Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-07
OLD LINERS UP A TREE
Maryland Democratic Leaders
Puzzled Over Ticket.
HUNTING FOR A CANDIDATE
Talbot Figuring on Landing the
United States Senatorship.
SHREWD GAMES BEING PLAYED
Some Of the Rank Baking at organi-
zation Plans-Numsen's Chances
for the Governorship.
HUNTING FOR A CANDIDATE
sHREWD GAMES BEING PLAYED
Special Correspondence of The Star.


BALTIMORE. Md, July 6. 1907
The leaders of the old democratic ring In
Maryland are up a tree. They started out
tention of putting up old-time machine
ticket this fall. Their first move was to
drive Gov. Warfied from the field and this
move was successful When Warf1eld an
nounced that he would not seek a renomi-
nation the machine leaders thought that
the road was clear to cary out their plans
They did not imagine for one moment that
1t would become. apparent that .Warfield
had been forced to take such action. The
people, however. were not so blind and
there came howl of indigna ton from the
Independent democrats.
The ring leaders then realized that some-
thing had happened and they began to
trim their sails. They sent out booms for
this and that man and all of them fell
nat The only man who would prove an
acceptable candidate to all factions-Frank
A. Furst of this cty-absolutely refused to
consider any propositions looking to his be-
coming a gubernatorial candidate. Then
former representative Joshua Miles. big
Leader on the eastern shore, hit upon a
bright plan. He wrote a letter to Senator
William Pinkney Whyte urging that gem
tleman to call a conference of all dem
ocrats. including Gov. Warfield and Mayor
Mahool. to discuss the situation and select
candidate who would prove acceptable
to all factions. This looked like an EXCEL
lent proposition to the ringsters. but some
democrats insist that such action sayored
too much of machine methods.
What Democrats Face.
1t will be readily seen, therefore, that the
machine has about reached a point where
the ring leaders must either decide to keep
hands off in the nomination of a guberna-
torial candidate else cast off all pretense
ana line up behind a ring-made nominee
and take their chances on his election I'm
DER ordinary conditions the ring leaders
would be willing to throw down the gaunt-
let and make the coming campaign a fight
to the death. but the fact that two United
move cautiously.
Representative j. F. c. Talbot, who ia
perhaps the nearest approach to a state
leader, Is preserving a wonderful silence re-
gardlng his choice for governor He has
more at stake than any other leader in the
state and hence wants to carry water on
both shoulders. His only interest In the
election is that a legislature favorable to
Ialbott for the Senate shall be elected He
does not care a snap of his finger who car
r1es Off the gubernatorial nomination He
has very little use for Gov. Warfield. hut
nevertheless among the delegates from Bal
tlmore county to the state convention he
has picked three men who are warm Nor
Sonal friends of the governor and would he
TOT Warneld first. last and all the time for
denomination should Warfield's name be
presented before the convention
To show the shrewd game that Talbot
IS playing It may be mentioned that at the
county convention last month Representa-
tive Talbot made speech in which he
praised the administration Of Gov War
field. but when it came to a question of
indorsing the administration Talbot set
MS race against 1t and said that 1t was a
question to be decided by the state con-
M v,Io x,aI y
Baltimore county that young German
played in Howard. but there was more
finesse about it.
Some Leaders Balky.
Another matter that is causing the ring
leaders much concern is the attitude of
former Cows. Smith and Brown. Tho
friends of the former assert that they have
not forgotten the treatment Col Smith re-
ceived at the hands of the organization in
1904, when Rayner was given the senator
ship that had been promised to Smith.
They assert that Gov. Smith. by calling a
special session of the legislature in 1901
for the sole purpose of passing a new cleo
ton law. made the election of the late A. p
German to the United States Senate posi-
BILE And they further claim that definite
promise was made to Smith that he should
receive the caucus nomination for the other
seat in the Senate when the legislature of
1904 met.
These friends of Col. Smith have not for
gotten nor forgiven the treatment handed
out to their leader at that session and are
In no frame of mind to line up with the
ring forces in the coming campaign. Col
Smith, 1t may be mentioned has aspira-
lions for the Kubernatorial chair, but he Is
feared more than any other man. in so far
as the senatorship Is concerned, by Repre-
sentative Talbot.
Numsen for Governor.
During the past week certain elements
In the democratic party have started a
gubernatorial boom for Mr.. G. N. Num-
sen, vice mayor Of Baltimore. There Is no
gainsaying the fact that Numsen would
prove a strong candidate with the masses.
He is a man we'll known throughout the
state and his record, public and private, Is
above reproach. The ringsters. however.