Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-07-09
SOMETHING ABOUT
MARYLAND POLITICS
Paul Winchester Writes Interesting
Letter On Democratic Politics
In Our State.

the State, including in the list the real
State leaders of the party, such men
as Senator John Walter Smith, Gov
ernor Richie, Comptroller Lee, State
Treasurer Dennis, Mr.. Emory L. Cob
lentz and others, seem determined to
prevent as far as they may be able,
all contest in the primaries for nomi-
nations to local tickets. Of course in
some instances it will be impossible
to do this, but the general belief is
that there will be very few contests
in any of the Counties and in the city
of Baltimore, and where local condi-
tions are such that certain individual
contests will take place, every effort
will be made to restrict them to such
an extent, that they will end with the
primaries, and have very little effect
on the elections of candidates in No
vember There is a decided determi-
nation among democrats to carry
Maryland this year at all hazards and
distribution of the Federal offices SO
far as it has been announced, has
caused such row among the repub
leans, that there is every reason to
believe that before November, the
party of Weller and Tate will be in
state of hopeless confusion, and that
democratic victory will be won with
case. Even Ex-senator Jackson is
said to be very much disgruntled at
the treatment he is receiving at the
hands of the men he has placed in
authority in his party, who are prac-
tically giving him the cold shoulder
in their distribution of the loaves
and fishes of Office.
1t is generally conceded that Mr..
William S. Gordy, of Wicomico coun-
ty, will be nominated for Comptrol-
Ter without opposition. Mr.. Gordy
has made a most excellent impression
upon all those with whom he has
come in contact, and there is no doubt
but that he has the highest sort quail
fications for the place. He is sue
cessful banker, and with two such
able business men as Mr.. John M:
Dennis in the State Treasury, and
Mr.. Gordy as Comptroller of the
Treasury, to aid Governor Richie in
his plans for the better management
81 %Io Erapo;o1 oGn Of Mo1.1ylond
the people will have reason to con-
graduate themselves upon their good
fortune. The COMPREHENSIVE is real
ly bankers job, and with two able
and successful bankers like Messrs.
Dennis and Gordy in charge of the
State Treasury, the situation so far
as the financial management of Mary
land is concerned ought to be ideal.
Senator Orlando Harrison has de-
cided to go to the Senate from Wor-
cester county, which will make his
third consecutive election. During
the sessions he has served in the Cen
eral Assembly, he has proved himself
to be one of the most careful and con-
scientious members of the upper
house and his services to the State at
large have been equal to those of any
man who has been there in recent
years. That his course in public life
has been acceptable to his immediate
constituency, is evident from the fact
that he will this year be nominated
at the urgent solicitation of many
people who have heretofore opposed
him, and there is apparently no doubt
of his election by a large majority.
Many of the leading men in the State
were anxious to have him take the
nomination for Comptroller when
Major Lee refused to be a candidate
for another term, but Mr.. Harrison
refused, believing that he could be of
more use to the public in the State
Senate, where he has been one of the
acknowledged leaders ever since his
first session more than eight years
ago.
Judge Burke has taken hold of the
work of the Commission of which he
is Chairman, and is already making
preparations and plans to have ready
recommendations for the changes in
the laws to simplify the machinery of
the State Government, in time for
presentation to the democratic State
Convention in September. The dis
tinguished Judge is determined that
the reforms which his commission will
recommend, will not only concentrate
the work of the State administration
of Public affairs, will do away with
many expensive officials positions
which are admittedly superfuous, but
will also very materially reduce the
amounts of money now uselessly ex-
pended, and thus reduce the taxes
imposed on the people. In this con-
nection, it is reported that some of
the officials whose places it is pro-