Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-08-22
POLITICS ACOC AND
WILL HOLD SPOTLIGHT
Voters Appear Aroused and Every
body's Talking
JUDGESHIP The SUBJECT
Procedure Held as Very Unusual in
Light Of Supposed Bitter
Eactional Feeling

| BOllticS, and the peculiar develop
ment of yesterday, whereby the domi-
nant faction grabbed former State
Senator Robert Moss from the Pro-
gressiye ticket upon which he had
been nominated for the House of Dele
gates the day previous. and swung in
line in indorsing him for the vacant
| judgeship, was still much discussed
topic about the city today.
There was more or less talk in some
quarters that the action of the Central
Committee in getting behind Mr. Moss
was fairly well known a day or two
in advance, even to those of the Pro-
gressive wing. but certain activities.
coupled with the surprise shown
7 among the Progressives, would fail
| to bear this out 1t is argued, that
| whatever the situation may have been
| preceding the formal announcement of
| the shift. a like procedure in local
| politics, cannot be recalled, especially
when the two factions are supposedly
| bitterly opposed to each other.
States Attorney Nicholas H. Green
| is hot under the collar, because he
had fully expected to be favored with
| the recommendation of the committee
man, but when he became aware that
they had passed him up for Mr.. Moss,
| he told the pilots of the party''s af-
| fairs just what he thinks of them
| And on top of this he announced he
would enter the primaries as an in
| dependent candidate, stating he in
| tended to fight them to the end He
| filed his papers late yesterday after
noon, as midnight was the expiration
of the time limit for complying with
| the primary law. Added to all this,
is the rather unique position of Isaac
S. Nutwell, for years the leader in the
Eighth District, but who, in this cam
paign. joined the camp of the Pro-
| gressives Then, the recommendation
of Mr.. Moss seems TO please Mr.. Nut
well. They have been close friends
politically and otherwise for years.
So with conditions as muddled as
| they now are, it is difficult to forecast
| just what might happen at the prima-
ries on September IL. Speaking of
the throw down" of Mr.. Green, sew
eral of the States Attorneys friends
| said they felt he was justly entitled
| to the committees backing for the
| splendid service he has rendered as
| a prosecuting official for IA consecu-
tive years. If for nothing else than
this, they assert Mr.. Green should
have received the Endorsement, as his
| elevation to the Bench would have
| been in the nature of recognition and
/ reward for the services he has rend-
cred. the party
Then there is the peculiar position
! to which Mr.. Moss has been shifted.
I AS some persons have expressed it,
he is now affiliated with DR.. George
| Wells, the veteran party leader, al
though as one of the recognized lead
ers of the Progressive forces for
many year, he has fought the Doctor
| in the most bitter fashion. Only on
| Monday, the Progressives nominated
| Mr.. Moss as a candidate for the House
of Delegates, but now he has vaulted
the fence. Mr. Moss had accepted the
nomination for the House, though he
had not actually filed his certification
papers in the Office of the Supervisors
| of Elections. And it was a noticeable
thing in connection with the meeting
of the Progressives Monday that Mr.
| Moss did not participate, although
formerly he has always taken an ac-
| tive part in such gatherings.
/ Ii is stated by those in a position to
know that an agreement to get behind
Mr.. Moss was virtually reached Mon
day night, but the Central Committee,
which is composed of w. Martin
| Brady, chairman; DR.. George Wells,
and former Sheriff Frank S. Revell,
| got together in the Office of DR.. Wells
| at the Court House and, following a
: brief conference, the announcement
was made Friends of Mr.. Moss say
| it is high time he was getting some
thing out the pasture, despite the
| fights he has helped the Progressives
wage against the Organization In
| 1908. when Judge Brashears was ap-
pointed to succeed the late Judge
! Reyell, Mr.. Moss was active in efforts
to land the appointment. and at one
time it looked as though he would get
it, but the late Governor Crothers
veered to Judge Brashears, who was
then a member of the Senate.
That more or less bitter feeling has
been engendered is unquestioned
Some of the friends of Mr.. Green re-
called the situation of a few months
ago when an effort was made to in
duce the Organization leaders to get
behind Mr. Moss for the House OF
] Delegates, but they turned him down,
and yet they now take him up for
| Judge
The Progressives have filed Mr..
Moss vacancy in the quartette Of
House candidates by naming Mr. Al
len Bowie Howard
Whatever the outcome may be, it
looks as though there will be a great
deal of dissatisfaction in the ranks of
both factions. The Progressives-
that is. the majority of them, owing