Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-13
GREEK COLONY BRACS ABSENCE OF FACTION
What They Would Do to Turk Complete Harmony Among
Is Plenty Montgomery Republicans
WAR SPIRIT RAMPANT CONVENTION AT ROCKVILLE
Of National Full Ticket Nominated and State
Prowess Find Credence Committee Chosen
RooTRLACKS TALKING BIG NEW TARIFF BILL ENDORSED
Stay Their and Judicial Con-
Nosems ventons Elected-Wllis b.
lures Are Authentic dete County Chairman
lew TARIFF BILL ENDORSED
Delegates to State and Judicial Con-
ventions Elected-Willis B. Bur-
dette County Chairman.
Snac;., rcrresnopdeuce of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. August Is. 1909
The republican county convention which
met in the opera house mere Yesterday
was one of the most harmonious gather
ings. 1t is conceded. ever held by MONT
gomerv county republicans. There was
complete absence of factonai coh'eh'io"
and unanimity marked the gathering eV-
ery act. This ticket was nominated.
For the state senate, James +. Ayton o1
Laytonsville.
For the house of delegates. James M.
Mount Of Damascus, Arthur w. Giennan
of Chevy Chase, Albert E. Shoemaker OF
Friendship Heights and Tarlton b. Staoler
of Sandy Spring
For clerk of the circuit court, Charles
G. Mcdonald of Potomac.
For register of Wills. c. Scott Duvall OF
Gaithersburg.
For sheriff, Frank Dwyer of Laytons-
Vile.
For county commissioners-First collec-
ton district, William Everett Brown OF
Brighton; second district Charies i.
Johnson of Germantown; fifth district,
Mortimer .. Stabler of Spencervfle
For county surveyor, Norman jackson
of Takoma Park.
State Committee Named.
Messrs D. W. Baker, Gist Blair, Thorn
as Dawson and James A. Warfieid were
named as members of the state central
committee for the county, and delegates
to represent the county at the state and
judicial conventions were chosen as fol-
lows:
State convention Thomas Dawson.
Thomas c. Moves, Maj. John Mcdonald
and Columbus F.. Purdum, at large. and
one from each election precinct, as Iol-
lows. Uriah II. w. Griffith, Charles >.
Hilton, Patrick Hebron. William F. Dis
James F.. Purdum, William T. s. Curtis,
Henry II. Miller. Charles Kirk, WI,
liam r. Fulks, Robert w. Stone, Daniel
Diggins. Luther G. Cue. John Addison
and James Lusby.
George T. Williams. E. c. Compiler, Rein
Onutt, Willis B. Burdette, Samuel s.
Bond, John w. Garrett. William d. Hen
ry, Arthur Stabler, BENJAMIN n. Miller,
Jesse l.. Burns. John Mcdonald. Henry
NJ. Lindig, Joseph NJ. Burdette, John A.
Butler and Gist Blair.
Tariff Legislation Endorsed.
Resolutions were adopted indorsing the
tariff measure recently passed by Con-
gress as the 'best bill which could be
obtained under the trying circumstances
under which it was passed; favoring an
income tax and pledging the candidates
for the state senate and house of dele
gates to favor a constitutional amend
ment providing for such law; denounc-
ing the proposed disfranchsement amend
ment as unfair. undemocratic, unchris-
tfan and unconstitutional and calling
upon all citizens of all parties and creeds
to unite with us in consignfng 1t to the
same grave with the amendment pro-
posed four years ago.; favoring changes
in the Shoemaker road law that would
give the county commissioners more
power over the expenditures of the money
and more discretion in the character OF
the work to be done and in the selection
of the materials; opposing the building OF
any more county high schools In the
county in the near future, except where
already provided for, believing that the
present accommodations are sufficient and
that the next improvements In school
matters should be along the line of
longer school year and more pay for the
teachers, securing more competent and
permanent teaching corps, and that the
school system should be divorced from
politics: favoring the separation of the
offices Of county treasurer and clerk to the
board of county commissioners and the
election Of the county treasurer by di-
rect vote of the people: opposing the
holding of the office of county treasurer
by the chairman of the campaign COM
mittee Of any party; indorsing the local
option law as it now stands, and demand
ing the enactment of uniform election
law for the state. which will make it
practicable for any voter to cast one
ballot and have that counted according to
his intent"
Composition Of Committees.
The committee on resolutions was COM
posed of E. J. Hartshorne. chairman.
and John Ward. James E. Day, Dewald
j. Willard, William F. Disney, William
C. Watkins, John w. Lancaster. Robert
Green. William D. Henry. Henry IT.
Miller. W. Everett Brown. C. Scott Du-
vail. John Robinson. Henry NJ. Lindig,
Columbus W. Day. Gilmore d. Holmes.
The committee on nominations consist
ed of D. W. Baker. chairman; Alfred G.
Buhrman. secretary, and Uriah H. w.
veirs. Willis B. Burdette. Mortimer o.
Stabler, James T. Purdum, Tarlton B.
Stabler, Charles r. Hartshorne. Jesse l..
Burns. Charles G. Mcdonald, A. Clinton
Brown. Joseph NJ. Burdette. Brainard H.
Warner. jr., and Thomas C. Noyes.
Upon the conclusion Of the work Of the
convention Mr.. Noyes was called upon
for a speech and addressed the gather
ing briefly, taking a hopeful view of re-
publican prospects in the state and coun-
ty this fall
Burdette Elected Chairman.
Immediately after the adjournment of
the convention the new county commit
tee, composed OF the chairmen Of the
various district committees elected at last
Saturdays primary election, met and
unanimously selected Willis B. Burdette
of Rockville for chairman of the county
committee in the place of Mortimer O.
Stabler. who did not desire reelection
BY virtue Of his office as county chair
man Mr.. Burdette is member of the
state central committee for the county,
The new county committee is as fol-
lows: Laytonville district. r. Cranmer
Griffith: Clarksburg ]. Henning Purdum;
Poolesville. Charles V. Willard; Rockville
first precinct. George W. Meads; second
precinct, John S. ellis: Colesville. How
ard Marlowe: Darnestown, James T. Pur-
dunn: Bethesda. Alfred G.. Buhrman; OIL
ney. first precinct. Arthur Stabler: sec
ond precinct. Charles F. Kirk Gathers
burg. c. Scott Duvall: Potomac Charles
G. Mcdonald: GAINESVILLE, Henry NJ Lin
dig; Damascus, James w. Burdette:
Wheaton. first precinct. Brainard II.
Warner, jr.: second precinct, Edward w.
Byrn.
Restores Order by Killing Three.
BRISTOL, Va. August 13-Details of
the shooting reported from Dante. Russell
county. Va. "Wednesday night. show that
three men were killed and two wounded.
The dead are Greeks who were ann,oyod