Evening star., 1928-05-23
MARYLAND VOTES
PLEDGED TO R|TCH|E
Democratic Convention Gives
Governor Control at Hous-
ton--Honors Mrs. Menefee.
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Specisl Dispatch TO The Star. ,.,.
RAT.TIMoRE. May 23,--Gov. hitSiie
uaS formally presented as canuioaoe
Far the Democratic presidential HON
Inatioo at the Democratic StaVe con-
yention here yesterday. 80 tho
En,orv l.. Cohlentz. chairman Oh vac
convention, presented Ritchie na".S -
e,is knynote Speech. At the same tllhe
SaIecates we're selected TO represent tle
stats at the national convention AZ
Sscnstnn IN addition to making Gov
2itchie the States candidate the eo,'.
gention bound the 81 members "a ,in w
3eieration to Houston TO tne UNI ny. autV.
by which all will vote as tne ila!3'ts may; %
iirects. It picked 32 oelesaless nt' 90 rice
sitoryates It created the post Oh Nite
>eairn,an of the State central commit
ine and made the first mcumpeht
woman. Miss Lillian r. FernWooo'
Mrs. Menefee Chosen.
Harmony prevailed, the only nght oes
,elouing after the convention aolo iiIeo
,ver the selection Of natlonai SoNi-
o,itfeewoman. Mrs. Elizabeth H. Meiie
fee of Cumberland was NnaiA9 eeNVsN w
,ver Mrs. S. Johnson roe, p.ese,l. e A'.
sional conmitteewomen. anu I1nn.o,d
aSf,hv Teavell of Chevy Chase. Howard
national committeeman.
the only cloud that appeared over
;l,e convention loomed tor a moInehs
9fter Judge William c. Walsh hao reao
,be list of delegates and alternateS 20
el,a Houston convention, ana mao nloteo
sat the resolution be adopted. Mrs'
nso~t;p,er w. West. delegate from
Isa,t,n,ore rose and declared
s.sSo u,on,an from Baltimore city ap-
oars ~, that delegation. 1t appears 10
i,se that facing the condition wnlcn oel
,,sr.v is facing the leaders are niaAt.s .i.
. very drastic mistake IN lsllol IAis .n 49,,
women. We all know VINO nlaue ~ ~
this slate. and our governor 80. .,,e
have lost sight OF the iact .llaS nt,o,,iN
women have worked shouiosI " '' Sonr
s.ei,s ,.her, necessary to put over tiie
THe-,ocratic candidates. That our euolsS
Leve mot been appreciated Is oe,i'o'A
GRATED bv the action here touAS'
Tnera was no dissenting vote, now
c,er when the list OF uelegateS "@S
enaIlv placed before the convenlioh'
Slate Drawn by Caucus.
~ s,ots IN which Mrs West OBJ
iected was drawn up al caueus srtion
HU fxfAE. hllCAltc, Z. GASN'N~ rank.arf
p Ennis. William Curran ana fso0cA'
II carr II is as follows: ~
Delegates at large-Gov. Aiue.
p,.crie Annapolis: Senator Mlllaro Z;
-r-.S;,ars Eayre de Grace; HoMaIu
Ry,,na national committeeman, Elk-
T;dce: ]. Enos Ray, state cnalIlian' man.
cIsIlun: Thomas H. Robinson: Attor-
nav General. Belair: Howard w. Jas a1
son baltimore: Omar e. Hershey, bal, bal,
,;raore and Mrs. B. Ashby LeaVen'
neleostes from Baltimore-Daniel ).
ror3er .Josepf1 l.. Ranft, Robert D. Ell
mis- .Iofn ri. BouSe, Robert II. CaFI. n
+ Kennedy. William Curran. Jonn Il
Potee @ A. DALEY and J: 7. IoTnoiia11.'
First congressional district-Duoley "
Roe Sudlersvflle: Henry T: Iurners
Fagton: William S. Goroy. !f-. S.s
hr,rv and q. Ben Decker, Cecn County.
second congressional oistrlct--IaI- at
.,Tlp ID Benson, Halethorpe: DaNlo ~
Mcintosh. IT,, Towson, and Z. 9. Weant'
Westminster. ,,.... rarovl,
8 Raven. Annapolis: Walter J: MltcneA'
IA plata. and w. Hampton Magrhoei'
Upper Marlboro. -x,.,,,
sixth congressional district-WiInamI
q walsh. Cumberland: William
Lane. IT,, Hagerstown; benjamin =
perry. Bethesda, and z. BROOKE Lee.
Rockville.