Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-05-04
KLINGER DEFEATS
DORSEY; WOOD IS
CHOICE OF C. 0. P.
Prince George Countian Wins
Democratic Nomination In
Yesterdays Primaries BY Ma
iority Of More Than Five
Hundred
MADE CLEAN SWEEP;
SO DID GEN. WOOD

Thomas S Klinger. Of Prince
Georges county won over Walter b.
Dorsey. of Anne Arundel county, i'm
the fight for the Democratic Fifth
District Congressional nomination,
and General Leonard Wood, OF the
Army. was recorded as the favorite
among the Republicans in their pre-
rerential Presidential contest, as the
result OF yesterdays primary election
held in Anne Arundel,
Complete returns from the rural
precincts have not been received. but
sufficient figures are in hand to esti-
mate that Ringers majority over
Dorsey will run between 500 and 600,
and that Woods victory over John
son will probably approach greater
figures than that Frank o. Smith, of
Calvert county. and John w. klemm,
who made up the four-cornered fight
for the Democratic nomination for
Congress. polled a surprisingly small
vote, except that Mr. Smith carried
Howard county
Skirmish Between Factions
Considerably less than one-third of
the registered vote of either party
was polled throughout the county,
which is probably a record for an
election of any kind There appeared
lack OF interest everywhere. except
that there seems to have been rather
sharp skirmish between some elements
within the ranks of the two opposing
factions of the Democratic party
Frank s. Revell and others of the old
Organization" forces actively es-
poused the candidacy of Klinger, and
the returns show that they did effec
tive work, for they seem to have made
clean sweep, carrying every pre-
cinct in the county. Ringers victory
in the Eighth district was especially
noteworthy as Dorsey's combined vote
i'm both precincts. according TO the un-
official return is only Is. and this, too
in spite of the fact that several active
Progressive" politicians there are
said to have been working for Dorsey.
Emmett NJ Webb. John II. Rodgers
and Daniel ~ Armiger are said 10
have led the Organization" forces
| there. and the lineup furnished an
interesting bit of comment around the
| Court House today
In Annapolis and Eastport there
@as active support of Mr.. Dorsey's
! candidacy among several OF those
| prominently identified with the pro
| gressiye" faction, but here. too, they
| failed to make much headway, Kiln
| gers majority at Eastport being about
| 20 and in Annapolis 142.
Dorsey Carries Southern Md.
In addition to Anne Arundel, Dorsey
| lost Howard county, which was car
ried by Smith. but the returns in
dicate that he has carried every other
| county of the district. including
Prince Georges. Ringers home sec
lion, although the result there is said
to be close.
In the few wards OF the southern
part OF Baltimore city, which are in
cluded in the district. Dorsey was
badly beaten, Ringers majority there
Icing 1.O99.
Easy For Wood
The fight among the Republicans
was chiefly on the Presidential issue,
and the faction known as Ridout.
Basil and others, scored a triumph
over the opposing forces of DIR. Louis
3. Henkel, Adams nand others. The
Ridout were out and out for Wood.
and the rival faction put into the field
an "uninstructed" set of candidates 70
the State convention. but who, 1t is
understood. had leanings to Johnson.
General Woods majority in the city is
i 2l5. The vote of the city by wards,
is given elsewhere in the Evening
Capital 3Gs
The result of the fights for Con
gress in other districts OF the State
and the Republican presidential con