Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17
HARD FIGHT TO WIN MARYLAND
FORECASTFO NEXTFORTNIGFI

the league of nations. On the con-
trary, it appears that the high cost
of living, for which it is but natural
to blame the party in power has
been the big factor where the woman
voters are concerned. They are not
| league to protect Europeans as they
are about an administration that
would swell the value of the 50-cent
| dollar. which has been a constant
problem to the housewife
An idea of the quiet confidence of
the republicans can be CLEANED from
the fact that they now are talking
OF defeating Representatives Linthi-
cum and Coady. A month ago these
two democrats seemed safe. but the
possible republican landslide.
In spite of the candidacy of w. Ash
by Hawkins, the colored attorney of
Baltimore, upon an independent re-
publican ticket, o. E. Weller appears
to have a chance to defeat Senator
Smith. Hawkins seems determined to
go through with his fight to get re-
venge upon Weller for Mayor Broen-
ing's alleged shabby treatment of the
Baltimore negroes. Hawkins has not
confined his campaign. to Baltimore,
but has worked hard on the eastern
shore and in other sections where
there is a heavy negro vote. Repub-
l1can ward workers have been report
ing a tendency among the younger
negro voters to ignore the ties that
| kept the older men of the race IN the
republican ranks.
Hawkins is not even hoping for cleo
| ton, but expects to poll enough votes
to obtain better recognition of his
| race in the future.
Democratic Disanection.
This weight in the scale against
Weller is counterbalanced by personal
opposition in the democratic party to
Senator Smith. John J. Mahon, boss
| of one of the democratic machines Of
Baltimore. has long been represented
as foe of Senator Smith. The re-
verse has been true in the case of
John S. (Frank) Kelly, chieftain of
the rival democratic group, but the
latter is declared to be having con-
siderable trouble lining up his forces,
! VIGOROUSLY wet, for the senator on
account of the senator's dry record.
Smith also is facing trouble in the
candidacy. as an Independent, of
George D. 1verson, a wet democrat
of Baltimore, whose presence in the
vets to desert Smith. Iverson is not
expected to pull away many votes
from Weller, since the latter has de-
clared himself in favor of modifica-
ton of the Volstead act. The re-
publicans have been saying that the
democrats launched Hawkins as a
i candidate to offset this opposition to
Smith, but the democrats emphatic
ally deny having taken any such step.
Republican Leaders Attacked.
| Former State Senator Frank E.
Williams of Cecil county, caused a
mild stir this week when he launched,
through his newspaper, the Cecil
Wing. a hot attack upon the leader
ship of the republican party in Mary
land. He declared the reins of the
party in Maryland gre in the hands of
three men-Weller. Senator Joseph
l. France and Galen L. TAFT, republic
an state chairman. He bitterly as
sailed the methods by which Weller
| entered the senatorial race without
a primary, branded TAFT as a bolter
against Taft and called upon France
| to resign from the Senate. He de-
| clared sentiments expressed by
France on the floor of the Senate and
at class" gathering were not in ac-
cord with the creed of the republican
party, and demanded that he either