Evening star., 1926-10-24
DEMOCRATS SEE
!! BIC R|TCH|E VOTE
$4,000 to 10000 Majority
Predicted-RepubIicans
Sure of Weller.
Special Dispatch to. The Star.

BALTIMORE, October 23.-Demo-
cratic leaders are predicting Ritchie's
reelection by majority ranging from
so 600 to 10000. The estimates are
based on expectation of Ritchie land
slide in Baltimore City, where even
some Republican leaders admit there
Is little sentiment for his opponent.
Addison f. Mullikin. on account of
the stand he has taken on the prohibi-
tion question.
Predictions on the. Weller.Tydings
contest, however, are not nearly so
one sided. Democrats insist Tydings
will be elected. but Republicans are
confident it will be Weller. They are
depending on thousands of Democratic
votes to re.elect Senator Weller. The
Democrats claim any Democratic
strength Weller might show will be
more than offset by the Republicans
who will vote against Weller or refuse
to vote at all because of the primary
fight in which Representative John
Philip Hill was defeated.
All the candidates spent the past
week campaigning in western Mary,
land. the Democratic party consisting
Of Gov. Ritchie, Representative Mil
lard T.. Tydings, candidate for United
States Senate; Thomas II. Robinson,
candidate for attorney general. and
James A. Young. candidate for clerk
of the Court Of Appeals. while the
Republican candidates making the
tour were Addison f. Mullikin, cand-
Date for governor; William +. Broen-
ing. candidate for attorney general;
DR.. Charles +. Goodell, candidate for
controller, and Representative Fred.
erick n. Zihlman. candidate for re.
election from the sixth district.
Mullikin Hits Conowingo.
Mr.. Mullikin confined his speeches
principally to attacks on Gov. Ritchie
and Attorney General Robinson in
connection with the Conowingo deal"
while Gov. Ritchie devoted most OF
his talks to showing what the admins
trstion had accomplished for the
benefit Of Maryland during the past
two terms.
For the first time since the cam
paign opened Gov. Ritchie made an
attack on the record of Senator Weller
in A speech at HagerStown in urging
the election of Representative Hy-
dings. He attacked Senator Weller on
'absenteeism' from the Senate, and
pointed out specific instances in which
he had failed to represent his constitu-
ents in matters of vital Importance to
them. He said "the most important
single action that could be performed
for the cause of good government in
Maryland would be to retire Senator
Weller
The federation of labor entered the
political fight this week and Endorsed
Addison E. Mullikin, Republican can.
didate for governor. Senator Weller,
candidate for reelection: William F.
Broening, Republican candidate for
attorney general: William S. Gordy.
jr., Democratic candidate for State
controller: James A. Young. Demo.
cratic candidate for clerk of the Court
Of Appeals, and Thomas B. r. ,Mudd,
Republican candidate for the House
Of Representatives from the fifth dis
trict.
Governor Is Condemned.
Gov. Ritchie was condemned for his
action in the Conowingo power grant
a. we'll as for his opposition to the
child labor amendment and the fact
that he signed the full-crew repeal
law passed by the last Legislature
Representative TydingS is also op-
posed by the labor unions for his fight
against the child labor amendment in
the House of Representatives and the
fact that he led the fight in the State
Senate to repeal the full-crew law.
Representative Stephen w. Gam
brill, Democratic candidate for re-
election from the fifth district, is op-
posed by the labor unions because he
led the fight against the full-crew law
In the House Of Delegates and op.
posed legislation favorable to Mary
land miners. Attorney General Rob
tnson is being opposed by the unions
on the ground that he is in the EN-.
ploy, as attorney, Of large corpora.
tions. and as such is unfit for re.
election" to the Office of attorney gen.
eral.
Candidates of the Socislistic marty