Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-10
RAS|N'S QUIET GAME
Baltimore "B0ss" Silent About
MayoraIty Candidate.
WANTS MAN WITH A BARREL
Lieutenants Unable to Ascertain
Plans of Leader.
CAMPAIGN OF REPUBLICANS
Wachter, Confident of Victory, De-
clares He Will Take Highest City
Office Free and Untrammeled.
WANTS MAN WITH A BARREL
CAMPAIGN OF REPUBLICANS

Special Correspondence OF The star
BALTIMORE, Md, February Q. 1907
I. Freeman Rasin, the democratic city
boss has all the political wiseacres still at
sea in regard to the man whom the organ
ization will support in the mayoralty prl-
maries. And it may be stated that Boss
Rasin is somewhat at sea himself. HE IS
on a still hunt for a man with par i-ahu
that man must also be willing to open up
the barrel and defray the expenses OF the
primary and general election. And the man
willing to meet the demands of the boss IS
stin in the woods. or at least Rasin has not
been able to find him.
II is understood that $4,000 in cold cash
is the figure necessary to secure the sup
port of the organization. The machine. of
course does not insist that the candidate
shall pay 1t all. The public utility cor
porations for instance, can, II they 1eel SO
disposed help the candidate in the matter
of raising the $4,000 fund for campaign
purposes These corporations, however, are
not taking any great interest in the may
orally fight In either party. They nave
learned that campaign contributions are
forgotten. Hence. those corporations
which in the past have been generous con-
trbutors to campaign funds have about con-
cluded to give the politicians the cold
shoulder in the future and demand as rights
such franchises they have in the past
been asking as favors. That in nutshell
lists in Baltimore today. -'@
Rasin is Shrewd.
No man in political or financial life real
ICES this more fully than Rasin He knows
that the corporations cannot be bled for
campaign funds after the nomination is
made Therefore the cash to defray the
campaign expenses must be in the hands
of the organization before wheel is turned
In the interest of any one man 1t is imma-
terial to Boss Rasin whether a republican
or an independent democrat occupies the
mayoralty chair. There is nothing in it In
either event for the organization.
The last mayoralty election cost the ''Oid
Man a neat little sum personally and the
only thing he got out of the democratic
victory was hard throw down Ihere-
fore Rasin is somewhat embittered and
does not propose to again star in the role
OF an easy mark for the benefit of the silk
stocking democracy. When the ''Old Man
is assured in a substantial manner that he
is to receive recognition, then, ana only
then. will the machinery of the city organ
izatlon be placed in operation for the can
didate.
1t must not be taken for granted that
Rasin is going to be hands off in the fight
in the event that the campaign fund is
not forthcoming. He is going to be very
much in the fight in any event. and II no
one feels the influence of his support certain
il is that many will feel the weight OF his
enmity.
Playing New Game.
The methods being pursued by Rasin in
this campaign are entirely new, not even
his closest leutenants being taken into the
confidence of the old man. These men, or
course, launch booms. put out feelers, etc..
but not one of them tell you just what
any move made by Rasin means. As one
OF them put 1t to The Star correspondent
today:
we are totally in the dark so far as the
plan plans of Mr. Rasin In the forth
,ftNur ct nnn
orders implicitly. but We are not told what
this OF that move means, and the methods
being pursued by the "Old Man today are
so radically different from those of the past
that we cannot fathom his motives. And
let me tell you that we are having our
troubles. too, as a result
THE ward and precinct workers are be-
coming impatient. They want to get under
way with their work Tor the primaries and
are having hard time to keep ther toi,
Brown. both making lively campaigns. and
these workers realize that these candidates
making inroads on the voters con-
trolled by us simply because the organiza-
ton has candidate. Rasin has played
pretty fine politics in the past and have
great confidence in the Old Man.. but l
must confess that it's about time he was
sending word down the line to get behind
some for the mayoraity.
Wachter is Confident.
The republican mayoralty primary cam
pa!gn will be Formally opened next Friday
night. The first gun will be fired by Rep
resentative Wachter at a mass meeting in
Broadway Institute. Mr.. Wachter, when
seen al his office today by The Star cor
respondent, expressed himself confident
OF winning out in the primaries.
II am not only going to deieat Timanus
in the primaries. but / am going TO be
elected mayor of Baltimore next May.
said Wachter The opposition organi-
cation knows that it cannot beat me II
there is a fair count. For years certain
element in the party has been fighting me.
Ard why? Because they know full well
that If l am in the mayors chair they can
not control me. They know that | will be
the mayor OF all the people in Baltimore.
and that affairs at the city hall will not be
run in the interest of certain clique No.
there is not a word of truth in the report
that | may withdraw from the mayoralty
race. | am in the fight to finish. and l
am going To win In the primaries just as
did four years ago
At Timanus headquarters the managers
report that the mayor will win in a walk
in the primaries. They claim that twenty
two OF the twenty-four ward executives in
the city are for Timanus, and that they are
daily winning converts from the Wachter
camp. The mayor will make his campaign
upon his record in the city hall during the
past three years, and the record he has
made. his adherents claim. entitle him TO a
nomination at the hands of his party and
election a the hands of the people