The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-03-20
POLITICS IN REVIEW
By the Man In The Street

General Robinson he has become more
: or less poison in the eyes of His Maj
esty. The Clerk of the Court of APP
peals, Mr.. Young, it appears, has new
er been in the good graces of His
Majesty, the Governor. But Frank A.
Furst is said to be backing the whole
slate and it must soon be demonstrat-
ed whether Richie, who was a few
months ago talking of going it alone,
is now brave enough to buck the big
contractor in the top of the Fidelity
building. The best guess is that he
will lack the nerve.
In Baltimore City the Mcintosh
supporters are going ahead with their
organization plans and they report
this to be easier than might have been
expected, owing to the widespread
dissatisfaction with the fourth term
proposition. The organization of the
city will be done systematically and
the Governor will have to fight every
inch of the way despite the help of
his office holders.
In the counties there is much more
political activity than in the city and
almost every day we hear the an
nouncements by new candidates for To-
cal offices. The Democrats, it appears,
are just as anxious as ever for places
on many of the local tickets even
though they shake their heads about
J the State ticket, an evidence that
| some of them think the State ticket,
if Richie is at the head, will have to
shift for itself.
! Republicans Continue
To Mark Time
Republicans wait and wait to see
what the Democrats do. That's their
strategy. They think they can do
better that way. The Mayor moves
around from meeting to meeting,
from banquet to banquet, and makes
speech after speech. To his credit he
doesn't engage in the self praise the
Governor habitually devotes to him
self by telling of his administration.
Mr.. Broening knows how to take his
own time and he has never yet failed
to take it. He can be expected to
live up to his last performance.
Again and again the name of Fed
eral Judge Soper hobs up. Just what
is behind the suggestion it is not pos
sible to say but the mention of his
name may be due to the belief that he
would be safe from attack by the
Democrats.
w. Bladen Lowndes comes out
wearing a Broening. button which
doesn't mean anything much. No one
thought Mr.. Lowndes had any idea of
running himself this year. Fact is he
hasn't been figuring in politics much
lately.
Some one tries to revive the scheme
of getting Judge Sloan of Allegany
to agree to be drafted but the judge
has on the Court of Appeals bench a
place that fits him like the skin fits
sealion and it would be no easy job
to Dry him out of that for the troubles
that would face a Republican Cover :
nor with a deal of house cleaning to
do.
Office Holders Wear
Fourth Term Buttons
Some of the State office holders are
appearing on the highways with
fourth term buttons in their lapels as
big as young pie plates and the in
ference in that they think this is nee
essary in order to hold on to their
jobs. We refer specifically to those
who hold their places under the pro-
lection of the socalled merit system |
established by the current administra-
ton and under which many of the
places have been filled from racial |
groups.
We will recall that when the merit |
system bill was pending in the Legis-
lature the Governor said he had had |
the measure so drafted that it would
be "hard for them to get in and easy
to get them out" Thus it may be
that the Republicans, if they win the
Governorship, will find it easy, as the
Governor said, to get them out it
goes without saying that those under
lings who are now parading them
selves with the fourth farm ME mates