Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-03
Gov. Nice Predicts
Landslide viciory;
Lauds Jackson
Republican Headquarters
Claims II Out of
q Counties
BY JAMES E. CHINN,
Star Stan Correspondent.

BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 3.-Gov.
Harry w. Nice is so confident of VIC
tory in the general election Tuesday,
he reiterated today a prediction he
would be reelected by "a landslide
plurality"
He indicated he expected to beat
his Democratic opponent, Herbert r..
O'Conor, by at least 10000 votes.
The forecast, the Governor init
mated, is based on his own personal
observations during an extensive
campaign trip through all Of Mary
lands % counties, plus reports
reaching his Baltimore headquarters
from neutenants throughout the
State.
Repeatedly during the campaign
Gov. Nice declared ne was certain of
reelection. But for the first time,
he prophesied a Landslide" victory
last night In the second of his series
Of special broadcasts over VIDAL.
In that radio speech, the Governor
declared: Il confidently predict that
on November 8 I will be returned to
Office by landslide plurality"
Claim II Counties.
Reports trickling into the Cover
nor's Baltimore off1ce-biased, of
course, because they originated in
Republican sources-shoW that Gov.
Nice will carry all counties in the
State with the exception of Mont
gomery, Prince Georges and ST..
Marys, on the Western Shore, and
Queen Annes, Kent and Worcester
on the Eastern Shore. The remaining
II counties. according to the reports,
will give the Governor a sufficient
number Of popular votes to sur
mount Mr.. O'Conor's undenied ma
jority in Baltimore.
Gov. Nice made his broadcast
shortly after returning from an all
day campaign tour in Southern
Maryland, during which he spoke at
political rallies at Mechanicsville in
st Marys County and at La Plata in
Charles County. At both places he
took full credit for procuring a p.
W.. A. grant for construction of a
bridge across the Potomac River
from Morgantown, Md, to Dahlgren,
Va.
Il brought home the bacon" he
declared, and that bridge is going
up in the next few months"
Pays Tribute to Jackson.
In the broadcast over VIDAL,
Gov. Nice paid a glowing tribute
to Mayor Jackson of Baltimore,
whom Mr.. OConor defeated in the
Democratic primaries for the right
to enter the gubernatorial race-a
move regarded by Baltimore politi-
cal experts as a bid for the support
of the Jackson forces in the cleo
ton.
Mr.. O'Conor has been saying,
from Crisf1eld to the hills of Gar
rett County, said Mr.. Nice, that
II he is Governor he will seek the
best advice he can get. That's the
trouble. He is getting too much ad-
vice from too many people with
too many self interests to protect.
That's why he Is out of breath.
If Mr.. O'Conor really sought ad-
vice from within the real Democra-
tic party, he couldn't find a more
able adviser than Mayor jackson.
Mayor Jackson has proved him
self an able executive. Why doesn t
Mr.. O'Conor seek the advice OF
Mayor Jackson? Why isn't Mayor
Jackson within the council9 I'll
tell you why. They do not want
Howard Jackson. What can Mr.
O'Conor do? The boys have him
on the spot.
Sees Issues Evaded.
He therefore is obliged to evade
the New Deal issue. He has to be
silent on labor, because why would
his financial godfather, whose bank
failures lost thousands of dollars in
the savings accounts of the people,
really and actually concern himself
over the problems of the worker
After all, he isn't raising a family
on a salary of $40 or $50 or even
$50 a week. There is your answer
Earlier in the broadcast, the Gov
ernor criticized Mr.. O'Conor for
"sidestepping" the lottery issue, for
failing to have a definite fiscal plan,
and also for his alleged evasion
of stand on the New Deal.
The Governor propounded series
of questions to "the good people of
Maryland" These included the fol-
lowing:
will you turn over your public
school system, now among the finest
in the whole country, to the tender
mercies of partisan political ma
neuvering of Mr.. Herbert O'Conor?
will you turn your State of Mary
land over to Mr.. Howard Bruce,
Democratic National Committeeman,
who, five or six years ago was so
intimately connected with the dis
astrous bank failures of Maryland
bank failures which resulted in
the loss Of the savings of thousands
and thousands to Maryland deposit
tors and stockholders?
will you turn over Maryland
your Maryland-to Messrs. O'Conor,
Bruce, Curran and the others?"
After the broadcast, Gov. Nice
made two more speeches at political
rallies in different sections of Balti-
more. and returned to Annapolis to
rest in preparation for tonight
which threatens to be the most
strenuous period of his campaign.
Nine speeches are on his schedule
tonight, and several others are ex-
pected to be added.
Mr.. Nice first appeared last night
at a rally of the North Baltimore
Club and afterward went to South
east Baltimore to speak to Polish
group.
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