Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-08
MARYLAND G. 0..P.
|SAGA|N UNITED
Progressives Flock Back to
Fold Because of Dis
satisfaction.
Special Dispa tch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, August aside
from the dissatisfaction with the
democratic national administration
the republicans of Maryland are
counting for success upon the re-
turn of the progressives to the fold.
At no time since 1912, when Judge
Taft was a candidate and when he
captured two electoral votes of the
eight votes of the state, have the
progressives been so thoroughly
amalgamated with the old party as
they are today. The progressives
have been SO completely reclaimed
by the republican party that the
handicap of the past two presidential
campaigns is expected to cut virtually
no figure this year.
In 1912 the combined Taft and
Roosevelt vote in Maryland was
greater than that received by Mr.
wilson. Four years ago Maryland
was lost to the republicans because
the progressives had not returned in
a body. because President Wilson was
paraded as a peace advocate and be-
cause the speeches of former Presi-
dent Roosevelt were SO warlike as to
alarm the pacifists. Today no such
obstacles exist and the republicans of
Maryland are prepared to work with
confidence for the election of Hard
ing and Coolidge. and. with more than
mere hope of gaining United States
senator and perhaps representative.
Look for Accessions.
In addition to the full vote of a
united republican party, the G. o. P.
lNN e.
slons from the democratic ranks
through resentment against the
democratic regime in Washington.
News not calculated to promote the
peace Of mind of Senator John Walter
Smith developed this week, when it
OF Baltimore city had signed a reti-
ton urging George D. Iverson, jr., to
De an Independent candidate for the
United States Senate on a wet plat
form. Mr.. Iverson was too late in
Ming In May the usual certificate of
nomination with the secretary of
state. The number of signers of the
petition of the vets is more than
enough required under the law to en-
title him to have his name placed on
the ballot in November, butNM liver
son declared he was not satisfied to
enter the fight with only city votes
pledged to him. He said he would
not consider the proposition until
convinced that there was a statewide
demand for his candidacy. His hesi-
fancy is also due, in part, to a loath-
ness to go outside of the democratic
party for an Office, but he has left the
impression that he will keep his ear
to the ground for signs that he could
get state support. With Senator
Smith already up against a hard fight
with o. E. Weller, the republican as
pirant for the Senate. who is
moist in HIS sentiments the pnySi.
bility of the entrance of Mr.. Iverson.
which would divide the democratic
vote, gives a new cause for concern
to the Smith forces.
Runs as Wet Progressive.
The candidacy of Samuel c. APP
pleby. who, defeated by Representa-
tive Benson for the democratic nomi-
ming as wet progressive, seems
to have struck snag. Mr.. Appleby
this week resigned as an officer and
member of the Liberty Defense
League, and the organization elected
as it's president W. E. Dentinger,
Mr.. Appleby's resignation followed a
clash with Dentinger over campaign
contributions. The wet candidate.
in an advertisement, had declared
that he was left high and dry as con-
cerned sinews of war, and his cam
paign manager considered the state
ment as being aimed at himself.
1t is being whispered about that
both republican and democratic can
! didates in Maryland are secretly
elated over the doubt which now
enshrouds the prospects of the suf-
fragists of obtaining ratification Of
the federal amendment by Tennessee.
1t was expected that the Maryland
democrats were worried over the
possibility of the women voting this
fall, because they have steadily OPP
posed suffrage efforts in this state.
But it was reported this week that
the republicans, too, are afraid of
suffrage in the present fight because
they fear the women might go with
Wilson on the league of nations. or
that the entrance of the women
might upset the G. o. P. candidates.
who have based their respective wet
moist or dry attitudes upon their
opinion of the sentiment of the men
in their districts.
JOHN A. ELGERT.