The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-05
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PRIMARIES
Contests for Congress Fea-
s,ture Of ElectionNo Presi-
: dental Delegate Battle


I Polls in Maryland were thrown
open today in the primary cleo
ton with the ticket in many pre-
cincts bearing only the name Of
President Calvin Coolidge, Re-
publican candidate for the nomi-
nation for President. No Demo-
cratic presidential candidates filed
in Maryland.
There are no contests in either
the Republican or Democratic
party for delegates to the State
convention. Republicans will
vote to send their delegates either
to vote for President Coolidge or
for an unnamed candidate.
Democratic delegates 60 unin-
structed.
d Districts Interest High.
Neutrality-suspicious., deprived Of the
privileges of going to the ballot
boxes themselves, are watching
with keen interest the outcome in
elections in nearby Maryland towns.
There is also much interest in the
fight in three Congressional Dis
Etricts in Maryland.
In the Sixth Congressional dis
trict. Congressman Frederick l..
Zihman, who was cleared Saturday
by Congressman Burton Of Ohio OF
charges of accepting q bride last
summer, Is opposed by two Repub-
leans for the nomination, Joseph w.
Wolfinger and Thomas L. Dawson.
Contests For Congress.
Dawson, who halls from Rock
Vile, Md. was former States At
torney of Montgomery County.
Democrats seeking the nomina.
ton in this District include Andrew
J.. "Cy" Cummings, OF Rockville.
Nd, David c.. Winebrenner, 3rd,
Frank w. Mish, and DR.. Thomas
w. Koon.
In the second Congressional Dis
trict, the opposing candidates are
p. Ridgely Simpson and Lloyd
Wilkinson. Republicans. In the
Fifth district the contestants are
Charles b. Calvert and Charles z.
Chance, Democrats.
All Of the other Maryland mem.
bers Of the House are seeking re-
nomination, Congressman T. Alan
Goldsborough, Willard. e. Tydings,
and J. Charles Linthicum, Demo
Gratis, and John Phillip HiH and
Sydney e. Mudd. Republicans, are
unopposed in their respective par
ties. -
Light Vote Expected.
Primary elections in Prince
George county, Nd. today are ex-
there being only two contests, that
between Charles Benedict Calvert,
Of Mt. Rainier, Prince Georges
county, and Charles E. Chance. of
Anne Arundel county, for the Dem
ocfatic nomination for Congress in
the Fifth district, and the other, for
a delegation to the State Republican
convention instructed for Calvin
Coolidge or ''unTnstructed" Neither
contest appears to have aroused
much interest. II,
Town elections in Riverdale, Capt.
ftol Heights, Mt. Rainier, Bladefls
burg and Takonia Park, however
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In Riverda.e there are contests
for mayor. two seats in the council
and for treasurer. Capitol Heights
is also having mayoralty contest
in addition to one for TREASURED, and
a scrap for six seats in the council
which has attracted fourteen candi
dates.
Ballot on Bond Issue.
In Mt. Mainier there is one con
test for council, and voters are con
sidering a proposed $4,000 bond
Tissue for creation of a revolving
sidewalk fund.
In Bladenshurg there are nine
candidates for the five places or
| the board OF town commissioners.
Three councilmanic candidate.
and the town treasurer, William A
Shepherd seeking reelection, arr
sunopposed in Hyattsville's tame
Mayor H. F. Taft is unop3oseC
to succeed himself in Takoma Park
but five are seeking three seat
in the council.
An ..eleventh.hour contest has de
veloped for members of the Rock
vile town council, and there ar,
five candidates for four places. t.
be filled. Charles g. Holland, O
the present council, is expected Il
be named to succeed DR.. Otis X
LinthicuYn.
| Delegates to the convention hav,
been named as follows: Democrats
III Guy Bell. Brice Bowie, william
r. Reyes, Charles A. Marden
George N. Palmer and LansdaIe a
Sasscer; Republicans, John M
Bowie, James p. Curley, Johr
Diggs, Arthur Keefer, George B
Merrick, and Thomas II. Wildman
| Women Of both parties win plaN
an important part in the primary
Nine women, five Republicans ant
four Democrats, are candidates fol
delegates to the State conventions.
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