Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-07
PREDICT TAFT VOTE
His Campaign Managers IN
Maryland See Victory.
CONGRESSIONAL FIGHT ON
Republicans Have Two Candidates
s in Fifth District.
BLAIR STRONG IN SIXTH
Believed Now He Will Be the OPP
s ponent of Representative David
: j. Lewis.
LAIR STRONG IN SIXTH
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, April s. 1912.
The big four and a solid delegation
for Taft from Maryland to the Chicago
convention is the confident claim now
being made by the republican managers
here. The party leaders have made a
very thorough and personal canvass
throughout the state and freely claim
that the regular party organization will
win out IN every district. Chairman
Hanson of the city committee is hard at
work for the success of the Taft cam
paign, and says he has not the slightest
doubt that the President will have every
city delegate. A month or so ago the
party leaders were somewhat alarmed
over the situation here. because a grow
ing Roosevelt sentiment was apparent.
And these leaders admit that a seasoned
and capable political general could have
made things mighty uncomfortable for
the Taft adherents- But that time is
passed. the leaders assert, and nothing
save political miracle can put Roosevelt
Unto the running in Maryland at this
time.
:. The Roosevelt boomers. however. are
at work and Chairman Darlington says
that the colonel will cut bigger figure
with the people here than the orsaniza-
stion leaders expect. 1t is announced that
sfhe colonel will speak in Baltimore this
smonth, but the date is being kept Sc
efret.
= The coming congressional fights are now
taking UP interest in political circles. In
the fifth district there will be two re-
publican aspirants in the teld-Repre-
Sentative Parran and Sydney 4. Mudd, jr.
Young Mudd has hard fight ahead, be-
cause the party organization will be sol
idly behind Parran. Mudd Is not in the
dark at all regarding the plans of the
party leaders and realizes that he must
make his fight alone. In some quarters
IT is said that Mudd will retire from the
contest, while others hold that he will
fight to the last ditch in the primary.
8 German May Be Candidate.
8 There's an interesting report current
here to the effect that former State Sem
sator Arthur P. German Wiz be the can
sdidate of the democrats in the fifth dis
trict. but this Is denied at the present
time by his friends. These friends, how
ever. openly assert that German will
make the fight to capture the United
States senatorship now held down by
John Walter Smith. At the present time
1T is generally understood that the organi-
zation stands ready to line UP behind j.
rElnos Ray. who made a winning fight in
fthe primaries two years ago, only to be
defeated in the general election by Par
ran.
s At the present time there is nothing
ito indicate a repetition Of the hot fight
among the republicans of the sixth dis
trict. was the case two years ago.
There are just two candidates with their
that's in the ring-Gist Blair Of Montgom-
aery county and Charles D. Waggaman
of Washington county. In such a con-
test Blair would prove an easy winner,
because he will have the support of the
Organization In practically every county
In the district. while in Frederick
sscounty. where he was fought by Judge
sMotter in 1910. he will have the as
distance Of the Judge and regular or
ganization as well.
: Allegany county may have a candidate
of its own in the person Of State Sem
ator Zihlman, who, 1t Is believed, could
carry the county. If Zihlman does not
enter the lists then Allegany will be
doubtful, with the chances In favor OF
Blair Garrett county will have no can
didate, and is expected to go with the
Organization in congressional matters.
which makes Garrett reasonably certain
for Blair.
$sthat Blair will carry Montgomery and
Frederick hands down, and has more
than an equal chance in Allegany, II
eZihlman stays out. The democrats will
belief now.
Fight in Other Districts.
e In the fourth district the democrats
will renominate Representative Linthi-
cum. who has made splendid record
in Congress. while the republicans will
sprobably name William H Maltbie, now
a member of the house of delegates.
- Representative KONG, democrat, now
representing the third district, will have
TO fight il out in the primary with City
SsCouncilman John II. Trautfelder. This
slight will be most picturesque, as both
take pride in the fact that they are
t'self-made men, and can be depended
supon to go 1t hammer and tongs until
the minute the polls shall close.
Trautfelder will attack KONG on his
absented record" in the house, and the
fight will furnish the real humor of the
campaign of 1912.
= In the first district Representative
Covington will receive the denomination
on a silver platter. The republicans are
on a still hunt for a candidate. The
second district democratic nomination
will go as matter Of course to Repre-
sentative Talbot and the republicans
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