The Washington times., 1931-07-31
FIELD IS So BIC.
ASPIRANTS
UNKNOWN
Mass Meetings to Acuuaint
Office Seekers and Public
Impossible; May Be More

Impossible; May Be More
With 56 candidates in the field
for vario'!s State and local offices
and with approximately Is more
expected to announce within the
next two weeks, the election in
Arlington county in November will
probably be q lady in-the~Shoe
affair with the votinS public play.
ing the part of the lady who
doesn't know what to do about It.
In past campaigns, with enly .
few candidates In the field.
AReecheS before mass meetings
and county organizations permit.
, ted voters Of the county to famil.
iariEe themselves with the various
candidates. But this year with
the large list. such mass meetings
are impossible and most of the
Office-seekers are unknown to the
voters.
Most Independent
-. The Democratic party in the
eounty having no primary. pre-
Rents several candidates for each
office. while the Republican con-
vention may prove ineffective as
far as membership on the county
board is concerned because OF an
inclination Of candidates who
were defeated in the convention to
bolt the party and run on an in
dependent ticket. The greater
part Of the field is made up Of
candidates who are allied openly
with neither party.
For commemorative attorney.
w. C. Cloth. incumbent. will be
a candidate for reelection. Clar-
ence r. Ahalt is the Republican
nominee, and other candidates
are Emery N Hosmer. Lawrence
Douglas and Amos G.. Crounse.
Sheriff Up Again
Sheriff Howard B. Fields will
be opposed in his campaign for
reelection by Edward Duncan,
present chairman Of the county
board Of supervisors; A. C. Gle"
ments, a feFmer sheriff, and Zeb
Kline, jaiIor under Clements.
z. Wade Bell, county treasurer,
is unopposed and no candidates
are likely to come forward for
this office. William Duncan. clerk
of the court. does not come up
for reelection until 1888.
For commissioner of revenue.
Harry 4. Green. incumbent. is on
posed by C. w. Clever. Clarendon
real estate dealer and the Repub-
1ican nominee.
Six for JusticeShips
Six candidates have thus far
announced their candidacy for
the newly created office Of county
trial justice, with several others
contemplating entering the race
shortly. These are B. M. Hedrick,
the Republican nominee and a
present member of the board OF
supervisors; Walter o. Varney.
Bryan T. Gordon, Hugh Nc
Caffry. Thomas w. French and
H. w. Dudley.
A. C. Fought and Richard
Langley are the only two can
.didates for the office OF con-
stable.
There are 33 candidates already
In the field for membership ON
the county board, which win con-
-aiSt Of five members. Ten other
citizens Of the county have indi-
Gated they will enter the race be-
fore the entries are closed on Sep
tembcr 4.
One Seeks Reelection
E. C. Turnburk is the only
member of the present board
who has entered the race for
this office again this year. Others
who have announced their can
didacy include Fred A GoSnen,
w. r. Rose, Clemens F. Rauth,
Louis c. Carl and w. w. Wright.
all Republican nominees.
Col. j. G. Pepper, Republican
State committeeman, and J. Her
bert BoWbeer, withdrew from the
Republican convention to run as
independents.
Others running on independent
tickets are George D. Kicker,
Thomas r. Mechem. Albert Cohen.
Thomas Wallis, John c. Gall,
Harry Fellows. Robert E. Ply
male, William E. McShea, James
Head. William C. Hull. Miss
Mamie Smith. Mrs. A. Magruder.
John A. Mcknight, Robert H.
Forman. Rudolph Robinson, John
:R. Mossburg. Herbert Wilson,
Freeland F. Chew, Lyman Kelley,
William FrieSS. W. R. Stone, q
Samuel Warner. DR.. Edward T
Morton. Leo Lloyd. Lester Ben
nett and E. C. Hall.
Reid a Candidate
Hugh Reid. incumbent. Is a
candidate for reelection to the
heuse Of delegates and iS ep
posed by ]. Foster HagaH, Repub
Ecan nominee.
Col Charles T. Jesse. Of Ar
.lington, and John w. Rust, of
Fairfax. are candidates for the
State senate subject to the Demo
cratic primary Tuesday. L. C
Painter, Of Fairfax, is an inde