The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-10-23
POLITICS IN REVIEW
By the Man In The Street

for Richie for fourth term from the
first and had his way even though he
was not able to persuade State Comp
troller Gordy off the slate and sub
stitute candidate of his making.
The important thing is that when a
break in the old ticket came about it
was Lee who filled the vacancy and
the Baltimore supporters of the Rit-
chic ticket now have to swallow what
ever dose Lee gives them. Some of
them will not like it. In fact some Of
them are already letting it be known
that they do not like it. They remem-
Der how rough Lee was as the Speak
er of the last session of the House of
Delegates and they fear that as State
boss he will be even rougher.
1t is hardly a secret that Lee has
been trying to get his fingers into
Baltimore City politics just as he has
tried to get his fingers into Baltimore
county politics. So it may be that if
Richie should win the election Lee
will have an important say in the
selection of the candidate for Mayor
to be put up by what will then be re-
naming of the Democratic party in
the city.
Thus to many it may appear that
vote for Ritchie's fourth term will
also be vote for Lee as State boss
as we'll as for Bob Ennis as city boss,
and we all know pretty well what
these two politicians want.
Howard Jackson, Billy Curran, Ed
die Gross, and all the others may find
themselves in such a position that
they will after next month have to
take orders from Lee and Ennis or
find themselves kept away from the
pie counter.
Suspect A Move
For Richie Campaign
Recently a letter was sent out by
one of the women officials of the Uni
versity of Maryland inviting the
presidents of the various women's
clubs throughout Maryland to attend
ground breaking or corner stone
laying or something of the sort for
girls dormitory at that institution.
The invitation asked that list of the
membership of each club should also
be forwarded so that all might be in
vited.
This request for the lists of men,
bers aroused suspicion among the
Governors opponents that the names
would be used to distribute Richie
propaganda just as other depart
ments of the State Government have
been used. So we understand that the
lists of members will not be sent as
requested and on top of that we hear
that the ceremony has now been post
poned-until after the election.
Possibly the high officials of the
University realized that they might be
brought into another free sandwich
and toy balloon affair for the benefit
of a candidate.
Road Commission
Helping the Governor
Although Professor Ames' oleagi-
nous committee has announced the
publication of 16 pamphlets designed
to let the public know more about the
marvellous achievements of His Ex-
cellency, only twelve have as yet
come to hand and among the missing
is that on "Ritchie and State Roads"
Looking around for the cause of the
delay we find that the State Roads
Commission is hurrying to complete a
report of it's activities since it took
over the work from the hands of the
commission ousted by the Governor
at the beginning of 1929 in an effort
to save his own face and shift res
possibility.
This report, it appears, is to be
published before the election although
it will not be possible to have the
figures to the close of the States ifs
cal year which ends on September 80.
There would seem to be no justifica-
ton for rushing through a report
that must be incomplete. But al
though no report was presented last
year the work is now being rushed
through to help the Governors cam
paign which must be getting desper-
ate indeed.
Of course those who know about
Maryland affairs in recent years will
not be surprised at the Governors
continued use of the roads depart
ment as a part of his political ma
chine.
What we ask, would, the public
think of Mayor Broening if he re-
quired an important department of
the city government to rush through a
report in advance of the proper date
in orded to help his candidacy for the
Governorship? Most people would
say he should be kicked out of office
forthwith, it seems to US. But to