The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-06-05
POLITICS IN REVIEW
By the Man In The Street

than it really is. When asked about
the Pinchot business they fail to make
good explanations. But the best expla-
nation about the Pinchot vote is that
the right dry man can get a lot of
ordinarily wet votes-people who do
not think wetness is above everything
else.
Second District
Continues Mussed Up
The Democratic situation in the
Second Congressional District con-
tinues badly mussed. There are four
candidates in-Wm. P. Cole, Herbert
L. Grymes, Yewell Y. Dillehunt and
Daniel B. Chambers, with John B.
Centrum thinking about it. But
Messrs. Chambers and Grymes are ex-
pected to withdraw if and when asked
to do so by the Governor. The latter is
reputed to be sticking to his first
love, Mr.. Cole. Mr.. Centrum is very
popular and could poll a good vote,
his supporters say. But it is under
stood that he doesn't propose to
plunge in just to ascertain the tenn
perature of the water.
AS for the Republicans, it appears
that they are disposed to let Repre-
sentative Linwood L. Clark get a re-
nomination without a contest. The
majority he received two years ago
seems to entitle him to it.
In the Fourth District there is
talk of opposition to Representative
Linthicum. Some think that, like the
| Governor, he has earned retirement.
But Mr.. Linthicum doesn't think in
any such fashion. He has shown no
impairment of running ability. Moth
ing wrong with his feet at all.
But there are others ambitious. For
instance, there is Leonard Weinberg,
staunch admirer of the Governor
through thin as we'll as through thick.
Leonard looks toward Washington and
probably would have the help of the
Governor and his State machine. The
Governor, however, is great advo-
cate of self help. He helps himself
first. He is far more devoted to self
than he is to Leonard, and then, Char
lie Linthicum hasn't done anything to
His Excellency. And Leonard is still
young and his ambitions should keep.
New Scheme for
More Political Jobs
According to one of the daily jour-
mails scheme is in process of Matching
by which more worth while political
jobs will be created. The scheme is
to create a sort of legal department
for the State Roads Commission
which since the start of the Harring-
ton administration has been getting
along with the services of the State
Law Department headed by the Attor-
ney General. This would be a step
toward further political expansion
and might help in the campaign.
In the Harrington administration
there was enacted measure creating
the State Law Department for the
purpose of getting rid of the many
jobs of special counsel to board and
officials. Mr.. Richie then Attorney
General, drew the bill, but when it
came to be examined it was found to
have provided so many assistants and
so much in salaries that the expense
would have been increased rather than
decreased. The terms of the measure
were finally modified and since that
time the Attorney Generals office
has attended to the most important
work of the Roads Commission.
: Richie and Ennis
Making Local Ticket
AS reports are circulated to the eff
feet that the Governor and Robert B
Ennis are collaborating in the max
: ing of a Democratic slate for Balti
more City the followers of the late
John J. Mahon and the late Frank
nelly SLOW uuCdoy' Liz ACPOAI 10 say
Ennis picks the candidates and takes
them to Richie for the stamp of his
high muckamuck approval. And not
even Billy Curran, long the political
friend an confidant of Ennis, is taken
into camp in the slate making.
. All this is the more eXasperating
to the veterans becaus they know that
it has not been so long since the Gov
ernor was saying to some ofhis friends
: that he despaired of making apolitica,
leader of Ennis-that the proper ma.
terial did not seem to be in him. AnG
this was before His Excellency began
to give Curran the icy treatment fol
which he is becoming more or less well
known. But to the Governor it seems
to be case of any port in storm ana
. anybody is better than nobody, sc
thus it is that he is relying to great
extent on Ennis, who is Frank A
Furst's confidential man. We all are
aware that the Governor has relied
: chiefly on Mr.. Furst for support in
Baltimore City, in this as well as ir
previous campaigns, and therefore il
may be considered natural for him tc