made, but it Is likely that former Repre-
sentative W.. g. Booze will receive the re-
publican nomination and that Harry wolf,
young democratic lawyer, ..n1 VIII PENS De nus
sentative John GiH, democrat, will run
against either David M. Newbold or John
P. Hill; in the fifth district George M
Smith has carried off the democratic nomt-
nation and will endeavor to retire Mr..
Sydney E. Mudd from Congress-; in the
sixth district Col. George A. Pearre VIII
probably have a walkover, as no strong
democrat has yet showed any burning de-
sire to enter the lists against the popular
representative Of western Maryland.
City Postmaster W. Hall Harris is now
perfecting plans for the experiment OF col
lecting mails from letter boxes by two au-
tomobiles instead OF the one-horse wagons
now In use. The first trip Of the autos.
which will be specially constructed for
the purpose, will be made on October l, and
the officials Of the local post ofhce are
confident that the experiment viii be
success.
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The outlook for the oyster season in
Maryland is problematical. Reports op-
timistic and pessimistic about balance, but
all agree that large amount Of seed
oysters were left on the beds last April
and that these should be Of good size for
this years market. From almost every
part Of the Chesapeake bay the reports
come that there Is a large supply OF small
oysters. but that the continued wet season
has done much to retard the growth and
rounding up. Chester river tongmen state
that their stock will not be In good market
able condition until cold weather begins. It
ia reported from the Potomac river that
the growth of young oysters has been very
prolific this summer, notWlthstanolng the
great depredations that have been going on
in those waters for the past three or 1our
seasons, and Oystermen are OF the Oelef
that II these beds are protected this season
there will be a supply equal to all demands
Practical oystermen assert that II tne cuii
law is rigfdly enforced on the beds as well
tn, fhero Ia doubt that the
natural beds and bars will provide plenty
Of oysters indefinitely The local packers
are watching the situation closely and state
that they do not expect authentic reports
before October Is.
Plans have been completed by the health
department for the most thorough examin-
alton ever made Of the public school chill
dren Of Baltimore. The work Of exam
nation will be commenced as soon as the
schools are opened on September IL, and
will be confined at first to new pupils. 1t
will then be extended to include pupils TO
whom the attention Of the department has
been called by the principals and teachers
and will finally extend to all the pupils IN
the schools The Inspection ei.at;" OF new pnpiis
field that Is now being widely cultivated
This Is the attempt to correct minor phys
ical defects in the young. 1t has been
with swollen tonsils or foreign growths In
the nose. These defects. prevent proper
breathing and generally lead to extreme
of attention and inability to study among
the little sufferers. The health depart
ment plans to take these children In hand
and operate upon them. an experiment hay
ing been made last year and found to be
successful. Last year 5000 such cases
were found among the public school chill
dren and In each case the parents were
notified and told what should be done to
better the child's condition. In nearly ev-
cry case an irritable child. after the oper-
alton, became a happy, Industrious pupil.
Health Commissioner James Bosley is
preparing to have introduced In the city
council next week an ordinance that will
give him power to wage war on mosquitoes.
which insects he holds are responsible to
a great extent for the spread OF infectious
and contagious diseases. DR.. Bosley's idea
10 to make II a violation Of law for any