The Republican., 1930-02-13
POLITICS IN REVIEW
By the Man In The Street

Clerk Eddie Gross, Rltchle enthu-
siast, has gone to Florida to look after
his spinach crop and some others
over there are playing the soft pedal
and saying they do not want to lose
their jobs.
Governor Tries
A New Scheme
On the very day that the ten cent
car fare was made effective in Balti-
more City the Governor came to the
front with proposition that the
State (taxpayersl build the proposed
Chesapeake Bay bridge, which is to
cost $11,000,000 plus. Evidently His
Excellency thought something should
be done to distract attention from the
car fare which has been boosted along
by the Public Service Commissioners
through one move after another in
cluding the placing of a high valua-
tion on property that nobody seems
to want to buy at any price.
The Governors scheme is not new
but it evidences change of heart.
Indeed as far back in 1926 when the
Democratic State platform was being
drafted, Howard W. Jackson, then the
Mayor of Baltimore, suggested that
the project be mentioned or indorsed
in that document. But the Governor
gave it the high hat. He didn't think
it proper, and even as late as the
Legislative session of 1927 when the
first bridge bill was pending in the
Legislature he manifested no concern.
In fact one Senator went to him to
get information on the subject and
was surprised that His Excellency
knew so little about it. In reply to
questions the Governor is reported to
have said in substance:
GAIL I know about the bridge is
that 1 expect to ride over it if it is
ever built"
But now the Governor thinks he can
hook some Eastern Shore and Balti-
more City support by getting back
of the scheme and he is to name
friendly commission to make a report.
All a political job, bald and open, and
should fool nobody.
Mayor Broening's friends in the
City Hall appeared much chagrined
over the Governors bridge proposal
bacause His Honor had lately sug-
gested that the enterprise should be
made matter of public aid and one
of his supporters, we are told, had
drafted speech to be shortly de-
livered in which the idea was to be
expanded as a boost to the Mayors
aspirations for higher Office. Friends
of the Mayor assert that there must
have been a leak somewhere but they
have not found it's source, and woe be
unto the leaker if he is discovered.
Furst Declaration
Is Deemed Important
Opponents of Governor Ritchie's
fourth term project are interested in
the reported declaration by Frank
A, Furst to the effect that if the Gov
ernor is to be renominated then all
the old Democratic ticket should be
renamed. The others are Attorney
General Thomas H. Robinson, Comp
troller VIM. S. Gordy, Jr., and Ap-
peals Court Clerk James A. Young.
The State Treasurer does not run on
the ticket-he is chosen by the Legis-
lature.
If Mr.. Furst sticks to his reported
declaration then the Governor will be
much embarrassed as he does not
want his old running mates this trip.
He evidently, fears that so much re-
election would weaken the whole tick
ct. Not only that, but he is said to
regard Mr.. Robinson as a load too
heavy for sefety while he has just
about as much love for Mr.. Gordy as
he has for State Treasurer Dennis.
No doubt he would like to see all three
of them thrown into the middle of the
Chesapeake Bay with no life preser-
yer or rescue boats in sight.
To date Mr.. Furst has given no
public approval of the fourth term
candidate although those who have
talked with him doubt his ability to
resist the Richie Establishments. He
yielded easily four years ago and is
therefore expected to repeat the per-
formance. Probably he feels under
obligations to the Governor.
In the past Mr.. Furst has proved
his friendship for Messrs. Gordy,
Robinson and Dennis. He is looked
upon as their political savior. For
years Mr.. Dennis has been very
friendly with Mr.. Furst.
Nearly everyone now knows that
the Governor has been casting around
for a new candidate for Attorney
General. His first choice apparently
is former Judge Walsh of Cumber-
land. He is said to have fiirted a bit
with States Attorney O'Conor, but
friends of the latter consider him
alert enough to discern the storm