Evening star., 1922-09-24
Selection of Bruce for Senate
at State Convention
No Surprise.
ATTACK OF WADE FAILS
Condemnation of G. 0. P. Record a
Feature of Session at
Baltimore.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

to be cut-and- dried affair in so far
as none of the threatened moves
against DR.. ]. Hubert Wade. the
chairman, materialized.
William CabeIl Bruce, the success
full senatorial candidate in the pri-
mary, received SO of the 1873 votes
represented in the convention and
was declared the party's standard
bearer for the fall electi1l.
While there has been considerable
opposition to Dr. Wade as chairman
of the state central committee since
his dismissal by Gov Richie as
chairman of the state board of prison
control, which cryStalliZed into the
drawing of resolution the day be-
fore the convention requesting nm
to withdraw. the opposition was
mostly from Baltimore city, and with
the state crowd lined up SolIdly under
the leadership of former Senator John
Walter Smith the resolution was KILL
ed in committee and never reached
the floor of the convention. Senator
Smith was undoubtedly in undisputed
control of the convention. and while
Gov. Ritchie and practically all OF
his followers were at the convention
they took no active part in the pro-
ceedings.
The principal features of the plat
form adopted were:
I'VE reiterate our belief. expressed
In the platform adopted by US in 1920.
that the law abiding citizens of the
United States will never be satisfied
with the Volstead law. passed by a
Republican Congress over the veto
of democratic President. We advo-
cate the granting of the use of light
wines and beer to the people Dy
whatever legal means necessary to
achieve this purpose.
Condemnation Of Congress.
1--WE condemn the present republi-
can Congress for failure to enact into
law the reconstruction program sub
mitted by the democratic adminls-
tration: for putting the tariff back
into politics and yielding to special
interests in passing tariff bill i'm
posing a burden of more than $3,O00.-
100000 annually on the people of the
country: for SurrenderinS to the
President the authority to change
tariff rates: for reducing highway
appropriations.
THE republican party promised the
nation prosperity: they gave 1t ad-
versity. They promised to reduce
taxes; taxes have been shifted, not
lifted.
They promised to stimulate agri-
culture: the farmer today is mortgag-
ing his next years crop IN order to
live.
they brought on industrial panic.
I'VE especially condemn the record
of Senator Joseph Irwin France. He
stands neither for democracy or re-
time in aiding and abetting a com
munistic government which openly
seeks to overthrow this government
by revolutionary means
I'VE commend to the voters of the
state the candidacy of William
Campbell Bruce for election to the
United States Senate. His eminent
qualifications for this office make 1T
certain that II he is elected. Maryland
will be ably represented in the Sem
ate, and this state will again take
that high place in the counsels of
the republic to which it Is entitled.
Congress Choices IndOrsed.
I'VE also urge that T. Alan Colds
borough. in the first congressional
district: Millard e. Tydings, in the
second congressional district; Antony
]. Dimarco. in the third congress
sional district; ]. Charles Linthicum.
in the fourth congressional district;
Clarence M. Roberts in the fifth con-
eressional district, and Frank w.
Mish, in the sixth congressional dis
voters of their respective districts.
so that the state may have the op-
portunity of utilizing their valuable
services in the House of Representa-
tives"
Republican party leaders are draw
ing up their platform which will be
presented at the meeting of the state
central committee next week. and II
IL understood the planks Will be
largely dictated by Senator France,
standard bearer in the fall election.
Republican leaders are also busy
picking candidates to run in the first
and fourth Congressional districts,
where they have no condidates as yet
in the field. Meetings of leaders in
both districts are to be called. The
William p. Jackson and Chairman
Galen l.. TAFT. have expressed de-
sire that candidates be selected to
lead these fights prior to the holding
of the convention on September 2S.
Mr.. Jackson has already called for
q conference of district leaders. to be
held at Easton next week. for the
purpose of selecting the candidate to
run against Representative Colds
borough, the democratic nominee.
1t is predicted that, wet candidate
will be put up. States Attorney
Butler of Talbot. has been classified
as a wet and is considered the
strongest candidate that could be Sc
lected. with the possible exception of
and fourth congressional districts
of Caroline county. 1t is understood
that Towers is not anxious to enter
the race.
Chance for Dry Man.
In the fourth district. where Rep
resentative j. Charles Linthicum.
democratic candidate, seems to be so
solidly intrenched that no republican
candidate entered the primary, the
nomination may go to John H. Butler. |
He is considered dry. At any rate. |
the followers of W. o. Atwood. who |
ran for Congress as dry two years
ago. are said to be backing his can
didacy.
The republican leaders of this dis |
trict for a while considered Enos S. |
Stockbridge, a lawyer. but it was
found that he lived outside of the |
district line. so he had to be aban-
doned. J. Kemp Bartlett and I. Clar-
endon Could have been considered as
George Cameron. chairman of the
city republican centra! committee. to
get the district committee together
very soon and name candidate be-
fore the convention.
Consideration of the candidates for
the United States Senate and House
OF Representatives from Maryland
utive committee of the Association
Against the Prohibition Amendment, !
and the wet and dry" proclivities
and principles of the various and nu-
merous aspirants were debated at
great length.
No mention was made, it is UNDER
stood, of the prospective platforms of |
the two political parties. and it is be-
lieved that the association will keep
its fingers out of that pie and leave
any possible utterances on the wet"
and dry" issues to the trainers Of |
the respective platforms.
After over two hours of debate. the