The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-05-15
(From The Observer, Baltimore

a fight in the primary have been kept
suspended between heaven and earth,
as it were, all week by Representative
Stephen w. Gambrill.
A little more than a week ago it
seemed that Mr.. Gambrill was all set
to announce himself and then he sud-
denly cooled off. There was no clear
explanation of it but it is supposed
that Mr.. Gambrill's hesitation was
brought about by the opportunities Of
the Governors office holders and other
beneficiaries who want to be let alone
at the public crib.
It is no secret that the Richie peo-
pie have taken advantage of the Gam
brill hesitancy by bombarding him
with communications containing free
advice. This advice, of course, has
been that he should not disturb a
''happy situation" in the Democratic
party by precipitating a contest for
the Gubernatorial nomination.
Mr.. Gambrill came to Baltimore on
Wednesday and spent the day looking
over accumulated mail and calling on
acouaintances to talk the situation
over, He has not been at all disposed
to 90 into a contest blindly even tho
he would very much like to be Gov
ernor and does not hesitate to say so.
Meanwhile the fourth term support
ers have been shouting that they had
Gambrlll stopped, that he would not
20 in and antagonize the Governor but
would run again for Congress. Com
menting privately on these reports,
Mr.. Gambrill has given assurance that
he has said nothing on which they
could justly be based.
Of course Mr.. Gambrill is expert
enced in politics and wants to see
where his support is to come from.
He has, it appears, pretty good line
on the city but wants to know more
about the counties and especially the
Eastern Shore where some of the par
ty leaders do not seem to know
whether they are going or coming.
Governor Richie has been over on the
Shore this week in an effort to revive
his failing fortunes but the predic-
lions as to what will be the result if
he is nominated continues very
gloomy.
If Mr.. Gambrill decides to run
and he is expected to reach decision
within a few days at most-State
Senator Edward J. Coglan, Jr., is
expected to file as candidate for
H. Robinson. It is well known that
Ritchies does not care to have Rob-
inson on the ticket again and there
fore his friends would not come near
breaking their necks to nominate
him. Mr.. Coglan, while residing in
Baltimore, originally came from Har-
ford county, the home of Attorney
General Robinson. Many of Mr..
Coglan's friends express the view
that he could beat Mr.. Robinson in a
primary, as the latter is handicap
ped instead of helped by his long
association with the Richie admin
istration.
While some of the Governors sup
porters are loudly declaring that it is
too late to start primary fight,
many of the opposition hold differ
ent view. They point out that most
campaigns have started later than
this and that we'll organized fight
with lively candidate might dispose
of the Richie administration in a
contest of two months which means
start right after the Fourth of
July. For even if Mr.. Gambrill de-
cides to enter the real fighting would
not begin before that date.
Curran VS.. Ennis?
Is It Real?
Local Democrats are manifesting
some curiosity over the situation in
the Fifth Legislative District where
Billy Curran is taking an active part
in shaping a ticket while Robert B.
Ennis, Election Supervisor, is said
to be expressing dissatisfaction
about it. Some there are who see a
serious disagreement between Cur
ran and Ennis, long closely associ-
ated in political enterprises, while
some others think the apparent hos
tility between the two over the max
ing of tickets is more pretended than
real. These latter prophets predict
that when the primaries are over the
two former partners will be found
working together as before the
gloomy days of May, 1927, when the
Mayoralty went wrong along with
the Ennis predictions.
The fact is that in recent days
Curran has been very active with
out any blowing of trumpets and his
activity is devoted to the shaping of
local ticket for the city as we'll as