Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1889-06-07

The Democratic State Central ana Coun-
ty Committees for Montgomery county, at
a meeting held in Rockville, on Tuesday,
May 21st, 1899,
Resolued, That the Democratic Conserya-
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. NJ, 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 oil
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 so designate the
same in writing to H. W. Talbot, in Rock
vile, accompanied with one dollar, on or
before Tuesday, the 23rd day of July, 1899,
TO insure the printing of their names on said
tickets to be voted at the Primary Elections
In case said parties desiring to be candl-
dates as aforesaid do not comply with the
aioregoing 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 a 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:
LIST District. W. Allnutt, Rob't Plum
mer, James Williams.
2nd-Samuel Scott George W. Hilton, Dr..
r. II. Thompson.
3rd-John II. Williams, VIM. 7. Jones,
Charles Sellmau.
4th-Wm. R. Humphrey, John A. Carter,
John B. Edmonston.
5th-John Broadly, W. E. Shaw, Benjamin
Fawcett.
6th-Wm. Mullican, James Ofutt, James
N. Benton.
7th-Wm. H. Wilson, Henry Renshaw,
Clayton Williams.
sih-Hileary o. Higgins, VIM. Nicholson,
Rob't NJ. Mackall
9th-George W. Meem, Thomas j. owen,
Joseph T. Gloyd.
lOth-Howard A. Garrett, j. j. Stearn,
John G. Trunde.
1.-The r. Hershey, 7. o. White, VIM.
Brewer.
l2th-J. X. Purdum, L. T. Hilton, ThonP-
son Williams
iOtu-1 uOS. H. NOihuu, iSiCu1ui hoy Ahoo'
g. Hardesty.
The attention of the judges is particularly
called to the following section of the Pri-
mary Election plan:
section s. Only such registered voters of
this county as voted for the candidates of
the Democratic Conservative party at the
Presidential or Gubernatorial election next
preceding any Primary Election, except
that persons who shall have acquired the
right to vote since such Presidential or
Gubernatorial election, or who will have
acquired such right previous TO the next
legal election, shall be allowed to vote at
any Primary Election, provided the judges
shall be satisfied that they In good faith in
tend to identify themselves with the Demo
cratic Conservative party; and provided
further that any registered voters who may
have failed to vote at said Presidential or
Gubernatorial election shall also be allowed
to vote at any Primary Election, if the
judges shall be satisfied that they are In
good faith identified with the Democratic
party, and are still residents of the district
in which they offer to vote"
The committee decided that no two nomi-
nees for County Commissioners shall be
taken from the same Collection District,
but the person receiving the highest vote
shall be first selected by the committee and
then the next highest from different Col
lection District, and so on until the required
number is obtai led.
On motion, the first gentleman named in
each district was requested to act as a re-
turn judge and meet punctually with said
returns In Rockville, at II. w. Talbott's
office, on Tuesday, August 9th, at II o'clock,
A. M.
II. W. TALBOT, Chairman.
j. L. FLETCHALL, Secretary.