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Richie LIKELY TO
ENTER SENATORIAL RACE
Prohibition Enforcement Bill To Be
Submitted To The People At Next
. Election. County Man Likely To
BE Democratic Nominee For Mays
OF Baltimore.


: ELECTION. County Man Likely Tt
BE Democratic Nominee For Mayor
(" Oh Baltimore.
= State House, Annapolis March 16
This has been en- exciting week in
j the State House, which has been
J crowded early and late, by people
! from all sections of Maryland. look
8 ing after bills which are resting in
! the Committee Rooms or in the files
I on the desks of the two Houses, some
10 die quiet death, others to die III
. parliamentary battles, and others to
live after strenuous fights in their
behalf, only to survive after wounds,
in the way of amendments have been
inflicted, which often change the
character and effect of the whole
} measure. And many will live which
ought to die, while not a few will
die which, in the interest of the pub
Itc, ought to have been given long
lease of life.
The fight over the Prohibition En-
forcement Bill was one Of the most
interesting of the whole session, and
it is to be hoped although it is a
matter Of doubt that it has been set
|
of the people. No measure of any
general interest was ever settled to
the satisfaction of everybody, and no
matter what might have been the
fate of the dry enforcement act, it,
would have proved disappointing to-
d large number of people in all sec
tons of the State, and the general
Assembly, would be sharply critics.
cd for its action.
Governor Ritchie is at work day
| and night in his office in the State
| House or in the Executive Mansion.
His door is open to all, and he gives
| all those who call to see him, a /
| patient hearing, and cordial re
| ception He is consulted with great
| frequency by members of both houses
| on all sorts of subjects, whether per- |
| tanning to official duties or otherwise, |
and is ready to give his advice, legal
CT otherwise to all who ask for it.
| It is now generally conceded that he
will in all probability be candidate
for nomination to the United States !
Senate, this year, and that he will
make an announcement to that effect
soon after the adjournment of the
General Assembly in April. 1t is al
so the popular impression here that
his opponent for the democratic NOM
nation will be, either Ex-senator
John Walter Smith or Mr.. John NJ
Dennis State Treasurer, although
many people believe that State Sen
ator Orlando Harrison, will also en-
ter the primaries as a farmers candl-
date, owing to the encouragement he
is receiving from farmers in all
parts of the State and from what is
known as the farmers block of Sen
ators and Representatives in Wash
ington.
Another State official who is daily
on the job here at the present is the
Attorney General, Alexander Arm
strong. He has established an Of
fee in the State House, where he is
consulted on all sorts Of matters
which come before the two Houses.
Most of the members avail them
selves OF his courtesy, and he is
busy from morning until night ad-
vising as to proper form of drafting
bills, whether they conflict with laws
now in force, and, what is OF most
Importance, whether they comply
with the provisions of the Constitu-
ton. Mr. Armstrong; constant at
tendance is of great advantage to
the entire membership Of the Gen
eral Assembly as we'll as to the num-
erous State officials here, to all OF
whom he is the legal adviser. pro-
vided by the State Constitution.
In addition to the very general dis
cussion of general state politics,
there is considerable talk about the
situation in Baltimore City, and the
outlook for democratic success there
in the election next year. This dis
cussion has already reached the point
where available candidates for the
City Offices are being considered, and
several men of prominence are re-
ported to be ready to announce them
selves in the near future. =
Two of the men who have come
most prominently to the front in pup
lie affairs in Baltimore in recent
wears are both from the Counties
and both were former residents or
Hartford. They are Mr.. Howard W.
Jackson, recently elected Registar OF
Wills for the third consecutive term,
and Mr.. William w. Stockman, for
the past several years, United States
Marshal. The indications now are
that Mr.. Jackson will be nominated
by the democrats for Mayor next
spring without opposition, and that
in the State election next year, Mr.
Stockman will be the nominee OF MS
party for Sheriff. Both these men
have won their way to the front on
their own merits, and have attained
their present high place in the estl-
nation of the people at large because
they have proved themselves honest.
earnest and reliable. Mr.. Stockham
was Marshall during the entire per-
iod of the great War, when all sorts
of conspiracy and overt treason were
rampant in the State, City and Coun-
try at large He handled his dan-
gerous and difficult task with such
skill and ability that he won the
highest praise from his superior OF
ficers in Washington and earned the
gratitude and esteem of all those
under his immediate supervision
throughout Maryland. He ranked
as one of the best Marshals in the
whole Country, and should he be
elected Sheriff of Baltimore City
there is no doubt of his ability. to
perform the duties of his office with
satisfaction to the Courts and the