The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-20
>'KITCHIE'S INAUGURATION
WAS A VERY TAME AFFAIR
Participated in Largely By East
BaltimOreans and Political Job
Hunters From The City

denied as 1t was, took place on we'd
nesday of last week, and there was
nothing in the manner of the inaugu-
ration, except the missing Of the old
Marylanders who usually turned out
in large numbers to witness such an
affair.
The Governor and his lovely, hand
some mother, Speaker Lee and few
others were the only members of the
old aristocratic families present.
His Excellency has to thank for his
reception the subordinate politicians,
who made up large part of the gath
ering, and also City Councilman Klec-
ka, Senator Ambrose Kennedy, Sheriff
Potee, Congressman-elect Palmisano
and the women, who made the day of
it at the State Capitol. They arrived
in large buses singing and doing
whatever they thought best to attract
attention, and they helped swell the
crowd. The greater part of the throng
was made up of residents of the Dem
ocratic stronghold in East Baltimore,
and they made the Inauguration a
great success.
Those who managed the affair were
second raters at the business, for out
side of the Governor taking his oath
and delivering his address, there was
nothing imposing about the function.
Here was a man being sworn into Of
flee for the third consecutive time, an
unheard of, even an unthinkable
event, before the day of Richie, and
those making the arrangements made
little of it, They knew that he has
been talked Of from one end of the
land to the other as a possible Presl-
dental nominee in the coming Demo-
cratic National Convention, and that
large and entirely new arrangement
ould gain for him nation wide pub
~-flcity, but they did not know how to
put it over, and the advice of those
present who have been schooled in
the political field Of experience was
ignored, SO they sat tight and observ-
ed the childish way, what should have
been a grand event, was handled.
The best advice to the Governor,
whether he wants it or not, is to leave
those who arranged matters for the
momentous beginning of his third
term at home when he goes to the
next Democratic convention, or he will
probably get just about as far this
time as he did in New York two years
and half ago.
And let me impress this, for it is
an outstanding fact, that had not
EGus" Klecka Of the Seventh Ward,
Senator Kennedy of the second legis-
lative district, and the Hendricks
Democratic Club, the "Sheriff's Bri-
gade," Congressman Palmisano's del
egation and the residents of Annapo-
lis, who are always on hand, and who
mostly attended because Of the fine
music furnished by the Naval Acad-
envy Band, there would nave been one
of the smallest crowds on record to
attend an outstanding affair. And to
them the Governor is largely indebted
for his uneventful third inaugural. 1t
should have been an imposing func-
tion, but it was not.
Speaker Lee is having all kinds of
difficulties over making up his COM
mittees, and his unwise manner of de-
laying the appointments is causing
him even more trouble and criticism
as the time goes on. Many of his
friends, who have also enjoyed the
friendship of his honored father, are
expressing their fear that the son will
find his way upstairs paved with brok-
en- glass, tacks and banana peels four
years hence if he continues his pres
ent manner of disappointing his adj
mirers. 1t is too early in the game to
say whether or not the speaker will
be able to WELD much influence over
the members of the House, and from
what can be learned from those occu-
plying seats, which is about all most
of them are doing, things will not be
SO rosy as the path turns toward the
~ of the session.
'~@aOne thing can be said for the
Speaker at this time. and that is that
he begins his sessions at the hour
named, and not several minutes later,
but that cannot be said of the Presi-
dent of the Senate, who up to this
time has kept his Senators waiting,
and they are not at all pleased with it
and hope to correct it before long.
They are mostly business men and are
not used to sitting around waiting to
go to work.
The Collar which is usually placed
around the delegates neck early IN