Evening star., 1936-10-18
Republicans Put Hopes in
Roscoe Rowe in Race 4,
for Congress.
DEMOCRATS EXPECTING
Unprecedented MARGIN
Both Parties Are Well Organized
in Section Covering Six
Counties in State.
This Is the fourth in series
of articles on Maryland politics.
BY WILL P. KENNEDY,
stan CORRESPONDENT of The Star.


stan Correspondent of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, October H.
The campaign is active in the fifth
Maryland district, with the Republic
ans hoping they can win a majority
for Landon and reclaim this district
so long held Republican in Congress
by the Sydney Mudds. father and son.
by electing Roscoe c. Rowe. States
attorney for Anne Arundel County.
But the Democratic leaders are much
more confident that they will roll up
an unprecedented majority for Roose-
welt and that Representative Stephen
C. Gambrill, now completing IL years
in Congress, will be returned with an
even better vote than that given the
head of the ticket.
This district comprises six counties:
Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles. How
ard, Prince Georges and st. Marys, be-
sides three wards and six precincts in
each of two other wards in Baltimore
city. It has been Overwhelmingly
Democratic, two years ago gave Gam
brill a complimentary vote Of nearly
$4,000 majority, and is not likely to
make any big change this year.
Noted Orators Brought In.
Both parties are well organized ir
all counties, with prominent Office
holders and other party leaders active,
the Democrats even more so than the
Republicans. Nationally known ora
tors are being sent into this district
Senator Alben w. Barkley of Ken
lucky, keynote speaker at the last two
Democratic National Conventions, ad-
dressed the largest political meeting
ever held in Ellicott City. Senator
Tom Connally. of Texas spoke to
about 1000 in Upper Marlboro.
Representative Carl Vinson OF
Georgia, chairman Of the House Naval
Affairs Committee, is to be the prin-
cipal speaker at a rally in Annapolis
on October %. Other gatherings have
been at Eastport and Glenburnie. In
cluding Annapolis, there are three big
rallies scheduled for next week, at La
Plata on the 21st and on November /,
and at Prince Frederick on the oath.
Gov. Harry w. Nice, the Republi-
cans most effective campaigner, has
been travelling all over the fifth dis
trict with Congressional Candidate
Rowe-they had a successful rally in
Hyattsville the other night. They
have scheduled a rally at La Plata
for the afternoon of the oath and at
Loveville that evening. Their biggest
rally is to be in Annapolis on the
night Of November 2, closing the cam
paign in Rowe's home town, the State
capital.
Among active Democratic workers
in Anne Arundel are Frank Revell
Glenburnie, commissioner of immiga-
ton, Port of Baltimore, county leader;
Mayor Louis Phipps, Annapolis; Ex-
Senator George T. Cromwell. Ferndale
county Board of Education and super
visor of assessments; County Chair
man william 3. McCready. Annapolis
The Republican organization includes
H. M. Sandrock, manager Of Mr.
Rowe's campaign; Harry Mertz, Sc
verna Park, county leader, who IL
State purchasing agent; Joseph w
Armstrong, former postmaster anc
political leader; Walter E. Quenstedt
former mayor Of Annapolis. now war
den Of the house Of correction; Mrs
Edna Payne, president of the Fedora
ton Of Womens Clubs, and Mrs
Arthur Kearsey.
Younger Chairman in Calvert.
In Calvert County the Democratic
county chairman is Thomas j. Youn.
ger of Prince Frederick. Other active
Democrats are George D. Turner
Prince Frederick; Ex-senator Cool
Webster, Solomons Island, ant
Michael ]. Lane, mayor Of NORTH
Beach. Active among Republicans ir
this campaign are Senator Tom Per.
ran, States Attorney Arthur w
Dowell, Maurice T. Lusby, jr., Prince
Frederick, notary public, and Charlie.
Everett Hall, Barstow, a member o1
the House of Delegates.
In Charles County Thomas p. Nc.
Donagh, La Plata, is Democratic
county chairman; william Mattingly
Indian Head, is another party stalwart
The Republican county workers In
clude Sayles Mudd, La Plata, ant
Thomas B. r. Mudd, La Plata, chair
man of the Maryland Veterans Com
mission, who formerly managed the
campaigns Of the late Representative
Sydney Mudd for Congress; State
Senator Robert j. Cooksey, Mount
Victoria, and James B. Monroe, Wal
dorf, q member of the House Of
Delegates.
In Howard County the Democratic
county chairman is Melton W. Baxley
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