Evening star., 1946-10-27
|kcke|din, Lane
Exchange Barbs
In InCan|paigning
Central Trust Co.
Failure and 1884
Speech Recalled
BY the Assoeioisd Press

" A@AoAA AVOuOAl AldllCf j DClllO~
crat, and Mayor Theodore Nickel
din, Of Baltimore, Republican, yes
terday exchanged personal barbs
for the first time in their rival
campaigns to be elected Governor
Of Maryland.
MI. McKeldin, speaking on q
broadcast from Baltimore and re-
iterating statements made early in
the week as he campaigned in Mont
gomery County, asked If Mr.. Lane
were asleep as attorney general
when the Central Trust Co. OF
Frederick failed IN the, early 1930s
"Was he like the three figures of
triple statuary image which de-
picts one figure which sees no evil,
another which hears no evil and a
third which speaks mo evil?
"This failure was followed by and
was a cause of the Maryland bank
holiday, which in turn helped bring
on the national bank holiday"
Mr.. Lane, speaking at a West
minister rally which topped off a day
of touring through Carroll County
mentioned Mr.. McKeldin's name
for the first time in the campaign,
He quoted from a speech Mr.. Nc
Keldin made at Hagerstown in 1894.
In that speech Mr.. McKeldin de-
clared Mr.. Lane had served faith
fully and fearlessly as attorney gen.
eral-"would not finch nor retreat
one inch from the faithful per-
formance of his duties even If 1t
means political humiliation"
Statement Recalled.
Mr.. Lane pointed out Mr.. Nickel
din made this statement several
years after the trust company fail
ure. He said Mr.. McKeldin was not
candidate for Office then and it
was probably his honest opinion"
Besides bringing up the bank
failure case again, Mr.. McKeldin
attacked Mr.. Lane from q new
angle.
He listed Promising Bob" Ennis,
chairman of the Democratic Cam
paign Committee, and "Aff1uent
Samuel Hoffberger as deeply in
terested in the election Of my
opponent"
Mr. McKeldin identified Mr.. Ennis
as IAN official and major stock
holder of one of the largest brew
cries in Baltimore" and said Mr..
Hoffberger "is associated with him
and interested otherwise in the
liquor industry" Mr.. McKeldin
asked why they should devote their
political influence and bouhtiful
money" to Mr.. Lanes cause. and
declared:
II earnestly submit that 1t is only
because, by serving so Importantly
in his election, they hope thereby
to be able to dominate and control
the future liquor boards of the State
for their own further agerandize-
ment.
Refers to Cartoon.
Referring to a Baltimore news
paper cartoon which characterized
him as a me too" candidate on
major issues, Mr.. McKeldin said he
advocated a trans-bay bridge in
public utterances in 1929, 1881 and
1882. He said his public agitation
brought about establishment Of the
Sherbow Commission to study dis
tribution of tax revenues and de-
clared he had Endorsed its findings
heartily" before Mr.. Lane gave a
qualified acceptance with weasel
words of reservations and excep-
tions."
At Westminster, Mr.. Lane quoted
extensively from the speech MI.
McKeldin made at Hagerstown in
connection with a memorial cere-
mony.
He attributed to Mr.. McKeldin
statements that Mr.. Lane had an
incompatible war record on the
Mexican border and on the battle
fields of France = lust for office
could not buy him We need
more men of his type in the public
life of this State"
After the personal reference to
Mr.. McKeldin, Mr.. Lane turned to
his repeatedly -expounded program
for improvement of the State Gov
ernment.
Stresses Program.
He said his ambition is not to be
just governor, but good governor.
He declared he is in favor OF
limiting the governor of Maryland
to two terms. He said he intends to
ask the General Assembly to sub
NIT a two-term limitation.
He also advocated adoption OF the
Sherbow Commission recommended
ton that the General Assembly
meet every year in order to facili-
tate handling of State finances.
Mr.. Lane asserted that If elected
he will not bother about his own
political future, that he will not try
to organize and administer in such
way as to bring about his own
denomination, but that this does
not mean he necessarily is closing
the door on second term if elected
this time.
"If elected" he said, II intend to
do my best and work my hardest
to make a good governor, and let
the future take care of itself"