Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
PRIMARY RETURNS
/ SURPRISE LEADERS
"The Unexpected" Happens
to Chiefs in Both Political
! Camps in Maryland.

erS as the one held last MONDAY. Ing
results will have an important bear
ing upon the state election in Novem-
Der fractional differences We're IN
creased rather than diminished by
the close results, especially IN Baitl-
more city. The contest between the
rival democratic bosses. Mahon ana
Kelly. for control Of the nominatlons
for city offices, as well as for mem
bers of the Legislature, resulted IN
almost an even split, and neither chle1
has much over , which ds to Sr1W;
city boss. was licked to a FRAGILE by
John OMeara, which was another sur
prise.
the city also got into scrap IN Wnlcn
anti-Catholic propaganda played a
part, and the success of two candi,
dates supported by the so-calleo
Great Secret Order IN has op epnsendered
considerable bitterness.
fractional Fights in Both Parties.
In Baltimore county and in several
of the eastern and western counties
ugly factional fights in both parles
are likely to affect the vote seriously
tend TO complicate the situation as
a. affects the state legislative tickets.
Montgomery. Prince. GEORGES and
Carroll are among the counties III
which uDSeIS were ISSoA oSN.
When James N. Barnes!y OF Mont
romery county announced his candl-
dacy for the democratic noHllnae,oii
for the house of delegates seVsrat
60 said, he was opposed to the ratl-
fication by the legislature OF the SUI
frage amendment, had no syripa'nS
with prohibition and couid see ~
harm in betting on the races unoeI
certain restrictions. The opinion was
widespread that no man couiu q
in Montgomery county on -
platform, but Barnesly thousht 49,, o..i.
~ise and his Judgment was Vinoicateu
Mt the primary election Wheh TIC
returned a winner ,
Rarnesly was not one OF the
didates picked by the leaders OF .ne
two factions in their har1nons H.
Int when the vote was counteu ne
,ras shown to have been nominated
With more than a hundred votes 10
spare. .,;,ed in
was julius E. Coffren or Prince
Georges. The Ray forces nau aecb
on a harmony slate by which eacn
faction was to take two nominations
for the house. The Ray people chose
Clarence Roberts of Kent anu oiniihs
Jones, and the opposition plcKeo
Clarence w. Clagett OF HyattsVliIe'
and Frank NJ. Stephen of Riverdaie.
Rut when the smoke had cleared away
fhe 'harmony" quartet was minus
man, Clagett having been beaten out
by Coffren, to whom the politicians
had maid little or no attention. In
cidentally. Clagett was a dry and
anti-racetrack candidate. while Col
Yren was the opposite on both issues
Defeat of Herbert R. Wooden.
County politicians drifting to town
from Carroll say that the reason Her.
bert r. Wooden. who was speaker OF
the last house of delegates. was not
nominated by the republicans 1or
senator was that the Waldron anti
defeat of Wooden is considered a wal
Top at o. E. Weller, the republican
state chieftain.
Woodeu was opposed by former
State Senator r. Smith Snader.
In the defeat of the Uric republican
faction in Kent county Weller re-
eefved another setback.
The character and standing OF the
candidates of both parties for the leg
aslature are regarded as better ana
higher than in some previous line
ms. In Hartford and Cecil the entire
county and legislative tickets are
made up of what is called the best
democratic material available. In
Hartford Col. Miller Tydings of Havre
de Grace, a war hero, is one OF the
democratic nominees for legislature
and his tremendous popularity will
hslp tho state ticket immensely.
4 List Of the Nominees.
The successful candidates for nomi-
nation for the state senate in the
counties follow:
Baltimore county-Democrat, David
G. Mcintosh. jr.; republican. Harry p.
Pieiert-
Cecil county-Democrat. Omer D.
Crothers (holdover).
Kent county-Democrat, William F.
Russell; republican, John N. Bennett.
Queen Anne county-Democrat, j.
Harry Legg (renominated).
Somerset county-Democrat, Will
Ham F. Byrd; republican. John B.
Robins.
Dorchester-Democra DR.. e. e.
woIff; republican. Charles h Gibson.
In other eastern shore counties the
senators hold over.
Judge William H. Adkins sweeping
victory in the contest for the nomina-
ZION for the judgeship in the second
judicial circuit, composed Of Cecil.
Caroline, Kent Queen Anne and Tai
The vote Of the five counties was:
Adkins. 3.71S; Crothers. 1857, and
Eoldsborough 2,99S, Judge Adkins
winning by plurality Of TO over
Goldsborough, the second man. and
beating Crothers by 1,131.
Fred n. Leffier and Cecil 8. Squier
were named for the house of dele
gates and H. Winfield Lewis for clerk
Of the court. James F. Evans defeat
ed Albert D. Mackie for states attor-
pey Deputy Sheriff Lewis A Seth was
named for sheriff, John F. Pierce for
the short term county commissioner
and Reuben Reynolds for the long
term
The nomination IN Howard county
Of Humphrey D. Wolfe for state sena-
tor over Edward NJ Hammond and
the nomination Of Stephen W. Gam
brill and Daniel NJ. Murray for the
house Of delegates shows that the Cor
has been decisively beaten
How Prohibition Figured.
The prohibition question did not
Hgure SO strongly in the primary as
was expected. and in this again the
bosses of both parties were surprised.
IN Allegny county, which Is the
Sock-ribbed republican county. the
Legislative ticket nominated is dry
8 to !. Wet or undeclared candi-
dates are more numerous in some
eastern counties than had been ex-
pected. There is no mistake about
the changing over of the sho'. Hun
dreds Of both democrat and republic
can citizens, many of them leaders in
their respective counties, openly say
they are opposed to national prohi-