Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1915-12-18
TO BACK GOVERNOR
FOR u. 5. SENATOR
Leading Republicans viii Line Up
Behind Governor Goldsborough
for United States Senate.
PARTY MAY UNITE FOR HIM.
Stones Decision Likely to be Deter
mining FactOr---GOvernor and
Jackson Conferred,is Report.

jackson ConfeTed,is Report.
The stage has been set by a group
of leading Republicans to swing the
Jackson Stone following to the support
Governor Goldsborough for the Re
publican nomination for United States
Senator. says the Baltimore sun, and
men prominent in the group believe
the trick has been turned
Unless someone kicks the props from
under IN the next day or two. when
series of conferences is scheduled to be
held. it is altogether probable that all
the organized forces of the party will
be united behind the Governor
Several conspicuous Republicans who
are friendly TO both the Governor and
Mr. Jackson and some of whom hold
important Offices have been working
for several weeks 10 bring them to-
gether to restore their former intimate
relations and effect a solid line-up
behind the Governor in his Senatorial
ambitions.
The result of their work was Sc
cret conference between the Governor
and Mr.. Jackson, which, it is under
stood was held in Washington last
Sunday, and which is reported to have
been entirely satisfactory to the Gov
ernor and his friends.
Extreme efforts were made to keep
the conference dead under cover Not
a single one of the men in on the af-
fair can be persuaded to talk Mr.
Jackson. when asked If he was with
the Governor in Washington, replied
that he had been with the Governor in
Washington many times. just as he has
been with him in New York. Philadel-
phia, Chicago. St Louis, Baltimore and
Cambridge
When asked directly if he talked
with the Governor on Sunday about
the Senatorial situation, he replied
that he could not talk about that The
Governor. when asked if he and Mr.
Jackson had a talk. austerely replied
that he had nothing whatever to
say" All the rest of the outfit an
swer. when asked please don't put
that question to me; please, please,
please don't"
However, the facts are that visits
were made to Mr.. Jackson in Philadel-
phia during the last two weeks by two
men who are close to both the Gov
ernor and Mr.. Jackson; that they ar
gued to the latter that the Governor
was the logical candidate for the Sen
ate and that it would be for the best
interests of the party If Mr.. Jackson
went to him and carried along former
Collector of Customs William F. Stone
and that when they had concluded
their impassioned pleas Mr.. Jackson
practically convinced that they were
right
Then, having got the former Sen
ator in that frame of mind. one of the
two men rode down from Philadelphia
with him. when he came on to attend
the meeting of the National Committee
in Washington, the early part of the
week. 1t is understood that the Gov
ernor was on hand, waiting for Mr..
Jackson. when the latter reached
Washington.
1t appears that the men in the deal
believe now that the only thing yet to
be accomplished is the persuading of
Mr.. Stone that it is all right for Mr.
Jackson to support the Governor for
the nomination and that he should go
along with Mr.. Jackson. Those who
are working to bring the factions to-
gether feed confident that Mr.. Jackson
will be able, to line up Mr.. Stone. But
reports from men close TO Mr.. Stone
were that he was kicking like mule
and swearing that he would never.
never. never!
If Stone holds out, he may be able to
block the whole game, or, to change
the metaphor, he may kick the props
from under the staging. And, mas
much as Stone is reported to be tend
ing toward Roads Chairman O. r..
Weller for the nomination, inasmuch
as Mr.. Weller refuses to become excit-
Ell and refuses to say that he will not
be a candidate; inasmuch as Me We'll
Ter and Mr.. Jackson have rather close
relations. and inasmuch as Mr.. We'll
ler's run for Governor gave him strong
political tanding-inasmuch as all
those facts obtain at the moment, there
woul seem to be pretty good chance
for Stone to make his kicking effective.
MIR. jackson is expected to stay in
the city several days. He held confer
ences Thursday night in the Belvedere
with some of the leaders and probably
will talk with Mr. Weller and Mr..
Stone. The probabilities are that within
the next few days it viii be determin-
ed whether the gulf between the Colds
borough's people and the Weller-Jack-
son-Stone people is TO be bridged and
whether the Governor is to go into the
Senatori4l fight with practically a
solid lineup of the oldline leaders.
If he can get such lineup, the
fight for the Senate will be between
him and Edward c. Darlington. If he
cannot, the Governor may stay out OF
the fight and let Mr. Weller or an
other man fight Darlington; or he may
go in anyhow and take a chance in
a three-cornered fight between him
self. Darlington and Weller or some
other third man.
The men who are trying TO bring
about the lineup behind the Governor
say that if it can be accomplished he
will run away from Mr. Darlington
and will be in a position to make a
powerful appeal in the general cleo
ton. The men who are opposed TO the
lne-un say that a. fight between Colds