The citizen., 1913-09-05
BALTIMORE LETTER.


mary campaign for a number of years
without any success, and it will be futile
this wear. Men and interests hostile
to the Democratic party are making
their customary fight to become the die
tators of the party. 1t is true that aligned
with them are some men who are Dem
ocrats and who have held some of the
best offices within the gift of the Demo
cratic party, but they are disgruntled be-
cause many of them had their political
ambitions shattered by the rank and file
of the party and now they cheerfully join
hands with the same men and interests
who opposed them when thev sought
office and trv to dethrone the men who
in season and out of season have fought
the battles of the party. The people are
familiar with the motives of the men who
are fighting for the control Of the organ
ization and they will show their resent
ment 10 their tricks and methods at the
polls on September Sth They will show
their faith and adherence to the regular
party organization by nominating and
putting on the State Central Committee
the candidates who have the support of
! the regular party workers.
The chief issue at stake is the control
hl AllE DAdLG Nstllli a. AOUilllltlCC VI thC
/ governing body OF the party. This issue
is being hidden from view by the anti
/ Democratic forces. for they know that, if
( the people fully and clearly understood
I ii. they would be so badly beaten that
I they would not dare 10 come before the
( public again. They are trying 10 confuse
/ the public mind raising many other issues
! and side questions. They are bringing
/ in the National administration and are
/ irving 10 create the impression that the
I mli-DemocrauC forces belong TO the SO.
called progressive element OF the party,
/ while the regular party workers are Op-
posed 10 the National administration and
! everything that it stands for. These two
I arguments are baseless and absurd and
/ will not impress the average voter SO
/ far as the regular Democrats OF Mary
! loud are concerned, they are in thorough
accord W'h the National administration
I a"d This IS shown by the fact that Mary
lands members of Congress- all of
. Nnom are part and parcel OF the. regu
/ lar organization forces. are enthusiastic
Caiy supporting the Federal admmstra-
] ton upon every question. The leaders
/ in the anti-organizatiOn fight know that,
il they came ont before ,he rank and the
file of the party for the control of the
party organization. that they would be
showed under and thus they are putting
subtertu9eS before the voters. They are
claiming everything that is good in pol.
itiCS and the public Offices for themselves
and are denouncing the regular party or
ganzation workers. with all the power
at their command. The people, how
ever, are the Judges in the contest and in
the primaries they will decide the case in
the favor OF the regulars, Just as they
have done in the past.
One of the most interesting and spec
taCular fights in the counties is that which
has developed in Howard county, where
the leaders of the opposing sides are
former State Senator Arthur P. German,
IT,, and former Governor Edwin War.
field. The feeling between Senator Cor
man and Governor Warfeld has been
very bitter and intense for years. Two
years ago, when Senator Gorman was
the gubernatoral candidate of his party,
Governor Warheld refused to support
him. While he asserted that he would
not vote for Senator German nd that he
did not vote for his opponent he refused,
he declared TO mark his ballot on the
governorshlp. This action on the part
of Governor Warfield made the feeling
between the two Howard county Demo.
Gratis and their friends more intense. For
the past two weeks Mr.. Warfield has
been endeavoring to organize his forces
in the county and he has now pitted
them against the regular organization
which is headed bv Senator German.
In the past Senator German and his
friends have been in absolute control of
the party machinery in the county, and
in addition, they have succeeded in
greatly increasing the Democratic ma
lority in the county. Governor Warfeld
has made his fights in the primaries,
where he was always beaten. and then
he invariably laid down at the general
election. Senator German opened his
campaign this week with a rousing
meeting in his home district. He bitterly
assailed Edwin Warfield and challenged
him TO a real, genuine fight for the lead
erShip. Strong speeches were also made
by former Attorney General Isaac Lobe
! Straus and State Senator Edward NJ.
Hammond. Among the party workers,
| it is generally believed that Senator
/ German and his friends will triumph in
/ every district in the county. In fact, the
! Wariield fight is 50 weak that it scarcely
/ has any life in it in three out of the six
! districts in the county. The people
! throughout the State will watch with
much interest this combat between two
/ men, one of whom. Senator German,
holds such high place in tine councils
OF his party at present, and the other
who has held some of the best Offices
within the gift of his party, and then de-
serted it when he was unable to satisfy
his ambitions to go 10 the United States
Senate.
! Governor Goldsborough has appar-
emily failed in hie fight to win the control
, of the Republican city organization.
Backed by Secretary of State, Mr..
Robert p. Graham, lie started ont some
months ago to put his friends iu- charge
OF the Republican machinery i'll Ball-
more City. In order TO do this he made
agreements with the Progressives and
the Bul Moose and gave them some i'm
portant places. He and bis friends plan
ned determined fight to win control of
the State Committee. Just as they were
getting ready to put their candidates in
the race, Collector Stone threw his
weight behind his friends and prepared
for a genuine fight Governor Goldsbor-
ough and his CITY appointees apparently
lost heat when they saw that Mr.. Stone
was determined 10 fight. Most of the
GoldSborou2h candidates ran 10 cover,
for they realized the strength of the Re-
publican organization in their wards and
they feared that, should they contest