Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03

no hope of winning a seat in tn.
upper house of Congress. but declares
he does know that he will cause
some trouble for o. E Weller. thu.
g. o. z. state machine. is being an
tagonized to satisfy a grudge against
William F. Broening, the republican
mayor of Baltimore, for failure to
meet the coiored voters requests for,
patronage.
Hawkins candidacy sets a prece-
dent, for no colored man has hereto
fore run for either branch of Con
gress in Maryland. or for any big
state office.
pect Hawkins to do much more than
balance the loss of democratic votes
70 Senator Smith by the entrance of
lverson. if. indeed. it goes that far
IN addition to the candidacy Of
o senator Smith also has to
the part of Mahon democrats IN nj
timore city III i''i-
another of the weeks deyelopments
IN the senatorial fight was the am
n,o;uncement Of the independent can
uiuaey OF william Roes. All that is
known of Roes is that he saws he 10
grocer, woman suffrayist /. nro-
hlbit1onist and foe to the leapue Of
nations. ue vi
IN Congressional Districts,
hepubllcan enthusiasm created NV
me ois registration of republican
women in the city, which the repnh-
leaders say was to some extent
and by the visit of Senator Harding
Is oelng carried into the senatoriai
ana congressional campaign. Meet
lngs are being held in ali congress
S districts. and new spirit iss
Lee e,ng put into the fight against the
from the eastern shore come re-
ports OF decided trend toward Rem
resentatIve W. E. Andrews. the re-
pupllcans claim. 1t is declared thar
shere democrats will support him in
pIeIerence to their own candidate,
Aian Goldsborough. because of the
,atters neutral attitude toward pro-
n,oiLion, In the primary campaign,
IN which he had close fight with
Milton w. Robinson, the latter on
wet platform. Mr.. Goldsborough's
randn declared that he. too, was
ton. however, Mr.. Goldsborough has
kept mum On the subject. expecting
10 receive the support of the drys
IN face of Endorsement of Mr.. An
drews by the National Anti-SaIoon
League.
Representative Fred " Zihlman. in,
the sixth district. has been making,
perhaps, the most active republican
congressional fight in the state, and
seems certain of success. Republican
representative Mudd of Southern
Maryland is counted upto to win
hands down, since. in a district nor
mally strongly republican, he had no
primary fight. His opponent is Capt.
Thomas S. Klinger, of the coast
guard service. Democratic Repre-.
sentative Benson. in the second dis,
trict, has a worthy opponent in A. A..
BlaEpnv whn iS xUnrtyipO
odds with new enthusiasm as result
OF general evidences of a republican
trend. Representative Coady is be-
ing strongly opposed in the third dis
trict by Col. John Philip Hill, repub-
lican, but like his democratic coll
league, J. Charles Linthicum. in the
fourth, appears due for reelection
cover FL" Statement Insufficient.
Women who are bashful about telling
their ages to the registration officials got
a jolt this week when the board OF su-,
pervisors Of elections virtually decided
that the statement lover twenty-one"
will not do. After conferences with
counsel, the board is inclined to require
specific statement of ages by all who
register in the future. d
A bill to amend the election law gov
erning this point failed to pass at the
recent session of the legislature, and. i'm
the absence of a definite ruling by the
supervisors. some registration officials
permitted women to register as merely
lover twenty-one." The supervisors
are inclined to ignore the cases of those :
who are already on the books or to
place their names technically on the !
suspect list" The latter course would
be resorted to only as a matter of FORM I.
to place the board in a sound position in
the eye of the law. There is no inten-
ton to embarrass the new voters unless :
legal necessity requires, it was said +
Meanwhile those women who Joined in y
the early rush to register and who got
by with the cover twenty-one" plan
have the laugh on their belated sisters
JOHN A. ELGERT