The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-09-14
MARYLAND'S WETNESS
AMAZE NATIONS CAPITAL
Leaders of Both Parties AstOund-
ed at Primary Result


leaders of the two parties and gem
eral observers of political processes
were genuinely interested today in
the sweep of the anti-prohibition SEN
timent in Maryland and in the radical
tendency of the Republican party in
the State, as disclosed by the results
of yesterdays primary.
Only these two phases of the poll.
tics of the State are regarded as OF
Importance here. Nobody seems to
care very much about the candidates
as personalities, although both David
j. Lewis and John w. Garrett have
a host Of well wishers in the capital.
But wherever one went in official
circles today there was comment upon
the wetness of the State and upon the
radicalism of the Republican party in
the State. In some quarters there
was surprise bordering upon aston
ishment that in all the contests only
two conspicuous dry candidates, Com
gresham Goldsborough in the Fifth,
and Frank W. Mish, in the Sixth,
should survive the voting.
Generally speaking there was sur
prise that the vote cast for Senator
France should be so decisive, vote
attracted to him notwithstanding his
insurgency against the Administra-
tion's policies and notwithstanding
the "wildness" of some of his more
pronounced policies of the last two
or three years.
Conservative Republican leaders
are by no means pleased over the
France victory. The Administration
made no effort to defeat the Senator.
In fact, the President lent himself
somewhat to the France candidacy
when he attended political reception
at the Senator's house following the
Francis Scott Key unwilling.
But old-line interests outside the
White House made no secret of their
hope that France would be showed
under. 1t is well known, for example,
that Chairman John T. Adams, of the
Republican national committee,
sought to persuade national com.
mitteeman William P. Jackson to
keep out of the fight, if the latter
could not support Garrett. The old
guard wanted Mr.. Garrett nominated,
not so much because Mr.. Garrett was
Mr.. Garrett, but because he was op-
posing Senator France.
The radical group here hail the
France victory here as another mani.
festation of party dissatisfaction
with the old-line leadership and they
expect Maryland to join Indiana,
Wisconsin, California, North Dakota,
Iowa and other progressive" states
in regenerating the Republican party.
Senator France himself was cord.
tally congratulated on all hands when
he appeared at the Senate today.
Pages, doorkeepers and Senators
felicited him upon his victory.
Senators always do this when an
associate is successful, whether the
victor be Republican or a Democrat.
There is measure of sincerity in
such greetings, but a larger measure
of Senatorial courtesy"
Whether Senator France personally
is admired or not by the Republican
organization, he will be given such
support in the November fight as the
party leaders can give him. They
have no intention, apparently, of
sending any money into Maryland
except in certain of the Congressional
districts. They feel that Senator
France is able to finance his own
campaign.
More people in political life here
were interested in the wet and dry
fight than in the success of factional
candidates of the Senate. Although
Baltimore had long been regarded as
one of the wettest of American cities
in public sentiment, the State outside
the city had been looked upon gener-
ally as dry territory.
The nomination of Willard F.
Tydings in the Second district and the
heavy vote polled by Andrew J. ICY"
Cummings in the Sixth indicate to
observers here that the anti-prohi-
bition wave in Maryland is spreading.
The smallness of the Lewis vote
outside the Sixth district is regarded
as another indication of the States
anti-prohibition leaning.