The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-03
POLITICS IN REVIEW
By the Man In The Street

own choice and he will be knowing
just as much about it as we do at this
particular time.
Lee Case Now
Remarkable Procedure
Remarkable indeed is the procedure
of Brooke Lee as the reigning Demo-
cratic boss of Montgomery county in
, an effort to defeat his political enc
mics.
The Grand Jury has been making
an inquiry as demanded by Lee and
the county officials who appear to be
subservient to him and the outcome is
yet to be made known. What Lee
wants is a whitewash for his officials
and that he has made plans but it is
such an unusual procedure for boss
to rush before Grand Jury and tell
what should be done that the whole
State is or should be interested in the
outcome.
It is not common for the Grand
Jury to be used in political fights and
that is not the object of Grand Jury
as we understand it. But things may
be different in Montgomery county
under the Lee regime just as they are
different at Annapolis under the Rit-
chic regime.
The action of Lee in his paper, the
Maryland News, in publishing fac
SMILES of two checks the payment of
which was held up for lack of suf-
! ficient funds is characteristic of the
Lee method of fighting. Such methods
are not likely to find favor with peo-
pie of decency anywhere and they
cannot do the Lee cause any good in
the long run. 1t is not the wisest
thing to sneer at the other fellow be-
cause he may lack cash. Lee, born
to wealth, may think he can afford to
do this but we do not think he will
dare to submit himself to the suffrage
of the people of Montgomery county
again. Should he do so, he may find
that money cannot buy everything in
this world.
Sindall Said To Be
Richie Candidate for Mayor
The inclusion of Robert A. Sindall
among the guests at the dinner given
by Governor Richie on Friday night
of last week in honor of the visiting
Governors set city Democrats to talk
ing about the meaning of it. Mr.. Sim
dali presided at the Concord Club
Jackson Day dinner which was so
staged as to boost the Richie fourth
term candidacy, and, since that time
various stories have been going
around. And since Mr.. Sindall was
among the few invited to the Friday
night dinner it is currently reported
that he is the Governors choice for
the Mayoralty nomination next year.
This may or may not be true but it
is cartain that the attention paid by
the Governor to Mr.. Sindall is being
interpreted as part of the Richie eff
fort to curry favor with the members
of the Masonic fraternity. Mr.. Sin
dali is not only a Free Mason but he
is the Potentate of the Order of the
Mystic Shrine in this city. Now it
happens that in the course of the AL
Smith presidential campaign in 1928
Mr.. Sindall was called upon to do
some political work at State head
quarters and it is said that he actual
" began it or was about to begin it
when he quit cold. The reason for his
stepping aside, it was freely said at
the time, was the fact that he was
candidate for the position he now
holds as Potentate, the election for
which was not to come up until after
the Presidential election. Members
of the Shrine said that unless Mr.. Sin
dali got out of the Smith campaign
his chances for election as Potentate
would be ruined, and it is fact that
he stepped aside and was elected Po-
tentate after a hard fight and with a
none too, large majority.
furthermore it is not contradicted
that for months Richie supporters
who are close to him have been say
ing that the Governor has the Catho-
lie vote safely corraled. This may or
may not be but the fact is that His
Excellency is now making a strong
drive to bag the Free Masons. But,
say members of that powerful order,
Potentate Sindall cannot deliver the
Shrine or Masonic vote to anyone.
Meanwhile the mention of Mr.. Sin
dali as Democratic possibility for
Mayor next year serves to emphasize
the desperate efforts the Governor is
making to use great secret organi-
cation for his own political purposes.
Certainly we have not yet heard the
last of it.
Baltimore County
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