The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-07-27
Friday, July 9th, 1917
METZEROTT VS.. HOLMEAD.
The Baltimore Sun of Monday

The Baltimore Sun of Monday
says:
Oliver Metzerott, the Republic
can leader in the House of Dele
gates during the 1916 and extra
session, has announced that he
is candidate for the Republican
nomination for State Senator in
Prince Georges county.
It is expected that he will be
nominated without serious oppo-
sition, if any, and that he will
be a formidable candidate in the
general election, notwithstand-
ing Prince Georges Democratic
tendency, for he has been elect
ed to the House three times, al
ways leading his party ticket,
and obtaining an increased ma
jority in each reelection.
Mr.. Metzerott has been re-
garded by most people at An
napolis, as one of his party's as
sets. He has supported many of
the progressive measures pro-
posed in recent years, and aided
materially in passing much Of
the legislation proposed in 1916
by the Goodnow Commission,
and in the war session by the
Preparedness and Survey Com
mission.
His participation in the mix
ing of the repeater of the Wilson
. Ballot law with the Soldiers
Vote bill, was about the only in
stance in which he did not sup
port the Preparedness Commiss-
ions measures without addition
or subtraction of any features.
He supported both the Vote bill
and the repeater, but he issued
in effect that both must pass or
both must fail.
State Senator William F. Hol-
mead will be renominated by the
Democrats in Prince Georges
without opposition. The organ
ization and anti-organization
forces, who have fought so bit
terly in the county in recent
years, have reached an agree
ment as to the entire local ticket,
Mr.. Holmead, it is thought, will
be aided very greatly in his fight
against Mr.. Metzerott by the ell
mlnatlon of factional bitterness,
winch is expected to result from
the agreement. He, also, is one
OF most popular men in the coun-
ty, and he possesses a peculiar DO
lltlcal strength by reason oflthe
tact that while his affiliations
nave always been with the or
ganlzatlon in most mat tiers, he
mas been consistent supporter of
former United States Senator
Blair Lee when the latter was
on the ticket.
1t is probable that the LIQUOR
question will play a prominent
part In the fight between Mr..
metzerott and Senator Holmead,
rflnce Georges, which unex-
pectedly went wet" in 1916.
was legislated dry" without a
referendum e by the extra session
OF the Legislature. The ground
tof That action was the passage
oy Congress Of a measure max
ing the District dry" as of Nov
em IN. l. 1t was argued, with
erect that unless Prince Geor-
ee,s We're made dry as of the
same date the overflow of LIQUOR
people and disorderly characters
from Washington into Prince
ueorge's would make conditions
In the county intolerable.
Both the Democrats and tho
Republicans will play to the
dry element in the conntv
which all agree is dominant. At
the same time both will try to
placate as far as possible the
liquor element. Mr.. Metzerott
has always been an active local
option man and voted dry in the
war session. Mr.. Holmead. al
though classed as wet" man
hitherto, was vigorous in putting
through the fiat statutory prohi-
bltlon bill for the county. Thus,
Mr.. Metzerott may consistently
claim that at every stage, but
did not take the lead in making
Prince Georges dry without give
. ing the "wets" a chance to vote;
while Mr.. Hollmead may claim
that he aided heavily in passing
the fiat dry bill, but always had