The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-08-01
THE PASSING SHOW
By the Man In The Street
Roosevelt Starts
Talk of 1882

Talk of 1882
Political writers have begun to dis
cuss the Democratic Presidential pos
sibilities of 1882 and the spotlight has
settled on Governor Franklin Roose-
welt of New York because of his adj
dress on July when he called at
tention to the problem of mergers
and power regulation as issues for the
near future. He struck a subject
concerning which every business man
and many others too, have been think
ing recently as they scan the financial
pages of the papers.
The power question comes home to
Marylanders when they remember
Conowingo and they recall that in the
Presidential campaign of last year
Candidate Smith spoke of this ques-
ton while Governor Richie was
swinging around talking about bigot-
ry. Recently at the Governors con-
ference the Maryland Governor found
no national issue except prohibition
and the reaction to his remarks on
that subject even here in wet Balti-
more did not bring him much COM
mendation.
In fact the Maryland Governor gets
nowhere with his barking to the past
while the New York Governor dis
cusses problems of the immediate fu-
ture. So there is some discussion of
the vast difference between the two
men-one looking to the front and
the other looking to the rear.
1t is we'll known that the one argu-
ment that Richie has for his fourth
term candidacy is that reelection
would keep him in line for the Presi-
Dental nomination. But to the fellow
who looks at the national horizon
there is no sign that term at An
napolis would bring him anything
nationally. He seems to have petered
out nationally just as he is petering
out as a state figure. There is no
reason to think that the Democrats of
the nation would want to have his
record as Governor-with the sleeping
sickness-made party issue.
Letter Writing
Not Such a Success
The jinx hangs to the Maryland
Governor and causes him to write
more letters. He addressed the sec
ond one to VIM. M. Maloy through the
columns of the Baltimore Post and for
his pains got warm reply. In his
response Maloy made it plain that the
Governor wrote his letter as candi-
date for a fourth term and to do as
much damage as possible to any as
pirations that Maloy has. To date
Governor has gained nothing while
Maloy has certainly lost nothing. In
deed, the Governors foundering
epistles only serve to emphasize the
rapidity with which he is slipping and
must greatly cheer his increasing
army of foes.
am wondering whether, after he
sees he can do nothing with or to
Maloy the Governor will go after Sen
ator Mcintosh, who is becoming more
and more a thorn in the royal ribs.
Then he might take on Steve Gambrill
if he decides that it is not good form
to go after a member of the bench
such as Judge Samuel K. Dennis. Sad
fact it is that the last ditch Richie
people now think it their duty to their
chief to do their best to show that
every Democrat who dares aspire to
the Governorship is either knave or
a nincompoop.
What Was Proposed
In Reorganization
As long as the Governor has dug
up his reorganization plan, one Of the
direct fruits of which was the whole
sale looting of the State roads fund,
it may be we'll to explain just what
happened.
The fact is that the Governor had
in his budget a special appropriation
of $4,000 to pay for a report on this
subject. Most of this money was paid
to the Griffenhagen company of Chi
cago which makes speciality of do
ing such things for profit.
The report was laid before the
handpicked committee named by the
Governor and from which he excluded
all Republicans. The late Judge N.
Charles Burke was Chairman. Judge
Burke and others on the committee,
after reading the report (Which
Frank A. Furst said reminded him of
patent medicine almanac) threw it
out the window. 1t proposed vast
scheme which would have made the