Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1921-10-22
Mr.. VIM. S. Gordy, Jr., Receives
Hearty Assurances OF Support
From All Over State.

land, and is now on the western
shore. In his campaigning, Mr.
Gordy was accompanied by the pres
ent Comptroller, Major E. Brooke
Lee, and these two young, vigorous,
end able democrats, were greeted with
unusual cordiality and enthusiasm
wherever they went. They were as
sured at all points that the democrat
ic candidate would receive the full
party vote, and not a few republi-
cans were also emphatic in their as
surances that they would not draw
party lines in voting but would vote
and do all in their power to aid Mr..
Gordy in his contest for election.
In Baltimore city. Mr.. Gordy has
met with an especially warm receipt
ion. Wherever he has gone, he has
been assured Of cordial support, not
only by business generally, but also
by politicians and party workers in
all parts of the city. Mr.. John j.
Mahon, che leader of the city organi-
2ation said as he saw Mr. Gordy in
the lobby at the Rennert: "He is a
fine young man, just the sort of i
man that makes a good candidate,
and will make a careful and efficient
officer, and he will be easy to elect"
Frank Kelly, now chief lieutenant of
the reunited city organization is also
warm in his praise of Mr.. Gordy, and
says he will carry Baltimore by a
large majority, and with ease; and
the best judges of such matters free
~ predict that the candidate fo
Comptroller as the head of the ticket.
will receive a majority if not less
than 10000 and which may extend to
10000 in the city, which will show
this year that it is safely back in the
democratic column once more. The
democrats now have a majority of
$4,000 on utilization.
There is mere than the usual
dIllOuhI VI llGSISoL CdhlllS lClC III eIlC
Senatorial contests in some of the
counties, as the democratic nominees
in those counties are especially well
known. on account of their excellent
records as public servants while men,
bers of the General Assembly in the
House and Senate in former sessions.
This is notably the case in regards to
Senator Orlando Harrison of Worces-
ter county, Mr.. John S. Mcdaniel, OF
Talbot county, Mr.. NJ. Bates Stephens
of Caroline county; DR.. Eugene Jones,
Of Montgomery county, and Mr.. Mil
lard E. Tydings of Hartford. These
gentlemen are all we'll known in Bal
timore. All have records CT public
service in the General Assembly, far
above the average, and all are consid
cred to be men whose interest in the
wlfare of the State, and in the public
welfare Of the State, and in the public
by any partisan considerations. 1t
would be difficult To pick out an
equal number of men in Maryland
who are better fitted by education,
training and experience than the gen
tlemen named above. 1t would be lit
tie short of a public calamity should
they be defeated next month. The
candidates of the opposition are in no
sense their equals in any particular.
One of the most active and
influential republican leaders in the
city, who is also an official of promi
renee, said he considered the case so
far as his side was concerned, prac-
tically hopeless, because of the infer
irority Of the personnel Of their ticket
He said:
eve cannot compare with the dem
ocratic ticket. 1t is impossible for us
tC get men Of the right sort to run for
office. Our candidates for the several
clerkships are far inferior in ability
to their democratic opponents. Our
nominees for the legislature are no
toriously inferior in nearly every in
stance, to their democratic opponents,
and our whole ticket is handicapped
by the fact that two of our nominees
are negroes. For the first time in the
history Of the State, we have negroes
on our hands as candidates, regularly
nominated for public office, and we
are asking white people to vote for
them. The result of all these Difficult
ties will probably be disastrous to our
whole ticket. For thousands of white
republicans are openly refusing to
vote for ticket with negro candid
ates on it, labeled republicans.
"While no negroes have been
nominated in the counties, with few
exceptions the republican candidates
are not to be compared in ability with
their democratic opponents. The real
truth we cannot persuade the sort of
men who are recognized as fully
qualified to become candidates to run
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