The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-07-03

quiry: There wasn't any political
conference"
So there we have it. If there was
any conference then two of the lead
ers knew nothing of it. Some went
swimming, others did not go SWIM
ming. The workboat races came off
all right-somebody winning each one
of them. Most of those present were
Democrats the Governor invited to go
on the McLane.
Of course anyone who knows any,
thing about conditions in the Balti-
more City Democracy since the pass
ing of Mahon and Kelly should be
aware that the harmony talk is mostly
bosh. 1t is the Governor and his
daily paper ally who want all the
harmony they can get and more but
who are not likely to get as much as
they need for next November.
1t is an evident fact that at last the
Governor has become frightened and
the proof of this is the questions he
asks of callers and his fawning on
Jackson, Curran and Bichy. He is ap-
parently ready to promise them the
sky in return for public Endorsements
of his fourth term candidacy. But
the big question that arises is as to
what any and all of the leadres can
deliver. Certainly all who have ordi-
nary intelligence know that sooner or
i later the Richie dictatorship will go
down in a grand crash.
Bichy Going Ahead
With His Plans
To date the sweet and loving voice
of the Governor over the telephone
has had no more effect on Charlie
Bichy, late Democratic chairman, than
the song of a high pressure book
agent. Nor has even the persuasive
tones of ex-Mayor Howard w. Jack
son had any particular effect on
Charlie, who seems to think that when
you have started to fight the best
thing is to keep on fighting until you
get somewhere. He doesn't like to
surrender before a shot has been fired.
So Mr.. Bichy and Senator Edward
j. Colgan and their friends have been
holding conferences with the object of
putting local ticket in the field for
the primary. Mr.. Colgan got tired of
the Richie reign a long time ago and
he doesn't get rested about it. He
stays tired.
Had Stephen w. Gambrill gone into
the fight for Governor it was the in
tention of Mr.. Colgan to go on the
ticket for Attorney General and he
would no doubt have made a great
run. He takes no stock in those who
think Attorney General Robinson is
invincible. At Annapolis Mr.. Colgan
made fights to get the party to fol-
low Democratic principles but was
blocked by the Governor or his satel-
| lites.
Brooke Lee Hunting
Congressional Candidate
The selection of Democratic candi-
date for Congress in the Sixth District
has been lett apparently in the hands
of Brooke Lee as he is supposed to
do most of the campaign financing.
VIM. P. Lane, of Hagerstown, has
decided that the prospect does not ap-
peal to him. Fuller Barnard of Cum
berland has been in the field but is re-
ported to be cold on the Governors
fourth term ambition and therefore a
new candidate is wanted. The Demo-
Gratis Cor some of them) hope they can
win this year because Representative
Frederick N. Zihlman is under fire in
Washington.
Man Behind
The Richie Scenes
Now and then it happens in politics
| JIldL ILlGIO 10 d HAL UCillllu Vic oSChCo
pulling the wires and doing great
deal without the public knowing any
thing about it. Such seems to be the
case just now when the Democratic
leaders are talking harmony.
The man behind the scenes, as we
get it, is John E. Cullen, late Balti-
more manager for William Randolph
Hearst. Mr.. Cullen is earnestly de-
voted to the Governor and in the pres
ent embarrassment of his Excellency
has been doing a great deal of the
advising. 1t was Mr.. Cullen, we are
advised, who brought about the
agreement" of ex-Mayor Jackson and
William Curran to make show of
bowling to the Richie dictatorship by
accepting invitations to go as the
Governors guests to the workboat
races last Saturday and thus give the
political reporters something to write
about.
Report has it that for months past
Mr.. Cullen has been exercising his
diplomatic abilities on Philip B. Perl
man, legal and political advisor to the
| socalled insurgents, but he did not