Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-08-14
COUNTY IS FOR GORMAN
State Central Committee Gives
Endorsement To Howard County
Gubernatorial Candidate.
BELLS ALSO ENDORSED.
DR.. Wells, And Committee Colleagues
Unanimous In Backing Him, And
Rest OF County Slate. L

Anne Arundel county's five votes in
the State Convention were assured to
Senator German by announcements
following a me citing of the Democratic
Central Committee here today.
The County Central Committee,
composed of DR.. George Wells, Sheriff
Frank S. Revell and Justice John H.
Potee, of Brooklyn, unanimously en-
dorsed the candidacy of Senator Cor
man for the gubernatorial nomination,
and that of his running mate, Emerson
c. Harrington, for Comptroller. This
means that the whole organization in
this county will go under the German
standard, and while Senator Lee has
goodly following in Anne Arundel
among the Independents, the Mont
gomery county man is without ad-
equate organization in the rural pre-
cincts where the bigger part of the
county vote is cast.
The Central Committee also an
nounced a unanimous preference for
the following local candidates for
offices, for which there are contests in
the primary: Joseph H. Bells for
the Senate; Frank l.. Hancock, j. N.
Stewart, Benjamin Watkins, Jr., and
Joseph M. Wilkerson, for the House
of Delegates; ]. Carson Boush, for
Couny Surveyor; George Thomas Beas-
ley, for Sheriff; Julian M. Beard,
William H. Brown, John E. Petite
bone, David Shepherd, James S.
Smith, James A. Walton and John H.
Wayson, for County Commissioners.
This action practically assures the
nomination of the local ticket, and a
nomination on the Democratic ballot
in Anne Arundel county this year
means election, as the Republicans
have nominated but three candidates
one for the Senate and two for the
House.
Like Senator Lees primary cam
paign, the Republicans general cam
paign is weak because of lack of effec-
tive organization. While they have
named but three local candidates who
go on the general ballot by certificate
of nomination, the Republicans will
be forced to enter the primaries for
party management, there being a fight
for control of the Central Committee
and the State Convention delegation.
Added harmony was injected into
the local situation during the morning
by the withdrawal from the fight for
the House of Delegates of Charles l..
Tate. Mr.. Tate, after filing his cer-
ticfiate of candidacy, withdrew it this
morning and will get behind Frank L.
Hancock, the organization candidate
from this district.
The other candidates for nomination
who will go on the general election
ballot through certificate of nomina-
tion-as they are unopposed in the
primary-and who have the endorse
ment of the organization through the
Central Committee are: Nicholas H.
Green, for States Attorney; Oden B.
Duckett, for Register of Wills, and
| Henry A. Tydings, William NJ. Abbott
and James Cusach, for Judges of the
Orphans Court.
In connection with Anne Arundel's
stand in the fight for nominations to
| State Office on the Democratic ticket
DR.. George Wells, chairman of the
Central Committee, and leader of the
party in this county, received friend
| ly visit from State Senator Arthur P.
German on Saturday afternoon, where
in it is understood the Howard county
| man found that the five votes from
this county would be his on the first
vote in the State Convention.
The local situation was greatly re.
lieved on Saturday afternoon late by
the withdrawal from the fight for the
sheriffalty nomination by Mr.. George
7. Murray, of the Fourth district.
Mr.. Murray announced that after FL.
ing his papers of candidacy he saw
| that there was not such demand fol-
his election as he had been led to be-
lieve, and that in such a situation he