Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
ON women
NPR|MARY SCORED
ChilIum Club Defends Mrs.
Browning for Commissioner.
Vote Monday.
BY GEORGE PORTER,
stsf Correspondent Of The Star.


UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, September
e.-Despite conventional expressions OF
confidence from independent candidates
and organization leaders, the outcome
Of Mondays primary voting in Prince
Georges County appears highly prob
lematical
Concluding campaign that has been
amazingly unspectacular, when COM
pared with the political melodrama in
Montgomery County, the Democrats
have q ballot of 30 names, from which
IA nominees will be chosen, while the
Republicans must chose 6 nominees from
10 candidates.
Probably the most sensational incl
dent in the county's rather drab pri-
mary campaign came today, when an
nolncement was made that the Demo-
cratic Womans Club of Chillum District
adopted a resolution at special meet
ing in which it is claimed Mrs. Mary
w. Browning, candidate for county COM
missioner, is being opposed because she
is woman"
Only Woman in Race.
Mrs. Browning is the only woman in
the primaries and the first of her sex
ever to serve on the Board OF Commits
sioners, having been appointed to the
board last December.
The Chillum resolution declared lit
has been brought to our attention that
one of the Democratic candidates for
county commissioner who has not the
Endorsement of the Democratic organ
ization, is requesting voters of the coun-
ty to refrain from voting for Mrs
Browning, because she is a woman, and
to vote for him instead"
1t further requests all voters, "in
view of Mrs. Browning's record as a
county official and her 10 years serv-
ice as a member of the Democratic State
Central Committee, to pass upon her
Besides Mrs. Browning, the other
Democratic organization candidates for
county commissioner are Robert E.
Brown, Francis H. Crown, Walter M
Grimes and Ormand w. Phair. Demo-
cratic candidates for the board who are
running independently are William P.
Magruder and Thomas M. Miller.
The Democrats will select their NOM
inees for Congress, House of Delegates,
sheriff and States attorney, and all of
these contests except the first named
are expected to result in hard-fought
ballot battles. In the race for Congress
II is generally conceded that Representa-
tive Stephan W. Gambrill will have lit
tie difficulty in being nominated for re-
election over DR.. John William Klemm
of Mount Rainier.
The fight for the nomination for
States attorney will be one of the
most stubborn of the primary, Alan
Bowie, organization candidate, being
opposed by Clarence Roberts. Both
men have formerly held the Office, and
both conducted vigorous campaigns in
the last few weeks.
One Democrat is waging an indie
pendent battle for place on the party's
House of Delegates ticket. He is Harry
T. Jenkins. The organization candi-
dates for the six seats in the House are
william H. Anglin, j. Guy Bell, VIII
liam Edward Clifton, William Franklin
G. Marbury.
Democratic Opponents.
The Democratic battle for the nomi-
nation for sheriff finds James W..
Rogers, organization candidate, opposed
by p. Frank Tippett.
The Republican ballot, unusually
short lists only the candidates for
sheriff and the FIVE positions on the
Board of County Commissioners. Every
man on the ballot is running inde-
pendently. in theory at least, for the
party organization has formally an
nounced it will work to ''elect not
select" candidates.
There are two men in the running
for sheriff, j. Bernard Beall of Browns
Station and w. Curtis Hopkins of Halls
Station.
Eight candidates are seeking the five
nominations for county commissioner.
They are George N. Brown, John M.
Bowie, Edward Daniels, William H. Du-
vail, George Finger, William A. Middle
ton Charles A. Ryon and Frank
Small, jr.
Interest in the primary, rather slow
TO awaken, now appears thoroughly
aroused and political observers expect
A fairly heavy vote at the polls, which
will be open from Z am. to pm.
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