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affairs that has been going on for
months before the public, a trial
marked by continuous motions for a
new deal on the part of the Fusionists
and equally continuous motions for
exceptions to the Fusionists's remarks
by the administration.
Both Prince Georges County parties
delivered their concluding arguments
before colored audiences last night, the
Republicans at North Brentwood and
the Democrats at Lakeland.
Hardly had the oratorical outbursts
ceased before party workers turned
their energies to getting out the vote.
A continuous line of men and women
passed through the ballot booths this
morning and before the polls close 1t
is expected a record vote will be cast.
The vote cast in Montgomery was
so heavy during the morning hours
that election officials predicted that it
would establish new county record
surprising even that of the 20,061 bal
lots cast in the 1880 presidential race
between President Roosevelt and Her.
bert Hoover.
Democratic voters were more numer-
GUS than Republicans during the open
ing hour at the polls in suburban
Prince Georges County.
In addition to selecting complete
states of county officials, the electorate
OF Montgomery and Prince Georges
will figure in State and congressional
contests, the selection of Circuit Court
judges and vote on two constitutional
amendments.
Altogether there are 70 names on
the Montgomery ballot and So on the
ballot in Prince Georges.
Gov. Ritchie's supporters are count
ing on Prince Georges and the other
Southern Maryland Counties to give
him maJorities large enough to over
come anticipated Republican leads in
Western Maryland and on the East
ern Shore.
Figures Point to Ritchie.
Having given the Governor a ma
Jority of 9ol votes in 1880, and nearly
doubled its registered Democratic ma
Jorlty since then, Prince Georges is
counted definitely in the Richie COL
umn this year. County Democratic
leaders predict it will go for the Gov
ernor by at least $500, while the Re-
publicans admit privately that Ritchie
Will carry the county by at least 1000.
Montgomery County is very much
in the doubtful column as far as
Ritchie is concerned. The Governor
nosed out Mayor Broening there in
1880 by scant 22O votes. Harry w.
Nice, Republican gubernatorial can
didate this year, campaigned strenu-
ously through Montgomery
George L. Radcliffe, personal friend
OF President Roosevelt, who is run
ming for the Senate on the Democratic
ticket as an ardent advocate of the
New Deal, is expected to carry both
counties over Joseph I. France, Re-
publican senatorial candidate.
Montgomery County will partici-
pate in the sixth district congressional
race involving Representative David
]. Lewis, Democratic incumbent. and
former Representative Frederick N.
Zihlman, Republican, while in Prince
Georges the congressional contest
concerns Representative Stephen w.
Gambrill, Democrat, running for re-
election, and Joseph A. Wilmer, Re-
publican.
Mitchell Unopposed.
Charles w. Woodward, Democrat.
and F. Barnard Welsh, Republican,
are the candidates for associate Judge
of the sixth judicial circuit in Mont
gomery County. Prince Georges and
the other Southern Maryland coun-
ties will go through the formality of
electing Walter j. Mitchell chief Judge
of the seventh judicial circuit.
Mitchell Is Democrat and has no
Republican opponent.
One of the constitutional amend
ments before the voters would in
crease the pay of members of the
General Assembly from s5 to $40 a
day, and limit the time for retiring
bond issues of Baltimore City.
Election day being a legal holiday
in Maryland, all schools, banks and
public Offices were closed as the public
concentrated on politics.
The official count in Montgomery
will begin in the Office of the board
of election supervisors, in Rockville,
at II o'clock on Thursday. 1t was
announced by the supervisors this
morning that they had designated
Republican judges as the group to
return the ballot boxes this year, while
the Democratic judges would be
charged with the duty of returning
the keys to the boxes.