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

r concert Of action In favor Of William II. Bryan
~ OF Baltimore, the Maryland delegation in Con-
gress seems to have sewed up the internal revenue
coectorship for the district comprising the States Of
Maryland and Delaware.
Senator Salisbury. OF Delaware. who had indicated
positively that through his influence President VIII
son would appoint Alfred Raughley, Of Kent county,
this State, TO the important and coveted position,
has sailed for Europe the olympic. Meantime, Mr..
Raughley is occupying exceedingly uncomfortable
seat the Democratic anxious bench. with no posi-
tive that he will receive office which,
until the Marylanders became SO 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
retary McAdoo had made out his commission and
sent IL to President Wilson for his signature. In
short, everything looked 30 rosy that Mr. Raughiey
did not hesitate 10 accept congratulations in advance
because the situation seemed to warrant It.
And then Maryland ay got In his official ointment
While the Maryland delegation at all times wished
Marylander 10 have the Office, its members
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 unit that Marylapds claim to the office
be recognized different face put the contest.
Senator Salisbury realized he had a fight his hands.
He importuned President Wilson to end It ALL and that
quickly by signing Mr.. Rsugheys commission and
sending It to the Senate for confirmation. The Presi-
| dent however, Ia politician we'll as a scholastic
statesman He feared that such action his part
would bring him into disfavor with his best friends
in Maryland The fact that Maryland Is a much larger
State than Delaware and that II has much greater
resentation In Democratic National Conventions and
also in the electoral college could not be ignored by
him. He decided 10 play waiting game. That it
is be a long one indicated by the departure or
Senator Salisbury for Europe In fact the Maryland
ers seem to look upon II sign that Bryan viii
be given to Senator Salisbury for Raughey smooth
the thing down
Raushley and his friends. however, do not place
such construction upon the delay. They hope that
I'm 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 In party affairs openly assert that in such
a fight between Maryland Democrat and Della
Democrat the sympathy of the people Of this
State should be with the Delawarean
II has been suggested in certain qu-rters that
why President Wilson has hesitated to appoint
Mr. Raughley is that he was a Champ Clark in
the Baltimore convention. The truth is that as
Kent county delegate to that convention he shared with
John F. Salisbury and 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 cast, from
to finish for Wilson. It follows therefore, that
President Wilson Is not In position to urge against
him his record IN that national convention. The
rational to take Of the situation is that the Pres
dent does not give further onense the Mary
land Democracy. a large section OF vhic he already
has aenated from himself by unwse Interference in
what are essentially State affairs.