Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-09
bal ELECTION
BONE REVELATIONS OF THE BIG
VOTE TUESDAY.
Timanus Did Not Get the Full Re.
publican Vote - Many Stayed
Away From the Polls.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


BALTIMORE, Nd. May GAS the smoke
of Tuesdays battle lifts it becomes more
and more apparent that discussions within
the republican ranks caused the defeat of
Mayor Timanus. The returns show conclu-
sively that Timanus did not poll the full
publican vote of Baltimore, and this in turn
demonstrates that the party was not united.
The conditions existing within the party
were the direct outcome of the bitter pri-
mary fight between Timanus and Wachter.
The latter made his campaign fight against
the regular organization more than against
his opponent. He openly charged that Tina
was the tool of Collector of the Port
Stone, the city leader that affairs at the
city hall were directed from the custom
house. and that If Timanus elected
Stone would In reality be the mayor.
Collector Stone, it cannot be denied. has
many enemies within the party. and it only
needed Wachter's open accusation that
Stone was bossing things at the city hail.
whether true or not, to cement the anti
Stone crowd against Timanus if he carried
the primaries.
Wachters best friends. men who really
had his interest at heart, begged the former
representative not to make his campaign
along these lines. Wachter, however, turn
ed a deaf ear to these entreaties He hoist
ed the black flag over his Headquarters and
nightly denounced Stone and Timanus from
the hastings. He started a fight within the
party that he could not stem when Timanus
won out The men who had followed Wach-
ter in the primary campaign refused to
abide by the result. Hundreds in each ward
on the day following the primary openly
asserted that they would either vote for
Mahool or else remain away from the polls
Efforts Were Futile.
Several days after the primaries letter
reached the city hall signed Frank c.
Wachter. In which the services of the late
opponent of Mayor Timanus placed
at the disposal of the mayor for the entire
republican ticket. Mayor Timanus i'm
medately sent letter by special mes
senger TO WaChter thanking him for the
support rendered and requesting that
Wachter take the stump When the cam
paign opened Wachter appeared at all the
big meetings and urged his former adj
herents to work for the success of the re-
publican ticket from Mayor Timanus down.
But signs were not lacking that Wachter
had not buried all of the Ratchet. During
the primary campaign former Representa-
tive Schirm had taken a most prominent
part at the Timanus meetings. being the
star speaker at three-fourths of the gath
erings. Wachter and Schirm have for years
been bitter personal enemies and Schirm
applied the lash to Wachter numerically
during the primary campaign He did not
mince words in denouncing Wachter, who,
he declared. had received more honors at
the hands of his party than he ever de-
served" .--..r.
monster mass meeting at the Lyric, which
was presided over by Attorney General
Bonaparte. Wachter was one of the speak
ers of the evening, but he made his ap-
pearance conditional upon the fact that
Schirm must be eliminated from the list
of speakers. And Schirm did not appear
on the program. Now Charlie Schirm
has a few friends in Baltimore, and they
felt that Schirm, who had devoted practi-
Cally every evening of his time during the
primary campaign to the interest of
Ttrr1lf lad % H..
ton than Wachter And thus another
breach was made.
One Big Mistake.
Perhaps the most glazing mistake made
by the republican organization was the
placing of Samuel H. Tattersall, candidate
for vice mayor on the Wachter ticket as
the running mate of Mayor Tmanus, in
place of DR.. A. E. F. Grempler, who was
nominated by direct vote in the primaries.
DR.. Grempler, it may be stated was per-
fectly willing to give way to Mr.. latter
sail. DIR. Grempler halls from the south
western end of the city, while Mr.. latter
sail lives in North Baltimore. Southwest
Baltimore has always coveted something
higher than councilman. and the repub-
Icans in that section resented the substitu-
ton of Tattersall for Grempler AS re-
suit Mayor Timanus failed to receive the
vote which 1t Is believed was due him in
khat section.
Another mistake followed upon the heels
of the first one. Mayor Timanus last week
made formal announcement that in the
event of his election he would name Mr..
George R. Gather, president of the second
branch city council, as the city solicitor.
This announcement was seized upon by the
democrats as confession of weakness and
was used upon the stump by the demo-
cratic spellbinders 1t is said that this
announcement of the intention to ap-
point Gather as city solicitor followed
by a sharp passage of words between
Mayor Timanus and Collector Stone, the
latter asserting that it a foolish po-
ltical move, while the mayor contended
that the announcement would appeal to the
independent voters. The mayor seems to
have been right in this surmise. for it is
fact noticeable in the returns that TinIanus'
vote in the uptown wards, the Strongholds
of the independent vote, far exceeded party
expectations.
As to the Vote.
The total republican affiliated vote is
45.254, and Mayor Timanus polled 1896
There is, therefore. a shortage of 1854
which represent far more than the rejected
ballots 1t Is evident that Timanus polled
a majority of the declined vote as well as
large independent vote. Therefore is only
logical to assume that the WachteriteS cut
him to the extent of thousands. 1t Is safe
TO assert that had Timanus. with his rec
have come out victor with flying colors. A
careful scrutiny of the returns from the
wards where the Wachterites were strong
est reveals the fact that Timanus was
Slaughtered In the house of his friends"
1t Is a noticeable fact that In the wards In
South Baltimore, where the Wachterites are
In control. the republican councilmanic can
ddates were defeated, save one candidate,
who espoused the cause of Wachter In the
primaries.