Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-10-26
: R|TCH|E, THE
COMPETENT"

Ritchies record In the last four years
Is presented In an article in The Eve
ming Sun.
Written without political prejudice
O. feeling by a man wholly unbiased
an independent. It drives home the
real reasons why the Governor was
renominated unanimously by his
party and why he will be reelected.
BY an unprecedented majority.
The sum and substance Of TIP Ar
ticle is that the Goverp6F has not pHlyl
devoted himself upsbAfibSiy add M
sslhshly to the work 81 tho STATE
with unusual ability sRd ETQt bptl
no has, to a degrOe dot eddAllSd In
any other State III the couSity, Sc
cured the cooperation And ssfNtes-,
in many instAhcep witARht c6mpAp.i
sation-of the vkry kV6kESst and
best citizens In thu copS6QNIty, ia Els.
efforts to place Maryland At the Very,
head Of thsp all.
Some q The nNplss that might be-
mentioned here, as illMHKtltk the,
type Of men EAS bs!S %sRs y kel
ellys F. BsrEsr, ISmQry !. CQh|Shi.
DR.. Hugh 4. young, 1t ]. N. Z. Nh-I
ney, W Mason shskM RI william
H. WEIGH, J. H. MaZPh KhQA VII
liam Mines Maloy, Ezra q. W6ltmKh,
Lewis N. Mtlbourne. Harvey L.
Cooper, ]. Frank Harper, Or. Victor
Cullen, DR.. Frank J. Geodnow, VI
Bladen LQwndes. J. J. Nellig1,
Joseph J. HQck. B. Howell GrisNoid,
Jr., and many others.
Some Of these men serve on IN
paid boards. Most Of them are
wholly Independent politically, but
the big point Is that AN have bSShI
willing to serve the state Under this
administration, and TIE State has
been a heavy gamer.
The article under the caption
"Ritchie, the Competent" 10 in part
o. follows:
-Four years ago, during the cam.
peign for Governor, wrote In this
place that Albert c. Richie possessed
qualities Of character and intellect
which, II he is ELECTED, may easily
raise him to a position in the esteem
Of Marylanders' far higher than the,
position he then held. He was at
that time regarded a. an unusually
competent and industrious Attofasy-I
General. 1t is gratifyiht to find that
prediction abundantiy realized.
Governor Richie has undoubtedly
associated a high order Of statesman
ship and high standards as q public
man with the ONCE, making it more
the position of a Statesman, less the
Job OF politician, reviving some OF
the standards OF the once which were
associated with It in earlier days.
Maryland has had reason to be proud
Of its Chief Executive at all the con-
ferences Of Governors which have
been held since his term began
After he has been In the spotlight
for four years. 1t ia still possible to
say Of him that he has NO trace of
the demagogue about him He makes
his appeal to the public not by pretty
phrases which they want to hear,
but which, upon examination, are
found to mean nothing either to the
man who speaks them or the men
who hear them. zone peed not think
long to recall public characters Who
have that habit) He is a real
worker, possessed Of both industry
and capacity. That is more impor.
tant than is the question Of whether
his record is 100 per cent. perfect.
Every man is entitled to few fiis.
takes In his total score.
There can be no doubt that he
ranks extremely high among the Gov.
ernors of the country. He is a gen
tleman by birth and by education
possessed, however, Of the common
touch. Such men are so rare In pub
lie life In America and demagogues
30 many that It would be the utmost
folly to retire the type once he wai
found. Richie does the right thing
In public life, believe. largely by in
stinct, because his brain imaginel
situations so clearly that It Is really
impossible for him to do less. H,
would see too clearly the poor ngur,
he would cut doing the lesser thing
Such a man always sees clearl,
the point of view Of his seVersst ant
most able critics, as a smaller maj
cannot do The net result Is bette
for the public. Even those who crit
ciEe him most harshly grant him thi
high mental power.
This is not an attempt to review
his administration. He may hay,
made some mistakes. But, to m,
mind, the net result has been infinite
ly superior to that Of any Governo
In the last twenty-five Years. Their,
Is no doubt about the service he ha
done the public school system Of tn,
State, even II the charge the Repub
licans made in their platform to tn
effect that he appointed persons Il
politics to the county school board
were true, and do not grant that
is true. The appointment Of ALDER
Q. Cook as State Superintendent wa
. splendid stroke in itlelf Everyon
knows how highly ed9tAtors rated tn
Baltimore county schools when MI
Cook was at their head.
HE has reduced tho State tax rat
and the constructive order Of hi
mind assures that II anybody can &c
1t down lower in the next four year
he can. His reorganization plan ha
been criticized, but that the final re
suit will be good there cannot b