The Washington times., 1924-05-06
|ZIHLMAN v IN
HIS HOUSE
SEAT
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Whisperings Of Foes Futile.
Elections in Nearby Towns
and State Apathetic

i &ICSSLHdH TGOSFICk IN. Alnk4nan,
of Cumberland, Md, whose name
has been mentioned in scandal
whisperings" in Washington, has
been renominated as the Repub-
lican candidate for Congress in
the Sixth Maryland congressional
district, defeating Thomas L.
Dawson. of Rockville.
The fear that the mention Of
Zihlman's name in connection
with recent scandal would lose
for him the nomination was dis
sipated today, when final re-
TURNS on yesterdays voting
Jeanne in.
ZihIman Far Ahead.
With the vote incomplete from
Garrett county, Zihlman has a lead
OF 2,OS1 over Dawson with the ek.
pectation that later returns will
give him still greater lead.
] Allegheny, the home county OF
Mr.. ZihlmAn. gave him splendid
vote of confidence and with two
small precincts missing he had 3,449
votes to 604 for Dawson. Zihlman
also carried Washington county
| with big majority.
Dawson carried Montgomery coun-
ty, his home county, by a handsome
| majority and also carried Frederick
county by a slight margin.
Joseph Wclfinger, another can.
dldate for the, Republican nomina.
ton, got bur a few hundred votes
in each county.
David C. Winebrenner, Sd, of
Frederick. was nominated Congress
sional candidate in the Sixth dis.
| trict by the Democrats over Mayer
Thomas w. Koon, of Cumberland
Frank w. Mish, of Hagerstown
and Andrew J. Cummings, of Mont
gomery county. Winebrenner's nam,
mater was conceded today hy DR.
Koon, his nearest opponent. Wine
breGncr received a flatteriry vote
in Frederick county and he carried
Nom gor1efy county. the homs CT
Cummings, by large vote.
] Voting Absurdly Light.
Voting throughout the State was
absurdly light with Calvin Coolidge,
Republican candidate for President,
carrying Maryland easily over his
Opponent. IAN uninstructed delega-
tion." As a result the nineteen dele
gates will go to the Cleveland con-
vention with binding instructions
under the primary law to vote for
President Coolidge.
| Galen L. TAFT, chairman of the
Republican State central committee
of Maryland and manager in Mary
land for President Coolidge's nomi
nation campaign. said:
| ION a very light vote, with
President Coolidge running merely
against the proposition of an unin-
structed delegation, upward of U.s.
900 were cast in the State for the
President and only about 1000 for
an uninstructed delegation--a pro-
portion of about IL to /.
Coolidge Sweeps State.
1.-The President has carried every
precinct, city ward and county in
the State. This vote is an un-
eduivocal Endorsement of President
Coolidge by Maryland Republican
ISM"
In nearby Maryland, DR.. Harry
T. Clayton was elected city council
man Of Mt. Rainier over Harvie
Wilson by a vote of 179 to &c. w.
w. James was elected councilman
1 of the first ward without opposition.
Throughout Prince Georges county
the vote was the highest in history.
nat Of nkxyf a.
reported Charles Benedict Calvert,
OF Mt. Rainier, leading Charles E.
Chance, of Anne Arundel county,
for the Democratic nomination for
Congress by vote Of SAG to so.
Calvert was expected to carry his
own county by 1000 votes.
Bond Issue Defeated.
The proposed $4,000 bond issue
Tor revolving sidewalk fund was
defeated. Coolidge carried the
county against the "uninstructed"
by to l, latest returns indicate.
Three votes were cast for Senator
Hiram Johnson, although his name
did not appear on the ballot.
John H. Schaefer was elected
mayor of Riverda1e to succeed j.
Burroughs Waters, who was not a
candidate for reelection. Harry
h. Clare was elected councilman
OF the first ward over Oscar Fuller
by one vote. Claude G.. Bowers
was elected councilman from the
fourth ward. H. c. Weeks de-
feated Reginald Yauch for town
treasurer.
| In Hyattsville, the following were
elected without opposition: Charles
ID. Anderson, first ward; william
Moore, second ward; George N.
Bowen, third ward. William A.
Shepherd was elected town treas
urer for two years.
Harmony in Delegates.
There were no contests among
either DEMOCRATS or Republicans for
delegates to the State convention.
The Democrat delegates will go 10
the State convention uninstructed
since no candidate has filed for the
Democratic Presidential nomination
in Maryland.
I'm Capitol Heights, Mayor George
Finger was reelected over George
A. Adams by vote OF 155 to 100.
Mayor Finger declared today that
his victory was won on a platform
standing for a clean town opposed
to, slot.machines, bootleggfng, and
other vice. William H. McGinniss
was reelected town treasurer, Ue.
feating Clinton G. Light, 142 TO 90
The following were elected to the
town council: Oscar Poore, Walter
Beavers, George Smith, l.. s. Millar
and Arthur Steele. All of these
officials will serve for two years.
An entirely new board Of five
town commissioners was elected in
Bladensburg where the "old guard
was put to rout.