Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-26
SEE BRIGHT PROSPECT
Maryland Republicans Hopeful
of EIecting a Governor.
DIFFERENCES LAID ASIDE
Unity of Action Appears to Be As
sured.
CONFERENCE OF THE LEADERS
Goldsborough and Gather Most Prom
inently Mentioned for the Guber-
Material Candidate.


Special From STAFF Correspondent.
BALTIMORE. July 23.-Maryland repub-
Leans are brac.ng up for a strong pull,
long pull and a pull altogether in this falls
elections. with favorable prospect of
carrying the state. Every condition seems
to them to hold out bright promise of vic
tory, and they propose to make the effort
of their lives to wrest the state from demo-
cratic control To that end every resource
OF the party in its state. city and national
organization Will be utilized
The game is worth the candle the repu5-
lican leaders think. In passing it may be
said there is some little speculation as to
who will furnish the candle. but it will
doubtless be forthcoming In event of re-
publican victory. with control Of the legs-
lature. the first step will be to repeal the
existing election law and revert to the law
of 1896. The next will be the passage of a
corrupt-pract;ces act to prevent future use
of money at the polls. With these two re-
forms accomplished Maryland would be
thereafter regarded not only as a close
border state. but. indeed almost as a safe
republican state
Harmony is the watchword of the repub-
Hcans in the coming contest. Unity of ac-
ton appears to be assured and it will ba
all the more effective from the lack of har-
mony which exists in the democratic ranks
Indeed, the wOcful plight of the democracy
in this respect has stimulated the republic
cans and is serving to Close the b .caC laS
that may have existed in tn republican
ranks heretofore. The republicans have
had their troubles. and there may be soma
wounds that still smart but they are now
to b- hidden
Republican Leaders Confer.
A conference of republican leaders will
be held before August Il. which will Ger
tainly result in agreement on a candi-
date for Soverno". whose name will be pre-
srnted to the state convention and who
will be supported by every republican
leader of prominence in the state 1t seems
practically certain that thu ,nocrats will
not be able to agree beforehand upon their
candidate. and that their state convention
is likely to be Cat-and-dog affair. which
will further accantuat. the differences in
the democratic party
| am Informed that Repras entativa Will
liam II. Jackson, Representative Sydney +.
Mudd Chairman Thos. Parran and Col
lector William F. Stone. repres antng some
of the active elements of party manage
ment have been in friendly conference re-
Gently and that they will get together in
future with the other lead Is ard all VII
act i'll harmony. The prospect of victory.
based largely upon democratic inharmony,
Is so aHurng as to cause the laying aside
of all personal ambitions. and agreement
upon a man who will make the most prom
Using candidate. Attorney General Bona
parte, who represents the national wing Of
the party and the admin. stration Will aid
in every way possible to maintain harmony.
The state organization is assured of ali the
aid that the national party can give
Two Names Mentioned
The two names most prominently nm
toned in connection with the gubernator.al
nomination are Phillips Lee Goldsborough
Of Dorchester county, collector of internal
revenue and George r. Gather of Balti-
n A Of
county is also under consideration 1t is
generally thought by republicans that as a
question of personal choice Mr.. Colds
borough is favored by Representative Jack
son and Mr.. Gather by Collector Stone
Well-posted republicans. however say that
neither Mr.. Jackson nor Mr.. Stone is irrev-
ocably tied up with any candidate. and
that the man chosen by the conference of
republican leaders. August H. will be
heartily accepted by them.
The question of financing the campaign
Will also come up at that conference 1t is
said that the leaders are very dubious of
Mr. Gathers Willingness to put up the
money. Mr.. Goldsborough is not u rich
man, and it is question whether his spon-
sor. Mr.. Jackson, will contribute extern
sively after the roasting he has received
for his free use of money in the last con-
gressional campaign. But the leaders be
lleve that with the fair prospect of success
ahead and the Conse4 ucnt senatorial booms
that Will be Matching they Will be able to
RAISE The funds.
The Issue
The great issue in the campaign will be
the election law and reform in elections.
The republicans will appeal to the indie
pendent sentiment III the state for a fair
election law IN lieu of the present one.
which is unsatisfactory even to many DEM
ocrats. The law mas hurt the democrats
in some respects. If the Poe amendment
had been adopted it would have disfran-
CllSrQ baltimore from eight q ten tbol1-
sand uaturalized Russians, three to four
thousand Bohemians. two thousand Ital-
ians and one thousand Lithuahians. These
new citizens do not feel kindly toward the
democratic party, il is said, and their de-
lection is expected to hurt the democracy.
Republican affairs in Baltimore city
in promising condition. Collector William
+. Stone is the unquestioned leader. and
has firm hold upon the situation. He
has won the respect as well as the admira-
tIou of republicans. They tell me that Mr..
Stone is regarded alert aggressive and
above all, square" He fulhlls his
promises and the rank and file know that
he can be depended upon
Vote in Last Election.
Outside of the advantage to the republic
cans presented by the democratic lack of
harmony. normal conditions in Maryland
are regarded by republicans as favoring
their prospects. 1t is pointed out that in
the last election in Maryland. that of No
vember, 1906, seventeen counties went re-
publican and six counties gave democratic
majorities. The seventeen republican coun-
ties gave an aggregate majority of II 4O3.
The six democratic counties gave an ag
gregate majority of 3, lI6, leaving net re-
publican ma jority over the democrats In ali
-he counties in the state OF 1927 To be
sure. that was congressional election. and
to a certain extent national issues figured.
But republicans contend that the result
showed the existence of latent republican
sentiment which can be appealed to again.
and that the issue of ballot reform ought
To be as weighty as any question discussed
last fall. n. 0. M.