Evening star., 1926-09-12
STRENUOUS FIGHT
IN MONTGOMERY
Both Parties Engage in In
teIEaI Battles Previous to
Primary Election.

OUT more strenuous, perhaps, lIld
have characterized a primary cam
paign in Montgomery County in man!
years. both the Democratic organiza
ton. of which Mai T.. Brooke Lee i:
the leader. and the anti-orga nizatior
forces. headed by former states AT
torney Albert NJ. Bouic, are, II wa!
stated in both camps today, ready FOL
O. real battle at the polls on Tuesday
when candidates will be nominated tor
numt rous offices TO be filed at the
November election.
Both sides have. il is known. made
careful preparations. and there Is
little doubt that much the heaViesi
vote ever east at primary election
In the county will be polled
Formal and definite announcements
have been made by both factions as
TO the candidates they desire to see
nominated. and the reasons therefore
and these have been printed and scat
tered broadcast throughout the county
The voters, therefore. have been fully
Informed as to the lineup and the is
sues involved. The organization list
was made public several weeks ago
hut that of the opposition was not
formally proclaimed until today.
Richie Heads the List.
Gov. Albert {. Ritchie, who is seek
ing denomination. heads the list Of
candidates favored by the organiZa
ton. and the others on that slate in
clude J. Forrest Walker, Robert l..
HickerSon. incumbent; Benjamin {.
Perry. incumbent. and Lacy Shaw,
incumbent. for the nominations for
county commissioners from the first
second. fourth Ind fifth commissioner
ictr iatc y-alI y
Peter, ir.. for States attorney; Joseph
b. Pyles for sheriff George L. Ed
monds incumbent: Richard II. Lans-
dale. T.. Brooke Lee and Harvey J.
White for the House Of Delegates;
Henry j. Hunt. John r. Lewis and p.
Hicks Ray. incumbents. for Judges Of
he Orphans Court; Joseph y.
Starkey, incumbent. for county sur
veyor. and Lewis r. Allnutt, Berry i.
Clark, Robert g. Hilton. LLOYD J..
Jones, Mrs. w. Ernest Offutt and Miss
Ruth Shoemaker for members Of the
Democratic State central committee.
DR.. Eugene Jones. incumbent. for
State Senator: Preston b. Ray, in .
cumbent. for clerk of the Circuit
Court; Perrie T.. Waters, incumbent.
FOR register of wills: DIR. John
Gardner. incumbent. for county
county commissioner from the third
commissioner district and Harry w
Blunt. jr.: Mrs. b. Ashlv Leavell.
Mrs. II. Latane Lewis. Calvin W.
Mullinix and ]. Roger Spates for
delegates to the Democratic State
convention, all organization candi-
dates have no opposition and their
names will not appear on the bal
lots.
Neither Gov. Ritchie nor William
Mines Maloy. who are opposing
each other for the gubernatorial
nomination. is included among the
candidates the anti organization fac
ton has declared in favor Of The
list shows that both James l.. Pugh
and Charles w Woodward. candi-
dates for the nomination for States
attorney. are acceptable. and that
the same Is true of William l.. Aud,
Earl T.. Burdine. Mareen ID. Darby
and George L. Nicholson for the
nomination for sheriff and Thomas
~. Bailey. James p Gott. Edward Z.
r. MarGerum and William r. Ridge
ley for the three nominations for
Judges for the Orphans Court.
The remainder of the anti-organi-
Zation slate is: Hanson G. Cashell,
Charles + King. Hugh Rabbit and
Fnos G. Keys for the nomination for
county commissioners from the first,
second. fourth and fifth commissions
or districts, respectively; Arthur w.
Beall, Thomas Hampton, Eugene A.
McAtee and Frank Wilson for the
House Of Delegates: Charles J.
Maddox for county surveyor and II.
Windsor Adams. f.. Cecil Allnutt.
George r. Bonifant, Walter W.
Plumner and Edwin w. West for
members of the state central COM
mittee.
DR.. Joseph y. Selby. veterinarian,
who Is seeking one of the nOmina-
lions for the House of Delegates. is
on neither slate. He has added
humor to the campaign by suggest
ing that as the next House of Dele
gates is certain to number among it's
members the usual number of jack
asses his presence there to look
after their physical welfare will be
needed.
COunty's Progress Cited.
In its appeal to the Democratic
voters for support of its Candi-
dates the organization. which has
been in exclusive control of county
affairs for the last five or six years.
takes credit for the county having
the lowest tax rate of the % counties
Of the State. one of the best public
school systems of the State. more
roads of improved highway in COM
parison 10 its total road mileage than
any other county in Maryland, pri-
mary and general elections in which
every voter may vote and where the
votes are honestly counted, virtual
freedom from charges of corruption,
bribery or discrimination against
courts. police or other officials; no
gambling, prize fighting or other dis
orderly resorts; more effective en-
forcement OF the county'S prohibition
law than any prohibition law is en-
forced in any adjacent territory, in
Guiding the District of Columbia; a
water and sewer service in the Wash
ington suburban sanitary section at
benefit tax OF 13 cents a front foot,
while Washington City now pays 15.S
cents front foot and suburban Bal
timore County Is cents a front foot
when figured on the period of years
used as a basis in Montgomery
county. annual auditS of the accounts
nf the various county officials, the
only uniformed and salaried police
force among the counties of the State.
excepting Baltimore County; public
health department that compares fa-
vorably with any, competent Volun-
teer fire protection system, partly sup
ported by county funds. and lo'.nty
government that serves the r~ople as
well as any county government in the
United States"
Both Sides Confident.
As 10 the outcome Tuesday, gen.
uine confidence seems TO prevail on
both sides. The organization leaders
insist that their we'll oiled machine is
running as smoothly as ever and will
deliver the usual goods" and declare
that a large majority of the more than
! 500 Democratic voters added to the
lists at the recent sitting of the Off