Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-24
WILL IGNORE THE MACHINE
Peoples Voice Will Be Heard at the
Spring Primaries.
NEW CANDIDATES NUMEROUS
Two Enter the Field Without Asking
Support of s1Boss''-Credit Given
to Governor Warfeld.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, February %, 1907.
Aspirants for the democratic mayOralty
nomination are thicker than fakirs at a
county fair and almost with each setting
sun new one hobs up. Even Boss RAJ
sin. willy politician of many battles, is up a
tree and all efforts of former Gov. Frank
Brown to shape up ticket that would
prove acceptable to all factions have SEEM
ingly failed. In years past ii had been the
custom of Rasin to pick the mayoralty can
ddatc. send word down the line to the
ward executives and at once the "unterri-
ssd'' presented a solid front behind the
choice of the "old man."
But Rasin realizes that those days have
gone never to return He must therefore
adopt new tactics. The people. at least to
all appearances. must pick the party stand
ard bearer. Hence the popular sentiment"
plan was resorted to- but the Rasin brand
of popular sentiment refused to crystal
lie about any one man acceptable to the
organization. The Rasin machine turned to
COY. Brown. who was asked to essay the
role of Warwick, get the aspirants and
boomers together and Sift out the most
available and strongest man-that is most
available and strongest from the viewpoint
Of the organization.
GOV. Brown was delighted to take up the
work. He summoned tine supporters of the
various wuUld-be mayors to his office. asked
questions, read platforms and then said he
would announce his decision in a day or So
And he did. And the unexpected happened
The MahOn wing of the party sent up n
howl second only to that uttered by many
of Rasin's ieutenants. and the slate was
smashed
Leaders All at Sea.
For the first time, therefore. in quarter
century the Rasin machine forces are
broken into factions. The old mans
orders are not as potent as in the past and
in many of the wards his wishes are be-
ing ignored and his former followers are
cut ing loose and forming new alliances.
Men who have fought Rasin for years
claim that the ''oId man. has been I'M
horscd: that he is no longer head of the
organization machine. in fact, that The old
machine is really without real power and
that its prestige of the past counts for
naUg.t. While these claims are some
what eXtravagant, it is Il fact that Rasin
and his organization are. no longer the
potent factor in the politics of Baltimore.
1t is still strong enough to prove
stumbling block to the aspiration of any
candidate. but not powerful enough to elect
one OF its own selection.
In nutshell. Rasin is just about able
to play dog in the malger in City politics,
and nothing more, in so far as the nam
ing of the democratic mayoralty cand
date is concerned. 1t is a. noticeable fact
that the two candidates who have en-
tered the fight without asking the support
of Rasin-State Senator Linthicum and City
Councilman Brown-are making the most
Roadway. and political wiseacres assert that
the city boss may yet be compelled to line
mp behid Linthicum if he hopes to get in
out of the wet. Under no circumstances
could Rasin line up behind Brown. because
the councilman has never missed an OPP
portunity to denounce the boss. Rasin
sometimes forgives, but he never forgetS,
and in the case of Brown it is the most
improbable thing that he will ever forgive
or forget.
People Will Decide.
The spring primaries of 1907, therefore.
promise TO be unique in that the people of
Baltimore will in reality nominate the re-
spective party candidates for the mayor
atty. There is no one faction or wing of
the democratic party today that can pre-
sent the nomination. The best any of them
can do will be to support their favorite.
The voters of Baltimore have at last come
into their heritage and will nominate the
man who is to conduct the affairs of the
municipality for the next four years. The
scheming. grasping politicians are routed
at last, and the best they can hope for are
the crumbs that may fall from the table.
No longer under the shade of the plum
tree can they baSk and fatten, it's to the
brier and thistle field for them. For ten
years Baltimore has been endeavoring to
throw off the yoke of political bossism and
place In office men who will guard the in
terestS of the city, and the fruition of this
effort has come To realization at last.
Events of the past fortnight have demon
stratcd conclusiyely that the Rasin machine
Is all but disinteerated; that the boss is
practically deprived OF the throne upon
which he once sat as monarch OF all he
surveyed.
Warfeld Given Credit
The bringing ahout of this desirable CON
dition in the politics of Baltimore is due
In great measure to the attitude OF Gov
Warticld He realized that the greatest
club held by the bosses was the control of
the police department of the city He.
therefore. struck a telling blow at bossism
when he named as "a board of police COM
missiOners men whom he personally knew
could not be controlled or influenced In
their acts or conduct of the police force by
Rasin or any political boss in Baltimore
city. II was the appointment of such
board of police commissioners that aroused
the hostility Of Rasin and incurred the
enmity OF the boss against the governor.
Given control of the police department
Rasiu will again rise to undsputed power
In city politics The people realize this
and therefore the great popular sentiment
that is crystaliizing around the governor
for a second term. 70 Warfleld is given the
credit for smashing the power of political
bossiSn in this city, and the followers of
the governor claim that the only way to
insure "a continuance of the present condi-
tons is to keep him in the executive chair
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