Evening star., 1930-10-26
lee TO AGAIN SEEK
POLITICAL OFFICE
Montgomery Leader Speaker
! at Road Opening at Syca-
more Landing.
BY WILLIAM 8. TARVER,
StaH Correspondent OF The Star

staH Correspondent OF The Star
SYCAMORE LANDING, Md. October
95.-E. Brooke Lee will be candidate
again for political Office, he assured a
crowd gathered here this afteroon fol
the formal opening of the road from
Poolesvilie to this place.
Maj. Lee, the speaker of the Mary
land House of Delegates and chairman
Of the Maryland Democratic Campaign
Advisory Committee, is not candidate
for election November and his state
nent today was the first public decla-
ration that he will again seek Office. He
did not say for what Office he intends
to run In the future. Those close to
the Montgomery County Democratic
leader assert that he will devote much
attention to State affairs in the future
Discusses Political Situation.
sThe statement that he will be can
didate again came in the course of a
discussion Of the Montgomery County
political situation.
:. "They tell me that am an issue in
this campaign" he declared. ALTHOUGH
I am not O candidate for any Office, ]
have been the subject of many attacks
and my political enemies had sought
to defeat the Democratic administration
candidates by striking at me. Let them
save their AK for me, personally. My
name will appear again on ballot
10 Montgomery County and then sthey
will have chance to strike at me-"
The road opening was celebrated with
Z barbecue given by Fred j. Hughes of
Sycamore Landing. Frederick Stohl-
man of Chevy Chase presided at the
mass meeting, following the barbecue.
The speakers included Representatives
James w. Collier of Mississippi, Clagett
Hilton, county commissioner, and Mr..
Hughes.
Mai. Lees address was concerned
principally with predictions Of the OUT
come Of the coming election. Forty per
cent of the Republicans in suburban
Montgomery County, he declared, will
vote for the Democratic candidates who
viii be elected by majority of more
than 2,000 votes.
Reliance on Colored Vote.
1.-THE largest block of votes upon
which the Republican county organiza-
$500 eolored Republicans in the upper
sections of the county. The two other
large blocks Of votes that the Repub-
ucans are hoping for on November {
consist Of a decidedly smaller number
Of white Republicans and q siZable
number of Democratic ANTS who may
follower their higher leaders into the
Republican camp. It is hard to see how
these three groups could possibly CO.
operate and work together during the
next four years for the general ad-
vantage Of the county"
Concerning the State campaign, Mai.
Lee predicted that Gov. Albert c..
Ritehie would be reelected by q greater
majority than in 1925 when he received
$1,000 more votes than his Republican
opponent.
well informed political observers in
Baltimore have given up the idea that
Mayor Broening has any real chance
for election" he asserted. THE active
Democratic leaders Of the city believe
that Gov. Ritchie will exceed the Al, 900
majority which Baltimore gave him in
1925.
Sees Big County Vote.
Prem th. county standpoint. the
Governor will receive his largest major
tty from any Of the congressional dis
triets in the Central Maryland district
comprised Of Baltimore, Carroll and
Harford Counties.
The Southern Maryland Counties
viii probably give Gov Ritchie his sec
ond largest majority from q county
section Of the State, and the Eastern
shore district will add third majority
TO the Governors total State endorse
Inent.
only from Western Maryland Is
there any real possibility of Broening
majority and If the Mayor of Baltimore
carries the five Western Maryland
Counties it will be only by a scant
margin of hundreds. President Hoover
carried the Western Maryland district
~ $4,000 two years ago.
The betting fraternity in Baltimore
CITY reports no Broening money in sight
even at three and four to one Odds"
Hilton Tells Of Road.
Commissioners Hilton, who comes from
the Poolesville- -Barnesville district in
which the new road lies, told the gath
ering Of details Of its construction and
lis Importance to the section. It is
three and seVen-tenths miles in length,
he said, and 10 feet wide. The cost was
between $4,000 and 50 900 per mile, of
which the owners Of abutting property
paid 10 per cent.
Representative Collier predicted that
Gov. Ritchie will be elected by a ma
tority OF more than 100000 votes. He
lRuded David j. Lewis, candidate for
the House Of Representatives from the
sixth congressional district and con-
demned the Republican national ad-
11inistration which he said Is to blame
for the financial depression and unem-
pioyment. The Republican policies in
respect To tariff and farm relief were
subjects Of attacks by the Mississippi
Representative
!, Mr.. Hughes welcomed the peouIe
gathered for the road opening and
urged them TO support the Democratic
county administration.