Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-15
presidential GUN
SEEN IN INAUGURAL
Start of Ritchie'S Fourth
Term Brings Him Into
National Spotlight.

BY a STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, January 15.-A-
bert c. Ritchie yesterday walked into
the executive mansion to commence
his fourth term as Governor of Mary
land and into the spotlight Of national
affairs again as a presidential posi-
| bility.
Delivering an inaugural speech keyed
to a national pitch and broadcast over
a Nationwide radio network, Gov.
Richie leveled a barrage of criticism
on interference by the National Gov
eminent in State and private affairs
and exalted the Maryland theory that
the least governed people are the best
/ governed
Remarks AppIauded. !.
The Governors attack on Federal
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENT" and the national pro-
hibition law brought forth repeated and
| prolonged applause from the throngs
! that jammed the State House and
/ crowded the lawns and streets about
| the building. Although unable to see
the Governor, those thousands heard
the speech by means of an simplifying
! system installed in the corridors and
|
The address was delivered in the
House of Delegates and followed the
administration of the oath of Office in
the Senate chamber by Chief Judge
Carroll L. T. Bond of the Court of APP
peals AS the oath was administered q
salute of 10 guns was fired.
The ceremonies officially started at
IL AS when the Governor and his party
| appeared on the portico of the EXecu-
tive Mansion. Through lines of Ma
tional Guardsmen from Baltimore, Hy-
| attSville and Annapolis, and hundreds
OF members of political clubs, the party
walked slowly to the State House
Accompanying the Governor in this
| procession were Senator Willard E. Tyd-
| 1ngs. former Senators william Cabell
| Bruce and Plaire Lee Frank A. Furst.
| the Right Rev. Edward T. Helfenstein,
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
Church of Maryland; Mayor William F.
Broenlng OF Baltimore and Mayor Wal
ter E. Quenstedt of Annapolis; William
s. Goroy, jr., State controller; William
Preston Lane. jr., attorney general; Maj.
Gen. Fred w. Sladen, commander of the
| Bird Corps Area; Rear Admiral S. S.
Robson, superintendent of the Naval
| Academy, and David c. Winebrenner,
Sd, secretary Of State.
Met by Committee.
They were met by the Joint Commit
tee of the Legislature consisting of SEN
| ators David G. Mcintosh, jr., and S.
| Scott Beck, and Delegates Thomas
D'Alesandro and Lavinia Engle
| Two Bibles were used in administering
the oath, one brought by Judge Bond
and the other sent for the occasion by
Mrs; Elizabeth Cavell Richie. mother
OF the Governor, who was confined to
her room because of i'll health, but lis
tened to the ceremonies on the radio.
AFTER delivering his address Gov,
Ritchie held an informal reception in
the old Senate Chamber, shaking hands
with about 5000 persons. 1t was in
that room that George Washington re-
signed his commission as commander
OF the American Army after the Revolu-
tionary War.
This ceremony was followed shortly
afterward by an unscheduled reception
IN the executive mansion, several thou
| sand more persons calling to felicitate
| the Governor. The inaugural crowd
was estimated at 5000, and Albert J.
Almoney of Montgomery County, chief
clerk OF the House of Delegates for
nearly 80 years, declared the throng was
! the largest to attend an inaugural In
his experience.
Many prominent party leaders from
Prince Georges and Montgomery Coun-
ties attended the ceremonies, including
Maj. E. Brooke Lee, j. Enos RAY, M.
Hampton Magruder and Henry L.
Morris.
Record Of Is Years.
/ If Gov. Richie completes the present
| four-year term, he will have q record
of is consecutive years in the executive
| chair, a record not only for Maryland
but for the United States
| Aside from participation in the In
! augural exercises, the Legislatures only
/ action of the day was the confirmation
! by the Senate of the appointment of
! David c. Winebrenner, Sd, who had
| been named to succeed himself as Sec
/ rotary of State by Gov. Richie.
Senator Walter j. Mitchell OF Charles
| County announced the standing Com
mittee on Executive Nominations prior
/ to the Inauguration. It consists of
/ Senators George A. Prick of Baltimore
City, chairman; Ambrose j. Kennedy,
Baltimore City; Lansdale G. Sasscer,
Prince Georges william D. Byron,
| Washington; j. Alan Coad, St. Mary's;
Ridgely p Melvin, Anne Arundel;
Abram c. Ensor. Hartford; H. w Nc
Comas, Garrett and Wallace Williams,
Cecil.
Other Senate committees, as well as
those of the House, are expected to be
named when the Legislature reconvenes
next Tuesday night