Evening star., 1926-06-20
ANT|-WELLER BODY
OPENS BROADS|DE
Senator's Foes, Led by Rep
reSentative Hill, AssaiI
His Record in Office.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

! Special Dispatch TO The star
BALTIMORE, June 19.-The open
| ing gun of the Republican primary
! fight between Senator e. T.. Weller
| and Representative John Phillip Hill
was fired this week by the anti-Wel-
Ter faction when a gigantic mass
meeting was held in East Baltimore
Thursday night. The meeting was
! addressed by all the candidates
of the anti-Weller faction-Repre-
| sentative Hill, Marion Humphreys,
candidate for governor: William F..
Broening candidate for attorney gen
eral: William p. Jackson, Republican
| national committeeman of Maryland.
Joseph l. France. former United
States Senator. and Thomas Parrin.
Republican leader of southern Mary
| land.
While the broadside against Sen
ator Weller was fired by Mr.. Hill,
who attacked the Senator on his rec
ord in the Senate and claimed he had
| never made single speech in de-
| Tense of or against any pending leg
| islation. Mr.. jackson opened his
| speech by wing he wanted to apollo
giZe to the Republicans of the State
| for his error" in supporting Senator
w elleI tno HISI llIlle, NHlit StHdlbi
| Fra ance declared Weller had been 'un-
true to his friends. his party and his
| country
BrOening Explains Aim.
Marion A. Humphreys devoted most
| of his speech to giving his views on
some of the problems of State gov
ernment. and William +. Broening.
| former mayor of Baltimore, declared
hn ha n
wishes. but to assist in the re election
| Of the party, which could he accom-
plished only through the elimination
Of Senator Weller.
Mr. Hill was very bitter In his de
nunciation of Senator Weller, and
said:
Il shall prove that Senator Weller
voted for the entry Of the United
States into the World Court. the
heart of the League of Nations Az
| well as the back door of the League
of Nations; that he voted against the
soldier bonus. and that today he
pussyfoots on prohibition. the child
, labor amendment to the Constitution
and almost every controversial ques.
ton Of national importance.
| While the Weller faction has not
| openly taken any part in the primary
| fight so far. it's members have not
| been idle by any means, ana nave
been circularizing the Republican
voters throughout the State, calling
attention TO Senator Weller'S record
| in the Senate A meeting was held
| this week OF the Fedora ton Of Re
| publican Women Of Baltimore at
| which Gulen l.. Tait. chairman Of the
| state central committee and right
and man of Senator Weller ex-
1 lot h.k nrnnadllI9
| necessary to tiie as candidates in the
| coming primaries for position on the
| committee. Mrs. Lula r.. Powell.
chairman of the group, declared that
women deserve political patronage
| in the party because their efforts are
| necessary to it's success.
Democrats Are Active.
on the Democratic side things have
also been active politically the past
| week. with a meeting of the State
central committee at the Rennert at
which Howard Bruce was elected ma
| tional committeeman, succeeding the
| late Senator John Walter Smith, who
| for many years served as chairma n
| of the District Of Columbia commit
| tee in the Senate. The meeting re-
solved itself into a regular love fest, "
| in which Gov. Ritchie praised Repre-
sentative Tydtngs. candidate for the
| United States Senate: Tydings recip-
rocated by declaring Gov. Richie the
| greatest governor" Maryland has
ever had. and Mayor Jackson said
| complimentary things about both
| Richie and Tydings. while Senator
| Bruce, who is an uncle of Howard
Bruce. praised both the State and
| city administrations and said they are
! being conducted with honesty, in
| tegrity and zeal for the public wei
| fare.
| He took occss sion to compliment Rep
resentative TydingS on his record in
| Congress. and said the people of
| Maryland should make the entire con
gressional representation Democratic.
A bid for peace in the ranks of
| Democratic women OF Maryland fell
| fiat at a meeting here this week of
both Orga niZations.
The olive branch was extended by
the United Democratic Women s
club TO it's rival orga niZation. the
! Maryland Women's Democratic Asso.
| citation, in the form of a resolution
| calling for cooperation between the
societies.
| After a two hour debate the Mary
land Women's Association refused to
pass the resolution, but did state that
| it would be brought before the whole
membership at its meeting in October.
| At the meeting of the United Demo
cratic Women's Club Mrs. George NJ.
Gather. national congressional com
mitteeman. proposed resolution
calling for harmony between the two
| societieS IT WAS ma Saed una pimo,lSlv