Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-06

Maryland Democratic Leaders
to Give Regular Candidates
Big Maiorities.
PROGRESSIVES MUST
SHIFT FOR THEMSELVES

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Shrievalty Contest Disturbs the Or
ganixation- Collectorship Issue
Arouoes Contention.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BALTIMORE, October Gu 1913.
| The campaign Is not vet In full swing,
| but the democratic machine leaders are
| hard at work among the ward and pre-
cinct leaders, some Of whom have shown
signs Of kicking over the traces. The
machine Is determined that every can
didate Of its making shall be put across
IN November. ana with tits end in view
every cog IN the political machine 81
Baltimore city IL being put under care
full scrutiny. The leaders are dubious
about some Of fhe executives, and VIII
| not take any chances Of receiving q
"double-cross' In the coming fight. 1t is
the aim Of the machine" to roll up big
majorfties for their candidates, and to
put the progressive democrats across
with slim najorities. In other words
the organization proposes, as far as 1t
| lies In its power, to SO manipulate the
election returns that the machine"
candidates shall come out ''triumphant"
and the other fellows will have to SHIFT
for themselves.
The leaders are in a quandary over the
shrievalty situation. tom" McNulty,
who ran as an independent democrat In
/. the primaries. defeated Hargrave, the
ring" candidate. and is waging hot
campaign already for the November
| fight. The machine would be nightly
pleased should the returns show Nc
Nulty defeated, but they are in doubt
as to how this can be accomplished
without showing duplicity on the part OF
the machine" There is q third candi-
date in the field in the person Of former
Councilman Greene. who is an otlt-and-
chine" could support Greene, but they
fear the effect of openly deserving pri-
mary winner.
There are those high in the councils
to the plan to allow McNulty to win this
| time. arguing that he will not be eligible
for reelection, and that after his two
years are served he will be out of the
way for all time politically. The others
hold that the election of McNulty as
sheriff would give him an opportunity to
build real political machine Of his own
and that he might be IN q, position two
years hence to cause the organization
much trouble. It is for this reason that
the machine leaders are anxious that
| McNulty shall go down to defeat. It Is
not unlikely that the bigwfgs will decide
that the republican candidate, Albrecht,
shall win. as they can pull this stunt
without coming out Into the open.
Division May Lose Job.
The regulars and the progressfves have
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time the bone Of contention being the
dictatorship of internal revenue. The
state delegation in Congress and the ma
chine leaders here af6. in favor Of VIII
| liam H. Bryan, while the silk-stoclEing
democracy wants 70 land the plum for
Columbus O'Donnell Lee. The machine
| leaders are hot under the collar over the
visit of the Lee delegation to Washing
ton, asserting that the job would have
Maryland representatives made q lively
| fight and interceded with the President
| to hold up the appointment for awhile
at least. They assert that after the regu.
| lars had done the work and sfdetraeked
the Delaware man. the silk-stocikings trot
out candidate and thereby give the I'm
preston that the democracy OF this state
| IL not united upon one man. They fur-
Their assert that the action OF the SILK
costing Maryland the Job. and that in all
likelihood the Delaware candidate Will
now receive the appointment. The 'regu-
lars are as mad as hops today and are
vowing dire vengeance on the promoters
| AS forecast in these letters some time
ago, Murray Vandiver was again elected
state chairman OF the democratic COM
mittee. and will direct the campaign. The
would not push the fight to Dust Vandiver
at this time, preferring to get Lee in the
Senate first. They feared that an attack
on vandiver would have the effect OF
driving . large percsntags OF the leaders
that 1t was possible, even probable, that
| Tom" PaFran might receive sufficient
support from the machine to bring about
| his election and the consequent defeat
of the Montgomery leader. It was there
alone at this stage Of the game, and to go
after his scalp when the first opportunity
presents after Lee has taken his seat
| in the United States Senate. That the
| progressive wing Of the party has de-
terrnifed to wrest state control from the
regulars Is an open secret, but they are
| proceeding cautiously and will bide their
| time.
Republicans Are Optimistic.
The republicans are in q very opti-
mistic frame of naind these days and are
sanguine OF victory this fall At the
meeting Of the state central committee
here last week reports from western
Maryland were TO the effect that the
party In that section Is In better shape
at the present time than for ten years
past.
The reports from Washington county.
| stronghold OF the bullmoosers, were to
the effect that the fepubiican party was
practically united and that victory seemed
assured in the county next November.
| In discussing the situation In that county.
Charles w. Harmon. q Roosevelt leader
OF last year, said: ''The foolishness OF
1911 has taught US that Il we are to
keep Maryland from becoming q one
party state we must put UP q united front.
II feel confident that the republicans OF
washington county will CARRY their enc
tire county ticket and win make q good
showing for the state ticket"
One Of the most potent Indications that
the hatchet ID buried and that ferubli-
cans will pull together In the future was
the election Of 0alen L. TAFT OF Mont
gomery county, to the eecretaryship OF
fna state central committee Chairman