The Washington herald., 1907-10-24

7 By staff Correspondent.
Baltimore Oct. 2}-John Walter Smith
/ ex-governor Of May iaIu. aud leader ol
/ the cohorts from the Eastern Shore at
/ the last Democratic State convention. vii
I be the next United States Senator from
( the Old Line State, if persons who are
usually on the inside of Democratic cOun-
/ cils in this State are not deluding them
selves and others. Col Smith viii be
nominated at the Senatorial primaries on
November 5 for the term succeeding that
of the late Senator German. To iii out
which Senator William Pinknpy Whyte
who was appointed by Gov. Warfeld to
serve until the next session of the leg
islaJuTe. Will be named by the state as
sembly. 1t Is a foresone conclusion that
Mr.. Whyte Will be nominated for TIC
short term as there is no opposing
candidate
All this, according TO weI-informed
Democrats. will be done if that party
is victorious at the approaching State
election. The political complexion Of the
legislature viii be determined by this
election. as well as the occupants Of the
chief State offices.
Democrats Are Confident.
The Democratic leaders claim TO be in
a position TO confidently expect victory
at the polls by q majority ranging from
lo,ooJ to 12co0 votes. The party through
out the State is doing great team work,
and rHarfF a~a M ir,r,..-t. d. -,+ ,75--g,,..s 49,
The only section IN which the solidarity
is not complete is in Queen Anne County.
where an independent movement, believed
to be a piece of Republican strategy. is
under way; but this cannot greatly affect
the result in the State, even though il
should turn the county itself into the
Republican column.
Not since the great campaign Of a
decade ago. when the State government
was turned over 10 the Republican party.
in order to free it from the old Demo-
cratic ring. has 50 much interest been
taken in any Maryland election cam
paign as has been aroused by the present
campaign. which has but "a little more
than a week 10 run its course before the
test comes At the polls. Several ele-
ments are responsible for this widespread
interest. In the first place for the first
time in the history of Maryland. the
plan successfully used in other States Of
the South and West to secure selection
of United States Senators by the people
rather than by the legislatures will be
tried. OF probably equal importance in
the eyes Of the majority Of the voters is
g Ane Ion
from the suffrage lists.
National Issues Involved.
And. in addition to these two important
issues, questions of national import.
which will figure in the next national
campaign. have been injected into the
State fight. Chief among these is the
matter of tariff reform. The Democratic
spellbinders have appealed to the voters
of Maryland, irrespective Of party afilia-
ton. to vote to keep the State in the
Democratic column, so that It may not be
listed with the high tariff interests in
the Presidential campaign next year.
Maryland is a warm advocate of tariff
reform, not only for its own sake. but as
an effective way OF controlling the trust
question, while at the same time avoid
ing the danger to financial interests of A
legitimate sort. which is involved in di
rect and radical attacks upon the great
industrial institutions through the me-
dunn of the courts.
The Republicans. as an Offset to the ne
gro question, have revived the issue Of
fair elections" but it is indicated by
the reception accorded this resurrection
that probably the majority Of Maryland
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