Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-05
Montgomery County Demo-
Gratis Reported Apathetic.
REPUBLICANS ARE HOPEFUL
May Elect One Of the House Of
Delegates.
Discomfort IN BETHESDA
Residents There Want q Commits
sioner-E6ect Of Car Fare
Reduction Law.

Reduction Law.
Unusual interest In the state cleo
tions to be decided next Tuesday is in
dicated by the fact that more Wash
ington residents and federal ofaceholders
are going home to vote than is ordinarily
the case In an OF year.
Take Maryland. for instance. The
campaign In that state has been humping
right merrly for the last few weeks and
both sides have been appealing to their
party cohorts on the pay roll OF Uncle
Sam. who live in the National Capital, to
turn out and vote for the ticket.
And the number Of Marylanders
here In Washington who have applied
for leave to go to their homes ali over
the state and vote for Arthur r'ue
German or Philips Lee Goldsb rough,
as their choice may lie. ind cate that
the appeals have not been in vain.
Apathy Among Democrats.
Naturally. the Montgomery county
contingent In Washington is pretty
sizeable Out at Rockville 1t is said
that despite the efforts Of State Sena-
tor Blair Lee and his friends to arouse
interest. the democratic voters remain
tons are that light vote will be
polled.
On the other hand the republicans in
the county appear on this occasion to be
harmonious and hopeful. and the leaders
claim that pretty much of their entire
strength will go to the polls.
Montgomery county is normally demo-
cratic by about 500. but the best Informed
men Of both parties are much inclined to
the belief that no such figure will be reg
istered this year.
Reports from several sections Of the
county have 1t that dissatisfaction exists
in the democratic ranks and In the Olney
district more than fifty democrats are
tention of voting for the republican
gubernatorial candidate. Moreover, con-
ditions are understood to be somewhat
similar in the Wheaton and Bethesda
districts
The situation In Maryland is so much
mixed up at the present time. with
the leaders Of both parties admittedly
up in the air over the outcome. that
it is hard to guess what Montgomery
county will do Tuesday. But the
will give the democratic state ticket
a majority considerably below the
average.
Chance for Trazzare.
There are four members Of the house
Of delegates to be elected from Mont
gomery county. and 1t is conceded that
J. Frank Trazzare of Gaithersburg and
this city. a republican, stands an excel
lent chance Of being one of the four.
The democratic candidates are John G.
Bentley. Andrew J. Cummings better
known In these parts as ''Cy'; Francis
J. Downey and Eugene H. Waters. and
II Trazzare does displace a member of
this quartet it Is pretty generally believed
that Cummings will be the man to go:
Ii wouloni re a bit surprising II that
law reducing fares on The Georgetown
and Rockville Electric railway, which
was passed at the last session OF the
legislature, proved the undoing OF MI.
Cummings This bill was first introduced
Der Of the last house OF delegates.
Later one offered by Mr.. Cummings
was substituted for 1t. AS passed the
bill provided for three instead OF four
fares from the District line to Rock
Vile, with the usual Communication rates.
Commuters Up in Arms.
When the law went into operation
II was soon apparent that the faro
reduction provision didn't reduce The
railway company ceased to issue free
transfers to city lines when tho Dis
trict boundary was reached. and de-
manded a regular six-for a quarter
Friendship Heights, Somerset and
Drummond lost the privilege of short
free ride from the District line to their
respective villages. Instead they were
given the choice Of walking or buying
a Communication book which would stand
them $1.71 a month extra
Inasmuch as Henderson and Cummings
were responsible for the fare reduction"
law, the commuters hardly conceived
great affection for them. They worked
I'm such a warm feeling regarding Hen
derson that he was beaten at the nomi-
mating primaries. while Cummings pulled
through by the skin OF his teeth with
only nineteen more votes than the next
lowest candidate.
Inasmuch as the views Of the voting
commuters haven't changed since. 1t Is
predicted that TraZzare, with the help OF
the disgruntled and the lack of a per-
sonal fare-reduction record. Is going to
give Cummings the run OF his Ife 80
it wouldn't surprise good many folks in
the county If TrazZare won.
Feeling In Bethesda District.
It is quite apparent that residents OF
the Bethesda district, including those
who are cunning for Mr.. Cummings
scalp, intend to make themselves as
important as possible In Montgomery
county politics. They want a new col
lection district 80 that they can have
q county commissioner.
The district pays taxes on $4,87274o In
property The basis Of the whole county
Is $21 ,O6S, $40. which shows plainly that
Bethesda, one of the thirteen election dis
tricts, returns more than one-hfth or the
entire taxes of the county. So Bethesda
citizens are urging this as a sound reason
why they should have q commissioners
from their district 1t Is of interest In
this connection that all OF the elective
officers in Montgomery county now live
north Of a line drawn from east to
west through Rockville. and that the
Bethesda district. which does more for
MONTGOMERY county In a substantial
way than any other. Is absolutely unrep-
resented. The further claim Is made,
moreover, that mighty little OF the large
sum OF money that the Bethesda district
turns into the county treasury ever finds
its way back again in the shape OF Inn
provements r. Humphrey Cissel. the
present county commissioner In this dis
frict wants another term. He comes