Evening star., 1921-08-25
DEM0CRATSF0RM
new COUNTY Club
Montgomery Voters See Need
Of Many Changes inLocaI
Government.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Nd. August .5.-At
the organization injecting of the
United Democratic Club of Montgom-
cry county. which was attended by
900 men and women from all parts of
the county. "A sdeela ration of the pur.
poses and aims of the club was unani-
nously adopted. as follows. in part:
The United Democratic Club of
montgomery county is political as
soc-ation OF registered democrats Of
Montgomery county who are vitally
Interested i'm the government and gem
erai welfare Of Montgomery county
and who believe that the democratic
party is the hest governmental agency
at present existing in Montgomery
county.
Declare Changes Needed.
The United Democratic Club is
convinced that the recent past has
pi oduced SO many fundamental
changes in the development of Mont
gomery county that the old plan Of
county government has in many in
stances been unable to render cheap
ana eff1cient service to the people of
the county. The present system of
county road maintenance was work ed
'out to maintain dirt roads for wagon
traffic and is entirely unable to main
tain i'll proper state of repair con-
crete and macadam roads subjected to
heavy automobile and truck traffic.
Our police system, which was suf-
hcient for an agricultural county. is
now entirely Inadequate for proper
ipublic protection in the series of sub
urban towns which have been built
adjacent to Washington.
An educational system which
Spends as-much of the county revenue
fltlr mt
TEN requires efficient and up -to-dat.
Duslpess management which the pres
ent law does not provide. dealing, az
1t does almost entirely with the edu-
catienal features of tie county school
system. Through the aGop;ion Of the
itemZed budget for making ali
county expenditures before the levy
Is made. and with proper power OF
control and reduction of budget esti-
mates placed in the county treas
urer. large sum annually would D..
saved for The county. Certainly the
financial machinery of a county lew
ing and disbursing as much money as
montgomery county should lee i'm
proved and co-ordinated in the Iigh.
OF the most modern governmental
finance.
Pledged 10 Better Government.
sealiZing the needs of ouv present
county situation. the continued Ell
iorts OF the United Democratic Club,
are pledged TO work to produe.
| Cheaper and better county govern
ment.
The idea OF the United Democra tic
Clnb has already been unanimously
ihdorsed, by meetings Of the ma
Jority of the democratic workers in
majority of the precincts of Mont
somery county.
The name United Democratic
Club has been selected by this or
sanization so that the free demo-
Gratis OF Montgomery county may as
sociate themselves in an active or
ganizatIon pledged to work for cheap
! er and better government. which is
not hamperd in its work through
any bitter feeling, which has been
created in past factional and per-
sonal strife within the democra tie
Party. We request the real demo-
crats OF Montgomery county to werk
! and vote for the following candidates.
in the democratic primary Seprem-
ber 3.
Candidates for Primarfes,
For the house of delegates-Dr.
George L. Edmonds, Charles H. Crit.
nth, +. Hicks Ray and Carson Ward.
For county commissioner, first col
lection district-SamueI Riggs of s.:
second collection district-Robert l..
Hickerson: NTH collection district
Lacy Shaw.
For sheriff-Alvie A. Moxley.
These Endorsements are, made with
the understanding that a few of the
members ofNthe United Democratic
Club. although in thorough SYM
pathy with the harmony movement to
better our county government. and to
strengthen the democratic party. have
already promised to vote for -indi-
vidual candidates who are not before
the people as harmony Candidates.
Those members of the club are not
to be affected by this resolution and
wiz. Of course. vote in accordance
with their original pledges, but they
! have all expressed the intention OF
supporting the other harmony candi-
dates and Of working to advance the
purposes and aims of the United
Democratic Club"