The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-10-31
Dpmocrats Sweeping TO Victory;
& 0. P. in Desperate Straits
loter Throughout State, Awake 10
Danoers of Republican Rule, Rally
ing TO Richie.

most significant and important fact
For -everai weeks the Democratic
leaders have wanted Mr.. Furst to take
charge of the campaign and the re-
quest was made. He declined to act
until convinced that the two factions
of the party organization were willing
to lay aside their own differences and
actually join forces and work in har-
mony for the entire ticket. 40 soon
as MIR. FurEt was convinced OF this he
expressed his willingness to come out
of retirement and temporarily accept
the position of leader The result has
been told.
Harried to the point of desperation
and hard put to find some issues on
which to continue their fight, Mr.. Nice
and his forces during the past few
days began a series of personal al
tacks. They faced the continual argu
ment that Ritchie has record o:
public achievement and Nice has none
with a recital of Ritchies work as q
public official for many years against
only holder of minor political Offices,
Then Mr Nice trotted out the state
ment that the Democrats should be
reproved for their extravaganza be
cause Bernard Nj. Baruch. chairman OF
the War Industries Board, had beer
given $4,000 In connection with his
visit to the Peace Conference as a.
expert for the American Government
and because Mr.. Richie had beer
paid $4,000 per year a. counsel O..
the War Industries Board in Wash
inEton during the war. s
Mr. Nice did not take trouble u
obtain the facts; however. and NJ
Ritcfie supplied these when IT, told
that OF the $3.50, 900 given MIR. Baruch
the latter had disbursed &25, 900 foI
the expenses during nve months linn
Paris OF large commission OF experts
who were called to France by the
American peace delegates. and had re-
turned $125, 600 to the American Gov.
srnment, not having accepted q single
dollar For salary himself and having
paid his personal expenses from the
time he left America until his return
MIR. Nice also failed TO enplain in his
Speeches that Mr.. Baruch and the com
mission Of experts made the trip,
abroad after Mr. Ritch1e has severed
his connection with the War Indus
tries Board and had returned 10 Balti
MORE,
Further Mr.. Nice also failed to e1-
plain the facts that Mr. Ritchie, when
called to Washington to aid the Gov
ernment. had notified Maryland's
Comptroller that he would draw nc
salary as Attorney General during his
stay in Washington or that Mr.. Ritchie
within the first week in the national
capital had examined the records and,
finding that the counsel Of other War
Boards were drawing lesser salaries,
had arranged with Chairman Baruch
to Immediately reduce his salary from
$4,000 to $4,000 per year; or that on
his decision to 60 to Washington he
firm and had participated no further
in private practice. Such were the
attacks made by the Republican can
didates and other speakers with a
suppression OF real facts, which were
readily supplied by the Democrats.
The result during the past few days
has been that the voters, apparently
listless, have awakened throughout
the state. Mr.. Ritchie, and his run
ming mates, Major E Brooke Lee,
Thomas j. Heating and G. G. Ma
gruder, candidates for Comptroller,
Attorney General and Clerk OF the
Court of Appeals, respectively, have
moved their seat OF operations and &C
tack from the counties to Baltimore
otty and during the anal days are
meeting the voters OF the metropolis.
Scores OF meetings have been arranged
TOR the final days with the campaign
due 10 end ON Saturday night.
Had substantiation OF the unity OF
the Democratic forces in the city been
needed, 1T was given by the outpour1nG
Of the rank and file OF voters for the
Lyric meeting, apd the presence Of
the platform and II the boxes or lead
ers Of business, professional and labor
elements. who have not for years
identified themselves with politics: Not
only the younger men OF the party,
who had plunged into the night as a.
gressive workers 1n the Ritchie
League, but the old-time workers In
politics were on hand, helping 20
whoop 1t up with a degree Cd spon-
taneous enthusiasm not seen in years
The keynote OF the whole gathering
was Unity, Enthusiasm and Conf
dence Mr.. Ritchie's reception when
he was introduced by Robert Biggs
the presiding officer was wildly en-
thusiastic and lasted for many min
utes. Fits mastery counterinG ot the
gradually weakening blows of the ex.