Evening star., 1922-10-22
FIGHT WAKES WARM
OVER MARYLAND
Standard Bearers of Both
Parties Map Out Plans to
Wind Up Campaigns.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. October 21.-Political
circles livened up considerably this
week with the standard bearers of
both parties mapping out their plans
for the winding up of the campaign.
William Cabell Bruce. the democratic
standard bearer. has been spending
the week campaigning through the
eastern shore counties of the state,
and in his speeches he has made the
tariff the principal issue in the CAM
paign. Speaking at Chestertown. he
characterized the tariff as the most
iniquitouS measure of the kind ever
passed by Congress. The republl-
can party is bound by a silded chain
to the car of u plutocrat," he said,
after charging that the tariff had
been passed largely in the interest of
heavy contributors to the republican
campaign fund.
ScOrns Frances Record.
During the course of his speech
there he also took occasion to scorn
the political record of his republican n
opponent, Senator Joseph l. France.
in which he said:
Senator France is greatly con-
cerned with Russia as an example to
this country. Speeding across the
sea, he associated himself with Lenin
and TrotSky. who. he assures us, are
models of bencficent rulers. Yet this
soviet government managed by Lenin
and TrotSky is beyond doubt the most
vicious and tyranuical that has come
into being since the dawn of history"
Senator France made his first
speech of the campaign Thursday
night at Salisbury, on the eastern Shory.
when he hit back at his critics who
called him holSheviki. a socialist and
an apostate to his party. He made no
comment on the democratic candidate,
Mr.. Bruce. except to express the wish
that Mr.. Bruce would talk about his
own record. Il never have time to
throw mud at my opponent" Senator
France declared. 1T takes all my
time to talk about my own record and
what l want to do"
Iron in Their Souls.
A really black cloud in the sky of
William Cabsll Eruce'S senatorial
success. as viewed by some of the
political weather men," lies over the
first legislative distric: of Baltimore
city-the habitat and domain of state
Senator William l. Norris.
Senator Norris. politician to the
core. has come manfully to the front.
congratulated his successful adver-
sary. Mr. Bruce. and is serving on the
latterS campaign committee. Mr.
Norris has yielded with good grace
pul II Is Sdlu lil3l many OF tlOSe VINO
voted for him-and his vote was
especially notable in the first legis-
lative district and in the seventh and
eighth wards of the Secontl-are less
amenable to the dictates of party poll
icy
The iron has entered their souls, it
Is said. and they propose 20 have re-
venge in the general election by vot-
ing for the republican senatorial can
didate. Senator Joseph 4. France.
Third the battle-ground.
The third congressional district.
comprising first. second. third. fourth.
hfth. sixth. seventh. eighth and
tWenty-seco1d wards, together with
several precincts of the eighteenth
ward. is. in ;he opinion of various re-
publican politicians. the battle-ground
on which Senator France will win or
lose his fight for reelection to the
United States Senate.
In these wards are concentrated
many of the voters upon whose sup
port Senator France must rely if he is
to win his fight. If such voters, dis
regarding party lines. stand almost
solidly with the Sena or By reason of
his champiocing of this or that radi-
cal group or of his support of this or
that Ca use ii is argued that he NAV
carry Baltimore city. and carry it
perhaps by a sufficient margin to off,
Set any adverse outcome in the coun-
ties
But if the third congressional dis
trict is only lukewarm toward France
his chances of reelection are con-
sidered by many members of his own
party as greatly impaired.
Dry Faction Splits.
The Maryland Division of the AS
soclation Against the Prohibition
Amendment split this week over the
endorsement of senatorial candidate les,
which resulted in the resignation of
ShlrieF Carter, the president, and
-FOUR other members. who resigned
because the association indorsed both
Senator France and Mr. Rru",., while
the receding members held ou. for
the Endorsement of Senator Franca
The reSigniations were submitted
Immediately after adoption of a reso-
luton embody!nS the double indorse-
ment.
The resolution advised all MEM
oerS OF the association to oppose three
or the congressional candidates whom
It described at dry. These were: T..
Alan Goldsboroueil democrat. first
district: Albert A. Blakeney. repub-
Ilcan. second district; Frederick ".
Zihlman. republican, sixth district.
Both Representative John Philip Hill
republican and Antony Dimarco.
democrat, were indorsed in the third
district.