Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-09-11
PRIMARY ELECTION IS
PROCEEDING QUIETLY
Favorable Weather Is Expected to
Result In Heavy Vote
FIGHT AMONG DEMOCRATS
Leaders Of Rival Factions Each Claiming
Success


/ An unusually light vote is being
| polled throughout the city in today's
primary election. Like reports have
been received from some of the cOun.
/ ty precincts. Doubt is expressed
whether as many as 0ne-third of the
/ registered vote in either OF the four
l city wards will be recorded. Oi
course, many persons are absent from
4 the city, but according to some of the
/ leading Democrats the vote is the
lightest in the history of primary
tight.
Democrats of Anne Arundel county
are having their usual factional fight
at the polls in today's primary cleo
ton Perfect weather prevails and it
is expected heavy vote will be
polled
Although events of the last few
weeks have been of an unusually quiet
nature, yet the bitter factional feud
among the Democrats exists, and be-
cause of certain conditions of unrest
here and there, it is hard to tell just
what the result of the voting will be.
The leaders of the Organization forces
are claiming success for their en-
tire ticket, while the pilots of the
Progressive Democrats say that the
tide has turned toward them. That
is about the sum and substance of the
indications of affairs as the voting
progresses.
Both factions have complete tickets
in the field. which include candidates
for every county office of consequence
with the exception of State Senator
and Clerk of the Circuit Court Ad-
ditional interest centers in the con-
test because candidates for the nomi-
nation for the Associate Judgeship of
the Fifth Judicial Circuit are TO be
voted for, vacancy having been ere
ated recently by the death of Judge
James r. Brashears Governor Har-
rington appointed Robert Moss to
serve during the interim preceding
the November election Mr.. Moss is
one of the candidates for the nomi-
nation He is opposed by States At
torney Nicholas H. Green A most
peculiar situation regarding the
Judgeship is that Mr.. Moss, who has
for years been an active leader of the
Prcsressiyes, was picked up by the
Organization forces, and trotted out
as their candidate On the day prior
TO this action, Mr.. Moss had been
nominated as a candidate for the
House of Delegates by the Progress
sives. And he was also indorsed for
Judge by the Progressives. States
Attorney Green, therefore. is making
the fight independently He has al
ways been a staunch worker in behalf
of the Organization, and his friends
say he was promised the Endorsement
of the Central Committee for the
Judgeship. Mr. Green, it is claimed
will, however, receive the votes of
many of the Organization, as we'll as
Progressive Democrats. Many have
already signified their intention of so
doing. The same may be said as re-
CARDS Mr. Moss. But on the whole,
the voters generally have appeared
more backward in asserting them
selves, as compared to campaigns CT
former years, and it was predicted
there would be much splitting" of
tickets all down the line.
Next to the Judgeship issue, prob
ably the greatest fight centers about
the contest for the nomination for
Sheriff The rival candidates are
Joshua S. Linthicum, of Brooklyn,
named by the Progressives, and for
mer State Senator Joseph H. Bells,
who is backed by the Organization.
Representative Of the Lords Day
Alliance, and the Just Government
League of Anne Arundel County, are
stoutly opposed to the nomination of
Mr.. Bells in open communications
published in Baltimore City and Anne
Arundel County They have revived
the issue as to his qualification for
public office, based upon an incident
of three years ago when he resigned
as Senator with the understanding
that he would be appointed as Post
master of Annapolis. but for which
he was subsequently turned down by
the administration officials at Wash
ington, in spite of the Endorsement Of
DR.. George Wells, Democratic leader
of the county, and the then Congress
man Frank D. Smith.
Delightful Vivian Martin in an alb
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