The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-07-17
POLITICS IN REVIEW
(From The Observer, Baltimore
BY the Man In The Street

The next thing for the warning
Democrats in Baltimore is harmony
or slate making conference to be
called by the Governor and at which
ticket for the city is to be made up.
We do not hear the names of those to
be invited but suppose the list will be
made up by His Excellency.
In the court house the clerks are
uneasy and have not received the
word. Some of them may be side
tracked to make way for new blood.
Report has it that Sheriff Potee will
not be put on the slate. When first
nominated he had the backing of
Frank Kelly. Now there is no Frank
Kelly to back him. He has been a
staunch Richie man but that doesn't
mean that Richie will try to save him.
Richie is busy trying to save himself
and if there should be only one life
preserver in sight at the critical mo-
ment he can be counted on to grab it
! for himself.
On Thursday, Billy Curran, Philip
B. Pehlman and Howard w. Jackson
were seen having lunch together at
down town hotel. The assumption was
that they were discussing a program
to present to the Governor at the COM
ing peace conference-now consider
ably delayed. What Curran most
wants is the members of the Legis-
lature. He would like to have them
all.
Nobody seems to know just what
Jackson wants. Not so far back some
thought he wanted to run for Cover
nor but not now. Probably he wants
to save some of his friends in the
court house and maybe provide places
for others who are not yet in the
same court house. He might have
done a great deal by rejecting the
Governors fake peace offers and put
ting up a fight. Many of his friends
apparently expected him to do this.
Certainly Charlie Bichy had been
working in that direction and holding
the insurgents together with very
little help. He has been the last to
hold out against the Richie blandish-
ments and seems to understand HIS
Excllency's purpose better than do
many others in the insurgent camp.
Reports from several counties this
week indicate that the Democratic
opposition to the Governor does not
lessen. It seems to be moving largely
along the same lines as the opposl-
ton to AL Smith and in some sections
it is predicted that the Governor will
receive no more votes than Smith got
two years ago.
Bichy Men Given
The Cold Shoulder
As might have been expected, the
friends of Charlie Bichy are to be
given the cold shoulder in making up
the lists of election clerks and judges
and no more have been hoped for from
the gentlemen who are managing the
Democratic party in the city.
In the Twenty-seventh Ward we
hear the word went out not to name
any person who had supported Mcln-
tosh and of course this meant great
many in that section. It means, OF
course, that much more by bitterness
in the elction and that means less
votes for the Democratic ticket.
And all this on top of talk of har-
mony.
Women Making
Drive for Legislature
Some of the more aggressive and
progressive women are making con-
certed drive for representation in the
next Legislature and two have al
| ready announced themselves as candi-
dates for the House, Miss Lavinia
Engle of Montgomery, and Miss Mary
Risteau of Hartford. We hear that
Mrs. St. George Barber of Anne Arun-
del, who has served one term in the
House, has been urged to run again
and in Baltimore there is Miss Helen
Elizabeth Brown, who is talking of
becoming a candidate although a Re-
publican in a usually Democratic City.
We hear that the women are looking
for a candidate in Frederick county
and that they made survey of Balti-
more county with discouraging re-
suits. Whether they have any good
prospects on the Eastern Shore we
have not yet heard but surely that
section should produce candidate.
The idea, as we hear it, is to do
something for the women voters and
taxpayers regardless of party and the
effort is to put up candidates for the
majority party in each section. To
date we have heard of the Democrats
doing nothing for women candidates
in Baltimore City although there are
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