Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-04
GAINS FOR GORMAN
Maryland Democrats More
Confident, But Still Worry.
MAKING DESPERATE FIGHT
Specter of Dfeeat Has Every Party
Worker Up and Doing.
STAKE is STATE CONTROL
MAKING DESPERATE FIGHT
STAKE IS STATE CONTROL
Importance of Election Causing In
dependents to Forget Frauds
at the Primaries.

BALTIMORE, Md. November with
the general state elections only two days
ahead, the democratic party in Baltimore
IS making a Garrison finish few
weeks ago, following the disclosure of
fragrant frauds In the primaries. a wave
the entire commonwealth. The party
faced certain defeat. Democratic leaders
admitted this. and went around saying
one to the other. in accents of deepest
gloom We'll. this time we'll be pushed
off the map into Chesapeake bay" And
II really seemed as If this would happen
in spite of anything that might be done.
But there has been a change, a re-
markable switch of sentiment. that, start
ing slowly at first is now sweeping along
with q rush.
Republicans Working Hard.
The republicans are working hard %
retain their recent great advantage that
now seems slipping away from tnem; the
democrats are iignting desperately in APP
proved last-ditch style TO keep their pres
ent hold upon every branch of the state
government. 1t has been a noteworthy
struggle: one of the most Interesting. m
deco, OF recent years In Maryland.
In Maryland, as elsewhere throughout
the country, the independent vv,e is
growing larger year by year. Unuapp.ly
enough, /. ON machine Stanup,lnt. he
voters are beginning to tnlnK for them-
selves, to demanu that the Lallot be afe-
guarded anu tnat elections be Kept rea-
sVia"Iy clean. And following the prIma y
fraud re.eIations III ba.ii.lure so.4.r
no nj of
sponslb.nty Tor tn4s c.nu.t,on of a..a4. S
oh the democi attic party, 1T was lealiAel
mat no record of regularity. no app al
~ parry 10, atty, no plausible presvn "a
tlon OF polucai issues, cCulu keep tie
Independents amone The rank anu file"ln
iine. II the e1ectlons had ueen neid tuen
Il is inevitable Inat practically the enti e
republican TICKET would nave been Sep
in,o office by an extremely large maJ-r.,y
anu tnat MAJ yianu would have IA
republican governor and repuuncan safe
'ncers Tor the second time In fifty years.
Gave Democrats Chance.
But the considerable interval between
the discovery and publication of the
frauds and election day gave the demo-
cratic leaders chance to catch their
breath. and their followers an opportunity
TO think things over. AS a result, thou
sands of democrats vino openly voiced
their disgust at the corruption and an
nounced that they would support Philips
Lee GoidSborougn. the republican cai.di-
GATE Tor govei Aur, nave eooied of aud
Gained down. Tney are beginning to
, argue that the loss of the state to the
democracy this Year, with the national
eiecttons just. twelve months atead, Would
be pretty heavy Price to pay for The
gratncation or their just resentment
against the city ring. And they are say
ing, too-a.though the argument as a bad
tor votes seems neither sound nor pretty
that the democratic gangs,erS responsible
Tor the frauds were no i.:ore guil,y tnan
their republican brethren. without w.,ose
| conn.vamce the irregularities would have
been impossible.
D.t. a.,.. al, TIE attitude of Senate.
arthur Pue 1orman. the democratic gu
Dernatorial candidate, has PROBABLY done
more tndA any other one thing TO holu
.ne vo.ers OF MS party in line and bring
Jack to The ranks many of tie aIsaffect-
ed He mas gwen pledges that, it is ap-
prec Gated. he cannot forfeit without de-
iioei ate.y wrechlns his whole political fu-
u e. lie has cut himself loose if his
solemn uttei ances may lie believed from
| lie ring and ring methods, and ne prom
lses, II eiected governor. to be his own
man and TO do ms best to further tn,
progressive. even radical. propositions to
which he - committed.
Some Ground Regained.
| But all Of these things of recent date
: which encourage the democratic leaders
/ have done no more than to regain some
| Of the lost ground-how much is mere
/ speculation. Unless all signs fail and
/ every straw vote and carefully planned
/, canvass is entirely unreliable. the voting
! Tuesday next will be mighty close Dem
| ocratic leaders predict, for publication, a
majority of 5000 for the head of the
ticket: 1000 in the city and 1900 in the
| counties.
| But this guess is rather more by way OF
! hope than belief. With reve. sc English
| II will do for the republican claim. But
| the fact is that the leaders of both par
| ties are up In the air over the result.
| The republican ticket was u good two-to-
J one bet few weeks ago. German and
| the state ticket have been coming strong
of late. an6 there is no way of estimating
| accurately how much OF the lost ground
| has been regained.
| The general uncertainty over the sit
| uation Is indicated by the fact that in
| Baltimore, where the hustle. in both
parties are usually willing and anxious
hasn't been single bet of any size made
up TO date. II the democratic ticket wins
next Tuesday 1t VII be because Maryland
| IS normally about 10000 democratic: be-
! cause the registered democratic vote
which is ahead of the republican, decides
20 stick: because every democratic leader
Of every faction in the city and state is