Evening star., 1909-05-04
TOWN OFFICIALS ARE CHOSEN
W. P. MAGRUDER ELECTED
MAYOR OF EVANSVILLE.
Garrett. James and Trammell Are
Glen Echo Councilmen-Result
at Nearby Municipalities.

Municipal elections were held yesterday
in several nearby Maryland towns. In
most cases there were few. candidates.
No disturbances occurred.
At Hyattsville William P. Magruder
was elected mayor, and Herman l.. Bur
CESS. Harry. w. Shepherd and Stephen j.
Kelly were elected members OF the
council.
At Glen Echo Robert l.. Garrett, Otto
F. James and John Trammell were
elected members of the council.
A, Takoma Park three councilmen were
elected. They were John Saunders, H. Z.
Rogers and r. E. Blodge
At kensington f. f. B sr and J. NJ. 5.
Bowie were elected members of the coun-
Gil ever Joseph w. Buck and }. ". MO
Lain Baer received 20 votes. Bowie 4t,
McLain o6 and Buck 16
At Somerset two cOuncllmen were
elected to serve for two years \ fun
vote was polled. and the successful can
didates were George H. Cooper and w. w
Biggs.
Magruder's Majority Large.
Despite the fact that there was great
deal of husting between the friends of
Acting Mayor John Fainter. jr., and Will
liam p. Magruder. candidates for the Of
flee of mayor Of Hyattsville, everything
passed off quietly at the election and
good feeling prevailed.
The result was surprise TO the Fainter
adherents. Many Of them had admitted.
however. the vote would be close ana
probably against their candidate. Iney s
do not see how Magruder was able to beat
Fainter by seventy-two votes.
In addition to carrying his own ward.
Magruder carried the acting mayor
ward by thirty-nine majority The Ma
inO a n
tial majority for Fainter In the third
ward. but Magruder got majority OF
five votes.
The entire vote in the three wards was:
For Magruder, 100: for Fainter. llS, or
ma jority for Magruder of 12 votes.
In the first ward there was an animated
contest between the friends Of Council
man Herman L. Burgess and John A.
dent supporter of Magruder. and this un-
doubtedly helped him. He was elected by
Is majority. the vote being: Burgess 81;
Johnson. AZ.
Councilman Harry ". Shepherd was re-
elected from the second ward for the two
year term, receiving 80 votes. lie had no
opposition.
Councilman Stephen j. Kelly was re-
elected from the third ward for two years,
his vote being 100 He had no opposition.
The council will meet Monday even
ing next to canvass the vote. On the fol-
lowing Monday evening the newly elect
ed mayor and members of the council
will be sworn in.
he William p. Magruder. mayor; first
ward, Herman E. Burgess and John
Fainter. jr: second ward. Harry W:
Shepherd and w. A. Brooks. and third
ward. Stephen j. Kelly and ). FRANK
Rushe.
One of the main reasons that con-
tributed to the peace and good order at
the polls yesterday was the fact that
Acting Mayor Fainter and the members
of the council ordered that booths be
erected inside the polling places and
that the judges hand the tickets to the
voters as they came in.
Heretofore the tickets have been dis
tributed to the candidates and their
friends upon the streets. No end OF
confusion has resulted. The innovation
is commended, however, and Will DOUBT.
less be a. permanent feature In local
elections.
Administration Ticket Wins.
The election at Glen Echo resulted In
the selection OF Robert J.. Garrett and
Otho r. James to serve two years as
successors to CouncImen Thomas A.
Weaver and Guy E. Jenkins, who did not
seek re- election, and Of John Trammeli
to serve until May I, 1910, to fill out the
unexp,red term Of Capt. William HI.
Roach, who was recently made mayor In
place of Mayor John A. Garrett, resigned.
Opposed to Garrett and James, was
John Fl. Darling Trsmmell and T.. Bruce
.Aldrich fought 1t out.
The successful candidates composed
wha, was known as the administration
ticket" The others were known as re
formers" because they favor certain
changes in the management OF Glen Echo
affairs
The contest was lively. Following the
announcement OF the vote friends of the
winners celebrated by blowing horns and
ringing bells, the din lasting long into
the night.
The total vote received by each candi-
date was as follows: Garrett, 3S; James,
81; Darling. 20; Trammell 30; Aldrich. Il.
A total of "a votes were cast.
Daniel Collins Is the hold-over member
of the council.
Three Councilmen Chosen.
The election at Takonra Park, Md. was
for three councilmen to serve for the en-
suing two years. The election was held in
the chapel Of the Takoma Park Presby-
terian Church, on Maple avenue. and was
a quiet affair.
The successful candidates were John
Saunders. 96 votes; II. f. Rogers, 63, and
E. e. Blodgett. 81 votes. The total num-
Der Of votes cast was Ill.
The other candidates In the race were
#. L. Luton, who secured 81 votes, and
III. c. Gore. 70. r. Norman Jackson. who
was nominated at the caucus last week,
was not present at the meeting. and de-
clined the nomination offered him.
At a special meeting Of the town council
last night the report of the board of cleo
tons was received and approved. The
judges Of the election were Norman
Brainard, chairman; L. NJ. Mooers and +.
w. Longley. j. II. Van Houten was clerk
OF the committee.
The new councilmen will be sworn in
Monday. June Z. Rogers and Blodgett are
members of the present council, and have
been active workers during the past term
Saunders is comparatively new resident
of the Park. although resident of Ridge