Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-11
PARTY WILL
CONTROL COUNCIL !?
Chances Favor Democratic Re,
tention OF Majority AS Quiet
Campaign Closes
WHAT REPUBLICANS SAY

The municipal campaign which.
closes on Monday with tile election
for members os the City Council has
been conducted SO quietly that only q
few active workers on both sides rea-
lize that III is about al nm end With
full tickets In the field. both Demo
crats and Republicans express conh
dence that they viii elect i majority
III the members of the Council
The campaign has been conducted
strictly along the lines of q still hunt.
No candidate has undertaken 10 make
ny sort IL d comprehensive statement
of his policies or purpose DR. Charles
n Menkle. Repnnlican nominee for
Mayor. made concise announcement of
his position on the water question.
Nhile John j. Levy. his Democratic op
ponents has stood upon his record as
IA CIV Alderman and his statements
on public questions made daring his
primary fight
Some Republican workers are claim
ing that they win elect q majority Of
lie CRY Council They are. however.
omewhat at variance on how they pro
pose to 40 1t. or course, the two Al.
lermen from the Fourth ward are con.
cedea ID them. Then they claim that
hey will elect DR.. Hensxle as Mayor
md Dennis Claude as Counselor Up
80 this point they are agreed. hut the
Inference arises as 10 the manner IN
which they are 70 secure the other
Two. necessary 10 make upa majority
Some Republicans are conceding the
First and Second wards "a the Demo
erats. but claiming the election of
Clayton C Hrewer and Frank Al Mum
roe as Alderman In the Third ward
5thers say that they will elect one
Alderman ia each 0f the Second and
Third wards. They base this claim
on the belief that he primary tight II
1iae Democratic Fyiesca - sAsaxs
and LETT much kjltEAFfess which viii ne
indicated by the cutting OF candidates.
Those who take this ground are fore
casting the election IL Paul E Med,
ford II the Second ward
Democrats OF different points 81
view are claiming that there is no.
likelihood that there will be much Of
this cutting upon which the Repnbil
cans seem TO rely. They claim thai
there Is not the slightest doubt about
the election og All Of the Democratic
nominees for Aldermen, except til the
Fourth ward, where the colDred RE /
publican vote Is overwhelming II IS,
,of course. hard TO guage matter of
this sort III advance of the election.
but 4 conservative estimate of the sit
uation indicates that there is not like
III to be enough cutting ia AFFECT the
result.
The situation as 10 the head Of the
ticket Is, admittedly ii more doubt
Tho absence of the late Or George
Wells FROM municipal contest FOR the
first time in almost a generation may
have effect in unexpected ways. Many
people classed as Republicans had al
ways been lined up for the Democratic
municipal ticket through the Influence
Of Dr. Wells, and il remains To be seen
whether or not they viii still support
the Democrat ticket.
There have also been some runlors
or cutting the head of the ticket. bat
such action has been indignantly De
MED BY those who were active On either
side during the primaries. II II Is
done. ii will be done in no organized
way but through the individual action
pf the voter
Chances Of the Republicans gaining
control al the municipal government
are not great. Election of the Demo
cratic Mayor and Counselor cannot be
regarded as certainty. though, upon
the whole, rather probability. Should
the unexpected happen. and the Re
publican nominees be chosen, Rapnb-
lican control Is still unlikely. Tor there
Ii only the most remote chance that
they viii elect an Alderman except
IN the Fourth ward