Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15
MARYLAND POLITICS
Lively Times Ahead for Repub-
leans Is Predicted
OVER PRESIDENCY ISSUE
Speculation Over Personnel of Dele
cation to Chicago.
TAFT AND ANTI-TAFT MEN
Contests in Congressional Districts.
Gossip Over the Wellington
Pearre Combination.
OVER PRESIDENCY ISSUE
TAFT AND ANTI-TAFT MEN
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

| BALTIMORE, Md. March II. 1908.
| When the republican state convention
meets here in April to select delegation
! to the national republican convention
| there will be lively times. The admins
| tration forces headed by Attorney Cen
| eral Bonaparte and Collector Of the Port
| William F. Stone will line up solid be-
| hind Secretary Taft. while the ''insur-
gents" headed by Representatives Mudd
and Jacksou and former Representative
Wachter. will be either for Cannon or an
unpledged delegation. The combination
formed between former Senator yelling
ton and Representative Pearre is causing
much speculation as to where Wellington
will stand on the delegation question.
Pearre's position is definitely known, he
having declared himself strongly in favor
of Taft
1t is a well-known fact that there is
bad blood between Wellington and Stone
and many others prominent in the reGu-
| lar republican organization. and there are
many who incline TO the opinion that
while Wellington may be with Pearre in
the congressional fight he will be found
| working with the insurgents" on the
presidential problem. The fact that there
| is struggle in prospect is deplored by
| the leaders, because they have good rea-
SOll ID nope tHdt may Uc lOuhu
| in the republican coiumn next Novem-
Der.
Congressional Situation.
There promises to be some lively times
over congressional nominations. The re-
publicans will have their troubles in the
sixth district while the democratic bat
tleground will be in the fourth. In the
sixth district the battle will be between
tot i've paarre T1Ov6 I,OWndpS
and Brainard H. Warner. The latter
is making an active canvas. and in view
Of the bitter contest between Pearre and
Lowndes that is sure to come many are
picking Warner as a winner in the con-
vention. The democrats of the fourth
district will have to make their choice
among three aspirants. They are Repre-
sentative Gill. City Solicitor W. Cabell
Bruce and a third man who will certainly
enter the race, but has not yet announced
his candidacy.
The dark horse" it may be stated,
already has his campaign under way. and
while he will not seek the organization
| support neither would he refuse it. The
| fight therefore. promises to be just as
| interesting that in the sixth district
| In the first district the republicans Will
renominate Representative Jackson. and
| Thomas l.. Smith, backed by Senator
| elect Smith, will be the democratic nom
| inee Representative Talbot will again
| receive the democ1 attic nomination In the
second district, and his opponent Will IN
all probability be Robert Garrett, the
| wel-known banker. who has twice before
Mudd in a Walk.
| In the fifth district Representative
! Mudd who has acquired the habit OF
being renominated every two years, Is
not at all likely to suffer an attack OF
! stage fright and retire to the flies He
will win In a walk and without opposition
and further than that will be reelected.
| The interest in this district centers on
| who will be the goat for the democrats.
George Smith, the Pennsylvania rail-
road conductor. who made the race in
| 1906, is not likely to try conclusions with
| the redoubtable Mudd. In the parlance of
the street, "once was enough for Smith. "
Mr. B. Harris Camalier of ST. Mary
| county who has had several unpleasant
encounters with Mud at the ballot boxes
in the smith district is not seeking the
nomination, but the managers may again
decide to offer Camalier as sacrifice on the
altar of politics in Mudd'S balliwick.
Mr. Camalier has been bowled over by
| the Mudd chariot on two occasions and
| would take quite naturally to anotner
defeat In the third district Representa-
| tive Wolf is already at work fixing fences
| for a denomination. He candldly admits
that he likes the job at Washington and
will make strenuous efforts TO hold his
seat He will in all likelihood be unop-
posed in the primaries. The republican
| candidate has not yet come out into the
open, but there are reports to the erect
| that Wachter may trot out William r.
Broening, who was his private secretary
during mis- four terms in Congress.
Fight Against Saloons.
| The defeat Of the local option bill in
the house this week has caused Superin-
| tendent Anderson of the Anti-Saloon
League to become hot under the collar.
| To The Star correspondent Mr.. Anderson
said today: THE local option bill is
not dead. as the politicians would have
us believe. But it is not the fault of
the de mocratic boss that it is not dead.
bill would be dead. But this is great
Democratic bosses of high and low de-
| gree gathered In Annapolis the night
| be fore the vote was taken on the bill
in the house and framed up the deal
to kill it, as they thought. We shall
| hold an Indignation meeting at the Lyric
! tomorrow afternoon and start a move
ment to dethrone the boss and annihilate
the political machine that lines up with
| the saloon as against the people.
| ''If the legislators finally succeed in de-
| feating 1 will say this: That while
! there may be one dead local option bill
| there will be one hundred dead politi-
clans. We are keeping a record of these
| men and If they again seek public office
| we will be in a position to bring about
| their defeat"
Intercity Railway.
The prospects are that the electric rail
way between Washington and Baltimore
| will be In operation about April /. Gen
! eral Manager Shanahan of the Washing
| ton. Baltimore and Annapolis electric rail
way will not fix any definite date, be-
| cause of the uncertain weather condi-
| lions good weather being essential to the
| completion of the road. The stations be-
| tween Washington and Academy juno
| ton (Odentom have been named as fol-
lows: District Line, Gregory. Huntsville.
| White, Dodge Park. Glenarden. Ardwick,
Mccarthy. Buena Vista, Glendale. Bell,
| Springfield. High Bridge. Lloyd, Bowie
Road, Conway, bragef ana waugh
Chapel.
According to Traffic Manager Slaughter
the volume of traffic between Annapolis
and Washington has far exceeded the ex-
| pectations of the officials of the railway.
| Wreck Menace to Navigation.
In consequence of rough weather on the
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