The Washington herald., 1910-05-02

The battle Of ballots is OF to-day In
Mount Rainier for the election Of a may
or and council under the revised charter
Finishing touches 10 the stirring cam
paigns that have been waged for the
last few weeks required the attention OF
] the leaders yesterday. and to-day every
thing is IN readiness for the struggle for
political supremacy.
Great interest centers about the mayor
atty election, for which the candidates
are Robert Z. Joyce and Stewart
d. Oberlin, a Washington business man
Mr.. Joyce has made an aggressive cam
paign and his friends are sanguine OF his
success.
Candidates for the council are: First
ward, John W. Bowler; Second ward.
John D. Moore; Third ward. William u
Venneman and Clyde W. Fowler; Fourth
ward. A. H. Winslow and Gilbert ".
Hughes. The only real contest for the
council honors Is In the Fourth ward.
where both candidates are claiming a
victory.
The registration lists Of Mount Rainier
show 210 qualified voters.
Election I'm Hynttsvine.
Hyattsville. Nd. will also elect mayor
and coUnciImen to-day. The campaigns
have stirred the Maryland town for some
time. and hot contests are looked for al
the polls Dr. Thomas Z. Latimer IS one
Of the strongest candidates for the may
orally opposing the present incumbent
William A. Shepherd IS without rival
for reelection 10 the Office Of town
treasurer.
Among the candidates for the council
are John Fainter and William A. Dorr.
First ward: William a. Brooks and Ed
win Devlin, Second ward; J. Frank Rusae
and f. A. Fuller. Third ward. The prin-
cipaI contest in the ward elections centers
about the Second district Edwin Devlin,
a candidate from this ward. is a brother
Of arthur Devlin. the New York Giants
third baseman.
Another warm campaign IN a newly In
corporated municipality will eliminate
to-day in the election az Capitol Heights,
Nd. Louis +. Litz and William H Nc
Ginris aspire 20 be the first mayor OF the
town. and both have put up hard fights
10 win.
Candidates for Council.
Louis J. Fletcher is the only nominee
for town clerk. while Walter c. oliver
and James W Beavers are opposed for
the town treasUrership. Six c0uuciimeu
viii be chosen from the following candi-
dates. George ". BixIer. Lyman J. Law
ton. Henry A Holmes. Ernest O. Hunter
Weldon Oliver. Rufus F. Gibbs, George
Babcock. Wilmer y Steele. George j.
Ennis. and Richard Q. Rider.
An election without any preliminary
campaigning viii take place al Chevy
Chase. Nd tonight. when officers viii
be chosen in accordance with the charter
adopted last week There is no fight on
in the election. the Offices seeking the
men. Among those mentioned as proba-
Bile nominees for mayor or trustees are
John i. Weaver. George SwartzeU. -. O.
Tucker. DR.. Dudley Morgan. William T.
s. Curtis. Vernon Hodges. Adolph A
Hoehlins, c. D. Northrup. Edward J.
Murphy, R. Preston Shealcy. Leon ID.
Dessez. and Harry Giovannou
Mayor Onutt, Of Rockville, Nd. IS up
against a hard fight for reelection to-
day. his opponent, Albert 5. Dalbey, hav-
ing developed Uul00ked-fOr strength. II
was first supposed that Mayor Ofutt
would have a walkover. but DaIbey has
put up an aggressive campaign, and the
result will be I'm doubt until the last vote
is counted tonight
Four councilmen viii be chosen from
the following nominees Dr. George L.
Edmonds. John 3. Brewer, DR.. George Z.
Lewis. W Reuben Humphrey. and James
Z. Kemp