Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
BULL MOOSE PARTY
DEAD|N MARYLAND
Only a Few Leaders Are Op-
posed to Plans for Repub-
IiCan AmaIgamation.
CAUSES FOR THE SPLIT
ARE LARGELY REMOVED
Now That Offices Are Going to Demo
Gratis Patronage Fights of Past
Are Forgotten.
special Correspondence Of The Star.


BALTIMORE. Md. MAY ~. 1913
II is now practically assured that all
save small minority of those who fol-
lowed the bull moose banner in the
campaign of last fall will go back into
the republican fold. This minority con-
sists of the uItra-bull moosers, such as
Charles ]. Bonaparte. George r. Gather;
y. Winslow Williams and Joseph r.
Baldwin and few hundred throughout
the state who have determined to be
''ag'in" the republican party forever.
Another undaunted and unterrified bull
moose leader is A. A. Moreland chair
man of the city progressive committee
Moreland says he will always be a bull
moose and that nothing can tempt him
back into the republican ranks. More
land will have none of the amalgamation
talk about his office. He says he is going
right ahead with plans for putting
third ticket in the field this fall should
the newly launched citizens party move
ment fail to materialize. and the betting
odds are now 100 TO / that ii will fail to
materialiZe.
Plans Being Forwarded.
Moreland intimates that those progress
sive leaders who are now flirting with
the republican moguls are after the flesh
pots of politics. He says that he believes
State Chairman Carringtons desire to
amalgamate is due to an ambition to run
for the short-term senatorship. All this,
however is not impeding the progress
OF the plan to unite the republicans and
the progressves. During the past week
conferences have been held at Annapolis,
in which Gov. Colds borough took part
and reports are to the effect that the CO.
alition will surely go through. Chairman
Darlington of the progressive state COM
mittee Is heartily in favor of getting to-
gether and has had conference with
the republican leaders. including the gov
ernor and his friends, and followers as
sert that the amalgamaton is sure to be-
come an accomplished fact.
The conferences now being held in this
city and Annapolis are for the purpose
of arranging the details of the merging
of the two wings of the party SO that
when the big mass meeting of the re-
publicans and progressives is held next
month the pathway to the new republic
an party will be smooth and devoid of all
pitfalls. Those behind the plan are most
sanguine of success and claim that the
party Will be stronger i'm the coming fall
campaign than il has been for years past.
They say that the republican party was
due for housekeeping and rejuvena-
ton; that this has been accomplished by
the elimination of the old leaders and
bosses, and that under the new regime
the party will even eclipse it's pristine
glory in the record of constructive legis-
lation in the state of Maryland
After careful survey OF the situation
and after chats with the big leaders of
the progressive movement in this city.
The Star correspondent feels safe in as
sorting that the bull moose as a party
here is thing of the past. An analysis
of the conditions which brought about
the secession of a large number of re-
publicans from the mother party shows
that II was due in vast measure to dis
satisfaction with the old state and city
leaders and with the federal appoint
ments made by President Taft In prac-
ucally every appointment Mr.. Taft made
a host OF enemies, but they We're not so
bitter against Taft as they were against
those who had the ear of the President
Gave Job to Democrat.
One appointment in particular aroused
big howl, and that was when the then
President named a democrat to a fat
office, thereby removing republican. 1t
was series of unfortunate selections for
federal jobs in this city and throughout
the state that put Taft in the same boat
with the old leaders. and the secession
came as matter of course when some
of the big anti-organiZation men took
the bull by the horns and fostered the
movement for a progressive party. The
national republican administration now
being out of power and the local leaders
of the old regime having voluntarily re-
tired from the management of the party
there is really nothing in the way of a
general get together and the formation of
a new republican party that will prove
a factor in the coming state fight.
There is a good deal of quiet chuckling
among the enemies of Senator Smith over
the situation that has developed regard
ing the confirmation of Sherlock Swami
postmaster of this city. The repub-
lican senators at Washington had evil
IDENTIFY been perusing the open letter writ
ten by Isaac Lobe Straus to President
Wilson, in which the opponent of Smith
for the senatorial toga charged the Presi-
dent with taking an undue interest in
the election of the next United States
senator from Maryland. and these same
republicans We're ready to assist Smith
in starting political "roughhouse." The
senior senator from Maryland declined to
avail himself of the opportunity thus af-
forded TO make a fight on the progressive
democratic nomination for the postmas-
tership and even pleaded that Swami be
confirmed without delay. Swami confirm
ed. the President then proceeds to swat
John Walter Smith thrice again. enemies
of the senator say. by naming three
Marbury democrats for misunderstanding
in the home county of the senator.