Evening star., 1920-10-31

! graduating themselves upon their
. luck i'll the shape of the Hawkins
| candidacy along came Capt. George ID.
| Iverson, democratic leader of the Bal
timore vets in the house of delegates
at Annapolis. with the announcement
! that he would make a run for the
! United states Senate under inde-
! pendent colors. There is a question
as to whether Iverson will take
enough votes from Smith to neutraliZe
, the loss OF republican votes by We'll
( Ter. lVcrson's strength will be felt
! principally in Baltimore city, while
! that of Hawkins may hit the repub-
| licans hard on the eastern. shore and
/ in southern Maryland. as well as in
Baltimore. On the other hand, the
republicans claim that for every col
ored vote that Weller loses on account
/ of the Hawkins candidacy he Will
gain a white vote.
I Aside from the general aspects of
the senatorial fight, the democrats are
finding comfort in the fact that Wei
lcr because of his wet stand. has been
handicapped in western Maryland,
where Representative Zihlman, the
republican dry, holds sway, and on
| the eastern shore, where Representa-
tive Andrews. the republican standard
| bearer. is also dry. However. even the
democrats admit. privately, that Wei
Ter mas put up Shrewd fight. In
stead of galloping about the state
most of his time to what he con-
Slders more profitable work-that of
addressing individual appeals to the
various groups OF voters. making capi-
tai of the likes and dislikes of the
voters wherever possible and avoid
ing any action calculated to cause re-
sentiment. He is believed by unbiased
observers to have good chance of
election. although the democrats are
making special drive to put over
smith at all costs. The republicans
say the democrats h. ve dumped"
Cox in desperate effort to save their
senatorial candidate.
The complexion of the next Mary
iand delegation to the House of Rep
resentatives depends largely upon the
presidential result.
The republicans are almost certain
TO re-elect Representative Frederick
n. Zihlman, who is running against
former State Senator Mish in western
Maryland, and Representative Sydney
70. Mudd. who is opposed by Capt
land
The result in the eastern shore dis
trict. where Representative William
n. Andrews is being fought hard by
L. Alan Goldsborough, is not so GER
tam Mr.. Andrews. it will be remem-
Dered, defeated Representative Jesse
u. Price by only small majority in
fight in which democratic lines were
broken by personal dislike for Mr..
Price. Goldsborough was not with
out opposition in the primary this
year, and Andrews again benefited by
the internal clash of democrats.
The democrats, however, are not be-
HeVed to be as much divided as they
were when Andrews defeated Price,
and the friends of Goldsborough claim
ne VIII be elected by majority of
from 500 to 1000. REPRESENTATIVES
Andrews friends also assert conf
dence that he will be reelected, but
give no figures. The strong dry senti-
ment on the shore will be a big aid
to Andrews.
OF the three democratic representa-
tlVes who are up for reelection, the
republicans are inclined to concede |
the victory of Carville d. Benson. |
VINO mas hlled the seat of the late
Marse Fred" Talbot, the Baltimore |
county leader. The candidacy of Sam
who, defeated in the primary, entered |
the race as an independent, seems to |
have petered outf This seems to dash |
the chances of A. A. Blakeny, the re-
publican candidate in this district.
Representatives Charles F.Coady and |
reelection in Baltimore districts in |
and partly in Baltimore city, have the |
possibility of a Harding sweep to dis
turb their dreams. The republicans
say that Harding landslide would
probably carry along with it former
Representative William o. Atwood,
who is opposing Linthicum, and Col.
John Philip Hill, who is running
against Coady. One element, how
ever. that should prove an anchor
of safety to Linthicum is the inde-
pendent candidacy of DIR. W. E.
Knickman, a wet republican, who
was defeated by Atwood in the re-
publican primary. Coady and Lin
thicum in the past have had their
elections handed to them upon sill
yer platter but both have been
forced to get out and hustle in the
present campaign.
JOHN A. ELGERT.