Evening journal., 1913-10-08
WILSON, SALISBURY AND RAuGHLRY.


II concert Of action in favor Of William H. Bryan,
~ OF Baltimore, the Maryland delegation IN Con-
gress seems to have sewed up the internal revenue
coiectorshp for the district comprising the States Of
Maryland and Delaware
Senator Salisbury. Of Delaware who had indicated
positively that through his influence President VII
son would appoint Alfred Raughley, of Kent county,
this State, to the important and coveted position,
has sailed for Europe the Olympic. Meantime, Mr..
Raughey is occupying exceedingly uncomfortable
seat on the Democratic anxious bench, with posi-
tive that he will receive an office which.
until the Marylanders became active, seemed to
be within his grasp.
He had the active support Of Senator Salisbury,
the less active support of Representative Brockson,
the approval Of Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo
and the further encouragement Of the fact that Sec
retary McAdoo had made out his commission and
sent it to President Wilson for his signature In
short, everything looked rosy that Mr. Raughley
did not hesitate to accept congratulations in advance
because the situation seemed TO warrant IT,
And then Maryland fly got in his official ointment
While the Maryland delegation at all times wished
a Marylander to have the office. its members we're
divided in sentiment relative to whom that should
be- That division in favor OF Mr. Raughley. When.
however, they united in support of Mr.. Bryan and
insisted a unit that Maryapds claim to the office
be recognized, different face put the contest
Senator Salisbury realized he had fight his hands
lie importuned President Wilson end all and that
quickly. by signing Mr Raughleys commission and
sending Il the Senate for confirmation. The Pres-
dent however, is a politician as we'll a scholastic
statesman. He feared that such action his part
would bring him into dsfavor with his best friends
IN Maryland The fact that Maryland is much larger
State than Delaware and that has much greater rep
resentation in Democratic National Conventions and
also in the electoral college could not be ignored by
him. He decided to play waiting game. That II
is to be a long one indicated by the departure OF
Senator Salisbury for Europe In fact the Maryland
ers seem to look upon It as a sign that Bryan VIII
receive the collectorship and that something else will
be given to Salisbury for Raughey to smooth
the thing down.
Raughley and his friends, however, do not place
such a construction upon the delay. They hope that
in the end the President will appoint him and that
he will be confirmed. That hope is shared by Della
wareans generally. In fact many Republicans who
are active I'm party affairs openly assert that In such
a fight between a Maryland Democrat and a Della
ware Democrat, the sympathy of the people of this
state should be with the Delawarean
Il has been suggested certain on rters that one
reason why President Wilson has hesitated to appoint
Mr. Raughley is that he Champ Clark man in
the Baltimore convention The truth is that as
Kent county delegate that convention he shared with
John f. Salisbury others in Kent the opinion that
Speaker Clark should be the nominee. No should
lose sight Of the fact however that he permitted him
self to be bound by the unit rule and that while his
sympathies we're with Clark, his vote was cast, from
Start to finish for Wilson. u follows therefore that
President Wilson is not in position to urge against
him his record in that national convention The more
rational take OF the situation is that the Pres
dent does give further onense TO the Mary
land Democracy, a large section Of whic he already
has alenated from himself by unwse interference in
! what are essentially State affairs. ~