Evening star., 1907-10-27

J tlDES was Tnlte paramount IN IDe cam
I paign- On th> stump Mr.. Gather and
/ the other speakers evaded dealing in & it,
/ tyring gen"raUt.es. but have used facts
I and figures, which can be easily verified
/ 10 show that the Existing election law is
/ JGe Ct the most perulClOuS and unfair
I ,uat ever occupied a place on the statute
cooks of any state. The efor,s made hy
tie democrats to raise the cry of negro
tc.nination' have IA len fat In years
past this cry was potent. It aroused
alarm among the whites and cost the re-
publican party many thousands Of votes.
IN the pr, sent campaign, however II has
/ 'a.lei as factor in changing votes. The
people have awakened to the fact tnat
the cry IS a democratic stock bugaboo.
and they refuse to be huncoei any longer.
No Flaws in Gather.
The democrats. too. are at a decided
disadvantage when it comes TO a com
rarison of the personal records of Gather
and Crothers. Vainly have the old
Guard" leaders endcayured to find flaws
IN the political record Of the republican
guhernator.al candidate. Mr.. Gather has
withstoOd the searchlight and stands out
a clean man. whose record. both per
sonal and political, is without a blCmish
on the other hand the political record
! Of Judge CrothcrS, the democratic cand!-
! date. has been bitt riy assaiIed and for
the past two weeks the democratic or
ganS and stump speakers have remained
silent. making no effort to controvart the
charges which apparently were well
founded. The record of Crothers as
| county boss as brought out In these
! charges. are III brief as follows: HIS con
ueCuon with corrupt primary election
I in which the banner precinct 50 far as
| fraud IS concerned was tn one in which
| CrOthers own office was the polling place ;
rs control as a county boss over con-
tracts iet and appointments made his
demand for money In return for his influ-
enCs in securing the granting of liquor
N 90 ion li,rlIn r..
Srnothered in the grand jury room at
f-lkton; MS work among neg.o voters and
/ his connection with the attempted bribery
Of one of them; his activity in politics
while a judge on the bench; his lobbying
before the legislature at Annapolis for
! the Octorara water bill, an indefensibc
measure unquestionably inimical TO the
interests Of his own county and his de
.eat5 in his own county when ne himself
was made TIE sole issue of the campaign
The charges made are very grave.
Names. dates. figures and details were
given in the statement. And to date no
attempt has been made TO diSprove them
senatorship Fight.
The democratic primary fight for the
United States sanatorshlp is waxing
warmer each day. 1t is now a battle re-
tween Gov. Warfed and former Gov
John Walter Smith. The latter is backed
by the democratic machine and money is
being spent freely in the interest of the
sage of Snow Hill. who is the new state
boss of the party During the week
Joshua Miles dropped out of the race
and inasmuch as Miles had deposited
5000 as his share of the campaign ex-
penses the question is being asked. why
did Miles step aside?" The general i'm
preston is that Gov. Smith induced Mr.
Miles to get out OF the race, but no one
5 ems to know the terms agreed upon
which resulted in the withdrawal of
Miles. Representative j. f. &. Talbot
B 44a sls1d rtrit' afro oil
though he knows that there's not a ghost
of a SHOW for him to win. Talbott's role
| is TO keep Baltimore county from stray
ing into the Warteld camp There has
evidently been an understanding between
Smith and Talbot, and an agreemn mt
reached that they VIII work together to
defeat Warh Id. the rise of Smith to
state boss placed him in position 10
fight Talbot effectively. and Talbot
. enjoys carrying Baltimore county in his
pocket it can be readily seen that he took
+ the first opportunity to make deal with
( Smith.
Warheld Men Active.
Gov. Warfe-d has been making an ac-
tive canvass during the week in the
southern and western sections of the
state. He feels much gratitied over the
manner in which he was received and
feels confident that he Will win the sen
atorial figu-. To The Star correspondent
Gov. Warfeld sal this afternoon: Il am
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called bosses of the party. | am appeal
ing to the fra4mcu of Mary and for cleo
ZION TO the Senate, and if | cannot get
this high office from the people without
boss dictation do not want it. The
present campaign offers the voters OF
Maryland the first opportunity to vote
direct for a United States senator. l Of
iered the resolution in the state Conyen-
ton and am candidate before the who e
people and will cheerful.y abide by the
result. | want to say right here" said
the governor emphatically, that | pro-
pose to have a fair count. Any man who
attempts to falsify the returns Will be
dealt with to the full penalty of the law.
1Ou cannot state this too cmphatiCally.
for l propose that the peope shall have
their votes counted as cast"
At meeting held in the Y. NJ. c. A. par
ors last evening a campaign committee
of one hundred was named TO work in
the interest of Warfields candidacy dOr
the Senate. on this committee are some
OF the most prominent men in tie tnan-
eial and business life of Baltimore, and
men who tor. years have been claSsed as
independent democrats and who nave
taken Hide active part in politics
Will Make Fight Here
Gov. Warneid plans to make an active
canvass of the city from now on until
election day. A number of meetings have
been arranged and prominent speakers in
. addition To the governor will take the
+ stump. I'll" result OF tnls fight between
Narlield and the old guard OF the dem
ocratic machine will lie awaited with
much interest. A victory for artield
sill mean that the organization IS a
thing of the past and that the new de
mocracy under the leadership of Warield
will be In control The "old guard real
. !Zes the true situation and is making
every effort to down Warfieid in this city
especially 1t is the bftterest fight waged
In the democratic party in years. and
I many OF the leaders are fearful that It
. may hurt the democratic state ticket
. This fear IS wei founded for many of
the independent democrats who will sup
port Wariield for the Senate will vote for
. Gather in preference TO crotherS. AS the
situation stands today Gather and War
field are gaining strength, and 1t would
not be at all surprising if a republican
. governor and a democratic Iegislatilrs