Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-21
Speaker Believed to Be Sure
of Maryland Delegation.
HARMON QUARTERS OPEN
Wilson Supporters Also Making
: Fight to Garry the State.
TAFT MANAGERS JUBILANT
Declare There Is No Doubt President
Will Have Every Maryland
Vote at Chicago.
.cisI Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, April ~, 1912.
s Sixteen more votes may now be safely
sadded to the Champ Clark column In the
presidential primary. for the Speaker will
shave a solid Maryland delegation for him
Gin the democratic convention. This be-
Scame evident during the week. when
Mayor Preston. leader of the city democ-
ssracy, made a vigorous statement re-
garding the type Of democrat needed to
bring victory next fall. and openly de-
/. clared his preference for Clark. His an
nouncement followed closely on the heels
of conference held in this city last
4 week, in which Senator Smith, Mayor
: Preston and other party leaders took
( part. Some of those present insisted that
Maryland should remain neutral, but at,
( tention was called to the fact that under
E the new presidential primary law the
names OF all candidates would go on the
\ ballot and that the voters would per Sc
; cast ballots for their favorites.
d 1t was further set forth that the Wilson
and. Harmon managers had selected COM
m.ttees to work to secure an instructed
delegation. This altered the situation, and
il was reported that the city and state
organizations would line up behind Clark
Z The formal announcement by the mayor
& to indicate that such decision has been
rea ched.
From an authoritative source il was
learned that the Maryland delegation to
s the national convention will be instructed
. to support the mayor for the vice presi-
dental nomination. first. last and all the
s time. The Preston managers have as
} sUrances of support from Illinois, New
i York New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
= majority of the southern states. 1t has
cd tn "
z and literature advocating the candidacy
OF Preston will be sent broadcast
throughout the country. Within the next
: fortnight a campaign committee will be
+ organized, and the fight to secure the
vice presidential nomination for Maryland
will be waged with vigor until the work
of the convention is ended.
Harmon Committee Organized.
\ Harmon campaign committee for this
state was organized this week, and IS
headed by George C. Morrison a poll
t.cian of this city, and headquarters have
been established in the Equitable build
ing. The Harmon leaders are banking
heavily on the silent vote. and are
claiming a great deal of strength I'm the
city as we'll as in the counties. Chair
man Morrison went TO Belar today to
confer with some of the Hartford county
leaders. Our only fear is that We lack
time in which to develop our strength.
said Mr.. Morrison. just before he took
the train for Belair.
The Wilson boomers are also hard at
work. but, like the Harmonites. are with
out hope of. securing any assistance from
the party organization.
A great mass meeting of German-Amer-
lean citizens In the interest of the re-
nomination of President Taft was held
here tonight i'm Germania Maennerchor
Hall and was largely attended. The
Richard Bartholdt of Missouri who set
forth cogent reasons why Mr.. Taft should
receive the undivided support of every
German-American in the United States.
The meeting was presided over by Lewis
p. HenEinghausen and there were 100
vice presidents chosen from among the
leading business men of the city.
Maryland Easily for Taft.
The Taft managers in Maryland claim
that they win win easily and that while
Roosevelt may have the noise, Taft will
be found to have the state delegation to
the Chicago convention when the state
convention meets" Beginning next week
there will be half a dozen meetings held
each night, at which the voters Will be
called together to listen to arguments
why President Taft should again be the
party nominee. The leaders assert that
reports from all the counties are to the
effect that the sentiment for Taft is
growing and that he will sweep both the
eastern and western sections of the state.
Those managing the Roosevelt CAM
raign are equally sanguine. They claim
that the colonel will carry a majority of
the city wards and equally certain of
victory in the counties. Gen. ]. Stuart
Macdonald. who was naval officer here
during the Roosevelt regime. said today
The sixth district is ours absolutely.
We will not lose a county in the western
part of the state. Hartford and Baiti-
more counties are also ours, and we eX-
pect to win a majority of the counties on
the eastern shore"