The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-02-27

Democrats are still engaged IN the
preliminaries of their battle. The
fourth termers are mastering theil
forces in Baltimore City where they
expect to do battle with the Jackson.
Curran- Bichy forces supporting Sen
ator Mcintosh.
The Governor remains silent-talk-
ing only behind the scenes-but pull
ing every wire to get support. His
main reliance here as in the coun-
ties is the office holders. His own ap-
pointees he can muster alout to a
man even though some of them do
not like the idea.
Senator Mcintosh has been moving
around in the counties sounding out
the strength of the anti-Ritchie senti-
ment. This seems to be increasing.
The Governor hints that he will
make an announcement Eat the proper
time" That proper time is proba-
bly, the time which he thinks he can
visualize enough support to win both
the primary and the general election.
For the general election the fourth
termers hold fondly to DR.. Frank
Kent's pendulum theory-that the
swing this year will be strongly to
the Democrats and that therefore in
Maryland any Democrat can win.
Needless to say, DR.. Kent is Richie
hacker, having been carefully nursed
into that attitude by His Excellency
through a period of years.
The anti-Ritchie people are more
than anxious for the Governor to say
something. They are tired of the
uncertainty and some of them are be-
ginning to think that the Governor
will back out. But the theory is that
the Governor will be scared off.
While there are plenty of Republi-
cans who think they would like to be
Governor of Maryland the matter that
battles them is the inability to figure
out the Democratic nominee in ad-
vance. Could there be present as
surance that Richie would be the
nominee the number of Republican
aspirants would rapidly increase. But
there is among the Republicans fear
that the Democrats will finally get
together on a new candidate man
of party strength who has not been
tarred with the Richie stick, and
that, as the political sky now appears,
would be fatal to the Republicans.
To date Richie continues the over
whelming Republican choice for the
Democratic nomination just as Mayor
Broening is the favorite of the Demo
Gratis.
Rallying JobhOlders
For Fourth Term
The morning paper of yesterday re-
ports a gathering at the solarium of
Gilbert A. Daily in South Baltimore
to further the fourth term ambition
of His Excellency. We look over the
names mentioned eleven in all. No
less than ten of these eleven are on the
public payroll. Then we read of an
Endorsement of the fourth term at a
club on North Broadway. Three
names are mentioned. Two of them
are office holders. And so it goes
showing that the great majority OF
those who indorse the fourth term do
so because they are receiving pay in
some form or another.
But something good may come out
of the banquet scheduled for the ev-
ening of March a at the Southern
Hotel. 1t is to be given by Demo-
cratic Clubs of the northern annex.
The list of speakers includes former
Mayor Jackson, Senator Mcintosh,
Governor Richie and Senator Tyd-
ings. This affair is apparently to be
a sort of free-for-all and is not to be
limited to the Governor and his back
ers as was the banquet of the Concord
Club. This even should draw big
crowd and it should be worth while to
hear what Howard Jackson has to say,
for it seems that he is one who has the
nerve to use plain words about pres
ent conditions in the Democratic par
ty.
O'COnor Figuring
On State Ticket
From the Eastern Shore comes
word that States Attorney Herbert
R. O'Conor intends making pilgrim
age into that section of the State
within the next few days with a view