Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-11-01
VOTE TO Be HEAVY
IN PRINCE GEORGES
Election Officials Prepare for
Hard Day, Due to Ex-
pected "SpIitting."

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, Novem-
her 1.-While campaigners are max
ing last-minute appeals to the voters
Officials CT tomorrOw's election In
Prince Georges County are getting
everything in shape for what seems
certain to prove one of the biggest
Jobs they have ever had.
The voting will be heavy, and. with
a total OF SIS names on the ballot. and
the prospect of many split" the
count Will be exceedingly tedious
From the opening of the polls at I
am. it is expected that in some in
stances the officials will be toiling
until early Wednesday,. or at least
until around midnight Tuesday. The
count will get under way with the
closing of the polls at pm.
Weller Contest Spirited.
A spirited contest is expected be-
tween Senator Ovington +. Weller
Republican, and Representative Mil
lard Tydings, Democrat, for the
United States Senate. The fight be-
tween Representative Stephen w.
GamLrill, Democrat, and Thomas Il.
r. Mudd, Republican, for Congress
from the fifth district is an outstand-
ing feature.
Excepting the vote for clerk of the
Court of Appeals, the totals of cam
didates for the other State Offices
attorney general and State control
ler-are expected to compare closely
with the number given their running
mates for governor. Mrs. Eva {.
Chase. candidate for clerk of the
Court of Appeals, is expected to lead
1he State ticket in the county. as her
home is in RiVerdale.
GO. =. Still Campaigning.
Democrats closed Saturday night at
Bowie, but Republicans will carry
the fight right to within a few hours
of the actual start Of balloting, hold
ing meetings tonight, at o'clock. at
Capitol Heights and Fairmont
Heights 1t has been a hard cam
paign, during which candidates of
both parties have visited virtually
every section of the county, and big
rallies have been held in the interest
of both tickets.
All candidates have been interro-
gated on law enforcement and other
questions, and Endorsed or denounced
by various organizations, party lines
in some cases being ignored. Candi-
dates also have been questioned as
to whether they favor changes in the
Washington Suburban Sanitary Com
mission, which furnishes water and
sewer to communities in Prince
Georges and Montgomery Counties.
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1,0l8 Eligible i'm Riverdale.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
RIVERSIDE. Md, November T.
Since the primary election there have
been 1913 persons register in the 10Th
District and so erasures, making a
total Of 1,04S persons eligible to vote
tomorrow. The majority of the new
voters have registered as Democrats.
For many years the Democrats in this
district have been In the majority.
However, both Democrats and Re-
publicans predict large vote.
Record Voting Predicted.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
BELTSVILLE, Md. November L.
Both parties predict that Evansville
district will poll the largest vote to-
morrow which has been cast for
many years. There are approximately
500 registered voters. Evansville dis
trict is the first district and one of
the oldest polling places Of Prince
Georges County. In 1864. this dis
trict covered Laurel. Bowie and all
territory west as far as the Mont
gomery County boundary and south
to Beaver Dam. AT present this ter
ritory has been divided into four
dictricts. The vote cast here is gen
orally very closely divided, but in
: recent years the Republicans have
outnumbered their opponents.