The Washington times., 1930-11-05
GOV. RITCHIE
!. Al So HIGH
IN RACE
Fourth Straight Victory Puts
Him in Line, With BulkIey,
In Ohio, Now IN Running

IN. (Continued From Page -
reached by. CAP Smith, even in
his palmiest days.
Ruth Hanna Mccormick, the
first woman ever to make . seri-
Gus effort to gain the Senate as
the nominee Of q major party.
went down to crushing defeat at
the hands of Col. J. Hamilton
Lewis, Democratic wet IN Illinois.
Mrs. Mccormick was Repubhcan
and dry. -,
Ohio. birthplace Of. the Anti.
saloon League and mother q
many outstanding drys, went wet
and Democratic by electing ROD.
edFt j. Bulkley in place Of Senator
Roscoe C. McCulloch, Republican.
div. A Democratic governor,
dry, was elected
Clifford Pinchot, the flaming
fisurgent In Pennsylvania Re
publicarisr1, dry, won the gov.
ernorSl1ip despite the boiling OF
half the party to John M. Hemp
hin, Democratic-L Liberal wet.
South Back In Fold
Almost the last yestige Of the
Republican victory in the South
Ia 1928 was wiped out through
the Democrats reclaiming con-
0ressional seats lost to the Re.
plhlieanS two years ago. and by
the retirement from public Life Of
two chief Smith boilers Senator
FIef1in in Alabama, and Senator
Simmons In North Carolina.
Albert C. ,Ritchie. who has
for ten years advocated the ap-
parently popular revolt against
prohibition, was reelected Gov.
ernor Of Maryland for the fourth
time, q thing without precedent
Ia the free state.
Dwight w. Morrow, Republi-
Caf1-wet, whom many regard as
q possible Republican preSiden-
tial nominee in 1882 despite his
recent gesture Of remuneration,
scored q comparatively easy vic.
tory In his senatorial contest in
New Jersey.
Sweep Without Bounds
These were only the high.
lights of an election filled with
outstanding developments and
The Democratic sweep knew no
boundaries. It started ct Cape
Cod with Massachusetts, electing
Marcus A. Coolidge, Democrat
wet, over former Senator William
M. Butler, Repubncan-dry; dipped
into Connecticut and elected a
Democraticc governor: continued
through New York in Roosevelt's
amazing triumph: proceeded
through Ohio, Indiana and ILL
1oiS. bowling over long-seated Re
publican Congressman: turned up
the first Democratic Senator Col
orado has sent to Washington in
years; swung north into Montana
to re-elect Sen. Thomas j. Walsh,
Of Teapot Dome fame; and fl
naIly blew itself out in the North
west where more Republican
congressman were unseated.
The Democratic tornado left in
It's wake trail Of twisted and
broken political hopes and at the
same time breathed the breath Of
life into others.
Looking Into Future
Hardly had the, swish Of the
Democratic hurricane passed
when the politicians began to try
to translate the results in terms
Of the 1882 Presidential election.
Inevitably, the name Of Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was put
forth Immediately as q posi-
Bile Democratic nominee. The
astounding proportions Of his nc
tory left the Warwicks no other
course.
AL Smiths greatest victory in
New York fell short Of 100000
plurality. Roosevelt's lead early to-
day was more than 1000 and
still growing. Moreover, he car
ried additionally Republican up
state counties never carried be-
fore by any Democratic candidates
for governor. TanInany rubbed
It's eyes In arnazement, along with
the Republicans themselves.
That Roosevelt has his eye on
the nomination for the Presidency
is accepted on all sides, both in
New York and Washington. The
politicians made careful note to-
day of the fact that the COVER
nor, even in the flush Of his
happiness and his gratitude for
the plurality rolled UP for him
by Tammany, did not go to Tam
many Hall to felicitate the city
leaders last night.
Other Possibilities
They were all there and wait
ing-but the governor did not
appear. Not a few shrewd OBJ
servers read into this incident a
determination on Roosevelt's
part not to get too chumI1y
with the tiger. incidentally. he
Is not member of Tammany.
Two other possible Democratic
nominees for 1892 loomed UP
from yesterdays sorting out proc
osg. Any man who can shatter
the precedents of a century by
gaining the governorship of
Maryland four consecutive times
cannot be ignored. That Is Rit-
chic. His name has already been