Evening star., 1923-08-12
DEMOCRATS FEAR
ROW IN MARYLAND
Many Candidates for State
Senate Pushing Ship To-
ward Rocks.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, August 1.-THE
democratic harmony ship. which has
been sailing placidly of late. headed for
unexpected partisan fights developed
among candidates for the state senate
in five Of the six districts.
The fourth district, in the negro sec
ton. where William C. Menchine is the
candidate, is the only one unaffected.
In the frst district. William Curran
has the organisation support. but with
Senator William I. Norris threatening
to plunge into fight with him.
Guidance OF Dissension.
In political circles the situation Is
seen as an indication that dissension
is breaking out between Kelly and
Mahon over distribution OF Offices. 1t
was pointed out that of the candidates
tentatively indorsed, Ave of the six are
known as Kelly men. Colgar stands out
| as n "Mahon man.
Those regarded az Kelly men are
Curtis, Menchine. Chambers and Fox.
Curran also Is seen as leaning to the
Kelly faction.
The stage has been reached where the
state ticket may be endangered, ii is
| said. The result is the suggestion that
city and state leaders including the
governor and mayor, probably Will be
invited. Whether Kelly will attend Is
problematical. since he has failed to
attend all conferences to which he has
been invited this week.
The city democrats will have to put
up ITO candidates to submit complete
ticket for the primary election on Sep
tenber 10, although where there lie no
contest the names need not go on the
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senate and thirty-six candidates for the
house OF delegates are to be chosen.
| eighteen members, three from each
| district, for the democratic state CEN
trail committee for Baltimore city. forty
| two delegates to the state convention
and eight candidates for city offices.
Thomas F. McNulty has filed as cam
| didate for the democratic denomination
for the Office of sheriff. Three other
democrats have announced their inten-
ton Of contesting for this honor-John
| f. Potee, police Justice w. w. Stock
/ ham. former United States marshal, and
| Roy E. Smith, parole officer.
| Compromise Rejected.
| Efforts to bring about a harmony
| agreement between the democratic fac
! tions In Howard county. headed by Ste
! phen II. Gambrill and Joshua N War
field. respectively. failed this week when
Mr.. Gambrill rejected the terms of a
compromise suggested by Mr.. Warfield
Leaders OF both factions express belief
that the result would be bitter demo-
cratic primary fight throughout the en-
! tire ticket
| Warfeld was that both he and Mr..
| Gambrill agree not to become candi-
\ dates for the state senate. and. in the
| event of the acceptance Of this by Mr..
| Gambrill. the support Of the Warfield
| faction would be given him for re-eleC-
/ n ha nf
Mr.. Gambrill rejected the suggestion
! because. he said. il was not reasonable.
! He also declared he would prefer the
people OF Howard county to decide
whether or not he should represent them
| in the senate.
! ]. Enos Ray, chairman of the demo-
cratic state central committee, has set
| September 20 as the date for the demo-
cratic state convention.
| Republicans Making Progress.
/ The republicans on the other hand,
/ appear to be making great progress IN
General Armstrong. following a confer
/ ence here this week between a number
/ OF G. q. +. leaders and former Senator
! Joseph /. France, who came to Balti-
more from hia home in Cecil county.
| Several OF the participants in the
! conference emphasized the point that
all elements OF the party should sup
| port Alexander Armstrong. suberna-
| toriai candidate.
Before the conference Senator
| France said he considered Armstrong
an exceptionally strong candidate
| and thought he has a chance of win
! ming.
! While agreement on Armstrong Is
| expressed, there has been talk of n
-; fight on Senator Weller. who has
| grasped the reins of party direction.
/ it IS said.
Galen l.. TAFT, chairman OF the
/ republican state central committee,
| has issued n call for the meeting of
/ the committee next Wednesday.
Among other business. the committee
/ will authorize the chairman to set
a date and place for the party's state
| convention.
| The republicans may take this oc-
| casibn to answer Gov. Ritchie's chal-
| lenge that their party is without a
! single honest issue in this campaign.
| il is said.
Attorney General Armstrong has
! already been making an aggressive
j campaign on the Eastern Shore and
! in some of the other counties in the
! course of which he has several times
challenged statements of Gov.
I Ritchie.
If the governors challenge to the
! party is to be answered Mr. Arm
| strong's friends believe that he is the
| man to make reply. and that the re-
tort should not be stamped with any
brand which will give it a practical
! political tinge.
| Neither Gov. Ritchie nor Attorney
General Armstrong will have opposi-
| tfon in the primaries. as the time for
! filing papers of candidacy expired at
! midnight. When the Offices closed at
! that hour the democratic and repub-
| lican lineup for state wide Offices
| was as follows:
! Democratic-For governor. Albert C.
| Richie of Baltimore: for attorney
| general, Thomas H. Robinson OF Rel
1 air: for controller, William s. Gordy.
| Jr. Of Salisbury: for clerk of the
! court of appeals. James A. Young of
| Cumberland and Luther H. Gadd of
! Annapolis.
! Republication governor, Alexan-
| der Armstrong of Hagerstown: for
| attorney general, William Caldwell
! Coleman of Baltimore.
! Candidates for controllers and clerk
! of the court of appeals will be named
| by the chairman of the republican
| state central committee as permitted
! by law.