Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-23
ALLEGANY COUNTY POLITICS
REPUBLICANS IN WESTERN
MARYLAND HAVE TROUBLES.
Three Primaries on Same Day,
August 14-Democrats Are
Taking Notice, Too.
special Correspondence Of The Star.


CUMBERLAND. Md. July 23. 1909.
Republican aspirants in AlleSany coun-
ty have but nine days in which to file
their intentions to become candidates, so
that their names may he placed on the
primary ballot. The latter promises TO
be an unwieldy affair, as not only will
the names of the candidates for the va
rious county nominations be placed on
1t. but also the names of those who de-
sire to be. delegates to the state and
judicial conventions
All three primaries will be held the
same day. August IA, this date having
been selected by the state central COM
mittee for Allegany county at a meeting
held yesterday.
The new primary election law is re-
garded by the republicans as a muddle.
and they blame the democrats for it.
The primary law under which primary
elections have been held in Allegany
county the past few years was after the
Australian system and was very salts
factory. 1t was passed when David J..
Lewis was member of the state senate.
The present law. which obtains over the
state, repeats the local primary law.
The object in holding the county, state
and judicial primaries on the same day
is to save cost. The taxpayers and those
who desire to be placed on the ticket
holding of the primaries on the same
day will save at least $1,000 to the tax
payers and the candidates, whose names
otherwise. would appear on several tick
cts if the primaries would be held al a
different time. This would mean the
employment of election officials for diff
ferent occasions, but now one batch may
do all the work on one day and have it
over with. The saloonkeepers were very
much exercised over the new law which
requires saloons to be closed on each
primary election day Had the republi-
cans held primaries on different days the
saloons would have been closed all day
on the days selected
The announcements of the aspirants
must be in the hands of Chairman F.
Brooke Whiting of the state central COM
mfttee fifteen days before the primaries.
All announcements must therefore be filed
publicans will be hot. AS far as is known
D. Lindley Sloan and Charles c. Watson
will contest in the judicial primaries.
1t is stated on good authority that Con-
gresham Pearre will not enter these pri-
marieS Charles ID. Wagaman of the
Hagerstown bar who will receive the re-
publican Endorsement in Washington
county for chief judge. was a visitor here.
He said: Il am not an aggressive candi-
date. but rather a conditional one. II
ton and says so with its vote, why, then,
/ will go after the place.
Mr.. Wagaman said Judge Boyd would
not have any opposition for the demo-
cratic nomination. and would be hard
man to beat The democratic convention
to nominate a candidate for chief judge
will be held in Cumberland August IS.
Resign From Committee.
Because they are candidates for nomi-
nations three members of the republican
state central committee for Allegany
county have resigned-Dr. Timothy Crit
fifth and Horace P. Whitworth. for state
senator, and Thomas A. Smith, for sher-
iff. John B. Cunning and James Corfield
have been selected to fill two of the
vacancies. but the third has not yet been
selected. All are members of the Lowndes
faction. Lloyd LoWndes is backing Hor-
ace p. WiitWorth for the nomination for
state senate. despite the fact that Whit
worth is out for local option and has re-
ceived the official Endorsement of the
Anti-Saloon League in this county.
Fred n. Zihlman, the labor leader, for
the republican nomination for state SEN
ate. is backed by Representative Pearre.
Mr.. Zihman refuses to commit himself
on the liquor question. as does also DR..
Timothy Griffith. another state senatorial
candidate. Mr.. Mullin is openly against
local option. The fight promises to as
sumo a bitter stage.
Anti-Saloon League Endorsement.
The Anti-Saloon League has not yet in
dorsed any candidates for the house of
delegates, but it is assured that Harry
r. Donnelly of the Cumberland bar
Jesse II. Critchfield of Elerslie. former
member of the house of delegates, and
William \. Brashears of Cumberland,
former Judge of the orphans court will
be three of the five to be indorsed Frank
Lee Carl, city editor of the Cumberland
Daily News. who was a member of the
last house is expected to announce him
self in a day or two. He will refuse to
commit himself on the liquor question.
1t is expected that there will be at least
sixty names on the ticket for the six
teen nominations to be made.
The democrats are beginning to take
notice. thinking they will profit by the
republican fights and gather in the best
Offices Notwithstanding Allegany coun-
" is republican by about 200 the demo-
Gratis have the clerk of the court. sheriff.
state senator and one member of the
house of delegates, due to republican fac
tional different1e.