The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-04-10
THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS
we IN BALTIMORE.

80 IN BALI NUN T..
The Democratic organization won a
signal victory in Baltimore on Tues
day.
The plurality for Mr.. Robert NJ
McLane, the head of the ticket, was
5,454, out of a total vote cast for the
four Mayoralty candidates Of Al ,931.
Mayor Hayes ran second, with l6,.
100; Mr.. Yewell third, with 1855, and
General Latrobe fourth, with $50.
Mr.. Hooper was nominated for
Comptroller by majority of 1881
receiving 81 ,026 votes to Mr.. Smiths
1905.
The fight between Mr.. Gephart and
Mr.. Guyton for the presidency of the
Second Branch was much closer, and
Mr.. Gephart's majority of 1917 was
not certain until late in the evening.
He received, all told, l9,269 votes, and
Mr.. Guyton 1892.
In all of the "a wards there was but
one anti-organizatlon candidate for the
First Branch City Council who won
his fight, and that was in the Four
teenth ward, where Mr.. Bashrod NJ.
Watts. who is known as Crescent
Club man, but who was also backed
by other influences in the ward, won
by 1854 votes.
In all the other wards-even in
those carried by Mayor Hayes-the
organization candidates were nominal
ed, although in several cases the mar
gin was extremely narrow.
One of the features of the election
was the victory of Mr.. George Stewart
Brown in Third Councilmanic district,
where he was a candidate for the
Second Branch City Council, against
Mr.. Louis A. Dieter, who was sup
ported by the organization. While
M. Brown went into the fight some
months ago sing le-handed and without
assurances from any element of the
party that be would receive support,
during the past two weeks the tide set
in toward him strongly and he was, it
is understood, backed by the Cres-
cent Club forces. His majority Of
86l votes in the six wards composing
the district, in the face of the determln-
ed opposition of the organization, is
considered an unusual feat. Mr..
Brown was at Ford's Opera House
when he heard the news. He said lie
went there for "protection
As had been expected the heavy
majorities for the organz''ion ticket
were rolled up in the wards east Of the
falls, and the first II went solidIy for
McLane and Hooper. From an organi
cation standpoint the banner ward was
the Sixth, in which Justice James W.
Lewis is the executive, and where a
majority of l,l42 was given for the
head of the ticket.
A remarkable tribute to the popu-
larity Of Mr.. Hooper was paid him in
the Eleventh precinct of this ward,
in which he lives. Of 1852 votes cast
in the Democratic primaries in this
precinct he received 16O and his op-
ponent, Mr.. Smith, 2.
This ward also gave Gephart
527 majority and McI4ane 435, indi-
eating the tremendous effort made
during the last few days to pull Mr..
Gephart through with his running
mates.
Mayor Hayes carried 4 of the "a
wards and Mr.. McLane all the others.
The four we're the Twelfth, the Mayors
home. ward: the Thirteenth, Four
teenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth. The
Mayors best showing was made in
the Fifteenth ward, which was due in
a large measure to the efforts of Mr..
John F. Williams. who was chairman
of the Hayes Campaign Committee,
and lives in the ward
Hayes supporters gave up the fight
early in the evening after the first 90
precincts had come in, and it was adj
mitted that the Mayors forces had not
held together as it had been hoped
they would do.
The friends of General Latrobe and
Mr.. Yewell were considerably disap-
pointed at the showing made by their
candidates, but took the matter philo-
sophically.
Comptroller Smith carried one more
ward than Mayor Hayes-thc Eleventh
making six in all, and Mr.. Guyton
carried, in addition to the five Hayes
wards, the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and
Eleventh, making nine altogether to
his credit.
The republicans nominated F. G.
Wachter for Mayor and E. G. Timanus
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