The Washington herald., 1907-10-24
smiths Great Following.

smiths Great Following.
Col smith viii most probably put the
entire Eastern Shore iu his pocket. as
Wardelds action on the disnanchisement
question has hopelessly alienat-d that i'm
portaut section from him. and the colonel
IS q resident OF one Of the lower counties
OF the shore Smith was undoubtedly
chiefly responsible for the selection of
Judge Crothers, an Eastern Shore man.
for the governorship. which is d strong
card for him in that section. Two other
pr0blematic candidates for the Senator
ship from the shOre-Gen. Seth and eX-
Gov. JacksOn-failed at the last moment
10 enter the race. and viii, Of course. be
expected 70 throw their strong support
to the colonel John p. Poe, who also
withdrew. will throw his support 20 Smith.
Western Maryland may, with fair con-
idence. be figured upon as belonging in
his column. and as Miles chances are
considered very slim. Southern Maryland
viii probably eventually be his. as here.
even more strongly than on the Eastern
Shore, the negro question should prove
SI0kt tA AiAf y AAtr4 "a - al ilt.tia atl4sl-
ton.
In Howard County Gov. Warfeld should
DE strong. unless adverse interests put
the knife into his following in this. his
home county. Despite assertions of the
leaders that State Senator German. the
son of the late United States Senator
from Maryland. will not lead any fac
tional fight in that county. the wise ones
know that the senator and the governor
are by no means fond OF each other
and also that Mr.. German is an out-anj-
out organization man. Warfeld ;,;i-
d0ubtedly must fight the organization in
the primaTies-it is. in fact. the governor
versus the feld-and il is more than an
even bet unless the signs point falsely
that be is going to lose.
Miles Chances Poor.
Mr. Miles vote. outside his own sec
ton. Southern Maryland. should be little
more than complimentary. The knowing
ones are net even taking him into their
calculations. He is the least well known
of all the Senatorial candidates, and
while he is well thought Of among those
who know him we'll De cannot compete
so those who ought TO know declare. with
his opponents. every one of whom is very
well known from one end Of the State tC
the other. Still. in politics. you neve,
can tell until the votes are certified
That Mr.. Miles believed that he had q
good fighting chance is fully ir.,:.5c.,.ed by
the fact that he put up 5000 for "a;
privilege Of making the race. as did the
other candidates. including Senator
Whyte
on the whole. granting that the next
/ legislature shall be Democratic Col
Smith looks like the favorite And thai
the election of Crothers and his running
/ mates-Messrs. Straus. Herring. and Ma.
gruder-with an Overwhelmingly Demo.
cratic legislature. is assured is the ear.
nest belief of the most aStute member.
Of the party. The opposition lenders alb
solutely refuse to talk. declaring that
they have no claims 20 make at thi,
time. with the election almost here Th!,
may or may not bear out the Democrat,
/ assertions
Betting on the result is shy. as the Re
publicans are asking odds. One bet o
/ $2,500 20 $l.o00 in Gathers favor was re.
fused last week ly q former Republican
office holder
A big Democratic vote is expected q.
| the voter cannot vote in the senatoria
| primary until he has voted i'm the Stat,
| election. This is expected TO assure IN,
bringing out of the vote. as there is
great interest i'm the outcome Of the sena.
/ torial primary ia all sections Of the State