Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-03
J0LTS THE BOSSES
Senator Linthicum Declines
Baltimore MayoraIty.
IN RACE FOR CONGRESS
Democratic Machine Given a Gen
uine Surprise-Wants to Shelve
Mahool.
: FOR CONGRESS
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

| Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, April . 1910.
The politicians are turning their atten-
ton to the next municipal election. and
the democrats find themselves i'm a
quandary for a mayoralty candidate. The
leaders had practically decided upon
State Senator j. Charles Linthicum. and
that gentleman was sounded on the sub
ject by trusted lieutenants OF the demo-
cratic city machine. To the surprise of
these lieutenants Mr. Linthicum express
ed a preference to represent the fourth
district in Congress IN the event that
Representative John Gill. who is report
ed to be in Ill health. decides not to be
a candidate again. This attitude of Sem
ator Linthicum comes a surprise not
only to the party machine leaders, but to
his most intimate political friends and
advisers.
It had been generally supposed that
MIR. Linthicum would be eager to accept
the support Of the organization in the
mayoralty primaries in view of the fact
that he is known to cherish the ambi-
ton to become Governor of Maryland.
His close friends, however now assert
that he is displaying splendid political
acumen in sidestepping the mayoralty,
because, they argue, he would of neces-
sty make enemies in the matter Of ap-
pointments should he succeed in being
elected.
At the last mayoralty primary Mr.. Lin
thicum was candidate and he put up a
vigorous fight, but the organization. then
controlled by former Gov. Frank Brown,
was solid in it's opposition to him and
succeeded in pulling through tho present
! mayor. J. Barry Mahool. Since the in
duction into office of Mayor Mahoo the
organization has passed into the hands
of John ]. Mahon, and, as the city boss,
Mr.. Mahon has not been able to secure
even crumbs from the pie counter.
The mayors closest adviser. former Gov.
Brown. is not at all partial to Mr. Ma
hon, and through his .maneuvers the city
boss has received some hard upper
cuts" in the matter of city patronage.
Therefore. it can be readily seen that
should Mayor Mahool decide to enter the
primaries next spring he will face the
solid opposition of the machine and will
find the shedding mighty rough with al
most certain defeat ahead
Decision Causes Regret.
1t was in an effort to hit upon a
candidate whose record politically and
otherwise is clean that the city Or
ganization leader cast his eyes upon
Mr.. Linthicum, and it was With deep
regret that this same leader learned
that Mr.. Linthicum had lost his han
kering for the mayoralty chair. The
Star correspondent, however. Is in u
position to state that the organization
has not given up all hope of inducing
him to enter the mayoralty race. Later
on Mr.. Lnthicum will be told that in
view of the many scandals that have
cropped out in the present adminstra-
ton the party is in need of just sucn
a man as himself to carry it to vfct Dry
at the next election. In other words.
Mr. Linthicum will find that a great
change has come over the party in the
past, three years: that whereas he was
bitterly opposed before he is now most
strongly advocated, and that he owes
it as a duty to his party to respond 10
the call and permit his name to DE
used by the organization as the may
orally candidate. SE