Evening star., 1934-08-02
Petitions Are Circulated
Throughout MoEtgomey.
Must File by August 23.
NINE DEMOCRATS AND 10
REPUBLICANS IND0RSED
Walter W. Dawson, County G. 0.
P. Chairman, Is Nominee for
States Attorney.
BY JACK ALLEN,
Stan Correspondent Of The star.

stan correspondent OF Inc othIs
ROCKVILLE. Nd, August 2.-with
the Fusion party's ticket selected.
members OF the raew political faction
undertook today the task OF attaining
the 500 Endorsements required by law
before the slate can be filed for the
Montgomery County general election
next November.
Petitions sponsoring the slate, which
was chosen by the Central County
Committee at meeting here last
night, are being circulated throughout
the county. The slate must be filed
and candidates must declare their In
tentions by August %.
Ten members Of the Republican
party and nine members OF the Pro-
gressive Democratic faction comprise
the ticket, which Is the outgrowth Of
a movement inaugurated by leaders
of the two groups last Winter to merge
their forces in an effort to oust the
Democratic organization from power in
the forthcoming race.
Dawson Nominated.
Walter w. Dawson of Rockville.
chairman Of the Republican State Cen
tral Committee for Montgomery. who
scored the only victory registered over
the organization in 1880 by winning a
seat In the House Of Delegates, Is the
Fusion party's nominee for States
attorney.
The Board Of County Commissioners
slate includes William H. Fulks, Lay
louisville farmer, first district; Charles
King, Clarksburg farmer, second
district; Frank II. Karn, Rockville con-
tractor, third district; Samuel z.
Stonebreaker of Bethesda, president OF
the Bethesda Chamber OF Commerce,
fourth district, and Paul Coughlan OF
Silver Spring, former Silver Spring
postmaster, fifth district.
Fulks, Karn and Coughlan are Re-
publicans, while King and Stonebraker
are progressive Democrats.
OxIey Runs for Senate.
Heading the legislative slate Is John
E. Oxley, local attorney and progress
sive Democrat, who is the candidate
for State Senate. In entering the
senatorial race Oxley will again OPP
pose Stedman Prescott, whom he faced
in the campaign for States attorney
four years ago. Prescott, organization
leader, was indorsed for the senatorial
fight some time back.
Candidates for the House OF Dele
gates are Joseph A. Cantrel OF Chevy
Chase, James Cunningham Rogers of
Chevy Chase, Millward G. Taft of
Takoma Park, all three of whom are
attorneys; Walter M Magruder Of
Gaithersburg and Lawrence Tolson Of
Colesville, both farmers. Cantrel.
Magruder and Tolson are progressive
Democrats and Rogers and Taft are
Republicans.
Orphans Court Slate.
William H. Burdette and Thomas
C. Kelley, both of whom are Repub-
licans and conduct dairy farms at
Damascus and Darnestown, respec-
lively, and Edgar L. Roby. contrac-
tor and progressive Democrat Of Fair
land; comprise the slate TO be run
for the three seats on the Orphans
Court bench.
Leonard G. Burns, jr, Olney Re-
publican, sheriff; Ira G. Whitacre,
Silver Spring Republican, vice presi-
dent of the Silver Spring National
Bank, county treasurer; Thomas D.
Darby, a farmer and progressive
Democrat Of Seneca, registrar Of wills,
and Harry M. williams, Poolesville
merchant and a progressive Demo-
crat, clerk of Circuit Court, COM
plete the ticket.
In selecting the slate, which was
unanimously adopted on the recon-
mendation of the Candidates Com
mittee headed by Chairman Harold
B. Atkinson, the Central County Com
mittee Endorsed an office holder elected
on the Democratic organization slate
in 1880.
The committee gave its indorse-
ment to the candidacy of c. ]. Mad
dox, who was named county surveyor
while running under the organiza-
tion's standard four years ago, and
declared that he is popular through
out the county and fully qualified
for the position" Maddox, Il Is un-
derstood, will be named as the or
ganization's candidate for reelection
to ONCE when that faction meets
Monday night TO complete its slate.
One Place Held Open.
No action was taken toward select
ing a nominee for the post of judge
Of Circuit Cours, the committee an
nouncing it would await until after
the Republican primary on September
IL before choosing its candidate. It
is generally known, however, that
F. Barnard Welsh, Republican leader
and one Of the founders Of the Fusion
party, who is a candidate for the
Republican nomination. viii receive
the new factions support.
Following the selection Of the slate
a number of the candidates, who we're
present by virtue OF their membership
on the Central Committee, made ac-
ceptances speeches. and the meeting
authorized Chairman Thomas M An
derson to appoint Committees on
Platform, Campaign, Finance and
Publicity and also to select a treas
urer for the Central Committee.
Anderson viii confer with the Can
didateS' Committee in selecting the