Evening star., 1934-09-13
The Political Mill
By Could Lincoln.

uItn Term. In13 was cnukeiy IN SC
cordance with the expectations. His
opponent. Or. Charles II. Conley Of
Frederick, has, however. rolled up
bigger popular vote In the primary
than was expected. This Conley vote
Is supposed to represent In consider
able part the opposition to the NTH
term idea. How much Of this opposi-
ton win 60 the length Of supporting
the Republican nominee for Governor
when November election day rolls
| around? That Is . question which
doubtless win cause . good deal Of
speculation in the Ritchie camp as
well rs among the Republicans. The
Republicans, on the face Of the re-
turns so far received. have apparently
nominated Harry w. Nice, . Balti-
more attorney, to make the race
against Richie. Nice was the Re-
publican nominee for Governor back
In 1918, when Ritchie made his first
bid to be chief executive Of the State
In that year Ritchie won by only 165
votes-and Nice claimed that he had
been counted out" These two old
opponents are again to lock horns-un-
less belated returns or the second
choice" system should upset Nice In
the end and give the nomination to
Senator Phillips Lee Goldsborough.
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VIII Nice take Ritchie or Ritchie
take Nice? Fifteen years ago political
conditions were considerably different
The Democratic party had been in
control for nearly seven years when
the election was held In 1919. The
country-and that includes Maryland
was sore with the Wilson admins
| tration and with the war. This sore
ness was to come TO o head 0 year
later, in the tremendous landslide
that rolled the late President Harding
into the White House and sent DEM
ocratic States and congressional dis
tricts into the Republican column.
Under those circumstances in 1919
1t was not surprising that the Re-
publican nominee for Governor Of
Maryland received large VOTE
This year the conditions are quite
different. The Democratic, Roose-
welt administration has been In
power something over q year and q
half. The New Deal" certainly ap-
pears popular with q large number Of
voters-as Indicated In the recent
Maine election. For q Republican to
win in Maryland this year, which in
normal times Is Democratic, would be
nothing short Of . miracle.
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It b quite true that there are
| Democratic voters in Maryland who
do not like Ritchie and who do not
like the fifth-term idea. Some Of
them will carry this dislike to the
extent Of voting against Ritchie;
some may stay away from the polls.
so far rs the gubernatorial contest Il
concerned. This kind Of opposition,
plus the sentiment which Ritchie
aroused against himself on the East
ern Shore last year when he moved
against group Of lynchers, IL what
l the Republicans are baSing their
hopes on today. Mr.. Nice, II he Is In
the end the Republican nominee for
| Governor, will also campaign on
what he calls the bank issue. urging
that Gov. Ritchie failed. as chief ex-
ecutiye. to see that the banks In Bal
timore-some Of which failed-were
properly conducted. Nice charges
that there were political banks. "
banks which bad the gravy because
Of political atiliAtions. and also
granted .favors to political leaders
which never should have been grant,
| ed. He counts on arousing the dis
gruntled depositors In these banks.
sRitchiek friends, on the other
hand. hold up Is most excellent the
administration given the State dur
ing his incumbency. They point to
the great improvements which have
been made, to lowering Of taxes and
to the financial credit Of the State
and the high price which State bonds
connection with the bank issue, 80
called. they point out that national
banks In Maryland. Is well as State
banks, were closed down when the
banking holiday came.
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II belated returns should actually
put Senator Goldsborough In q posi-
ton to win the nomination for Gov
ernor from Nice in the Republican
State convention, 1t will be . recog-
milton Of the very high regard in
which 0oldsborough Is held in the
State. He entered the. race for Gov
| ernor only six or eight weeks ago,
after his opponent had been cam-
paigning for more than . year. Re
publican supporters Of 0oldsborough
insist that he would make . stronger
! opponent against Ritchie In Novem-
Der, II he were nominated, than would
either Nice or H. Webster Smith. the
third candidate for the Republican
nomination. This u the view taken
also by some st the Democrats. Colds
borough has been Governor as well as
Senator, and has q host Of friends
Throughout the State.
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With the returns still slowly coming
In, the race for the senatorial nomi-
nation among the Republicans seems
still In doubt, although former Sena-
tor France is In the lead. Former
Representative John Philip Hill. spec
tacular champion Of the wet cause In
days when the drys were riding high,
Is second in these returns, and G. w.
Miller, Nice's running mate In the
primary, is third. Miller, Q Baltimore
business man, may be helped BY, Nice.
But 1t looks as though there had been
q great many split tickets voted in
the primary. The Democrats have
nominated George L. Radcliffe, per-
sonal friend Of President Roosevelt,
for the Senate, - was expected. And
Radcliffe looks like good bet in the
general election in November IN this
Democratic year. It Is true chat .
lot Of business men and conservative
people In Maryland are not enamoured
Of the New Deal. But there is no
evidence yet that such sentiment
would defeat . New Deal candidate
for the Senate In that State.
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While the Democrats seem to be
getting more and more New Deal,
the Republicans are swinging more
and more into line against that kind
of Q deal. Take the recent uprising
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