Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-16
MARYLAND POLITICS
Ex-Gov. Brown a Riddle for the
Democracy.
KEEPS LEADERS GUESSING
Old Guard Averse to Dealing With
Any Bluffs.
DEMOCRACY SOMEWHAT AT SCI
Repub Hcan Organization in Good
Working Order-Collector Stone
Controls Baltimore Machine.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, June Is. 1907.
The riddle in Maryland democratic poll
tics today is former Gov. Frank Brown.
One day he is ready to accept the nominal
ton for governor and the next he would
not have it, even If presented on a silver
platter. The truth Of the matter is that the
''old guard declines to line up behind Mr..
Brown. The claim is made by the organi-
cation leaders that Brown only seeks the
governorship as a stepping stone to the
United States Senate, and the "old guard
has not the slightest intention Of assisting
Brown to reach the goal of his ambition.
On the contrary, the machine will fight
Brown. They claim that Brown failed to
make good In the recent mayoraty election
when he claimed 10000 majority for Ma
hool, who only carried the city by a few
hundreds over 1900; that his whole cam
paign was bluff and that he did not bear
all the expenses, as has been claimed by
his followers. They assert that the bulk Of
the 'sinews of war was furnished by
Sonny Mahon, who now aspires to city.
leadership, and Chairman Harry Welles
Rusk Of the city democratic committee.
They further claim that had the campaign
conducted by Brown continued for fort
night longer Mayor Timanus would have
A well-known organization democrat, in
discussing the situation said to The Star
correspondent today: Frank Brown wants
the gubernatorial nomination and he wants
1t badly. His declaration Of yesterday that
he is out of the race is all bluff. He
imagines that the party will have to come
to him, but l can assure him that he Is
woefully mistaken. Do you suppose for one
moment that We are going to work to
bring about Browns nomination and then
hustle for his election to the gubernatorial
chair when We know full well that he only
wants the chair at Annapolis to further
his plans to reach the United States Senate?
Former Loyalty Questioned.
We have not forgotten that this same
Frank Brown, who now aspires to state
leadership, has on several occasions seen
fit to score the regular organization How
loyal was he to our lamented leader, Sena-
tor German? How loyal was he to John
E. Hurst, the democratic candidate for gov
ernor in 1895, in whose nominate ton he took
part? How loyal has he ever been to the
party leaders In any campaign In which his
political future was not directly concerned?
What does the democratic party in Mary
land owe to Brown? Nothing I tell Won:
campaign in which he worked harmoniously
with the leaders.
Therefore, why should we line up be-
hind Brown in his aspirations to become a
United States senator? Why did Brown
take the helm during the recent mayoralty
campaign? Simply because he knew that
dlsloyalty In the ranks of the republicans
made almost certain the election of any
man on the democratic mayoralty ticket
Brown wanted the prestige that would go
with victory. He aspired OF the state lead
ership as soon as his candidate had won,
and unless he gets governorship, SENATOR
ship and leadership he won play That's
the situation in nutshell"
Democrats in Bad Shape.
The Star correspondents informant ad-
mitted that the democratic party was in
bad shape; that great fight must be made
If the party hopes to win in the fall and
he placed the whole blame upon Gov War
field. THE governor he said has made
many enemies among the influential party
leaders; he lost sight of the fact that had
the party organization held aloof four years
ago he could not have been elected to the
exalted position he now holds. On assum-
Ing the gubernatorial chair Warfield forgot
those men who had managed his campaign
SO successfully that he carried the state
by over 1900 majority. True we never did
want Warfield, but we realized that he
made great primary campaign, had won
the nomination fairly and We fell into line
To nominate candidate is one thing; to
elect him is another. Suppose the men who
opposed him in the primary fight had
sulked when his nomination came about?
Could Warfield have won? Not at ALL
Had the regular party organization acted
during the campaign Warfield did after
his election, Maryland would never have
had the so-called ideal governor
I'VE have supported men for governor
and mayor; we have given our time and
money to bring about their election. and
what has been share after the votes
were counted? Good swift kicks. Why, we
have not had enough influence after cleo
tons to land a street sweeper or a lamp
lighters job. And 1 don't mind saying that
we have grown tired Of this sort Of thing
You can gamble and win on two PROPOSE
tons this year-it won't be Brown and it
won't be Warfield
Republicans in Good Shape.
The meeting of the republican state CEN
trail committee here during the week devel-
oped one fact, and that is that the party
will nominate the strongest man to head
the ticket this fall. There was much gos-
sip in the lobby of the Rennert during the
meeting, and the aforementioned men were
Jobn Writ Randall of AnnanolIS phil1ipS