The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-10-27
BALTIMORE LETTER
Hotel Renncrt,
Baltimore, Oct. 18th, 1922.


/ Governor Richie has taken up the
burden of the campaign so far as the
contest in the counties is concerned,
and aided by the candidates for the
Senate and House of Representatives,
he is touring the State, and address,
/ ing the people in his usually able and
eloquent style on the issues of the
present contest. And all the present
Indications are that the people in
/ November will vote on the issues at
stake i'll this years election and to
d great extent viii lose sight OF the
personality of the nominees. The rec
ord of the present Federal Admins
/ tratiOn, during the past two years, has
brought to the front certain well-dc-
/ fined and extremely important public
questions. and, to greater extent
than at any time for years, has plac-
cd before the people several matters
which are vital Importance to the
welfare of the whole country, and
on which the members Of the two
great parties are already lined up on
the different sides, while there are
other questions of much public i'm
! pCrtancc on which the members OF
/ the two parts are divided-nOtably
! the question of Prohibition. The tar
| if question has been brought to the
! front in all its oldtime force and
/ Importance, the Democrats on one
side and the Republicans on the 9TH
err The foreign policy of the admin
/ istration is also opposed by the Dem
ocrats. and the interference OF the
national officials in matters of pure
! ~ State concern, is constantly arouS-
ing discomfort and criticism as 1t has
, done ever since the foundation of the
/ Federal government whoever may be
in control of the offices. In fact the
j jealousy of the States over the en-
crOaChment of the Federal authOri-
/ ties. seems to be growing in force all
the time. and this feeling is as strong
! in some localities among Repubf-
cans as it is among Democrats, and
/ in the near future will probably be-
come the chief issue in politics as it
was before the Civil War.
The chief cause of uneasiness
among the politicians and those in
terested in political affairs, and this
applies to the members OF all par
/ ties, is the apathy and Indifference
which prevail among the people gem
orally in regad to the present cam
paign. A large proportion of those
entitled TO vote, both men and wom-
en-. do not appear TO care who is run
ming, what they represent, or how
the voting may turn out on November
It'll. Ii has been 4 task of more than
! the usual difficulty to make any sort
of n decent showing in the registra-
tion and the workers of both parties
report no enthusiasm, either in re-
gard to the registration or the cleo
ton which follows. AS a result, the
names on the books do not repre-
sent ANYTHING like the number that
ought to be there in view of the i'm
portanca of the result. The local
questions to be determined, the fact
that a Judge is to be elected here in
Baltimore, that amendments to the
Constitution of the State are to be
adopted or rejected, that loans aggre-
eating vast sums of money, are up
for approval or disapproyal are
arousing no interest whatever, ex-.
cept among the City politicians and
! office holders and in the newspaper