The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-09-19
THE PASSING SHOW
By the Man In The Street

In The Street
ic nominee other than Richie. or
Republican Governor. The last ditch
Richie people may yell and swear but
they cannot change the handwriting
on the political wall. 1t is plainly
there. There are sufficient Democrats
in audible rebellion against the Ritch-
lie dictatorship to beat him by join
ing with the Republicans in the gen
eral election.
The fact is slowly sinking in and as
result some of the Richie people
are becoming desperate as judged by
their talk. But the Governors case
cannot be helped by desperate talk
facts are facts. Abusing the opposi-
ton does no good-it has never yet
saved a falling politician.
Reports from various counties indi-
cate that Richie is becoming weaker
all the time instead of stronger, as
the last ditch Richie men claim.
Further, many of the women voters
who have followed Richie are weak
ening. They realize that he has given
them nothing much except words. As
to the offices they get the go by
Broening has treated the women bet
ter than has the Governor though he
hasn't broken his back in helping
them.
Potee Campaign Is
Starting Early
A real early bird is Sheriff John E.
Potee. who is bestirring himself for q
third term. Lawyers or rather Demo-
cratic lawyers have been receiving a
circular letter from retired Judge
James P. Gorter who seems to have
been chosen as the head of the Law
yers' Potee For Sheriff League, ask
ing Endorsement for the Sheriff
| have not heard anything about the
responses to this early bird move to
head off the opposition but I do recall
/ that at the last banquet of the Deputy
| Sheritfs' Association Mr.. Potee was
reported as making a Richie fourth
term speech and l doubt that this fact
will greatly help him to get renomi-
nation and election. The Sheriff may
| find that while the last ditch Richie
people are making their noises and
their threats, the last ditch anti
Richie men may also do some desper-
ate work Under the unhappy circum-
stances now enveIoping the local
Democracy it might have been better
for the Sheriff to delay his indorse-
ment getting.
And, by the way, what has become
of that Pohlhaus- for Sheriff bust
ness? Has it been abandoned?
Frank Furst Kicks on
Suggestion of Dennis
One of the interesting bits of Cos
sip of this more or less turbulent pre-
campaign period is the reported atti-
tude of Frank A. Furst toward the
suggestion that the Democrats get
together and urge the Gubernatorial
nomination of Judge Samuel X. Den
mis-.
Those politically minded well know
that despite the Baltimore County in
dorsement of Senator Mcintosh the
most frequently suggested of all pos
sible candidates is Judge Dennis. One
hears little Of any one else among the
Democrats on the Eastern Shore and
in some other counties while his sup
! port in Baltimore City is so remark
able that many are saying that he
will eventually have to be the candi-
date.
But mention of Judge Dennis puts
Mr. Furst right up in the air, so | am
told, and he goes so far as to give the
Judge quite a Iambasting for what,
lacking a better designation, may be
termed his -bootlicking attitude
toward the current Governor
This is a bit surprising because the
late John Walter Smith, with whom
Judge Dennis was associated politi-
cally, was a great friend of Mr.. Furst
However, it is possible that the Furst
hostility to Dennis dates back to the
year 1923 when John Walter Smith
was opposed to the second term candi-
dacy of Richie and hoped to have
Furst with him. But Furst left John
| Walter cold and sided with Richie
Possibly Mr.. Furst knows the present
Judge Dennis did not admire his per-
Torrance on that now historic occas-
ion and, not admiring it, would not, if
made Governor, run to the upper
| floor of the Fidelity building for ad-
vice about appointments, la Richie
But it does not appear that Mr.
Furst will cut any great figure in
making the next nomination. He lost
a great part of his political strength
when, in 1927, he threw cold water on
the proposed nomination of R. Walter
Graham for Mayor and gave his sup
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