Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1936-08-27
Roosevelt Rally AT Rockville
Is Starting OF 1886 Campaign
Young Voters Particularly In Evidence AS j. Somervell
Dawson Sounds Keynote And Warns Old Guard
That Youth Asks United Party-PolI Shows
Landon Making Closer Fight

Roosevelt was strong Tuesday
night with the younger element of
the Democratic party in Montgomery
county as j. Somervell Dawson. presi-
dent of the United Young Mems
Democratic Clubs, pleaded with all
sincerity and in an convincing man.
ner for the reelection of the great
Democrat who brought order out of
chaos. The occasion was the first
countrywide rally of Montgomery
county Democrats. Other leaders
were present and addressed the crowd
of half thousand on the issues of
the 1886 election. An outside speak
err, one Of the Department of Justices
G-Men, told of the great work done
by Congress in enacting legislation
to make things smoother for Homer
Cummings and Edgar j. Hoover. But
young Somervell stole the show away
from experienced speakers like State
Senator Stedman Prescott and Mrs.
Charles Y. Latimer. The latter were
good and made telling points but to
all appearances it was "young mems
night" at Rockville and that will be
pleasant news at National Democratic
Headquarters.
Dawson, speaking to united Dem
ccratic front, including many of the
so-called ants, pointed out that the
$50 active members Of the seven units
of the Young Democrats were all
working for Roosevelt and David ].
Lewis, perennial candidate for the
House of Representatives from the
Sixth Congressional District and al
ways a favorite with Montgomery
county people. In his "chart" he had
Landon, Knox and LeGore collecting
second money.
Mrs. Latimer spoke of the work
being done by the Democratic women
and urged all interested women to at
tend the meeting to be held at the
home of Senator Willard E. Tydings,
at Darlington. Hartford county, on
September 5.
Prescott, with usual bluntness,
cracked down on Landon and more
particularly on Governor Harry W..
Nice, an arch critic of Roosevelt and
at one time candidate for the nomi-
nation finally awarded publisher
Roughrider Knox.
Prescott ran through Nice's inau-
gural address before the State Legis-
lature in 1885 and his speech before
the relief session last March and quot
ed excerpts beseeching the enactment
of measures permitting Maryland to
reap the full benefits of Federal aid.
He called attention again to Nice's
attack upon Roosevelt for extrava-
ganoe in relief expenditures, then
read an appeal, in which the Cover
nor asked the State Legislature to
raise $30,000,000 over general bud
getary requirements for relief in
Maryland alone.
"The Governor criticizes the Demo-
cratic administration for waste but
I've sat in committee meetings with
his excellency at Annapolis and heard
him complain because he could not
get more relief or public works funds
from Washington" Prescott stated.
Richard P. Shannahan, special at
torney of the Department of Justice,
emphasized the legislation enabling
the Department to catch up on Amer
ica's leading criminals. Getting down
to pure politics, Shannahan said that
the greatest beneficiary of the New
Deal is the American business man."
He said "when the food is in your
mouth, it is not in spite of something,
it is because of something-in this
case, because of the inspired leader
ship of Franklin Delano Roosevelt"
All in all it was very entertaining
evening. A very cosmopolitan crowd
was present. Lame ducks from the
old organization were preening them
selves for another county campaign.
Ants and regulars locked arms in
the corridors and everything was
rosy. A large percentage of women
were there. Roosevelt was the main
topic at the rally-outside the court
room, where the assembly was
crowded, the main topic was WHAT
TO DO ABOUT A UNITED DEMO
CRATIC FRONT in the next county
election?"