Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
TRUTH FORCED HOME
Maryland Democrats Admit
State Is Republican.
OLD LEADER JUSTIFIED
Rasin's Remark of Several Years
Ago Recalled by Recent Events.
REBELLION AGAINST MAHON
Old-Time PartisanS Bitter Against
Present Party acknowledgements
lions for Frauds in Counties.
REBELLION AGAINST MAHON
special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd. November Is, 1909.
The democratic leaders here since
studying the officials returns are rather
inclined to the belief that the late Isaac
Freeman Rasin spoke 1.-The truth, the
whole truth and nothing but the truth
when he stated to a coterie OF party
politicians a few years ago that Mary
land has been republican for ten years"
Rasin was a born politician. a natural
leader OF men who make politics their
business, and he always kept his ear
close to the ground His great success In
the city fights was due to the fact that
he kept his hand upon the pulse OF the
public and used his head after he had
diagnosed just what the public wanted.
The Wilson law was the product OF the
brain of Senator German. Mr.. Rasin and
the late John p. Poe-the real trium-
MES of the state for over a quarter OF
a century. With the passing of these
three men from the political activities of
Maryland there has come a great change
over the democracy.
The party today is lacking in that stall
wart leadership. that personal element, o..
command and executive force to which
the heelers had become accustomed. In
the days gone by ward and precinct ex-
ecutives were hailed to the sanctum OF
the boss made their reports and re-
ceived their orders. If the orders given
by the boss were rot carried out to the
letter. the leader, large or small, 1t made
not the slightest difference, was sum-
marily deposed and into his place was
put a man who would carry out the or
ders of the boss" without question.
Conditions Changed Now.
exists. The present leader of the city
democracy. John ]. Mahon. believes ev-
erything of a roseate hue that is told
him. The chairmen of the several po-
litical committees are lacking in exec
utive ability. and the democratic party
is today in the worst straits of its his
tory in this state. One Of the old lieu
tenants OF Rasin. a man who had fol-
lowed the "easy boss" in hundred hard
fought battles. discussed the defeat of
the democrats in the city with The Star
correspondent today.
1T seems to have been the aim Of the
present city boss to cut us old Rasin
men out Of the game" he said, land
he has succeeded in putting lot of
idea that he is q great leader and that
nobody can give him advice. II he is
such a great politician, why didn't he
come out Of cover and make an open
hight against Free Ras1n for supremacy
in city political affairs? He didn't be-
cause he knew that Rasin had forgotten
more tricks in the political game than
Mahon ever knew. Why. Max Ways
was beaten for clerk Of the circuit court
by good. old-line Rasin democrats.
know one leader Of the Rasin regime who
sat UP nights and spent time and money
to defeat Max Ways. This man didn't
fight Ways. because he likes Max per-
sonally. but he knew that the defeat
of Ways. who is the closest man in Bal
timore to Mahon, would have the effect
OF damaging Mahons prestige as the
leader Of the city democracy. We are
the men who fought the battles of the
democracy in the old days, and II Mahon
had acted right with us and played the
game as Rasin did, why, we would
have been right behind him. And I
can say right now that SO long as Son
ny Mahon remains in the saddle as boss,
so long will Baltimore remain in the
doubtful column"