Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-11
POLITICS IN MONTGOMERY.
Candidates on Both Sides Fighting
for Nominations.
,ecial Correspondence of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, July 10, 1899.


ROCKVILLE, Nd, July 10, 1899.
The democratic primary campaign in this
county is growing warmer from day to day.
The confess for the states attorneyship
nomination is attracting more attention
than all the rest of the ticket While, ow-
ing to the mixed condition of things, it is
not safe to make predictions as to the prob
able winner yet reports received from vari-
Gus sections of the county, clearly indicate
that H. Maurice Talbot is a pronounced
favorite with those who are in close touch
with the situation. Messrs. Charles w.
Prettyman Alexander Kilgour and Bowie
f. Waters, the other candidates for this
nomination are all making an energetic can
vass of the county, and each is considered a
possible winner by his friends. A quiet but
determined fight IS being made by the vari-
Gus aspirants for the sherffalty nominal
ton There are eight candidates and every
one of them is active and hopeful of sue
cess. Nobody can tell who will be the win
ner, but from all appearances Alfred Fair
all and Arthur Williams making the
greatest Roadway in the fight. Deputy
Sheriff John A. Selby, who Is one of the
most active and solcitous candidates, start
ed today on an extensive electioneering
tour of the county. From voluntary assur-
ances of support already received by Mr..
Selby he is very hopeful of receiving the
essary to visit few outlying districts in
order to make success a certainty.
Several strong men are announced as can
didates for the legislature, from among
whom the democrats will be able to select
creditable ticket If the proper selections
are made it will be necessary for the repub-
icans to bring forward their very best
material if they hope to repeat their sue
cess of two years ago.
There is general scramble going on for
the nominations for county commissioners
and judges of the orphans court but not
much attention is being paid by the general
public to the contests for these places on
the ticket Little interest is manifested in
the gubernatorial nomination, but the sup
port of this county will probably be given
to either John Walter Smith or Edwin
Warfield.
In republican circles things are progress
ing quietly. No contests have yet devel-
oped, except for the nomination for state 5
attorney, and but two candidates have an
nounced themselves for that position,
namely, James P. B. Veirs and George NJ.
B. Anderson. The contest between these
two has thus far been chiefly confined to
Rockville district, but it is learned that
Mr. Anderson has recently summoned to his
support what is known as the Rutherford
Mcdonald faction. and is making his fight
in various other districts as the special
candidate of that combination. This has
had the effect of arousing factional divi-
sions throughout sthe, county, and it now
looks as if the Godld-Noyes and the Ruth
erford-McDonald factions VIII hight for con-
troll of the county organization without re-
gard to the aspirations of any particular
candidate. Many of the party. leaders de-
plore the instigatfon of factional squab-
bIe at this tire, as there was every pros
pect of harmony all along the line. 1t is
thought that it wouff have been wiser for
the faction to which Mr.. Anderson belongs
to have kept their hands out of the fight,
and that as a mentber. of the party contest
ing for the nominations upon his individual
merit he might have had some chance of
success but as the protege of small mi
nority faction his aspirations are almost
certain to end in disappointment.