The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-12-26
THE PASSING SHOW
By the Man In The Street

jor VIM. P Lane, of Hagerstown, an
other ardent fourth termer. A sort
Of body guard as a result of the OBJ
jections of some of the drys to the
Marlyander's visit. And then the ac-
commodating Wet Blanket sent along
two reporters to record all the doings,
possibly in the fear that some dry
wretch might embarrass His Excel
lency by throwing a decayed Goldfish
at his head and thus making him a
Maryland martyr. But no such thing
occurred. The governor merely told
the Bostonese that Maryland without
Statewide prohibition law was be-
coming a sort of second heaven. He
might have saved his car fare by
sending a copy of his speech by mail
and having it published. We Mary
landers know it almost by heart as
His Excellency doesn't change his
text very often.
All this, of course, in the hope of
doing two things One was to brace
up the Baltimore City vets for the
fourth term, and the other to line up
the Boston vets for the Presidential
nomination in 1882.
Mayor Broening Has
Rather Rough Week
Mayor Broening has had a rather
unpleasant week through an accident
in the City Hall and ruction in the
City Committee of his party. The
committeeman, or some of them, have
taken great offense at the nerve dis
played by His Honor in naming Gov
ington K Allen as Commissioner of
Street Cleaning without asking the
committees approval. Some members
of the committee sought to read a
riot act to the Mayor while others,
realizing that they would make I'M
happy spectacles of themselves, coun-
selled the soft pedal. Anyway, there's
now a committee of eight members to
confer with the Mayor on such mat
tiers in the future while Mr.. Allen,
with feelings not at all akin to a
fourth termer, handed the Mayor his
res ignation to prevent a ruckus. The
Mayor had the good sense to tell
Mr.. Allen to keep his job and he is
doing so.
Then along came that cable in the
City Hall elevator and let the head of
the city administration and others
i drop, without regard to rank, party
or previous condition Of servitude. Of
the thirteen in the falling car the
Mayor was the only one to get a
worth while hurt, while one of the
papers-the Wet Blanket to be spe-
cific-has been saying and saying
that Broening's injuries were due to
Chief Engineer Good falling on him
and former City Solicitor Perlman
falling on and adding his weight to
Mr. Good. The fact is that Mr.. Perl
man did not fall on the Mayor nor did
he fall on Mr.. Good as he was on the
opposite side Of the lift Cor falD.
Some who believe in signs will take
the incident as a bad omen for the
administration, coming, too, in the
same week that Federal Grand Jury
in Washington found an indictment
against Republican Representative
Zihlman on a charge Of being an ac-
tive member of a corporation engaged
in extracting wealth through the
mails by unjustifable methods.
Republicans Quiet
About G0vern0rship
There has been a lull in the talk
about the Republican candidate for
| Governor-or possible candidate
and some say that the Mayor has re
ceived a perceptible set back. On the
other hand there has been more fire.
quent mention of Albert G. Towers
as the final choice of the party al
though Mr.. Towers chances have not
been helped by the boosting he has
been getting from the Wet Blanket.
Many are coming to look upon that
journal as a political hoodoo even
though so many of the older gener-
alton do not see it that way.
What the Republicans need most of
all is a candidate with nerve enough
to denounce the scheming journal
and all its political works. Such a
candidate would at once find support
throughout the State-the support of
citizens who are weary of the domina-
ton of the small group that has been
in control of the government for such
a long period.
So far as we have been able to
learn Mr.. Towers has not said he
wants the nomination nor has he
said he would refuse it if offered
without battle.
On the Republican side as a whole
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