Evening star., 1936-10-19
Roosevelt Majority Will Be
Above $1,000, Party
Chiefs Think. :
GAMBRILL REELECTION
ALSO TERMED CERTAIN
Republicans Are Half-Hearted in
Stating Opinion Landon
Can Win There.
This is the fifth in series Of
articles on Maryland politics.
BY WILL p. KENNEDY,
STAFF CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

BAL 11MOhE, OcUODeF 4S.-SISSl~
dent Roosevelt will win the fifth
Maryland district, comprising six.
counties and part Of Baltimore, withs
a majority OF upward of $4,000 votes
and Representative Stephen w. CAM !
brill will be reelected by about the
same figures, according TO the best
judgment Of Democratic party Lead.
ers in the district.
Republican workers throughout the,
district half-heartedly express an
opinion that Gov. ALI NJ Landon will,
carry the district and that Roscoe c.
Rowe. the Republican candidate for
Congress, may pull through with a
slight lead"-but even the latter does
not sincerely believe so. himself. :
In Baltimore City Candidate Rowe.
who is States attorney for Anne
Arundel County. hopes to cut Gam :
brill down to not more than 1900
majority The Baltimore votes in the
fifth district are in wards 81. % and
"a; ward 18, precincts to and IA
to 16. and ward 25, precincts 10 to
IS. These gave Gambrill, two years
ago, 1912 to 500. The Baltimore Sun
| poll shows these wards are about 3
to for Roosevelt. and Gambrill is
reasonably satisfied he will get about
the same vote.
The colored vote is expected to be
a large and unknown factor in this
| campaign. Rowe expresses confidence
| that no matter what the colored vote
does elsewhere in Baltimore. it will
| be rounded up for Landon and him.
self in these wards. In one or more
OF these, however, there are few, II
any, colored votes-as far as is known
ward "a hasn't single colored voter.
| The Baltimore section of the fifth
district is largely the Curtis Bay and
Locust Point area. Gambrill esti.
mates conservatively that he will come
out of Baltimore with lead Of 1900
to 5000.
Poll Shows Roosevelt Lead.
The Baltimore Sun poll in the six
counties of the fifth district shows a
very definite majority for Roosevelt,
ranging from to / to 3 to l.
The effect of the Young Democrats
and the Young Republicans in this
campaign is awaited with interest In
the fifth Maryland district the Young
DEMOCRATS are better organized and
more active. Assistant Secretary Of
State Sumner Welles, Oxon Hill, has.
taken a special interest in organizing
these voters.
Annapolis being the home town Of
the Republican candidate, he is ex-
pected to get a substantial vote there
and throughout Anne Arundel Coun-
ty, which went to Gambrill two years
ago, 1887 to 886. Gov. Nice and Rowe
are to close the campaign with rally
in Annapolis the night OF Novem-
ber 2.
But Annapolis may be depended on
to give Gambrill good support, because
his most effective work in Congress
has been Of continuing benefit to the
Naval Academy and in bringing large
appropriations to Annapolis Early
in his service he got s250,oO0 for
boat house and he also had the par'
Of the band increased and put throug
special annuity retirement plan for
civilian instructors at the Academy.
He also prevented the post-grad-
uate school from being removed from
Annapolis to the University Of Cali
fornia at Berkeley. The maintenance
of that school alone. with the pay Of
officers, most Of which was spent in
Annapolis. amounts to about $1,000.
900 year.
Chairman Vinson Of the House
Naval Affairs Committee will help to
round up the Annapolis vote for Gam
brill this week at rally in which he
will emphasize the value of Gam.
brills services as third ranking Demo.
crat on the Naval Committee.
In Anne Arundel County, which
last time gave him 1897 votes. Gam
brill expects to win with a majority
of about 5000, while Rowe's best hope
is to hold Gambrill down to $500.
Calvert an Even Split.
Calvert County seems like a rather
even split, with Gambrill likely to win
by a scant majority. although Rowe
claims he will win it by 600. Last
time Gambrill received 828 votes in
the county.
Charles County always has been
Republican, although two years ago it
gave Gambril 804 votes. 1t may so
about 700 to 300 Republican, although
the Baltimore Sun poll shows it is
Democratic. Rowe thinks he will carry
the county by 800. Walter Mitchell,
veteran Democratic leader, was made
judge and is out of politics.
Howard County is Gambrill's home
county-and some Republican leaders
whisper that he will not carry it.
Gambrill expects to have a majority
of about 1,500-two years ago he got
twice as many.
Prince Georges County, where the
Democrats gained 2,100 on new reg
istration, bringing their book ma
jority up to 7,100, is conservatively es-
timated to give Gambrill at least 1000
majority. Rowe admits he expects
to lose 1t by about 1000.
st. Marys County probably will 60
to Roosevelt by a small majority and
Gambrill may win by 400 to 500.
Rowe claims it by about 400. There
is a peculiar situation there. Henry
Breckenridge's name was entered for
presidential nomination in the pri-
mary as a protest, and he polled over
800 votes. Some of this anti-Roose-
welt feeling still prevails.
Some of the Republican workers.
profess to believe Landon will ge;
majority vote in Anne Arundel and
st. Marys, Calvert and Charles Coun-
ties. The Denocrats are inclined 70
concede only 1harles County-with 1t.