Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
REGISTRARS At WORK FIGHT FOR MARYLAND'
Thirteen Hundred of EN- List State Storm Center Ma
ing Voters. tiona Ticket.
INVEST VIRGINIA SITUATION HITCHCOCK NONE TOO SURE
Parties Wagng Summons Baltimore City
for Supremacy State. Get His Advice
CHANCES REPUBLICANS PUZZLE FIGURES
Politicians
publican for Gov Side Will
So Certain Falling
HITCHCOCK NONE TOO SURE
Summons Baltimore City Leader to
Get His Advice.
PUZZLE IN REGISTRY FIGURES
Politicians of Both Parties-Which
Side Will Lose Most Votes
by Falling Off.


BALTIMORE, Md, October 10 1913.
According to advices received in this
city from authoritative sources. the re-
publican national committee is not over
confident of winning out next November.
According % The Star correspondents
| information, which comes from a gentle
man close to the party managers Chair
man Hitchcock of the national committee
has bungled on the job-and bungIed bad
ly. According to The Star correspondents
information, Hitchcock has just awaken
ed to the real situation and has summon
ed to New York for a conference all the
leaders in the states which are regarded
as doubtful.
William F. Stone. the republican leader
Of Baltimore city. will leave here Monday
morning in response to a call from Chair
man Hitchcock. Just what Hitchcock
wants with Stone could not be ascertained
but the impression prevails that the ma
| tional chairman is seeking advice and is
turning to Stone, who was Sergeant-at-
arms at the national convention and dis
played such signal executive ability in
the management OF that gathering, proved
a good mixer and SmOothed out many of
the kinks caused by the general attitude
of Hitchcock toward the oldtime leaders.
In plain English. as one of the Baltimore
republicans who attended the Chicago con-
| vention asserted, Hitchcock is a FROST.
This gentleman. in discussing Hitchcock
further, said that he could make more
enemies in given period of time than
any other man in politics today"
Maryland Storm Center.
The storm center OF the campaign in
both parties. for some reason unknown
to the politicians here. centers in Mary
land. This state when the campaign
shall have closed will have had more of
the big guns than any other state in
the Union. Among those who have
spoken here for the democrats are Will
liam Jennings Bryan, the democratic cam
didate; John w. Kern. his running mate;
Alton B. Parker, former presidential can
didate: Senator John W. Daniel of Vir-
ginia. and Alexander S. Bacon of New
York. Those yet to come are Representa-
tive John Sharp Williams of Mississippi
| and Samuel Gompers, the la Dor leader.
On the republican side Vice President
Fairbanks, Senator julius c. Burrows and
Secretary of Commerce and Labor Straus
have been here and the city awaits the
coming of William Howard Taft, the re-
publican presidential nominee.
Even Hearst's independence party has
hopes" and will send William Randolph
Hearst, it's founder, and John Temple
Graves. the running mate OF Hisgen, the
presidential nominee.
Baltimore will also have the pleasure
Of a visit from Eugene V: Debs and his
red special Debs will be here next week
and will bring a brass band with him.
| And last Will come the imported prohibit
ton orators. who will speak in Baltimore
TOR Chain and Watkins
Registration Falls Off,
The registration of voters closed this
week and comparison with the figures of
1904. the last presidential year. show a
total falling off of :.O14 votes Four
years ago the registered whites numbered
1O1. 1874. and This year %, 10. showing the
white shortage TO be 2.2S4. The reg
istered negro vote in 1904 was II, $50, and
this year 1000. shortag. of $50. A
feature of the registration was the great
increase in the number of those who de-
clined to state their affiliation- In 1907
there were 1872 independents on the
books. while this year there are 16.1 29,
! an increase OF 3,337. In 1901 there were
while this year only 54.3D are on the
books. a falling off of 3,413 The re-
publican affiliated vote in 1897 1853.
and this year 45.057 loss of 1856.
Chairman Parran Of the republican
state central committee processes salts
faction over the outcome of the registra-
ton. So far as the declined vote Is con-
cerned he declared the republicans would
receive che largest snare al the polis next
month.
Chairman Vandiver of the democratic
state central committee was most Opti-
mistic over the figures. The democrats
are we'll ahead" he said and the large
declined vote means great deal for
Bryan.
So there you have il. Both chairmen
, are satisfied. although both parties suf-
fered losses mounting into the thousands.
! and the independents, who hold the bal
of = Vnt
With the registration over the party
managers will devote their entire time to
the campaign of education and meetings
large and small will be held IN all paris
of the city by both parties.
Analysis of Registration.
One Of the cleverest students of politics
in this city said to The Star correspond
ent today: 1T is a difficult registration
to analyZe. The democrats over 5000
short of the registration last year, but
it must not be forgotten that they then
had a senatorial primary contest on hand.
and that allowed many declined voters to
register democrats so that they could
vote for Warfield or Smith. The republic
cans lost about 900 and consequently
did not suffer much as the democrats.
LAS to the declined or independent; vote,
that is hard to figure on. The republic
cans have always been compelled to get
at least from so to 81 per cent of the de-
clined vote to be able to carry Baltimore
city In any election. OF course. there are
many registered as democrats who intend
to vote for Taft. but it must not be for
gotten that some republicans will also
vote for Bryan.
In my opinion the most important
part of the registration is the labor vote.
This vote will cut the biggest figure in
the election this fall in Maryland. The
visit of Samuel GomperS will stir things
nf ha la will nfa
as they intend tO-for Bryan or for Taft
and still others will not have so much in
dependence and will permit themselves to
be swayed by Gompers and the other
labor leaders. Others will follow the tide
and vote as the largest crowd does.
1T is noticeable too. that a large num-
Der of negroes declined to state their af-
filiationS this year. Just what this means
am not prepared to say. but ! fear that