Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-05
POT IS
NOW BOILING OVER
Slate Making Of Both Factions
Subject Of Much. Censure
Peanut Politics"
MANY DEALS RUMORED

Still further developmesl.s are crop
ping out daily in the prlmsry election
campaign that is now engrossing the
attention of the whole county.
Deals and counier-deals5 suspicious.
rumors and all the elements that 90 10
make mp what is commonly known as
peanut politics" seem toi be the or
der of the day, and no persons mo-
tives seem to be beyonds the twisting
and Misrepresentation of those whom
the heat of the present campaign has
made to see "red."
! Following closely on tI.e slate-mak-
ing OF a certain element among Pro
gressives," came Senator Dnvall's an
nouncement of his withdrawal and of
his lining up with them Then came
the well-defined rumor shat County
Commissioner Emmett Ne Webb and
Isaac S Nutwell, of the Eighth dis
trict, had reached a MUTUAL under
standing, whereby the latEgr would not
make any real opposition to the for
mers candidacy for Sheriff and would
give it fair wind" so far as he was
concerned. In return for this, the
well-defned rumor contnues, Mr..
Webb would lend all the aid he could
to Mr.. NutwelPs choice fer Senator,
John II. Gels, and the rest 6f the slate
favored by him. In othe5 words, the
Indication became quitel clear that
Messrs. Webb and Nutwelf had agreed
on a truce to their former political
hostility and for the pur9Sses of .thf
present campaign, at Least, had com
bined to help Mr.. Nutweil make as
strong a showing as possible in the
Eighth district as against Or. A. II
Perrie. John Fl. Rodgers and other dis
trict leaders with whom in the recent
past Mr.. Webb had been si6hting side
by side against Mr.. NutweG.
\ Over in the otfrer fattTcII camo Ttf-
mors that Frank S. RevelI was work
ing in complete cooperation with Dor
sey J. Dunlap to make a demonstra-
ton of strength in Mr. Revell's home
district, the Third, where there is a
Litter fight on for factional ascend
ency. Mr.. Dunlap several weeks age
appeared suddenly on The political
horizon with an announcement of his
candidacy for States Attorney. II was
freely predicted that he wottJd not stay
in the fight as he was practically un-
known quantity and with no general
backing in the county. However, his
candidacy is apparently being used to
T-h.
district situation and furnishes
another of the developments that have
complicated the political affairs OF the
county. Apparently thA has long
since ceased to be any Vslre for. or
pretense at. harmony or yken at real
leadership. IL seems 10 be largely a
question of district guerilla warfare
among the practical politicians of all
factions. aided and abetted by men of
higher position, who casting aside tn !
opportunity for sound and sincere
leadership, have furnished the chief
disappointment of the present cam
paign.
Following the slate making of the
so-called "Progressives. which met
with such severe censure from all
sides, an element among she so-called
Organization" faction alss got up a
slate which was being circulated yes
terday and today This attempt at
slate making likewise met with con-
demnation from the general run of
Democrats and is being ;strongly re-
sented as still another step backward
in public local affairs. The non-fac-
tional voters seem to feel Chat they had
a right to expect an open and un-
trammeled primary campaign and
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