Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-04
TRIUMPH FOR McCOMAS
VICTORY FOR REPUBLICAN Or
GANIZATION AT PRIMARIES.
Regulars Carried Twenty Out of
Twenty-Four Wards in the City,
. Wachter's Among Them.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
BALTIMORE, Md. September 4-I'he re-
suit OF the republican primaries hi Id in
this city yesterday was splendid victory
for the regular republican organization
1t was In addition a magnificent per-
sonal triumph for both Senator McComas
and Collector Stone, who are now firmly
intrenched as state and city leaders re-
spectively.
The result shows that the regulars carried
twenty out OF the twenty four wards In
the city. the union republicans or Wach-
terites having been successful only in the
9th, It'll. 9Th and 10th wards. OF these
four wards. only the 5th is normally re-
publican in a general election.
1t Is a significant fact that Representative
Wachters own ward-the 22d-was carried
by the regulars by a majority Of l9l votes
In addition, the 5th ward, controlled by
William NJ. Stewart, Wachter's chief lieu
tenant and an index clerk in the House OF
Representatives. was only saved to the
union republicans by the narrow margin
Of thirty-three votes
The organization scored another great
victory In carrying the Sd ward by sixty
votes This ward was supposed to be alb
solutely controlled by former U. 8. Marshal
William F. Airey. who had Joined forces
with the Wachterites.
The total republican vote cast was 10, 166.
OF which the organization polled 1896
and the union republicans S.1C0 giving the
organization majority of 2.746. AS re-
suit the organization will control the state
and city conventions and name the candi-
date for each office to be filed at the No
vember election.
The vote by legislative districts was as
follows: First district. organization. 2,134:
union, 1,7SO organization majority 354
Second district, organization. 2,6O3; union
2.2SS organization ma jority, 315. Third dis
trict. organization. 2:746; union, 1,o95; or
ganization majority. 1,151 Fourth district
organization. 3.423; union. 2,497; organiza-
ton ma jority 926.
The result insures the nomination of Mr.
Stevenson A. Williams of Hartford county for
governor and George Whitelock of this city
for attorney general.
The democratic organization was also sue
cessful In the primaries. the several indie
pendent candidates for the nomination for
local Offices being defeat ted by decisive ma
jorities The total vote cast was ID, 49,
the number polled by Edwin Warfield for
governor. For judges of the supreme bench
J: Upshur Dennis and Daniel Geraud
Wright, incumbentS were successful poll
ing. respectively, II, 566 and s. 1873 votes. For
sheriff Eugene E. Grammar won over John
I. Cougar having pol1ed 9,192 votes
against 5901 for the latter.
One result of the republican orgaEiza-
ton victory was that boom was started
this morning for the election of Col
lector of the Port Stone for chairman of the
republican state central committee a posi-
ton which Phillip Lee Goldsborough desires
to relinguish when the new committee Or
ganizes.
Senator McComas was highly elated with
the result. He said: 1.-The result Is Just as
l had anticipated. The election does not,
however. end with the primary 1t is my
hope that the conventions will nominate
such men for Office as will appeal to all re-
publicans and attract the Independents who
succeeded in having a fair election law
passed and then saw it wiped out by
democratic legislature. and who want to
1,.t,> 49, 10 -
and good government, which a republican
victory next fall will accomplish.