Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
AFFAIRS IN MARYLAND
CLOSE OF EXCITING MAYoRALTY
CAMPAIGN LAST NIGHT.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


The mayoralty primary campaign in both
parties closed tonight with meetings in
practically all of the city wards. The ad-
herents of each and every candidate claim
that their favorite is good as nominated,
but only the counting of the ballots on
Tuesday next will decide this question. 1t
is the closest fight in both parties that has
ever taken place in this city, and close fol-
lowers Of the game of politics admit that it
is any mans fight in both parties. The can
didates to be voted for on Tuesday next
are:
Republication mayor: E. Clay Timanus
and Frank c. Wachter.
For president second branch city council:
A. Edward F. Grempler and Samuel H.
Tattersal
For controller: George r. Heffner and
John c. Freidel.
Democratic-For mayor: J. Barry Ma
.hool, ]. Charles Lnth,cum and George
Stewart Brown.
For president second branch city council:
George N. Numsen.
For controller: Harry F. Hooper.
Four members of the second branch city
council are to be chosen and there is
contest on in every district except the third
on the republican ticket and the fourth on
the democratic. Twenty-four first branch
councilman are to be chosen. The Timanus
ticket has candidate in every ward
Wine TIE "dCnteT lcheC mas In
every ward except the second, third, fourth
sixth, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth
hfteenth, sixteenth and eighteenth On the
democratic side there are contests in every
ward save the first, second, fourth, thir-
teenth. fourteenth, twentieth, twenty-sac-
ond and twenty-third.
A Peculiar Campaign.
The campaign which closed tonight was
the most peculiar ever held in this city. In
both parties the organization followers have
split over candidates, and it is this condi-
ton which makes it well-ngh impossible
for any one to accurately forecast the re-
suit On the republican side the campaign
has not been lacking in vim and vigor. The
Timanus and Wachter spellbinders have
each called a spade a spade and have at
times been bitter In their denunciatons.
While Timanus has refraIned from person
ally saying anything unkind about Wach-
ter, his campaign speakers have hayed the
former representative numerically. Wach-
ter, on the other hand, has made Litter
personal attacks on the mayor and Col
lector William F. Stone, head of the city
republican organization. He has charged
the mayor with being the tool of the COL
lector of the port and asserted that bust
ness at the city hall is transacted by phone
from the custom house. Two weeks ago
Wachter looked like a winner, but the
charge that his candidate for controller
John {. Freidel, favored The passage of the
Poe amendment last fall, has injured the
Wachter ticket greatly in the black belt
of the city, where 1t was admitted that
Wachter would poll a heavy vote. Last
night Mr.. Freidel issued statement in
which he denied having favored the Poe
amendment, but it did not have the effect
of stemming the tide which had set in
toward Timanus, and unless sensation of
the most unexpected type is sprung-and
this is most unlikely-Timanus will in all
likelihood win out next Tuesday.
Democrats at Sea.
1t is within the democratic party that the
greatest guessing match is being conducted.
The organization managers are making all
sorts of claims that Mahool will win, but
at heart they are very nervous. Mahool
has not grown in strength since his nomi-
nation. He has made a most active and
vigorous campaign, but nevertheless has
stood still, neither gaining nor losing
ground. He has failed to arouse the or
ganization workers and voters to the point
winch his campaign manager, former Gov
Frank Brown, had hoped. What's In it
LOT u.s.! ask the ward workers, and Mahool
refuses to make any pledges to individuals.
Gov. Brown is unable to assure these lead
ers that the faithful" will be taken care
OF, and hence he cannot weld the machine
into a compact body. True, Mahool will
get solid vote from those regulars who
never learned to vote any save a regular
ticket, and who could not do otherwise If
they tried But these rock-ribbed resulars
are not SO numerous as in the past and
cannot even decide primary fight He
can hardly hope for any support from the
Independents because he is the candidate
OF that organization which the independ-
ents have fought for years.
Senator Linthicum has made a splendid
campaign. but lacks any organization be-
hind him. He is simply candidate for
the mayoralty nomination without a com
pact body to urge his claims or further his
interests. He will, Of course, get support
from the Warfield wing of the party, but
that Will only be scattering vote
Brown Makes Gains.
George Stewart Brown, the municipal
ownership candidate, has made the most
aggressive campaign of all the candidates.
He is backed solidly by the local federation
of labor, that body having even gone so
far as to appropriate $1,000 to aid in de-
fraying his campaign expenses The fedora
ton has also supplied several hundred men
who will act as watchers On election day
and others who will serve as runners to get
out the vote for their candidate. The So
calist party, which in years past has put
mayoralty ticket in the field, will this
year support Brown and this means, &C
cording to the figures of the last election,
800 votes for Brown as starter. "Stovey"
as he is generally known, will poll prac-
tically all of the independent vote, and has
many supporters within the ranks of the
organiZation-men who while shouting for
Mahool are in reality working for Brown
Brown has been winning votes ever since
the campaign opened, and has held his
forces solid. The situation tonight may be
summed up as follows: The great silent
vote will decide who shall be the nominee
of the democratic party on Tuesday next
Bosses. organization, machines, heelers will
count for naught in deciding the contest
And as a result the winner will be the de
facto ct de jure candidate of the people.
Republicans to Meet.
The republican state central committee
will meet here next Wednesday, in complI-
ance with the new constitution of the party