Evening star., 1922-05-21
FRANCE TANG[ES
SENATORIAL RACE
Announcement of Candidacy
for Reelection Complexes
Situation in Maryland.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, May 2O.-Formal an
nouncepent by Senator Joseph i.
France that he will be a candidate
for reelection is regarded in politi-
cal circles here as leading to speed
ing up in the Senate race of both par
ties.
With the senior Maryland senator,
whom leaders on neither side are dis
posed to. depreciate as Il contender
definitely in the field. a republican
pOneRt already out against hlm'
and two avowed candidates for the
democratic nomination, it is belieVeu
that further announcements, II there
are to be any. will not be long de-
layed. AS a corollary to this is the
prospect of an alignment OF the
powers in the two camps, about which
both republicans and democrats are
pretty much in the dark.
Candidacy Anticipated.
Senator Frances entry had been an
ticipated generally and occasioned no
surprise. Interest is now centered on
what his opposition is to be- Many
republicans do not regard Edward T.
Darlington. one-timo bull moose
leader, as 4 real factor in the cohtess
There is considerable difference 9t
opinion among them as to whether
Representative John Philip Hill VIII
go after higher honors.
Those who do not believe that ne
will, say. in the first place, that Hill
would be abandoning conceded re-
nomination in the third district LOT
a doubtful senatorial nomination, ana,
in the second place, he would not Try
unless assured the support of Sena-
This report, according to their Ver-
sion he is not likely to get.
Out of the democratic senatorial
perpleXity at least two schools OF
thought, If they be SO termed. are
developing. They are conflicting in
One is that Gov. Richie is the logical
candidate for the United States Senate
and that the governor has done the
party a service by announcing that ne
would not be candidate for the
senatorial nomination. but that he
preferred renewed gubernatorial honors.
The other is that the present talk
of this and that and the other can
Gidate, including the two aspinants who
have announced themselves, former
Representative David ]. Lewis and
State Senator Norris, is but frotb and
that solid political substance is in
corporated in former Senator John
Walter Smith.
Pressing Gov. Ritchie.
brought to bear on the governor to
have him change his mind about the
senatorship. Senator Smith continues.
as was to be expected, to say nothing
about the likelihood of his candidacy.
but it is rumored that in the next
few days the question will be put
point blank to him in such way that
an answer cannot reasonably be with
held.
Rumor of. a possible compromise
candidate, behind whom both the
state and city democracy would line
up, in the person of Hugh A. Nc
Mullen of Cumberland, former state
controller, was also rife here this
week. following a visit which Mr..
McMullen made at democratic head
quarters.
]. Allan Coad of ST. Marys county.
member of the house of delegates in
the last session of the legislature, is
being mentioned as a probability for
the democratic congressional nomina-
ton in the fifth district, to oppose Rep
resentative Sydney E. Mudd.
Position of Mudd.
Representative Mudd has, of course,
a traditional and even hereditary
hold upon the congressional seat from
the fifth district. but Mr.. Mudds posi-
tion is said to be not absolutely i'm
pregnable.
Another report from the fifth dis
trict was that Chief Judge John p.
Briscoe of the seventh judicial district,
resident of Calvert county, would
forsake the bench and seek the demo-
cratic nomination, and that State
Senator Walter ]. Mitchell of Charles
county will be candidate for cleo
tion to the bench.
In the second congressional district
Miss Mary E. w. Risteau, "the lady
from Hartford" in the last house of
delegates, has voluntarily waived her
pretensions to congressional distinc-
tion in favor of State Senator Millard
E. Tydings.