The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-17

O1fegarQlng the EFFORT OF q lew re-
porters to pump gas into the Richie
fourth term campaign and make their
readers believe that there is great
rush for the Richie "bandwagon,
the opponents of His Excellency are
going ahead with their plans to put a
new ticket in the field.
The desire, as we understand it, is
for an entire new slate so that those
who are in favor of rotation in office
may have full opportunity to vote in
the primary next September. And on
top of that there is prospect of two
local primary tickets for the same
primary, although great efforts are
being made to add up and divide with
out a serious quarrel.
The Richie announcement of the
fourth term candidacy came after
months of preparation, preceded by an
advertised list of indorsers, but made
nothing more than a dull thud
Gloomy in it's terms, it produced more
gloom. There was no tumult and no
shouting. The thing had become toe
monotonous to be interesting.
Since then reporters for pliable
journals have been writing themselves
blue in the face trying to convince
their readers that all the insurgents
have climbed into the Richie 'band-
wagon" or will climb tomorrow or if
not tomorrow then the next day or if
not the next day then next week or the
week after that or some time between
now and the closing of the polls on
the evening of the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November next.
But to date no important insurgent
has climbed in for their leaders con-
slider the Richie vehicle no bandwag-
on at all but hearse. They shudde1
at the idea of going to the polls in a
hearse. They recall 1895 and this looks
much worse than that did.
Another idea put forth assiduously
is that no other candidate will enter
the primary against Richie. We can't
understand where reporters get such
information. We don't get it and we
get the contrary information.
But if and when a new candidate
goes in, the Richie fourth term journ-
alistic henchmen may be expected to
shout that he is a stalking horse, that
he is no good, that his campaign has
cracked up, or almost anything else
that Richie and his henchmen want
them to write. For it does seem that
with all the improvements and inven-
lions of this age we are to have ar
old time campaign with all the ole
time tricks and hokum-and some new
things added.
Mcintosh Out;
Some Reasons Why
Due notice was given in these col
umns that the hackers of State Sena.
tor Mcintosh could not get through 2
primary with their favorite but we
thought he would remain in the fielc
until a new anti-Ritchie ticket could
be framed. That he did not do so was
a tactical mistake which must be
blamed on some of his advisers, nota.
bly, Howard Bruce, who has not yet
cut his political wisdom teeth. There
was, so far as we can see, no reason
why Mr.. Mcintosh could not have
held on another week or ten days te
note the reaction to the Richie an
nouncement which was scheduled fol
last Tuesday and was put forth as ar
ranged.
The Richie announcement fell as
dead as a last years birds nest anc
did not even evoke a cheer from the
most frantic of the Governors bench.
men.
The great trouble with Mr.. McIn.
tosh was that he was looked upon by
so many as part of the Richie adj
ministration, while his chief hacker
Howard Bruce, has been holding office
as member of the State Roads Com
mission to save the Richie face after
scandal. Thousands of Democrats
apparently suspected that it was all d
frame-up for the Governors benefit
that Mcintosh was put in to keeE
others out and the silence of the can.
didate added force to this suggestion
We understand that the long Mcln'
tosh silence was due to the insistence
of Howard Bruce, who held to the be-
lief that the Governor would with
draw if he was not attacked. Their
the anti-Rifchie people put too much
faith in certain Eastern Shore Dem.
ocratic leaders who, seeming sympa'
thetic, reported that they could moi
rally their people to the Mcintosh
support.
It was pointed out that during the
so-called State roads investigation al
Annapolis, Mr.. Mcintosh as president
of the Senate sat silent when he had g
great opportunity to come to the
front and demand a real investigation
insted of an affair so piloted as tt
keep responsibility away from the
door of the Governor where so many