Evening star., 1911-08-13
ONLY TWO IN RACE
Maryland Primary Contest Be-
tween German and Lee.
OLD ALIGNMENTS BROKEN
Real Prize in Struggle Il For Con-
troll Of Party.
SMITH AGAINST TALBOT
Outcome Of Gubernatorial Voting
Expected to Determine Which
Shall Be Leader.
Special Correspondents Of The star.


BALTIMORE. Nd, August 12, 1911.
The democratic gubernatorial primary
ts on In full blast. with German and Lee
both conducting aggressive personal cam
paigns. This primary. which promises to
be battle royal between Gov. Crothers,
Lee and German. has changed its aspect
owing to the withdrawal Of Crothers dur
ing this week. And as conditions now
exist. 1t Is more than a primary fight for
the gubernator1al nomination. It is In
reality fight between two organization
factions for control of party affairs
The regular state machine is led by
Senator John Walter Smith. while the in
surgents and progressive elements are
headed by Representative Talbot, Gov.
Crothers and former Gov. Warfield. The
real fight. however. is between Smith and
Talbot, because the latter does not want
German to reach the gubernatorial chair.
and in order to bring about the downfall
Of the Howard county senator. Talbot
feels that he must capture control of the
state organization. In order to form a.
nucleus around which to rally a fighting
force Talbot has aligned himself with
which he had been fighting for years as
q member of the Gorman-Rasin machine.
Situation Unparalleled.
The situation as 1t exists today is per-
haps unparalleled in the history of poll
tics. Talbot was q trusted Lieutenant of
the late Senator German, and followed
the lead of the great state boss for a
quarter century without question. Tai
bott never did have any great love for
Warfield. and certainly never regarded
Lee as regular In the halcyon days
OF the German regime. Today Talbot Is
fighting shoulder to shoulder with Lee
and Warfield to encompass the defeat OF
the son of the elder German.
Warfield Is coming in for some Bit
ter condemnation on the part OF the
regular organization, the leaders OF
which assert that Warfield owed every
thing he has achieved in politics to
the elder German. One of these lead
ers. in discussing Warfield's attitude
in the present campaign. said to The
Star correspondent today:
"Warfield seems to have forgotten
the old days when he was one Of the
most subservient to the wishes of
German. 1t is we'll known that Cor
man made Warfield q member of the
legislature and also the naval officer
of the port Of Baltimore. 1t was
Senator Germans organization that
lined up behind Warfield when he was
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about his election.
Turned on Supporters.
"And after Warfield had become
governor 1t was German and the party
leaders who made Warheld that got
the cold throw down. Ned Warfeld
seems to have forgotten the old days
when he was ever at the pie counter
looking for public office. and also that
the father Of the man whom he now
opposes always looked out for him and
advanced him politically"
German and Lee are both conduct
ing dignified campaigns, and not the
slightest element of personality has
cropped out on either side. The can
didates met in this city during the
week, and only pleasantries Of the
most cordial nature passed between
them. The adheronts Of the two can
didates. however, are not on such good
terms. and the terms traitor" and 'in-
CRATE" being hurled at many in the. Lee
camp.
The regular state and city organi-
cations are solid behind German, and
the wiseacres are predicting q crush
ing defeat for Mr.. Lee August 20. The
betting today was Q to / on German,
with no takers.