Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-18
Good Government
Slate Talks at
TwinbrOOk Meeting


ernmen candidate for Mayor of
Rockville, Tuesday night attempt
ed to link another slate of candi-
, dates in the town to present and
past city administrations and, in
particular, to G. Lamar Kelly, Jr,
former Rockville Mayor, who de-
clined to seek reelection two
years ago.
The slate tagged with the KEEL
ly label by Hovsepian is headed
by Edward H. Hit, electrical con-
tractor. Its members include Mrs.
Elizabeth Talon, Robert w. Bird
ges, Walter Baker and w. M.
Bradshaw.
~ Continuity
Hovsepian's statement t h a t
there is continuity" between the
Hit group and Kelly came at a
regular meeting of the Twin
brook Citizens Association where
members of the Good Govern
ment slate had their turn" at ad-
dressing the Twinbrook group. A
similar meeting for the Hit slate
is scheduled for April. Close to
200 Twinbrook residents turned
out for the get-together.
Hovsepian's remarks on the al
legged Kelly-Hitt tie-in came as the
result of an editorial which ap-
peared in the Sentinel last week.
The editorial said the CGC were
swinging dead cats" in rehash-
ing alleged sins and omissions of
the present town administration.
The editorial stated further that
such swinging was waste of
time since the present Mayor and
Council were not running for re.
election.
Mr.. Hovsepian brushed off the
dead cats charge and said one
member of the present Council
heads one slate of candidates,
:. while a second member of the
present Council is running for re.
election on another.
At the same time, the GG can
didate said he would show con.
tinuity between the Hit slate and
Mr. Kelly, (not a member of the
present Council, by quoting as
closely as possible words used
by Mr.. Hit at a recent "Candi.
dates Night" sponsored by the
Junior Woman's Club.
Mr.. Hit Said
Mr.. Hit said, in part, according
to Mr.. Hovsepian, that Rockville
should be run by people with the
longest residence; and by bust
nessmen who run their own bust
nesseS.
Mr.. Hit then read a statement
which appeared in the April %
1913, issue of the Sentinel, which
he later identified as a direct
quote from G. Lamar Kelly, Jr.
then running for reelection to his
second Mayorality term.
The statement read by Mr.
- Hovsepian which he said discuss
lked Mr.. Kelly's feeling about can
didates who then were running
on the 1913 Kelly slate, included
these remarks by Mr.. Kelly
"They are Independent men whC
work in Rockville; they are no
men who earn their living il
Washington and use Rockville as
an experimental laboratory fol-
their social and governmental
ideas. They are men who respect
their own property and will re
spect yours.
Boiling it all down it amounts
to this: if man can run his owr
business independently and sue
cessfully, he is more likely t.
give the kind of government tt
Rockville, that its residents want
than a man, newly domiciled il
Rockville, who does not work il
Rockville, and whose motivation
n for seeking office is power, ra
'%ther than self-protection."
Mr.. Hovsepian said the quoted
remarks of Mr.. Kelly in 1913 anC
the remarks of Mr.. Hit six years
later indicate the Hitt-Kelly linE
as well as one with the presen
town government, which Mr.
Hovsepian implied, also is Gu
from Kelly cloth.
Dead Cats
Further, in connection with thu
swinging of dead cats charge
pushed at the &C slate. Mr.
Hovsepian asked, why do w
speak about Irregularities or -
I should say inefficiencies?" 1t il
because, he said, of things which
are consistently the same" il
present and past administration
of the town.
AT the meeting, Mr.. Hovsepial
also continued the Good Govern
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