Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-11-02
BALTIMORE IS KEY
IN SENATE FIGHT
Frances Defeat by Bruce
Said to Hinge on East Sec
ton of City.
necial Oispatch to The Star.


closing week Of the political cam
paign and the fight for the city vote
opened last night with the standard
bearers of both parties making
speeches in the city. and while Sen
ator France. the G. o. P. senatorial
candidate. has already made an ad-
dress in Baltimore. last nights speech
was the first that Mr. Bruce. his dem
ocratic opponent. has made here.
In summing up the situation in the
rest of the state the democrats claim
they have the counties won safely
for Bruce. The republicans are not
so boastful. but expect liberal ma
jorities from Cecil and Somerset and
the southern Maryland counties. They
feel satisfied about Allegany, Garrett
ard even Washington counties. terri
tory into which Bruce carried his
fight Monday.
The democratic leaders have come
to the conclusion that their candi-
dates political destiny depends upon
east Baltimore. 1t is the region
across the falls, which. as Mr. Bruce
sees things. will determine whether
he will go to the United States Senate
In this section. which is. politically
speaking. the third congressional dis
trict. the chief strength of Mr.. Bruces
opponent. Senator Joseph l. France. is
supposed to be concentrated. If Mr.
Bruce can Offset Senator Frances
strength in this district the demo-
cratic candidate believes he can win
the election.
District Went for Norris.
composed of the first eight city wards,
the twenty-second ward and some
precincts in the eighteenth ward. 1t
is in the first eight wards that State
Senator William l. Norris. one of Mr..
Bruce's opponents in the recent pri
mary. developed his greatest strength
and there has been some apprehen-
sion that Norris friends might not
follow him into the Bruce camp.
Warning that Norris senatorial pri-
mary supporters In the district pro-
pose to vote for Representative John
Philip Hill for Congress was served
today on democratic organization
leaders.
Wen vote for Bruce-you can
bank on that: but we're going to vote
for HILL" said the spokesman Of the
Norris folks in the third district.
On this announcement, veteran
democrat of the district who will sup
port TONY" Dimarco estimated that
Hill would carry all the wards in the
district except possibly the second
and fourth. and that 100 votes either
way would decide the sentiment of
each OF these wards.
Baltimore Frances Hope.
Abandonment of western Maryland.
where he was expected to do some
campaigning, Is construed by repub-
licans generally as admission by SEN
ator France that he does not look to
the counties to win his fight. but re-
lies wholly upon Baltimore city.
To east and south Baltimore France
looks for an overwhelming majority
self during the remainder of the cam
paign. His confidence is. however
not shared by all of the republican
ward men. because of lack of funds.
While there is no considerable en-
thusiasm among democrats, they APP
pear to be much better equipped than
their opponents. They admit they
will not poll their full vote in east
Baltimore, but they claim the greater
proportion of their loss will go to
Representative Hill and not to France.
Impetus to the contest between Rep
Clarence NJ. Roberts for election from
the fifth district has been given by
emphatic assertion that the demo-
cratic city organization this year is
working sincerely and aggressively
for Roberts, the democratic nominee.
put him over.
"Uncle Frank" Active.
In the fifth district are included
the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth precincts of the eighteenth
ward, the twenty first, twenty-third
and twenty-fourth wards, and the
sixth, seventh. eighth and ninth pre-
cincts of the twenty-fifth ward. The
counties are Ammo Arundel, Calvert.
Charles. Howard, Prince Georges and
st. Marys.
While the city portion of the dis
trict IL generally in the hands Of John
J. Mahon and John s. CRANKY KEEL
ly, It 10 particularly part of Kellys
bailiwick and Uncle Frank" is said to
be bestirring himself. OF late Kelly
has been confined to his home more or
less by illness. but he Is reported as
directing the fight from his Preside
and as being intensely interested in It,
Sample ballots will not be distrib-
uted until next week and then cross
marks will appear opposite the names
Of the candidates only. The demo-
cratic and republican organizations
are not making any special effort to
carry the constitutional amendments,
but they are not opposing these. Both
favor the school loan and both oppose
the one-branch city council. The lead
word to defeat this measure. Its
adoption will, therefore, depend on
the citizens who are not allied with
the organisations
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