Evening star., 1923-08-02
R|TCH|E SAYS ISSUE
|SPOL|T|CAL RECORD
State Committee Preparing
for Governorship Race
Elects J. Enos Ray Head.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch TO The Star.
BALTIMORE. Md, August 2.-The
dominant issue in the coming guber-
natorial campaign was defined by
Gov. Ritchie at the meeting OF the
democratic state central committee
yesterday as the three--and- half
years record of his administrat tion
and the constructive work of the 1922
general assembly. which was over
whelmfng1y democratic. j. Enos Ray
or Prince Georges county was elected
chairman of the committee to succeed
DR.. ]. Hubert Wade.
1T is q record" said the governor,
"of which every Maryland citizen re-
CARELESS of party may justly take
pride"
The people of Maryland. the gov
ernor added. have for years been re-
celVins from the democratic party a
matter of course those things for
which the people of other states were
&till struggling.
He referred to the fact that the
six great state agencies. schools.
roads. police. prisons, state purchases
and the selection Of employees, which
IN other states, are the spoils of par
tlsan politics. are in Maryland fully
protected from such attacks which
questioned their honesty.
"Truth Versus CIaptrap."
Things OF this kind have been
said when they amounted to nothing
more than political claptrap or bum
Combe," he said. There is not a trace
OF either in what 1 am saying, be-
cause ! am saying absolute truth. and
cnaiienge any one in this state
whether OF the party which will op-
pose or not. to deny it with single
instance to the contrary"
Gov. RitChip added that b;o AZ
70 send troops to western Maryland
during the recent miners strike, at
me request of President Harding. has
oeen subsequently vindicated by the
president himself in a speech during
ms western tour adding that during
his administration both capital and
labor had been treated fairly
Iouching on national affairs, Gov.
Ritchie said:
But you cannot see the Ineffective
ness of republican rule in this coun-
try without being convinced that the
haliohai need is return TO demo-
cratic direction and democratic ideals
Lack OF Harmony.
| fou cannot see the growing pa
terhalism, the bureaucracy OF the fed
erai government, without wishing
once more for the time when the Leg
ls!ation OF Congress was still In har.
mOny with the principles and the phi.
land.
! Az eannot see the censt.nt and
1 repeated 1r|aSions by the federal
| eTnrrient OF the sovereign rights of
the StateS-invasions of dozen diff
iereht kinds-without longing for the
| IeLeUf FIUqa-mIfPonf IoU6IuR koL fpe
! ferent kinds-~ithout longing for the
I e d
/: the Stz. VIII once +.-T1
| 11S tfst ali9rssd donaains: and
| our ople their personal conduct and
| their personal rights in every field
Will, in Maryland. be decided by Mary
landers for Marylanders, and not by
| the will of other states"
| j.. Enos Ray. elected chairman. sue
| ceeds DR.. ]. Hubert Wade of Wash
| lngton county. and September 10 was
| agreed upon as the date for the pri =
| mary election. in view of the fact that
the two major parties could not agree
| upon date for the holding OF the
primary, other than that set by law
| the second Monday in September