Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-15
EVANSVILLE NEWS.
Politics in Prince Georges County at
Fever Heat-The Probabilities.
special CORRESPONDENCE of The Evening Sim

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
HYATTSVILLE Md. August Is, 1903
Republican primaries to select delegates
to the county convention to be held in Up
per Marlboro Monday are being held today
in Prince Georges county, and, incident
ally. the contest that has been going on In
the county for several weeks past between
the friends of Senator McComas and Rep
resentative Mudd will be decided. Prince
Georges county has been made the center
of one of the greatest political battles ever
waged in southern Maryland. and Mr..
Mudd, who is generally dubbed the mon
arch of all he surveys" in this section. is
making the fight of his life to retain con-
troll of the fifth congressional district of
which southern Maryland forms the greater
part. The friends of Mr.. Mudd emphatic
ally deny the story said to have emanated
from the McComas camp that, should the
latter forces win, the judges and clerks ap-
pointed by the state central committee for
the county, a majority of whom are favor
able to Mudd would refuse to sign the re-
turns. The Mudd people claim to be GER
tain of carrying twelve of the sixteen dis
tricts. while the McComas faction claims
ten. Piscataway, Marlboro Bowie and
Surratts districts are said to be solid for
McComas.
fairs in Laurel district. Here a triangular
fight is in progress. Charles Schaffer, the
postmaster. and Mayor Timanus are both
strong Mudd men. and they have entered
a contest against James p. Curiey a Nc
ComaS man. who is DESTROYS of securing the
nomination for states attorney. 1t is I'M
derStOOd that Mr.. Mudd has promised the
office of postmaster to the man who can get
the largest vote in the primaries TODAY
Schaffer and TimanuS are striving 20 secure
the position. and each has set OF delegates
III the field.
In Evansville district the fight is between
RtGyy TnCn
hand. and combination of Messrs Simms
keefauver and Hughes. the first named be-
ing Mudd candidate for the legislature
In Hyattsville district the delegates on
the McComaS ticket are II. o. Emmons w
a. Noel. Henry Randall. w. A. Parker and
Harrison Thornton. The Mudd delegation
comprises Roger Bells f. B. Webster !
A. B. Mcfarland. Richard Matthews and
Joseph Huntington. In Bladensburg dis
trict the McComas delegation is headed by
+. T. Benton. jr.. candidate for the legis-
lature. while the Mudd deega ton is headed
by r. H. Vincent. candidate for the office
of sheriff. Two meetings were advertised
to be held last night in this district Vim
cent procured a band of music and adopted
other tactics. and the result was a crowd
of cOlored folks that practicable blockaded
the street in front of Edlavitch's saloon.
The Benton people had no crowd Renton
stated to a reporter of The Star that he was
saving his money for today. and some are
saying it would not surprise them If Rem
ton captures the delegation, although Vim
cent apparently has waIkover.
In Kent district the friends of w T. &
Rollins. minority member of the state CEN
trail committee, representing the McComas
end of the fight, and Francis S. Carmody.
q strong Mudd adherent are lined I'D for a
fierce contest There is much bitter feeling
in all the districts of the county
If the Mudd contingent Shall prove to be
successful in carrying the county it is be-
leved the following will come pretty close
to being the personnel of the ticket nomi-
mated at the convention Monday: For coun-
ty treasurer, George w Rawlins of Not
tingham district, now president of the board
of county commissioners; for clerk of the
court, John Talbot Fisher of Oxon Hill
district, clerk to the board of county COM
missioners; for sheriff, Rufus H. Vincent of
Bladensburg district, or George Dale of
Aquasco district; for states attorney Will
lam Meyer levin, the incumbent, of Hy-
attsville district. or Robinson White of
Kent district; for house of delegates, Geo.
b. Merrick of Marlboro district, John B.
Belt OF Mellwood district, Kennedy Simms of
Evansville district. and Arthur Duley of Not
ungham district; for county commissioner.
Luther Brashears of Laurel district or
Horace Crosier of Spauldings district.
Should the McComas people triumph 1t is
practically certain that M. s. Underwood of
Surratts district will be the candidate for
clerk of the court, and J. P. Curley of Lau-
rel candidate for states attorney These
are about the only two nominations that
have been decided upon.
The polls will be opened today in all the
districts between and 8 p. m. and 1t is
confidently expected that one Of the largest