Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-07
WARFIELD'S MESSAGE
POLITICAL SENSATION OF THE
WEEK IN MARYLAND-coMMENr
Special Correspondence Of The Star

| Speesai correspondence OF The Star
| BALTIMORE. Md, January 6. 1906.
The message of Gov. warfeld TO the Ieg-
isiature furnished the political sensation of
the Week While 1t had been generally
| understood that the governor intended to
| eal attention to certain practices OF the
! lobbyists at Annapolis few expected the
scathing denunciation of legislation brokers
ana heeiers which the paper contained.
| The stand taken by the governor against
graft In all forms has met with indorse-
neht by republicans well as democrats
| VINO stand for clean politics and purity in
| legislation.
| Inc governor. IT can be stated is deter
| iisihed 10 break up corrupt practices by
| the hlrelings OF corporations who infest
| AilhaPoilS at every session, To The Star
| correspondent Gov. Warheld said today;
| / Stated my position fully in the messo ge
and stand ready at all times Ia assist in
| Called "'7
Conditions in the legislature this term
| are suspicious for the success of the
! governor in his effort to stamp our
| tie third house. as the lobby ia
! termed. Many close observers of affairs
| state that Gov. Warfieid PLAYED excellent
/ politics in holding aloof from participatfon
| an the hght over the organization of the
| mouse and senate. Had he come out open-
, ~ ana eSpoused the cause of any particu-
I
| them, he would have been able TO exercise
| little or no influence in shaping legislation
| As the situation stands today. they assert
| that the governors influence among the
| senators and delegates Is still an unknown
| quantity. Friends of the governor claim
| That the composition of the legislature is
suen that 1t viii be hard shedding for the
| corruptlonists to get their measures through
| both houses and next to impossible to pass
| any bill over the governors veto.
| They point to the fact that the ringlead-
orc ffn 4.
| ever confronted them in organizing the
| senate, and that they did not have a single
| vote TO spare. Every known influence was
| brought TO bear on the senators by the
! German Rasin machine, they assert, and
| even at such high pressure whip swapping
J the old ring was unable to do more than
! pull through by hair.
| The Machine View.
Followers of the German Rasin machine
| assert that the organization victory at An
| napoNs was complete and that at no time
We're the ringleaders in danger of defeat
| one of the close friends of Free" Rasin
the city boss, in discussing the result, said
| to The Star correspondent today: we
| simply won hands down against Warield
| and Smith. And the outcome means that
| ex-Gov. Smith is out of the running as a
! senatorial possibility two years hence. 1
| will admit. however. now that it's all over.
| that Gov. Warfield could have won. de-
| spite the strong combination against him,
| had he used the patronage at his disposal
| Warfeld, however, refused to avail him
| self of the one strong card in his hand,
! and a hard lnrow down the result.
| Warfeld is playing to the galleries, but has
| played mighty poor politics in forming a
| combination with ex-Gov. Smith and his
| eastern shore followers"
| The credit for the organization victory
| in organizing the house and senate is gem
orally given to Representative J. f. c. Tall
| bolt and Free" RaSin. Both of these
| mi clever ticia
| Senator German. and 1t was in recognition
| of this fact that the Sage of Laurel held a
| conference with them two weeks ago In
| Washington and Entrusted to them the d.
| rection OF the fight and the pulling of wires
| at Annapolis. 1t is significant that the ma
| chine found it necessary to take up Gen.
| Seth for president and sidetrack Senator
Beasman. Had the machine declined to ac-
| cept Seth, former Gov. Jackson would have
| extended his support to Senator Moore and
| the result would have been practically
| victory for the Wartield- Smith combination.
| So summed up the outcome in reality
| victory for ex-Gov. Jackson in the senate
| and for Representative Talbot, the Bal
| timore county boss, in the house.
As to Election Law.
| One of the most important measures 10
come before the legislature is the proposed
change in the election laws. 1t is general
| ly understood that the republicans will in
| troduce a measure the salient points OF
| which will be:
| Restoration of the party emblem.
| Printing of uniform ballots for the state
under control of some central authority.
Counting of ballot wherever intent of the
| voter is manifested, and no throwing out
| of ballots account of distinguishing
/ marks unless three of the four judges agree
| that it was a distinguishing mark.
No throwing out of ballot because not
properly folded.
| Repeal of the provision requiring every
voter coming from another state to go to
/ tl1a rnr,rH .aT. a g N
| city and declare his intention a year be-
| fore he votes.
| Restoration of the annual Registrations
| law.
| The democrats will also have a number
| of measures proposing changes in the cleo
/ ton law and ii is possible that a comblna-
ton may be formed with the republicans
] by which a fair election law may be passed.
| The existing law is manlfestly unfair ana
give to election officials too great power.
| 1t was passed primarily to enable the cleo"
| ton of a democratic legislature to return
German to the United States Senate. In
| the passage of a fair election law, Gov.
| Warfield will lend every assistance. as Will
| a number of prominent democrats who have
denounced the existing law IN most Vigor-
| Gus terms
New Steamer Line.
The Baltimore and Carolina Steamship
Company, which has opened up new terri
tory to Washington and Baltimore mer-
chants by running steamer from George
! town, N c., to this city. has just pur-
chased the steamship Frostburs and will
add it to the fleet. The Frostburg will
be put on the Georgetown run with tho
boat now in service to that port and both
steamers will stop at Wilmington, n. G.
The establishment of the Baltimore and
Carolina Steamship Company came as the
result of Investigations made by Balti-
more and Washington merchants, who had
considerable business with Georgetown, but
who found that rail charges were too high
to make the commerce profitable. The COM
pany has been in operation six months and
so profitable has been the venture, to-
gether with the growth in business. that
1t was found necessary to purchase another
vessel The Frostburg will probably begin
runs to Wilmington the latter part OF this
month.
Work on the building of the new munich
pal docks will be begun shortly. The har-
Dor board has reached a decision TO make
the channel twenty-five feet deep at high
tide which il is believed will accommodate
any vessel that may come here. The larger
vessels the ocean liners, will continue to