The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-01-16
From The Observer, Baltimore)

close Oh Lne week InQ themselves
greatly cheered by the situation. They
feel, according to reports, that the
hardest part of the battle has been
fought and they now express the
greatest confidence that Governor Rit-
chic Will never make a formal an
nouncement of his candidacy for the
fourth term nomination he so ardently
desires.
Up to this time, it is declared, the
Governor and his advisers, including
Brooke Lee, ex-Judge Walsh and some
others, have failed to realize the true
situation in the counties as well as in
Baltimore City. They fail, it seems, to
realize the strength of the sentiment
against the fourth term and the indef-
mite continuance in office that a
fourth election would mean. And more
important than anything else the Gov
ernor and his advisers have not yet
found out that much of the support
on which Richie counts will be lack
ing when the bugle blows for the final
heat in the race.
The Governors address at the Con-
cord banquet is accepted as his big
effort to win applause and it is figured
by the opposition that it was fail
ure. There were as many anti-Ritchie
men at the banquet as there were
Richie men, say those best informed,
and there have been no signs of de-
sertion in the ranks of the ants.
An urgent matter of the Mcintosh
supporters now is to complete the
slate for the primary no matter what
His Excellency finally does. There
are three places besides the Governor
ship-the Attorney General, the
Comptroller and the Clerk of the
Court of Appeals. In the makeup of
this slate it is proposed to recognize
Western Maryland, the Eastern Shore
and Southern Maryland. There are,
it appears, plenty of candidates but
the thing is to pick the ones who will
draw the most support.
Governor Gets Self
Into More Limelight
With the cooperation of the mana
gers of the Concord Club banquet the
Governor was given great opportuni-
ty to speak his piece on Wednesday
evening and it was the same old stuff.
Great praise for his own administra-
tion-not a word for anybody else's
administration. Always the big I.
Always the magalomaniacal outpour-
ing.
Reminds me that two years ago
when the last Concord Club banquet
was given the hero as staged by
POSTMASTER Loden was the late John
S. Crank Kelly. On that occasion
Loden it was who put the crown Of
city bossism on the Kelly head. Now
Kelly has passed on and Loden hands
the crown to Richie. The latter is
to be the Kelly successor as city boss
for the Democrats. We shall see what
we shall see before the end of the
year.
The President of the Senate was
not invited to praise himself and so
the Governor had monopoly and
that, too, right after the faithful ex-
Judge Walsh had shipped down from
Allegany county spontaneous petit
ton beseeching His Excellency to run
for a fourth term and presumably to
go on to the Presidency.
True it was that one Saul Praeger
of Cumberland, had punched a few
holes in that spontaneous petition
business by making a statement of
the facts. But the Governor had the
banquet while the opposition, sitting
around on the chairs provided at so
much per chair, had to keep their
mouths shut. The most they could do
was to refrain from helping the Rit-
chic shouting.
When the anti-Ritchie men got to
the banquet hall and noted the seat
ing arrangements there was some
surprise and not little dissatisfac-
ton. They found that ex-Mayor
Jackson and other opponents of the
fourth term had been placed at tables
far from and practically out of sight
of the speakers and near fire escape.
This was probably done to afford them
opportunity to leave quickly in the
event of a disturbance. But there
was no disturbance.
It was apparent that the Governor
had made careful preparation for the
occasion and after it was all over
some of his adherents were saying he
had made the greatest effort of his
life. Certainly he did all in his power
to work up enthusiasm for himself.
G. o. P. Remaining
Very Quiet.
Just now the Republicans are re-
naming very quiet and we hear of no
new candidates. The Mayor evidently
has not yet been convinced that it
will not be wise for him to make a
fight for, the nomination and his City
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