Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-20


tfe urinary heht when the Demo-
cratic voters will be called upon to Sc
lect their candidates who viii run Tor
public once in the November elections:
The current Of discussion has nareQ
into the open at frequent intervals with
stories In two papers, one alleged 70 be
backed BY the anti Democratic wing and
the other headed by Lee, But y was
pointed out, that with the primary
coming on, the only definite way OF
settling the controversy once ana Tor Az
Is to have the county AFFAIRS inquired
into by the grand jury, and let is re-
BORT form the basis for campaign Nterar
ture and the speeches.
Those familiar with the affairs OF the
county point cut that the party In
power admits that 1t wiz have .
stronger fight on ita hands this year
beth &C thu prinaEies and 81 the suhse-,
queEat elections than II has ever faced
before. Many things have been done
aad attempted to be done by the OH
eiaiS which have not met with the ap-
prevail of the leaders Of the other fac
bridge, which Is planned TO eliminate
the grade crossing In that town, was
Point q attack and was taken into the
courts; tiie construction Of the East
west highway was alluded TO Is road
to boost the properties Of certain real
estate dealers. Taxes are alleged TO be
burdsnaome, and street levies in Silver
Spring have been made the subject Of
court proceedings.
Bone Of Contention.
The principal bone Of contention and
target of atsesk on the part of the
ants, however, has been the construc-
ten of the proposed new county build.
ing designed to meet the needs of the
growing affNirE of the county. This
was the cause of the first break at An
napolis between the State Senator and
House delegates, and the former sought
to prevent the acquisition Of the square
west Of the present court house as q
part Of the site for the new county
building by reducing the additional
bond issue proposed by the House.
However, the site was acquired with
other money, despite the reduction In
the amount of the bond issue sought,
by the use of the 100000 of emergency
funds. IL was In this connection that
Il was alleged there had been misap-
preparation Of funds, and it is this, in
particular, that the grand jury will be
asked to inquire into.
The regular wing Is seeking Q clean
bill Of health for its incumbents In
ONCE for the purpose of going before
the people with q report Of the result
of the grand jury's investigations to
combat the innuendo which has been
allowed to circulate that all was not
well IN county affairs.
It was disclosed that the action Of
the Board of Commissioners at special
meeting yesterday and Of Lee was not
determined upon at that meeting. The
decision to demand the inquisition was
reached Tuesday at q meeting Of ID
men active in the political affairs Of
the county, who, 1t was said, decided
that the only way to settle the matter
was to demand the investigation by the
Lee said that there were about 200
articles IN the papers delivered to the
grand jury which reject on the manner
OF running the affairs of the county,
ana that all Of these would be marked
for the information Of the jurymen.
He added that the grand jury had Q
number Of so-called "antis" on 1t, which
would insure an impartial report on the
whole matter.
On Eve Of AdiOuEnIng.
The grand jury was On the eve Of ad-
SouEning for this term of court when the
county officials appeared. It had com:
pieted the consideration OF the criminal
cases ana aeQ performed the FOutbtlp Ia
spections Of the county structures, az
required by the law. But the demand
for the new investigation will keep IL
in session for some time, as after con"
sideFing the documentary evidences pre-
SenCed In the newspapers, II viii he re"
CURED to hear several score OF witnesses
for the purpose Of determining whether
any criminal action Is necessary,
The Maryland criminal code does not
include o section on criminal libel. and
the matter, II 10 Is decided that o libel
has been committed, will be tried under
the common law, by which 1T Is made
only q misdemeanor.
Those on the inquisitorial body which
viii conduct the investigation are
George Q. Fry, chairman: Alexander II.
Pitt. John T. Healle, Granville =, Kim
sey, Thomas r. Mullican, Lawrence II.
Price, John H. Stout Laurason B. Riggs,
Lewis Duvall, John T. Butt, Maurice
Cue, T. Lamar Jackson, William 4.
Fidier, Norman L. Williams, Matthew J..
Harris, John .. Thompson, John F. Har-
gett, William 8. Qauideld, Ira 8. Rick
etts, Jacob T. GartneT. James j. Mo-
LanghIin, Ward Savage and Julius Hall.
This group was picked TO form the
regular March term grand jury from Q
list OF zoo names selected by Judge Rob"
ert Peter, upon q determination that
they were guaiifasd. for duty. Every
election district In the county Is repre-"
scented on the jury.