Evening star., 1928-10-27
MARYLAND DIVIDED
IN ELECTION RACE
Rural Districts Strong for
Hoover, While Baltimore
Seems to Favor Smith.
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sought TO have wet plank included
I'm the partyS national platform adopt.
ed at Houston. He carried the State ir
1926 over his Republican opponent BY
about 10000 votes.
Bruce and Tydings Wet.
Both Maryland's Senators, Bruce
and Tydlngs, are wet and proud of it
Senator Bruce is seeking reelection
this year and is opposed by former
Gov. Phillip Lee Goldsborough, now
president of bank in Baltimore. Mr.
Gol1sborough Las taken the same stand
in favor Of prohibition as that taken
b. Mr.. Hoover
Mr.. Goldsborough is one of the two
Republican governors that Maryland
has had He served from 1912 to 1916
His election came after a desperate
conflict among the Democrats of Mary
land, with one faction supporting Ar
thur P. Golman, jr., and another Blair
Lee for the gubernatorial nomination.
Mr.. Goldsborough is a good campaigner
and is giving Senator Bruce a real race
II Mr.. Hoover carries Maryland, Mr.
Goldsborough is likely to win the Sem
atorship, although Senator Bruce will
run more strongly probably in the
counties than will Gov. Smith. The
Democrats insist, however, that Bruce
Will be reelected and run along with
Smith to victory.
Senator Bruce has never made any
bones about being a wet. He has been
one of the leading opponents of pro-
hibition In the Senate He stands four
square with Gov. Smith, head of the
Democratic ticket, on this issue. That
Is more than can be said of several
other Democratic cancidates for the
Senate this year.
Vets Shocked by Smith.
When Gov. Smith said in the West
that prohibition after all was not the
most important issue in the campaign,
1t gave some of the vets in Maryland
quite a shock. Some of the Republican
vets. who had been prepared to follow
Smith, asked themselves why they
should desert their own party for Smith
If that was the case.
Just as the Democrats are pinning
their hopes to the Smith speech here
Monday so the Republicans are count
ing on Senator William E. Borah of
Idaho, who Is to come here on We'd
neSday. Senator Borah has been trail
ing Gov Smith for weeks in this cam
paign and has proved effective in the
West.
Maryland may be divided as to
politics roughly as follows: Western
Maryland. Republican; Eastern Shore,
Democratic; Northern and Southern
Maryland, something of a Stand-off
between the twoa old parties, with
Baltimore City regarded as a Demo-
cratic stronghold
This year the usual order of politi-
cal prefereHce is sadly upset. On the
Eastern Shore, for example, the Demo-
cratic vote has been slashed very
greatly, both by the raising of the wet
and drv Issue and because of the So
called religious issue.
HOuse-to- House Canvass.
In Baltimore and in other parts of
the State, the Democrats have under
taken se-to-house canvass to do
away with opposition to Gov. Smith on
religious grounds. They say they have
had much success in this campaign,
for once the religious issue is brought
out into the open, it languiShes.
The Democrats are claiming gains
among number of the racial groups,
particularly the German-Americans and
the Italians. They say. too, that con-
siderable numbers of colored voters viii
cast their ballots for Smith, although
in the past they have voted the Re-
publican ticket. The Afro-American,
published in Baltimore, has come out
for Smith editorially. Taking UP the
State by congressional districts, the
following is found to be the situation:
First district, which is the Eastern
Shore, is likely to go for Hoover for
President; GoldSborough for Senator.
and for Representative Thomas Alan
nj fov.
Second district, probably for Hoover
and a toss up in the Senate race;
Representative Cole, Democrat. likely
to be reelected.
Third District Lineup.
Third district, for Smith, Bruce for
the Senate and probably John Philip
Hill, former Representative and Re-
publican, for the House.
Fourth district, may go for Hoover,
for Bruce and for Linthicum, Democrat,
for the House.
Fifth district, probably for Smith,
Bruce and Gambrill, the Democratic
nominee for Congress to succeed him.
self.
Sixth district, strongly for Hoover.
for Goldsborough for Senate and
Zihlman, Republican, for the House.
One of the strangest and most pic
turesQue of these political contests is
that waged in the third congressional
district, the southeastern part of Balti-
more. Col. John Philip Hill, Repub-
lican, formerly Representative from this
District, is seeking to come back to the
House and his opponent is the incum-
bent, Vincent L. Palnisano, Democrat,
who came to this country from Italy.
Two. years ago Col. Hill sought the
Republican senatorial nomination
against former Senator Weller. Weller
won, although Hill carried Baltimore.
. Col Hill served in the House for three
terms and was the leader of wet forces
in that body How he ever succeeded in
being elected in the third district, being
about $4,000 Democratic voters to 10 00C
Republicans, is one of the eccentricities
of politics. He not only accomplished
that feat, but he was able to win in one
election by 10000 votes over his Demo
cratic opponent
Served In France.
He served with distinction in France
during the World War and has had the
support of the veterans. But more i'm
portant probably has been his Stanc
against prohibition in district that has
no llsa for prohibition at all. For month:
now Col. Hill has campaigned, and it is
said that the swing has finally set IL
toward him in the district
Col. Hill, however, is running under
circumstances even more difficult thar
usual In the third district. The Repub'
lican presidential candidate is dry anc
so is the party'S candidate for the Sen
ate. Both Gov. Smith and Senator
Bruce on the other hand, are extremel!
wet. The district is likely to go strongl!
for Smith. Under these conditions, ;
victory for Col. Hill would be a rea
accomplishment.
Maryland gave both President
Coolidge and the late President Hard.
ing its electoral votes. Harding carried
the State over Cox by $4,000 votes
President Coolidge had a lead oi
$4,000 votes over John w. Davis foul
years ago, but in that same election
La Toilette .polled 47,000 votes. If thas.
Progressive votes were added to this