Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-06
PARTY CAMPAIGN
VIRTUALLY CLOSED
Speeches Ended at Rockville
for Administration, With
Exception of Laytonsville.
,pecial pispntch to The star.

| Special Dispatch TO The star
ROCKVILLE, Md, September e.
With the exception of a meeting to be
held at Laytonsville tonight, Montgom-
wound up the speech-making part OF
their primary campaign last evening
with q large rally on the court house
green here.
The attendance was estimated at
500. Preston B. Ray, clerk OF the Cir
cult Court, who is a candidate for his
party's nomination to succeed himself,
presided and spoke briefly,
Maj. E. Brooke Lee. speaker OF the
Maryland House of Delegates, and rec
ogniZed leader of the Democratic organ
ization forces in the county, was the
principal speaker, and others who ad-
dressed the gathering were Stedman
Prescott. candidate for the nomination
for States attorney; DR.. George L. Ed
monds and Miss Lavinia Engle, candi-
dates for nomination for the House OF
Delegates: Robert O. Hilton, candidate
for the nomination for the State Sen
ate, and Capt Joseph C. Cissel, counsel
for the county commissioners.
Charges Dcaied.
In the course Of the speeches, the
charges of Encouragement, waste, ex-
travagance and unbusinesSlike methods
in the conduct of county affairs re-
peatedly made by the Progressive, or
differentiation, orators during the
campaign, were vigorously denied and
the present regime was given full credit
for the progress of the county within
the last 10 years and continuation OF
the constructive policies was promised.
A large part OF Maj. Lees remarks
dealt with the new Rockville Court
hn
justification of the erection OF new
and modern court house, Maj. Lee
stated that all Of the vital and valu-
able land records, all Of the wills and
teStamentary documents and all OF the
tax and assessment records of the coun-
ty, including the special street and
other assessment tax records of the
suburban section Of the county, are now
housed in an inadequate building which
is not fireproof in any way, and de-
clared that the business OF suburban
Montgomery County would be paralyzed
and the actual ownership of the homes
thrown into the greatest confusion
should the land records of the county
re destroyed.
He cited as an additional need of
new court house that the working space
in all the Offices of the present structure
is insufficient and the rooms not prop
cry NIdllSt0 VI liBIlJcQ W pIOt4uc CHI
Gent modern working conditions for
the constantly increasing number OF
clerks that are required to transact the
ever-growing public business of the
county.
I'm every ONCE in the present court
house today" declared Mai. Lee,
money is being lost TO the taxpayers
through inef1cient arrangement or lack
OF offiee space. County ofhcials believe
that this loss represents considerable
portion of interest that will be required
to carry the new court house bond issue,
and 1t will be possible to entirely stop
this loss through the up-to-date and
modern business arrangement of the
important public Offices to be housed in
the new court house"
Mai. Lee charged the anti-organiza-
ton leaders with having opposed the
construction of this needed and help
full new court house project" and also
declared that they opposed the widen
ing of the main business street OF ROCK
vile from the proceeds OF countrywide
bond issue which will allow the traffic
from Western Maryland. north an& west
of Rockville and the other four coun-
ties of the State and Of the western
States and Washington City to get
through Rockville by way Of widened
boulevard in place of the Objectionable
bottle-neck which Tor years mas existed
between the front of the present court
house and the Frederick road"
County Bond Issues.
Relative to the county bond issues,
Mai. Lee said:
THE present county administration
has bonded Montgomery County TO
build new roads and schools and the
present court house and the county gov
eminent buildings at Bethesda and Sill
yer Spring to an amount equal TO 6iz
per cent of the present assessable prop
erty valuation of the county in total
amount of SIS, 100000.
ANY other figure given as direct
bonded indebtedness of Montgomery
County is untrue. The county admin
.stration and the candidates supported
by the county administration propose
to continue TO conservatively bond the
future of Montgomery County to i'm
prove the present and to aid the growth
of the future.
The records Of the county treas
.urer's Office and the county commission
ers' Office prove that Montgomery
County paid off $99,100 worth OF county
bonds this year.
THE taxable basis of Montgomery
County has increased in the last 20
years by 400 per cent. In 1910 The
taxable basis was $l5,790.000; in 1920
il was S33 $50 900, and lin 1890 IT was
S8l 100000. We have only issued bonds
Zip to 6l2 per cent of the assessaole