The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-04-11
THE PASSING SHOW
By the Man In The Street

termers have begun to hold up Brooke
Lee as a scarecrow. If they can not
scare voters with Broening they men
ton Brooke Lee as the Governors
possible successor. They know that
after Lees strong arm performance
in the Legislature most right thinking
Democrats shudder at the thought
of his ever becoming Governor of
Maryland and packing the offices with
his followers and with the State
Treasury at their command. 1t is a
picture to cause a shudder all right
and the hint is that the Governor,
sidestepping Senator Mcintosh and
his hacker, Howard Bruce, and aban-
doning his fake support of Emory
Coblentz, might line up his henchmen
for Lee. Naturally many will say
they prefer even a fourth term for
Richie rather than a first one for
Lee. Lee is now the bogeyman. And
a real bogeyman he is, even though
most of the well informed know that
the probability of his election would
be very remote. Some, of course,
would vote for him to get rid of Rit-
chic.
Lee Facing Battle
OF Life Next Year
Over in Montgomery county the
political pot is boiling as result of
the Lee methods and there is much
rejoicing among the anti-Lee people
over the course of Senator Eugene
Jones who accepted the Lee challenge
and killed some of the local boss pet
bills. Lee having set himself up as
county boss had three members of the
House who danced to his music but
DR.. Jones in the Senate bucked. He
did his own thinking and indorsed the
bills he thought good and put the XII
bosh on those he thought to be bad
Among the latter was the bill for a
very expensive court house-a scheme
that the county boss had near to his
heart. 1t was materially amended
Next year a new Legislature is to
be elected and of course DR.. Jones
will not be on the Lee slate. In his
place will be put some subservient
fellow who will carry out the boss
orders to the very letter. But that
ticket will have to be made in pri
mary. The ants are growing in
! strength. Lee will have to open his
strong box as well as WELD a strong
arm. To carry Montgomery for the
I Lee ticket next year will cost a good
bit of the Lee cash. And many there
are who predict that there will not
be enough Lee cash to carry Mont
gomery for Lee in the next primaries.
Heading the anti-Lee faction is AL
bert M. Bouic, substantial and cap
able fellow. He has large following
and he is not embarrassed by strong
arm legislative record His followers
should remain intact. On the other
| hand Lee has his own list of enemies
within the Democratic party and now
due to his toadying to the Governor
in the roads scandal he has the en-
emies of Richie on his back. 1t is too
late for him to escape the latter by
repudiating Richie. Had he done so
before he got himself into the roads
mess he might have saved a great
deal. But now the damage has been
! done.
Jackson Bichy People
| Make Excellent Showing
The Jackson-Bichy element of the
Democratic party came out of the
! Legislature with a creditable record
excepting of course, their votes adop.
ting the official whitewash of the road
scandal and voting for the log rolling,
vote catching roads and bridge bills
sent down by the Governor in the in
terest of his fourth term scheme.
Jackson and Bichy did great work
in holding their forces together to
the end in the face of the fact that
they had no offices to give or promise.
The speaker was with the other crowd
because he thought it Richie crowd
even though Billy Curran, the reputed
head Of that group in the party, is
no longer throwing his hat up for the
| Governor.
Curran, no doubt, has by this time
noticed that the Richie inspired Wet
Blanket is sticking pin in him now
and then, an indication Of the fact
that the Governor is seeking other
and if possible stronger alliances in
| the city. But | cannot see where the
Governor can go. There is no Kelly,
no Mahon to deliver anything to him.
Kelly and Mahon had become too old
and fiabby to fight. The younger men
who are coming to the front can and
will fight.
AS for Curran, there is speculation
as to what he will do. The most fire.
quent guess is that he will pocket his
pride and join with Richie in his 4th
term scheme. That, it appears, is
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