Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1909-07-09
To the Democratic Voters of Mont
gofnery County, Maryland.

date for the State Senate in the Demo-
cratic nrimariea hoe thoudbt nronar m
attack me in his letters and nnblisbed
articles also the adm;n;strat;on If county
affairs with which am ;dent;fiad
His criticisms covar a vide ransa and
are Iaroeiv based nnon arroneons and mis-
leadinS Statements ali of which will receive
dine conoidaration Iatar
So far nc am nersonallv CONCERNED 7
was horn and have lived in MontSomerv
county NV ,.,bole life of about th;rtv.five
wears and the neonla Of the county know
ail about me and Of The outset II seems
tbat ,ha nan,ja sho,,id Sno,v someth;na
ahont M Newcon,h ,ybo hos On smddenjS
entered Democrotic no,;t;cs '
Eron, uor;o',s ,',,,,,i"a.;n ond otber ra-
l;ahle date an, ohla 70 f,,rn;sb the neonIe
Of this county the foIlo,v;na inflammation in
rasard ~ NJ Na,.,oo,,oh
He ,vas horn n, 0,,osso M;cb;dan nm
.Jannarv An 1aR7 of Pon,,hl;can narents
H;e fatbar NJ Henru NJ Na,vcomh was n
native of Nav, YorL but novad m Micbi-
dan somat;,ne baSoro 1897 IN Audust
Nth 1850 the ajdar Nasvcon,h Who was
ii,;nd a. I ,d;na,oa Maso,, nn,,n,v M;ch;.
dan wac anno;nted 70 q cierLsh;n in the
Pension Office at Wasb;nston n e. under
the admin;stra,ion Of President Arthur.
He moved With HE family m that citv.
where he continued ,o serve the Federal
Goyernment in the Pension Office until as
late as tqO9 HE con Harry r Newcomh.
at the AIDE of about ~ vears and about the
wear 1SS1 secnred a clerLsh;n in the citv
nostoftice nj Wasb;naton The official req
listers of emnloves since that time show the
several canacities in which he has been
employed In the government service:
T.. 1ooc 1907 ~, x.1 - -. .,o..
office. at salaries of Sf,OO and $500 ner wear.
In iSS8-lS95, clerk Interstate Commerce.
Commission. N salaries from 81 300 to
ST 400 per annum.
In 1895-l9Ol compiler Division of Statis
tics. Agricultural Denartment at salaries
from $1,000 to 81. 500
In 1899 to 1901. Chief Of Division II. s.
Census salary SO 600 This is n sipnifi-
cant promotion of Mr.. Newcomb by the
Mckinley administration. as this depart
ment was run under the "spoils" system.
The register for the Interior Department
for 1901 shows that he was appointed to
this position from the District of Columbia.
and that his residence was in the District
of Columbia. Since this time he appears
to have held no public office, although
lust prior to the passage of the Hepburn
Act" he rendered service under appoint-
ment of the United States Senate Commit
tee on Interstate Commerce. of which Hon
Stephen B. Elkins, Republican Senator from
West virginia. was chairman.
In 19O2-l9O3 he was one of the counsel
for the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company before the Anthracite Coal
Strike Commission, and. at the same time,
Editor of the Railway World" published
in New York and Philadelphia in the in
terest of the railway companies.
From the time that Mr.. Newcomb came
to Washington until 1889 he resided at
1924 Caroline street N. W. with his father.
From 1889 to 1895 he resided at 1907 T
street, N. W., Washington, ID. C. from 1896
to 1897 he resided at 1924 Caroline street,
N. w., Washington, ID. c.; from 1898 to
1900 his residence was 6O7 I street, N.
W.. Washington from 1900 TO 1901 his
residence was 1872 f street, S. E.. Wash
ineton his name does not appear in the
city directory for 1902 and 1908, the period
during which he was editor of the Railway
World" published in New York and Phila-
delphia, and he probably resided at one of
these places from 1904 to the present
time his name appears in the Washington
CITY directory with residence at Kensinp-
ton during the wears of 1904 and 1905 ;
since 1905 his residence appears as Be-
thesda
In the summers of 1899 and 1900 Mr..
Newcomh boarded with Mr.. Fleet Staley at
Bovds in Carksburp district. where | re-
side. and on October 2nd. 1900. he appeared
before the Board of Registry and applied
for red;strotion. and testified that he had
been resident of the State. county and
district for twelve months and was reeis-
tered I was District Committeeman at
This time. and. while not personally ac-
ona;nted with Mr. Newcomb had heard
him evnreas himself noliticallv and had in
formation furnished me by other party
workers who also heard him express him
self to the effect that he was Republican
When Mr. Newcomb went to register he
was recommended NV q Republican worker
Hinder these circumstances. and knowing
that he had mt resided in the district CON
t;nuonsl,, for t,yeIye montbe os renuired
hv Iov 1 f;Iad n net;tion with the Circuit
Cour, 70 hove b;e name stricken from the
booLs This case 10 entered on MiscelIa-
neoms DocLet No / Case No. 328. Circuit
Court for Moptsomerv Countv The wit
nesaas IN snnnort of the netition are I
FranL e,.,;o / ridden Rurcb and George
a McAtao Tho case was called for trial
Nowa,,har 10, to0O before .Judde Hender-
.on a,d M AohIa,, CouId Who Uaa at
H., .;,,,,, pa,,,i,I;na1 Ioader in Montdomar,,
co"nt to onnaared for Mr. Newcomh and
s,,bn,;,.od he COCO Inon the netition No
.es,;'nnou ho;nd offared m hebalf If Mr.
Ma'.nn,,'S .ha eo,r, ,bere,,non ordered hie
,,om a,r;ctnn frou, ,he red;strat;on hooks
mi 6o.nLa. AZ ,aoh ha roa;o,arod In
,.y IN oso H.. ,aot;f,;nd hat no had
.an., o;dont r. H. S,ato ard no,,ntv
~ o 10 q non,ha ,.,h;ch aotabI;ohes the fact
tbat ba hnnarn. w" a bona fide resident of the
o ena, T.. .i,a a,,r;nd Of ta09 met civ
,1oan H. e.. so,e voc cost a. The
$1,000 as tana ~, octoher Srd ions
5 Sn .ro o. ,oyf f., Ra,heoda d;s,ric, and
IT. o ua .in. ', i" IanG he d;d no, va.o
so.eu .ha' ,no7 III tooa ssn,,, ,.'t;o Iii 4,
~. vo'eu III ~. anu TO- 10y" oi i ,,a,"d co.,
can oe seen .,,as mo ''' '''' ''''' 'o"'
u'ies ,n M .'is oouli.y 4 cho;.oo NJ tho
III iSoo w" 1 appo,na' ed hamo Ion, in IN
o.ae oehtIai Cp' mn anu ,a Ip 80.
s,o9e .cuch "!'i .no n,,n ~ III. 80