Evening star., 1918-10-27
MARYLAND POLITICS.
BEGINS ST0LNENU UP
Congressional Seats to Be
Sharply Contested in Sew
eraI Districts.
CHARTER UP IN BALTIMORE
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd. October zS.-War
and the influenza have upset all the
campaign calculations of the Mary
land politicians. Even the big and
little bosses over on the eastern shore
who generally play politics all the
year round now find but small pick
ings in the game. Because Of the
epidemic nearly all the congressional
campaign meetings have been can
celed, and those of the spellbinders
who have not the influenza are out
of a job along that line or are too
busy with some more lucrative war
occupation.
No one seems to know just what
to expect as a result of the election
in Maryland. Generally speaking, the
democrats think they should have
much the better of it.
Candidates Named.
The candidates for Congress are:
First district. Congressman Jesse D.
Price. democrat; William n. Andrews,
republican. Second district, Carville
d. Henson. democrat; Charles J. Hull.
republican. Third district, Congress-
man Charles F. Coady, democrat;
Charles A. Jording. republican.
Fourth district. Congressman J.
Charles Linthicum, democrat; Walter
trict. Frank NJ: Duvalt democrat;
Congressman Sydney E. Mudd, repub-
lican. Sixth district, H. Dorsey
Eteaerek n zSima3
Messrs. Price. Coady. Linthicum,
Mudd and Zihlman are now the rep
resentatives from their respective dis
tricts. CarviIle D. Benson has re-
Gratis to succeed the late Representa-
tive ]. Fred c. Talbot. the veteran
representative and party leader, who
died few weeks after his renomirla-
ton.
Republican Hopes.
In the first district the republican
hope of electins William N. Andrews
over Representative Price is due
chiefly to the possibility that per-
sonal antagonism to Representative
Price will count heavily.
In the second district the republi-
cans hope that the old opposition to
Carville D. Benson will put over
Charles ]. Hull. They also hope that
Herbert R. Wooden. running against
Mr.. Benson for the short term, will
win.
In the fourth district Representative
Linthicum is troubled by =. factional
differences in the democratic party.
His opponent, DIR. Walter E. Knick-
man, is working hard. Both the third
and fourth districts are wholly within
Baltimore city.
The fifth and sixth districts are nor
mally republican, and on form Repre-
sentatives Mudd and Zihlman, respec-
lively, should be elected.
To Vote on New Charter.
The new charter. which provides for
the institution of the merit system
in the city government, will be voted
upon by the citizens of Baltimore No
vember 5. Many of the politicians
includes the merit system. Prob
ably most of them will be against it.
Apart from the institution of the
merit system, the principal thing
which would follow the adoption of
the new charter would be home rule
for Baltimore city. At present, when
the city wants change made in its
charter. it must go to the legislature
and ask for the amendment. The
adoption by the people in November
of the new charter would give the
power of amendment to the municipal
government and to the people of Bal
timore. The mayor and city council
may propose amendments by ordi-
nances, to be submitted to the people
upon petition of 10000 voters. This
power would come to the city if the
new charter were adopted, because
the charter contains the machinery
to carry out for the city the provi-
Sions of the home rule amendment to
the state constitution.
Registration Falls Of.