New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-06
States Republican Leaders
Also Expect to Elect
Senator.
DEMOCRATS COOL
TOWARD WILSON
Cleveland Men Will Offset
Any Gain He Makes
from Moose.

ITrom a Special Correspondent OF The Trbuae'I
Baltimore. Oct. 5.-Republican lead
ers in Maryland are confident OF carry
ing the state for Hughes and Fairbanks
and electing DR.. Irwin France United
States Senator and three Of the SIX
congressman.
MARYLAND in the last three Presiden'
tial elections has been close. Taft car
ried it by 500 in the popular vote over
Bryan in 1908. although majority Oh
4he electors were for Bryan, and IN
1912. while Wilson had a plurality OF
b7.71s over Taft in the vote on the
highest elector. the combined vote OF
Taft and Roosevelt was 112 ,745, or sew
enty-one more votes than Wilson's.
This year the Progressiyes, except
few hundred or less. are for hughes
Former Attorney General Charles !.
Bonaparte, their leader, has set the ex-
ample, and the Progressive State Com
mittec mas Endorsed the Republican
Presidential ticket. Colonel George A.
Pearre. for two terms Republican Rep
resentative from the 9th District, who
supported Roosevelt four years ago,
has declared he will vote for wilson,
hut Colonel Pearre was the law partner
and close friend of Representative
David j. Lewis, Of the same district,
who is now the Democratic candidate Tor
United States Senator.
Cleveland Men Against Wilson.
The vote of the fer still disaffected
Bull Moose will be more than offset
bv the old Cleveland Democrats, many
of whom are against Wilson: Ihen the
Democratic state and city leaders are
taking little interest in the campaign
The machine that controls one faction
of the Democrats in this city is so
busy fighting the City Hall clique that
neither is paying much attention TO
the Presidential or Senatorial race.
Many of these local Democratic lead
ers are devoting their time and pollti-
cal influence to endeavoring TO prevent
the city from going dry. Inc ilquor
camy align is Of more vital interest 10
these politicians than the election OF
President The loss of the saloon sup
port. and especially the big campaign
fund contributed by the liquor dealers
and saloonkeeLers 10 the Democratic
machine al every state and city cleo
ton, would be a sledgehammer blow 10
il. The LIQUOR fight is not IN any way
mixed up in the Presidential or Sena-
torial campaign, however. as, had there
been no such contest on hand, most OF
these Democratic politicians would
have been just as apatheuc toward VIII
son.
Big Fight in First.
In the Congressional contests Repre-
sentative Jesse ID. Price Democrat
and Robert f. Duer Republican again
are opponents in the LIST, or Eastern
Shore, District. which has gone kepuo-
lcan, and is likely 10 do so TINS time;
Two wears ago, when II was assumed
that Price would win easily, he defeat
ed Duer BY only 200 majority, notw!th-
standing a Democratic majority IN reg
istration Of several thousand. Duer
and his friends say and believe that
ne would have won # he had perceived
the drift toward him. He now thinks
that Price can be beaten by hard
fight. and he is making the hardest
one he can. The Republican leaders
are "on their toes" On the other hand,
Price knows that he is up against much
more than the nominal fight OF two
years ago.
For the first time in years Repre-
sentative Fred Talbot, the veteran
Democratic boss Of Baltimore County,
has a real fight on his hands in the
Cd District. His opponent, William H..
Lawrence. is slipping in and out Of the
different sections Of the district, with
his campaign Ringing on the prejudices
and predictions of each section. And
II happens that there are several fac
tors that make such a campaign ad-
vantageous.
Germans Against Democrat.
In the Sd District, all Of which is in
Baltimore city, Representative Coady
Democrat is in some danger OF
"cut" from German sympathizers, who
will hit at him 70 express their opposi-
ton TO the President.
In the 4th District, also in Baltimore
city, there is no sign at this time that
Representative Linthicum (Democrst)
. will have trouble.
n The fight in the 9Th District between
Representative Mudd and Jackson II.
RalstOn, the Democratic nominee, is
lively, with the odds much in favor Of
Mudd.
in the 9th State Senator Frederick ~
Zihlman Republican, is confident of
election, as the district is almost GER
tain 10 20 Republican, now that Con-
gresham Lewis is the Democratic can
didsto for Senator.