The Washington times., 1926-09-16
Weller VICTOR
BY 500 VOTES

United states Senator o. E.
1velIer's denomination as Repnbli-
can candidate for denomination
from Maryland. and his Endorsement
BY his party as their leader. which
early returns Yesterday made vir-
tuaIiy certain was clinched as
nearly complete returns from every
county had been tabulated oday.
But these complete returns
showed that about 800 votes. had
they been taken from Weller and
east for Representative John Philip
Hin, nationally known wet advocate
In Congress. would have taken the
nomination from Weller and torn
the scepter Of party leadership from
him.
Maryland nominates ON the
county unit system and Weller won
eighty. three OF the convention votes
and Hi sixty.four.
HiIl forces had counted confident.
lyss on carrying, among others,
Prince Georges county, just over
the District line; and Talbot and
Cecil counties, on the Eastern shore.
These counties would have given
Hill seventy.eight votes in the con.
teatfOn. or four more than enough
@ win. He lost Prince Georges by
less than fifty votes and Cecil and
Talbot each by q little more than
$50 votes.
Had less than $50 votes been
changed ins Cecil and the same
~ fk1rlF n
thirty in Prince Georges, Hill would
have carried these counties and
been victor.
With the exception of the 1911
Democratic primary, the first direct
primary in Maryland, when former
United States Senator Blair Lee,
OF Silver Spring, was beaten by
Arthur Pue German. son Of the late
United states Senator German,
for the Democratic gubernatorial
nonination by one convention vote,
It was the. closest primary race In
the history Of the State.
IN the sections, Immediately
around Washington. Montgomery
county perhaps held chief interest.
There Major E. Brooke Lee,
present county Democratic leader
and one of the most Influential
leaders Of his party in the state,
proved he had complete grip on
the party reins. despite vigorous
opposition.
Major Lee. carried every one. of
his county candidates to victory,
and, despite the usual political dry
ness OF Montgomery, and indorse-
tuent Of William Milnes MaIoy by
Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson's Demo-
cratic law enforcement clubs, Major
Lee delivered the county to Gov
eralor Ritclie over MaIoy by ma
30rity Of more than four to one.
The only upset Of organization
forces occurred In the Republican
ranks In the county, where Mrs.
Mary T. Stock, of Bradley Hills,
won the State senatorial nomination
ever Frank L. Hewitt and John r.
Seibert.
It had been generally expected
that Captain Hewitt Would 1e an
easy victor. with Mr.. Selbert giving
him the closest ran.
IN Prince Georges county, the en-
tire county 6rganization ticket WAS
carried to victory by J Enos Ray
chairman Of the Democratic State
central committee.
On the Republican side, the race
was as close for county offices as
1t Was in the Weiler-Hili contest
The most picturesque candidate
in the Republican fight, HonesT
Tawm Garrison. HyattsviIle com
stable. appeared, on the face of
unofficial returns, to have lost the
domination for sheriff by less THAI
rs votes. J. E. Stuart was his OPP
ponent.
Tawm," however, is going to
wait the official count before con-
ceding defeat, and he then may asE
q recount e the returns are sti.l
against him. The official count
win take place next week.
Another Republican fight OF iu
terest to Washington was that IN
the Sixth Congressional District,
where Representative Frederick n.
Zin1man, chairman of the House
District Committee, was opposed for
denomination by George Louis
EppIer. Zihlman won by nearly
to /.
Zihlman, however, wi1f probably
face his hardest fight in the general
s!ection.
The Democrats nominated without
opposit on, Frank W. Mish, of
Washington county. Mish, former
state Senator, and operator of one
y the biggest farms in Maryland,
gave Zihlman the closest call of his
political career in 1920. the Repub-
liean nominee then carrying the
usually heavy Republican district
By less than 800 votes.