Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1956-05-03
Primary .

Democratic state convention are
a seven-man organization slate,
a seven-man anti-organization
slate, and two independent can.
didateS, David Cahoon and Hen.
ry Grattan Doyle, Jr.
The organization backs Clitus
o. Bordeaux, Ruth E. Hayes,
William F. Hickey, B. Houston
McCeney, John P. Moore, Frank
j, Morris and James P. Welsh.
On the anti organization
Democrats for State Conven.
ton" slate are Richard P. Abel,
Shirley F. Barshay, Alice W.
Hostetler, James H. Mann, Frank
j. Morris, Felix NJ. Putterman
and Margaret Schweinhaut. Poll.
tically powerful Stella Werner
a member of the County Coun.
Gil, backs this slate.
Mann states, Their CLee.
Caddington machineO hand.pick.
ed group of candidates is op,
posed in the primary by ticket
selected on broad basis, a ticket
which has record on which to
run, ticket representative of
the voters of the county rather
than being bound to the dictates
of a few"
In the organization slate, says
Caddington, county State Central
Committee chairman, Il have
undertaken to assemble a ticket
of convention delegates that
would have a wide geographic
location, give young people and
newcomers to the local party an
initial boost up the political
ladder, and most important of
all, perpetuate tn e harmony
movement of 1854 by calling upon
the various localities and fac.
tons to name their own candi.
dates.
Caddington charges the anti.
organization slate with attempt.
ing to seize party control by
electing a factional rather than
a party-wide ticket of convention
delegates"
Cahoon, Rockville's City Attor-
ney, says Il ask all Democrats
to cast one of their votes for me
to demonstrate to the leaders Of
our party that we want an end to
this bitter factionalism."
Rare Judge Race
The rare judgeship race is
non-partisan, so the candidates
are entered in both the Democrat
and Republican primaries. Run
ming are Judge Kathryn j. Law.
Tor and Judge Thomas M. Ander.
son, presently on the circuit
court bench; Charles M. Irelan,
county attorney; Alfred D.
Noyes, judge of the juvenile
court; James c. Christopher, Be-
thesda lawyer; and r. Duncan
Clark, Washington and Bethesda
lawyer and member of State In
dustrial Accident Commission.
The two elected judges will sit
for Is years.
Anderson was appointed by
Governor McKeldin in 1854 to fill
a newly-created judgeship. The
governor appointed Mrs. Lawlor
the first Maryland woman cir.
cult court judge-last year to fill
the vacancy created by the retire
ment of Charles w. Woodward.
Senatorial Action Light
The fight for the Democratic
Senatorial nomination between
former Senator Willard Z. Tyd.
ings and frequent runner-never
winner George p. Mahoney has
only brushed Montgomery.
The candidates have cam.
paigned vigorously elsewhere in
the state.
Tydings served in the Senate
"a years before he was defeated
in 1850 by Republican John Mar.
shall Butler. Prior to that Tyd.
ings was elected to the State
Legislature and the House of
Representatives.
Baltimore contractor Mahoney
has vainly sought the Maryland
gubernatorial nomination twice
and the senatorial election. He
was appointed to his first public
office in 1910 when then Cover
nor Herbert r. O'Connor named
him to the State Racing Com
mission. As chairman he init
ated a number of controversial
reforms and was fired shortly
after Governor w. Preston Lane
took office in 1917.
Dark horses in the Democratic
senatorial race are Thomas L
Christian, Andrew J. Easter anc
George Washington Williams
Williams has created some stil
with his platform stressing state.
rights and racial segregation.
On the Republican side Sena
tor Butler has only token opposi
ton from Earl E. Knepper anC
Henry j. Laque, Jr.
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