Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01
PLURALITY MORE THAN 500
Carried Frostburg Despite Opposition
of Leading Republicans.
HAS SIX HUNDRED MAJORITY
Lowndes is Said to Have Spent $685.
OoO-Ex-State Senator Dick
Now Out Of It
Special Dispatch to The Star.

A. Pearre won In the Allegany county re-
publican primaries today over Mr.. Lloyd
Lowndes by decisive majority. It viii
run from 500 to TOO. This insures the re-
| Nomination Of Col. Pearre At Frederick on
Tuesday by reclamation. He has the sfn-
dorsement Of all the counties In the dis
triet. Montgomery giving hers In tho event
that he carried his own county.
AL but two or three OF the precincts have
been heard from and Col. Pearre's plurality
10 over GOO. Col Pearre carried the city Of
Cumberland by a good majority. He car
| risd Homecoming. whore he had the COM
bined opposition Of ex-stats Senator James
M. Sloan and ex-state Senator David 3.
Dick. by seventy-three majority. Mr. Dick
early this evening sent out the prediction
that Col Pearre would lose Homecoming by
200 majority and Allegany county by 500
majority. Dicks attitude in the fight
against Pearre has been generally looked
upon as one OF base ingratitude, and the
friends OF Pearre say that he will now
cease to cut q figure In Allegany county
politics. and deservedly so.
Col Pearre also carried Frostburg by over
lo0; He had many Of the leading republican
politicians there against him, and it was
freely predicted he would lose that city.
Mount Savage Liked Lowndes.
AAoNAS Savage gave LOWuQeS a most
f1attering vote. He receiver ITS votes there
to 80 for Col. Pearre. Here resides w.
Bladen Lowndes. brother Of Mr.. Lloyd
Lowndes, and Is at the head of the mining
and fire brick operations His influence was
most potent among the voters of Mount
Savage.
The Pearre people say that Mr.. Lowndes
spent at least $4,000 In the fight In this
ana otner counties OF the district, besides
having daily newspaper to boost his
cause.
Ex-senator Wellington heard the news at
the office of the Cumberland Daily News,
and Immediately took the street car for
home. He made no comment. Mr.. Lowndes
received the returns at his home. He said
that he made a good fight, and he heartily
appreciated what his friends had done for
him. He said that he was far from down
and out" He still had aspirations In the
same direction, and 1t was his intention to
come at II again as soon as possible.
The streets were damned with people to-
night eager to hear the news. Democrats
were as much interested as reublicans.
Groups Of young men went about singing q
topical song, which begins:
Col. Pearre, he's the man for me-
Evsrybody's talking about Col. Pearre.
Pearre Much Gratifed.
Col. Pearre received the news at his home
with Mrs. Pearre. her mother, Mrs Emily
w. shoupe and friend, Miss Bruce. He
was overwhelmed with kilograms of con-
graduation. while the telephone was con-
stantly calling. Col. Pearre will name the
delegation to Frederick. It will probably
be a mass delegation Discussing the re-
suit, Col. Pearre said: II am very much
gratiied at the victory Of the peo-
pie over the tnsolent attempt Of GER
tain gentlemen to corrupt the electorate
not only Of Allegany county, but of the
sixth district Of Maryland. This election
In Allegany county was held under a pri-
mary election law. which prepared with
the assistance Of Mr.. David A. Robb and
the members Of the legislature Of 1904.
These gentlemen passed 1t In the house
and Senator Lewis In the senate
1T prohibits the use of money and In
toxlcants for the purpose OF corruptinE the
electorate and provides penalties for the
violation OF the law which guarantees con-
perfect confidence in the discriminating in
telligence OF the voters of AlleRany
county throughout the whole campaign and
while the length Of this Congress prevented
my giving as much personal attention to
the campaign as should have liked the
sturdy republicanism OF the county protect
ed itself from the base methods used against
me and has given me an Endorsement over
Mr.. Lowndes. Mr.. wellington and Mr. W.
w. Brown and teh scurrtlity OF the latter
In the MANAGEMENT OF the Cumberland
Daily News with an emphasis amounting to
q most decisive and fatterinE majority The
same methods that were used In AIezany
county were used in all the counties of the
district. but the honest citizenship OF west
ern Maryland again indicated itself and
put the brand OF disapproval upon the men
who opposed me and improper methods to
which they resorted. MY friends and my
self made clean fight and won by a hand
some majority"
Six Hundred Majority.
A complete tabulation Of the returns gives
Col. Pearre six hundred majority.
While the contest in some Of the pre-
cincts was most exciting. there was little
disorder. The saloons were all open, but
the number Of drunken men to be seen
were only few more than ordinary
The first districts that came In were
decidedly of Lowndes color. Rawlings.
In which Mr.. Lowndes farm Is located,
gave him sixty-three votes to thirteen for
Col Pearre. Here. too. John B. Cunning
former county commissioner and
wealthy distiller, worked for Lowndes
for Lowndes to seven for Pearre. The
returns from these districts were received
about O'Clock. and the Daily News. Mr..
Lowndes' organ. wrote bulletins and
posted them at the various polling places.
where they hung for an hour and a half
before the polls closed About the same
time came the report from Gross. which
gave Lowndes twenty-three to three for
Pearre. Ex-County Commissioner j. A
Hendrickson was the power In this dis
trict against Col. Pearre. The reports
from Oldtown and Flintstone showed that
Pearre had carried them. but so dispro-
portionately to the Lowndes majorities
in the other county districts that some OK
the Pearre people were beginning to con-
cede defeat ana were explaining how 1t
happened.
Not So Many Workers.
The vote was not out as strong as at
the primaries last year. This was tofen to
mean that the quiet vote was indifferent
and was looked upon as bad for Pearre.
There was notable absencs Of wor~srs
at some Of the polling places In Cumberland
The negroes were much button -holed at
some OF the precincts. In one precinct Ut
district No. o. William Coopar. negro
leader, who was working for Lownd.s. vas
unopposed IN his work among his race.
Ex-senator wellington. coming from hts
home this evening some time before the
polls closed. said he would stake his life
on the result. 20 sure was rs that 1.ewndes
would win.
Pearre carried Enerslie district by vote
of Sfxty-seyeu to seven. This dist let ex-