Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-21
POLITICS IN maryland
Democrats Anxious to Keep
Baltimore MayoraIty.
READY FOR SACRIFICES
Independents to Be Urged to Give
Aid to Machine.
GOVERNMENT BY COMMISSION
Ex-Gov. Brown Advocate of Plan
for City-Election Contest in
Queen Anne County.
GOVERNMENT BY COMMISSION
Special Correspondence OF The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
BALTIMORE. Md. November ~ 1909.
The city democratic machine. just re-
covering from a severe drubbine three
weeks ago, is already casting about to
get deep-sea soundings for the fall cam
paign next year.
At t2at time there will be an election
for city councilmen and representa- ives
IN Congress. The city machine is in
such condition that overtures are al
ready being made to the independent
democratic element to furnish number
OF candidates
This is in pursuance Of plan to keep
the city government democratic whether
the machine controls or not. The Mahon
forces are willing to lose their grip on
the city council next year If they can
keep the regular and Independent demo-
Gratis in line for the mayoralty plum
fifteen months hence. 1t is doubtful
however, that the game will work, for
the little tricks practiced by the present
transparent and the delicate finesse that
marked the regime of Rasin is entirely
lacking.
One thing that is worrying the poll
tlcians is the charter revision committee.
They don't know just what that body
will recommend in the form of bill to
be presented to the next legislature.
Brown for Commission.
There has been great deal of talk
recently about governing Baltimore by
commission. and the latest convert to
the commission idea is former Governor
Frank Brown. at present city collector
and a close political adviser of Mayor
Mahool In discussing the subject with
me Star cCrrnSn0ndaDf fDdaJ Mr. RrOun
said:
Il am in favor OF abolishing the city
council and having a commission form
OF. government. What the city needs to-
day is business administration. and
therefore. I say. let us get down to some
thing by which We can save the taXpay-
ers money.
Let the democratic party take up mat
tiers of business for the city and not con-
tinue to indulge in lot of political clap
trap. If this is not done, and done quick
". too, the jig will be up with the demo-
cratic party in Baltimore city. The re-
suit Of the last election showed very
plainly that the voters here are not go
ing to stand for any more fooishness.
Baltimore can be one-party city and
MARYLAND a one-party state If those at
the head of the democratic party in city
ard state do the right thing. but the
democrats must first win the confidence
of the people if they want to stay in con-
troll of affairs. The legislature is soon
to meet. and therefore, I say, let the
democrats propose something worth while
for the city and state. Let the leaders
work for charter revision and sewers and
schoolhOuse and a way to hold down
taxes and cut out clap-trap talk about
forming political committees for this, that
and the other thing. What the people
want is little less of politics and more
business
Collector Brown it will be recalled, is
the man who took over the leadership of
the democratic party in Baltimore when
Mr.. Rasin practically relinquished con-
troll. on account of ill-health, few
months prior to the last mayoralty cleo
ton. 1t was Brown who managed the
successful Mahooi mayoralty campaign.
and when that was over Mahon stepped
power in this city.
In Mahons first fight in this city
against Brown he won hands down. In
his second fight-tilat on November last
he suffered a sort of uppercut, and
his enemies claim that he was counted
out SO far as party leadership in Balti-
more is concerned Now the political
wiseacfes are saying that Brown will
again enter the arena in Baltimore and
give Mahon run twelve months hence.
Contest in Queen Anne County.
The Independent citizens party in Queen
Anne county is going to contest the cleo
ton in that county by recourse to the
courts. This information came today
from James Bright. prominent attorney
Of that county, who was formerly demo-
crat, but who Joined the forces in Queen
Anne which stand for good government
and clean elections.
Concerning the contest which will be
made in the courts. Mr.. Bright who is in
Baltimore on a visit, said to The Star
correspondent today:
"The independent citizens party has de-
cided to take the matter into the courts
and make contest. because we have at
least a thousand more votes than the
democrats and know that the election No
vember , was stolen from us. There
were direct violations of the election law
which cannot be overlooked
1.-The better class of people in the coun-
ty are indignant at the fraud perpertrat-
ed by the democrats, and even if we
should fail in our contest, l don't believe
the democrats would dare attempt such
frauds again"
Queen Anne is one of the Wilson law
counties. where the republican state CEN
trail committee is preparing to prosecute
election law violations.
Oyster Culture Law.
II is announced that the shellfsh COM
mission will continue its fight at the
next session Of the legislature for amend
nontS 10 the oyster CULTURE law IHeSe
changes provide thirty acres instead of
ten as the maximum for one individual
in the tributaries OF the bay and 500
acres instead of 100 as the maximum in
the open bay; reduction of the rental to
one dollar an acre for six years. pro-
visions for forcibly collecting such rem +!
tails as may be charged, permissions to
lessees to take oysters whenever they
Gf for, Or11-
tivation of plant oysters, and reduction !
of time which riparian owners have to
decide whether not they will take |
up the land to which they have first |
claim
Although tie oyster law has been in |
opera ton for several years, the good that |
was expected to come from it has not |
materalized TO the extent that was an !
ticipated. In the opinion OF the commits !
sion these hopes will be attained more |
rapidly if the changes recommended are !
put into effect.
The Maryland Federation of Woman !!
Gu ('luhS will omen it's annual con- |