Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1897-06-11
PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

The Democratic State Central and Coun-
ty Committees for Montgomery county, at a
meeting held in Rockville, on Thursday,
June 10th. 1897,
ResoEoed, That the Democratic voters OF
Montgomery county be respectfully request.
ed TO hold Primary Elections at the place in
each district fixed by law for holding cleo.
tons,
On SATURDAY, Oath of July, 1897,
from o'clock, A. M, until O'Clock, p. M,
TO cast their votes for the following officers :;
Comptroller OF the Treasury of the State
of Maryland, Clerk to the Court of Appeals
of the State Of Maryland, an Associate Judge
Of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of the State OF
Maryland, one State Senator, three MEM
bers Of the House of Delegates, Clerk OF
the Circuit Court for Montgomery county,
Register of Wills for Montgomery county,
a County Commissioner from the LIST collec-
ton district of Montgomery county, Coun'
! ty Commissioner from the I'd collection dis
trict oil Montgomery county, a County Com
missioner from the 9th collection district of
Montgomery county, Sheriff of Montgom.
cry county, and q County Surveyor.
Persons desiring to be candidates at the
Primary Elections shall, in writing, notify
Spencer Watkins, Chairman, z. o. Box No.
1, Rockville, Md, of such desire on or be
fore
WEDNESDAY, th day Of July, 1897,
and remit one dollar with such notice to
insure the printing of their names on the
tickets to be voted at said Primary Elec.
tions.
In case the parties desiring 10 be candi.
dates as aforesaid do not comply with the
aioregoing, their names will not be on said
tickets, and such votes as may 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
miltee from each election district, TO serve
for the ensuing two years.
The committee appointed the following
gentlemen TO act as judges at said Primary
Elections:
First District-Joseph Pope, G. Fenton
SnouHer, h. H. Kinsey.
Second-James B. Neel, r. II. Bowman,
W. H. Page.
Third-w. J. Williams, Walter Fletchall,
Charles Metzger.
Fourth-Lee Offutt, Lewis L. Sadter, Ed
ward Garrett.
Fifth-Wm. E. Shaw, W. P. Waters,
A. @. Tolson.
Sixth. N. Benton, G. Hsrriss, JUL an
Griffith.
Seventh-N. NJ. Perry, Benz. F. Ball, Rob't
Wilson.
Eighth-Geo. Gartrell. Edward 7. Hender-
son, George White.
NINTH. T. Martin, A. L. Grown, James
X. Walker.
Tenth-John W. Carroll, VIM. Dudley, l..
NJ. 0ffutt, Jr.
Eleventh-Mercer Jones, Charles J. Luhu,
james P. Gott.
Twelfth-L. D. Watkins, John R. Pur-
dunn, James e. Duvall.
Thrteenth-Thomas Parsley, James A.
Windham, R. W. Hardesty.
In compliance with the usage of the Com
mittee since the adoption of the Primary
Election system, the attention OF the judges
is particularly called to the following Sec
ton of the Primary Election Plan:
"Section S-Only such registered voters OF
this county as voted for the candidates OF
the Democratic 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 pre-
vious to the next legal election shall be al
lowed to vote at any primary election, pro-
vided the Judges shall be satisfied that they
in good faith intend 10 identify themselves
with the Democratic party, and provided
further, that any registered voter who may
have tailed to vote at the said Presidential
or Gubernatorial election shall also be al
lowed 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"
On motion, the first gentleman named in
each district was requested to act as re-
turn Judge and meet punctually in Rock
vile on Tuesday, July 9Th, 1897, at II
O'Clock, A. M.
SPENCER WATKINS,
BOWIE f. WATERS, Sec'y. Chairman.