Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-01-24
qo he Esssor Il The Evening Capital.

GksE &Sf&e&OIS ~ * IL SbNssbtNA NeVseteStsSs
Baltimore, Nd, Jan. %. 1919
The lineup Id the coming primary
contest for the Democratic nomina-
ton Tor mayor On Baltimore, Ii rap
idly taking place, and the whole town
Ii being searched By the workers Of
both factions In their efforts to se-
cure help and encouragement The
greatest sort of activity Ii manifest
on All sides, and politicians and ONCE
holders Of high and low degree are
busy from morning until late at night
working with all possible energy to
further the progress Of the cause.
S Ii Ii fast becoming apparent that
the contest il really tight between
the old city crowd led by Mr. John j.
Mailon. ard Mayor Preston, on the one
one side, and the state crowd, led by
Governor Harrington and Frank Kelly
on the other side. on the one side are
arrayed the city ofiicials and the old
organization city politicians: and on
the other side the state Officfals and
the state politicians, with certain
large business interests employed III
oli-time rivalry. divided IN their fac
tional political alliances, just Is they
are ii business AFFAIRS. for business
rlxairiss vsEy oftsu extsnd to p0liti-
Gal rfvalrfen md usually add greatly
to the bittern OF all political strlig-
gies and caests for supremacy.
whether between parties. or factions
within partie All the outward and
inward indie onesnow, are, therefore,
that the Dal isatic party IN the city
IL about ta agage III an extremely
bitter and 81 sAonlous confess, which
win be corr Ssded onwapa Into the
state contq later on, no natter
which side ~ IS win out iii the present
purely local aaFair. The injs8tlon of
purely ssa9 alters into what ought
to be snpk NO purely city mat
ter. may Ieas asconsequences OF great
moment toIsS nrneiiate future az ths
whole paxs sAd the interference Of
county ONE HAIders OF influence III
the city az day have q FAR reach
Ing effect II state executive has
ever made salsuccess in interfering
with city d AFFAIRS A generation
ago the lat syernors Hamilton and
McLane trit without success. Gov
ernor Warf made an unsuccess-
fuI attempt manage the party In
Baltimore: late Governor Lowndes
made dis Sous foray into the AT
fairs of the & lsublican party whom he
was state AEEiva: the late Cover
nor Croths b probably the most
astnte polis III who ever occupied
the governo1 chair. burnt his hands
when he toOs Md 81 city politics; and
the defeat ssahe political ambitions
OF Governor dsboFough may justly
be attrihufe Is his attempt to reg
nlate the s. Sira Of the Republican
party III thfs town only q few short
years ago. No politicians OF Baiti-
more city, - matter whether they
IRE RepubI MS or Democrats. re-
sent All at6k pts at outside tnterfer-
cnce, no masTe how high or powerful
the person g 10 attempts to interfere
may be plag & and the iate Senator
1OIA1&Mf III ~ ApAtMAAtN MS Vi Has 6AkseAA
power and ssil6enee never attempted
10 interfere sessonalIy, IN city affairs,
except shrus the medium of the
regular par organisation when
he had 1t his disposal during the flrst
Cleveland DEMONSTRATION. the ynsk
patronage 0s sae federal government
ne never BIZ 6ht about the appoint
ment Of man 10 once without
fsrst securi the approval of the
recognized hers of the city organi-
zafi0n
Mingled v ali the rapid are dis
csassiOns ahk city affairs and the
city fight tIsse Is more or Less talk
concerning - rapidly approaching