Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1958-05-15
10000 Expected
At Polls Tuesday
Party Control
For Next Four
Years at Stake


600 Montgomery County
voters are expected to turn
out Tuesday to mark ballots
in the primary election.
Eighty-three polling places
will remain open from z am.
until Z pm. to accommodate
voters. Unofficial results Of
the voting should be known
by IL pm.
A total Of IS, 1888 Democrats
and 42,716 Republicans are
eligible to cast votes. Only
about 80 or IS percent Of
these, however, are expected
to take the trouble to vote.
The 1908 registered Indepen-
dents are ineligible to vote in the
party primaries.
Voters will cast ballots for Gov
ernor, Senator, Congressman, and
other offices all the way down to
Delegates for the Democratic and
Republican State Conventions.
Unopposed candidates do not ap-
pear on the ballot.
Rep. James r. s. Devercux fR.
MIDI Is ,ln0nposs'd for COP nOmi.
nation for Governor and state
Comptroller Willard Tawes, on
posed only by three liitle-known
candidates, is assured of Desno-
cratic nomination for Governor.
Incumbent Senator J. Glenn
Beall, Republican, faces spirit
ed fight for reelection In Novern.
Der but in the primary has only
token opposition from one candi.
date.
In the Democratic Senatorial
race, nomination could 60 to any
one of four hard.running cam
paigncrs: George P. Mahoney,
Thomas D'Alesandro. James
Bruce or Clarence Long.
Louis L. Goldstein, Democratic
president Of the Maryland SEN
ate and candidate for ComptroI.
Ter, appears to have his race well
In hand.
The primary election deter.
mines which candidates will
carry their party's endorsement
in the November general election.
Pre- primary campaigning at
the county level has been marked
by party splits among both
d m ocrats and Republicans.
Three factions of the Democrats
have been forged: the Democrats
for '5S, the United Democrats and
the Free Democrats.
The Republicans are split into
the United Republicans and the
Regular Republicans, or Repub-
lican organization.
The emergencc OF Dean Ache
son, former Secretary of State.
as county-level partisan height
ened interest In the Democratic
race. Acheson aligned himself
with candidates from the Caucus
inspired Democrats for $50, of
which he is treasurer.
Democrats for 80 have based
much Of their primary campaign
ing on conflicts Of interest
issue. They contend that too
many men with substantial real
estate interests hold public office.
They also have struck out at
party management of the power
full Democratic State Central
Committee. which. they claim. is
run by longtime organization
men and without adequate repre-
scntation at the precinct level.
The United Republicans are
pressing for new blood within
their party and seek to wrest con-
troll from leaders OF the Repub-
licsn State Central Committee.
Walter w Dawson, a member Of
the Regular Republicans, has
been chairman OF the sec and
party leader for many years.
Victory in the primary election
Is not tantamount to election as
in some other states. For this
reason, experienced political OBJ
servers reserve their predictions
in all but unopposed races.
Voters will find II impossible
10 cross party lines; voting ma.
chimes are locked In such
fashion that a voter may cast
only a Democrat OF Republican
ballot - not parts OF each.