Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-13
FRENCH LINE.
FINAL CONFERENCE HELD.
Overwhelmingly wellington Round
Up at Rockville

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
BETHESDA. Nd, June 10, 1906
What was probably the final roundup
and conference of the Dawson-Lowndes-
Wellington county leaders In the congress
sional primary campaign now drawing to
close took place at Rockville yesterday.
The campaign oratory having about an
out, the principal leaders and workers met
to consider ways and means and perfect
their plans and financial arrangements for
the final tussle Saturday next. Their cam
paign issue has been thoroughly thrashed
out In speeches, newspaper articles and
flaming circulars and nothing now remains
but to gather in the necessary number OF
votes at the primaries to give the combina-
ton control of the republican county con-
vention. which meets at the county seat
next week.
Among the prominent leaders present at
yesterdays conference was the veteran
primary campaigner Capt. John L. Hus-
band. who is looked upon as one of the
personal representatives of ex-senator Wei
lington in the Montgomery contest in favor
of the Dawson-Lowndes propaganda; Mr.
Fl. L. CLANCY of Colesville district, Mr.. Cliff
ton Dronenberg of Clarksburg and Mr. w.
B. Burdette, republican county chairman
Mr.. Dawson was absent from town until
late in the afternoon, but the train upon
which he was passenger arrived in time
for confab with Capt. Husband before the
latter departed for home.
All of the conferees were in a hopeful
frame of mind Capt. Husband particularly
so after his interview with Mr.. Dawson
He expressed himself freely to all who APP
preached him. and openly declared that he
believed Dawson has chance to get the
nomination in case Lowndes fails to get It.
The closing stages OF the campaign has
developed a rather amusing aspect of Daw-
son-Lowndes affairs. The sole issue of the
so-called organization forces has been Mr..
Dawson's nativity and the improperly Of
outside interference with republican affairs
IN the county. The latter end of this issue
was meant to apply to a few prominent
citizens In the lower end of the county who
have winter quarters in Washington and
summer homes in the county, and to others
who have not always been citizens of the
realm. When it was discovered that the
''home rule fight was being financed by
people who have no connection with the
county, and being practically directed by
Mr.. Wellington In the interest of Mr..
Lowndes, he efforts of the Dawson orators
and editors became laughable in the ex-
treme. Every time they fired a broadside
they riddled their captain and harmed no
one else, until at last they themselves saw
the joke and their speaking campaign sub
sided
OF course the republicans of Montgomery
county do not want to have their affairs
manipulated by persons who have no inter
est In the county, certainly not by such as
Mr.. Wellington, but they have no objection
to adopted citizens of respectable character,
or to citizens who go elsewhere to earn
money and expeDd IL within the county.
The intelligent and progressive native citi-
zens of the county, it is conceded, welcome
such people. and are glad when they evince
a disposition to take hand in political
affairs. This is especially true of the re-
publicans OF the county, whose party has
been constantly gaining ground by the ac-
QUESTION of desirable newcomers. But no.
body who might think of moving to this
county need take the Dawson-Lowndes issue
as being a serious matter. 1t Is not meant
In earnest, even with respect to the people
at whom 1t is aimed, but only campaign
makeshift invented to attract unthinking
voters and apply the output to interior
obiects-just as the democrats when at a
loss for other issues, fall back on the
shibboieth, mo niger domination"