Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1889-08-02
L HI T. SEN TIN Eli.
PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
ROCK WILLIE. MD

The Democratic State Central and Coun.
ty Committees for Montgomery county, at
a meeting held in Rockville, on Tuesday,
May Dist, 1899,
Reso,ped. That the Democratic Conserva-
tive voters Of Montgomery county be re-
spectfully requested TO hold Primary Elec-
tons at the places in each district fixed by
law for holding general elections, on
SATURDAY, August the 3rd, 1889,
from o'clock, A. M, to o'clock, p. NJ, to
cast their votes for the following offices:
Comptroller of the State of Maryland,
State Senator, three member Of the House OF
Delegates, five members for Commissioners
of Montgomery county, Sheriff OF Mont
gomery county, and County Surveyor.
All persons desiring to be candidates at
the Primary Elections shall 80 designate the
same in writing TO II. W. Talbot, in Rock
vile, accompanied with one dollar, on or
before Tuesday, the card day of July, 1889,
to insure the printing of their names on said
tickets TO be voted at the Primary Elections.
In case said parties desiring to be candi-
dates as aforesaid do not comply with the
aforegoing their names will not be on said
tickets and such votes as shall be cast for
them at said Primary Elections will not be
counted.
1t is also recommended to the voters that
they elect member of the County Com
mittee from each of the districts to serve for
the next two years.
The committee appointed the following
gentlemen to act as judges at said Primary
Elections:
let District--J. W. Allnutt, Rob't Plum.
mer, James Williams.
2nd-Samuel Scott, George W. Hilton, DR..
II. II. Thompson.
3rd-John II. Williams, VIM. T. Jones,
Charles Sellman
4th-wm. R. Humphrey, John A Carter
John B. Edmonston.
5th-John Broadly, w. Il. Shaw, Benjamin
Fawcett.
6th--Wm. Mullican, James offutt, James
N. Benton.
7ih-Wm. l.. Wilson, Henry Renshaw
Clayton Williams.
Sth-Hilleary o. Higgins, WIN. Nicholson
Rob't N. Mackall.
9th-George W. Meem, Thomas J. owen
Joseph T. Gloyd.
lOih-Howard A. Garrett, J. j.. Stearn
John q. Trunde.
1.-The. Il. Hershey, TO. White, VIM
Brewer.
l2th-J. R. Purdum, l.. 7. Hilton, Thomp
son Williams.
l3th-Thos. e. holland, Eleazar Ray, Thos
G.. Hardesly.
The attention of the judges is particular,
called TO the following section Of the Pri
mary Election plan:
section 8. Only such registered voters O
this county as voted for the candidates O
the Democratic Conservative party at tn
Presidential or Gubernatorial election mex
preceding any Primary Election, cxcep
Itaf yaf.fos xuh hal lou
right to vote since such Presidential o
Gubernatorial election, or who will hav
acquired such right previous to the mex
legal election, shall be allowed to vote a
any Primary Election, provided the judge
shall be satisfied that they in good faith in
tend To identity themselves with the Demo
cratic Conservative party; and provides
further that any registered voters who ma
have failed to vote at said Presidential o
Gubernatorial election shall also be Above,
TO vote at any Primary Election, If tn
judges shall be satisfied that they are Il
good faith identified with the Democrati
party, and are still residents of the distric
in which they offer to vote"
The committee decided that no two nomi
necs for County Commissioners shall b
taken from the same Collection District
but the person receiving the highest vot
shall be first selected by the committee ant
then the next highest from different Col
lection District, and so on until the required
number Is obtained.
On motion, the first gentleman named il
each district was requested to act as a re
turn judge and meet punctually with sait
returns In Rockville, at II. W. Talbot
Office, ON Tuesday, August 9th, at II O'Clock
A. Nj.
Ii. w. TALBOT, Chairman.
j. Il. FLETCHALL, Secretary.