Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-04-11
LISTS FOR PRIMARY
FIGHT CLOSED monday
Three COrnered Senatorial Fight
Among the Democrats With Con-
tests for All Offices in Both
Parties.
TWO CONGRESSMEN EACH.
Mudd and POsey Fight for Republican
Honors and Ralsion and Smith Are
the Democratic Richmonds' in the
field---Fight Also Over Dele

gates.
With the various presidential candi-
dates vet To file their certificates Of
candidacy with the Secretary of State.
! Who will. in turn, turn them over 10 Tn.
/ Supervisors, the Eelectious Board of
Anne Arundel county on Monday of
this week closed its lists against the
minor candidates who viii enter the
Democratic and Republican primaries
TO be held in May
a three-cornered fight for the United
States Senate is on in the Democratic
| ranks. and q two-ring circus for the
honor of being the Republican stand
ardbearer. interest also centcrs in the
Eight for Congress in the Fifth district.
in which both Democrats ana Repubi-
cans have a fight
The fight for this position in the Ffb
district had been expected to be bieeer
than il finally turned out TO be. For
while it looked rs if Robert Moss. of
this city. would be induced by his
frineds to seek the Democratic nomi-
nation against the field but he daterm-
incl not TO enter the lists This. with
EVANSVILLE who was forced to abandon
his fight becaues Of illness. limited the
contest to Frank o. Smith. OF Calvert
county. and Jackson II. Ralston. Of Ivy
attsville.
1t is generally felt that the Anne
Arundel organization viii get behind
2olston. as Smith made himself not
particularly popular with the local ma
chine when he was in Congress two
years ago. His conduct of the fight
for the Annapolis postmastership was.
10 q large degree, responsible for this
GOODNESS on the part of the local lead
ers. He will probably have the back
ing OF the Lee Democrats IN Anne
Arundel county.
In connection with an of the fights
it is conceded that the action OF the
Just adjourned Legislature in abolish
ing the envelope system of voting i'm
primaries viii very materially weaken
the strength of the organization. which
heretofore hash ad an easy time in
putting its favorites across with the
advanced-marked ballots
There is also TO be an organization
and anti-organization fight over the
United States Senatorship. DR.. Wells.
has endorsed the candidacy OF Con
gresham David JLewia. while the pco-
pie who fought the gubernatorial bat
tie of Blair Lee last year. will again
line up behind the Montgomery county
man in his contest for the Senatorial
nomination. W Cabell pruce. Of Palti-
more. will be the free lance and con
siderable interest is being manifested
in Just which Of the other two candi-
dates he will draw the most votes from
In the Republican ranks the fight for
the Senatorship viii be between JOS
eph !. France, of Cecil county. and for
mer Governor Phillips Lee Go.dsbo-
rough of Dorchester county. II IS felt
that with the Republican county COM
mittee split GoldsbOropugh has AZ least
an even chance in this county
The Republican Congressional fight
is between F. Stone Posey, Of Charles
county and Sydney z. Mudd. Jr.. the
incumbent. with the fight gradually
showing added strength TO the Posey
forces.
Another contest in which consider
able interest centers locally is that for
delegates to the two State conventions
In the Democratic ranks. the fight SIS
sharply drawn between the following
sets of tickets:
Progressiyeg -3rs.uer 4. Anderson
samuel p Chew. John dep DOW W
Frank Chaney, Joshua s Linthiclm
Organization-Cliff 9. Bassf0rd
Joseph RI. Bells, Thomas z Horton.
Alfred H. Perrie, Benz. Watkins. Jr
The fight in the Republican party is
many-sided one, with thirteen men
seeking the FIVE r aces. These are
John Bowie. William H Dirty. Jim O.
Drury. Zedekiah Hardesty, Louis p
Henkel, il. Andrew Erause. William
E. Lowman. Russell H. Meade, Philip
Morgan, Daniel r. Randall, James A.
Wood, John Queen. of r., and J. Al
bert Adams