Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-10
DEMOCRATS ON EDGE
FOR THE PRIMARIES
Voters to Decide Another fractional
Feud Tomorrow
PROCRESSlvES VS.. ORGANIZATION
Both Have Complete Tickets in Field
Judgeship Contest Stirs
Great Interest

OeIuOCTdtlC lcdueTS OF the rival Idc-
tions in Anne Arundel county spent
the day getting their ducks in a
row." and otherwise arranging all
minor details in connection with the
primary election campaign which will
have its climax at the polls tomorrow
Events preceding the primaries have
been of the bitter sort, although it
has been unusually quiet for contest
in Anne Arundel.
AS has been the case in the past
seven or eight campaigns, the faction
of the party, styled as the Progress
sives,' are aligned against the Organi-
zation people, dominated by DR..
/ George Wells, Clerk of the Circuit
Court, and recognized as the veteran
leader Both factions have complete
tickets in the field, each composed of
representative men of their respect
i've sections. The single exception is
as to the contest for the nomination
for Associate Judgeship, a vacancy
caused by the death of the late Judge
James r. Brashears, whose term
would have expired in 1920. Judge
Robert Moss, recently appointed for
the interim by Governor Harrington,
and States Attorney Nicholas H.
Green are the rival candidates for
this nomination. Mr. Moss has the
Endorsement of both the Organization
people and the Progressives.
The Judgeship fight presents a
situation hardly, il ever, paralleled in
the history of politics of the county.
Judge Moss has long been one of the
most active leaders of the Progressive
forces, and at recent gathering the
leading men of that wing of the party.
other gentlemen, as candidate for
the House of Delegates. On the fol-
lowing day DR.. Wells and his follow
ers, after several conferences, finally
decided to indorse Mr. Moss for the
appointment to the Judgeship, and
also for the nomination and election
to the full term of Is years, this, in
spite of the claims of Mr.. Green and
his friends, that such an Endorsement
was expected to be given to him.
This issue, therefore, has engendered
more or less bitter feeling.
II appears there is also hot fight
on for the Shrievalty nomination.
The rival candidates are former State
Senator Joseph II. Bells, of Annapo-
lis, and former County Treasurer
Joshua S. Linthicum. of the Fifth Dis
trict. In passing it might be added,
that the Fifth District is generally re-
garded as a stronghold for the Or
ganization people. Hence, the logic
of the Progressives in selecting man
from that section to make the run for
this office, which pays $4,000 per year.
1t looks as though many of the voters,
coupled with activities of Dr. Howard
A. Kelly and others, of the Lords
Day Alliance, have made a dead set
for Bells. Over the signature or DR..
Kelly there has been published in the
Annapolis papers during the last sew
eral days, an article in opposition to
Mr. Bells. This article, among other
things, refers to a matter OF a few
wears ago. when Mr. Bells made a
hot footed fight to secure the appoint
ment as Postmaster of Annapolis. The
article further states that Mr.. Bells
failed to get the appointment, follow
ing an investigation of charges as to
his fitness" for the Office.
AS previously stated in these col
umns. it is rather difficult to make
forecast of the outcome of the vote to-
morrow, for it is believed in many
quarters there will be much trad
ing" The Organization people, how
ever. appear to have little edge on
their opponents, according to the best
information that has been gathered.