Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-08
| CANDIDATES ARE BUSY
Maryland BarkiSes Shaking
Hands With Changers
AT VARIOUS COUNTY FAIRS
Republicans to Put Up an Aggressive
Fight.
DEMOCRATS REPORTED WORRIED
Plans for Maryland Homecoming
Week Promise the Finest Outdoor
Celebration for Baltimore.
AT VARIOUS COUNTY FAIRS
DEMOCRATS REPORTED WORRIED
special Correspondence Of The star.

Special Correspondence Of The star.
BALTIMORE. Md. September I, 1907.
The gubernatorial and other candidates
for state officers are now swinging around
the circle of county fairs making campaign
hay while the sun shines, and the county
fair associations pay for the bands and
collect the crowds. Mr.. George r. Gather
the republican gubernatoral nominee re-
turned to this city during the week and
plunged at once into the work of the cam
paign. He had conference with State
Chairman Parran the day after his arrival
and a general outline of the plan upon
which the fall fight Will be wsged was
agreed upon. This includes tour of the
state by Mr.. Gather and his running mates.
and every important pointfn every county
in the state Will be included in the itinerary.
The republican fight will be one OF the
most aggressive ever waged by that party
in Maryland. The issue will be made on
honest election laws. and the inquities and
unfairneSS OF the existing statutes viii DO
fully set forth and the fact brought out
prominently that. according to election re-
turns OF the past two years, over 10000 reg
| istered voters were either disfranch-sed by
election judges or kept away from the
polls because many of them did not believe
| that an honest count could be obtained or
the real Will of the people recorded.
Republicans Confident.
The republican leaders from the head of
| the ticket down express every confidence
that victory will come in November. The
party. they say. is united as 1t has never
! been before In the past twelve years. and
that while there may be some petty fights
! in the counties over local candidates. all
! republicans are unit for Mr.. Gather and
| his running mates. Take Allegany coun-
| ty. for instance" said a prominent state
| leader to The Star correspondent today.
land what do we find? Lloyd Lowndes and
Col. Pearre recently engaged in bitter
primary fight for control of the party ma
| chinery. OF course that fight left its sore
spots. as all political contests do. but both
| Col. Pearre and Lowndes stand shoulder
| to shoulder for the head Of the ticket.
What differences exist between these two
leaders will not be carried into the guber-
| material fight and they will both give freely
| Of their time and services to help elect
| Gather.
Again. look at the situation in this city
There was Wachter and Stone practically
| not theoretfcally-at daggers' points when
the municipal campaign closed last May.
Now these two leaders have buried the
Ratchet and will work hand In hand to elect
Mr.. Gather. tell you. conditions are most
favorable for republican success. and with
| a full party vote and a fair count we will
| have republican in the executive chair at
Annapolis next January"
democrats Are Worried.
The democrats are facing an uphill fight
They are placed on the defensive both by
| their own platform and that Of their oppo-
nents. The party is not at all united, the
independent democrats being very shy OF
Judge Crothers and at this early day lean
ing toward Mr.. Gather. The leaders also
face a most serious problem, and that Is,
How to elect the state tic -et and at the
same time defeat Gov. Warfied in the pri-
maries for the United States Senate. The
party lis without shrewd political leader,
one who could hand Warfield the double
cross and at the same time give the Croth-
crs' end OF the game an impetus. There's
no enthusiasm among the rank and file of
the democrats who elected Mahool mayor
ana who have yet to see any plums or even
crumbs falling into their hands The city
democrats are without leader to whom
they can all look for direction and as a re-
suit the ward executives are playing the
game for their own personal beneht and
letting the party whole look out for
itself 1t Is apparent, therefore to even a
tyro IN politics that the democrats are In
a bad way in Baltimore city. and at this
writing there is no sign of a political Moses
| to lead them from the wilderness and weld
the many little machines that have sprung
up since the death of Mr.. Ras.n into one
solid organization.
Home Week Plans.
The plans for Maryland Homecoming
week are rapidly taking shape. and the cell
ebratiOn will be the finest ever held in Bal
timore. The executive committee has de-
cided to expend 10000 in electrical displays
and Examinations, and this will include the
outlining of the city hall. post office and
courthouse with incafldescent electric bulbs
and miles of electric streamers covering
thirty city blocks.s There will also be nu-
merous terra Gotta arches al the intersec-
ton of the principal downtown streets, all
emblaZoned with national and state f,aes
MnnAau
field and the reception committee will well
come the visitors at the 9th Regiment
armory; Tuesday will take place the pa
rade of federal and state troops headed by
Gov. Warfe,d: Wednesday the parade OF
forty froternal organizations with from
1900 to 10000 men and numerous histor-
ical floats in line headed by John NJ. Depo-
mai as grand marshal: Thu sday the munic-
ipal parade. in which every city department
will be represented, with Col. Joseph NJ
Wickes as grand marshal; Thursday night
will come the great electrical pageant with
thirty blazing floats. all purely historical.
with Col Jerome II. Joyce as grand mar
shall; the great street carnival, with thou
sands of Enthusiastically CARRIED jewellers in
line, Will take place, and this parade will
be led by Edward Hirsh as king of the
frocs; Saturday will be observed as Peggy
Stewart day. with patriotic exercises az
Annapolis. Gov Warfield has decided TO
declare Fraternal day, October l6 a legal
holiday. in honor of the various organlZa-
tons. as 1t will be the first time in the his
tory OF ttldt ali Iraternal Organi-
cations wi III parade as one body. The
prize winning Odd Fellows canton OF Wash
ngton will be invited to take part in the
parade.
Intercity Electric Line.
The electric railway which Will connect
Washington and Baltimore Is being rushed
to completion and will be in full operation
by the latter part of next month. The re-
pair shops and car barns al Academy juno
terminal station here is we'll advanced The
work of laying the rails in this city has
been completed and the company has been
notified that its coaches and other rolling
stock are ready for delivery. BY the middle
of October it is expected that all rails will
have been laid and the erecting of poles and
stringing Of wires completed The rate be-
tween the two cities has not been definitely
settled but assurance is given that 1t will
be fixed at very low figure. and this.
added II the splendid time schedule will
make intercity trips a feature of life in
the two big cities. The officials of the road
also contemplate establishing an all-nfght