Evening star., 1926-11-04
MONTGOMERY VOTE
TO Be UNCHANGED
Election Supervisors Organ
Ize for Official Canvass
of Ballots.


ROCKVILLE, Md, November A.
The count Of the vote cast at Tues
days election in this county was
not completed until shortly before :
O'Clock last evening. when the physi-
ally and mentally exhausted officials
Tor kensington and Silver Spring pre-
cinCts wound up 81 hours Of unin-
tcrrupted service
The supervisors of elections. Lau-
Tason T.. Riggs. Norman Wootton and
Frank DWYer, met here today and at
noon organized as a board of can
NasScrs 10y electing Mr.. Riggs chair
lnan ana Mr Wootton secretary and
began the official canvass OF the vote
.Ns there We're no real close contests,
The Official count is not expected to
chang" materially the vote as orig
ihallV announced.
With the exception of Judge Ha"l
lnond Ttner, candidate for chief judge
pt the sixth judic al Circuit. compr.s-
n-5 Nom gomery and Frederick Coun
:lrS who carried the county over his
t'fln0c'Gjtic opponent, Samuel A
J., ,Vis of Frederick. by me- iority %
81 and Representative Frederick
y. Xjhlman candidate for reelection.
whose margin over Frank w. Mish,
I5ein1rraf was Sc +ho la~roc- tho
,p)atv has ever given him, all of
the rmUrrItic Stare AND c,.ul"E can
,idajcs ca"t'"d the county. ;he ma jor
,tieS RANGING from :3S which va
y thjte'- MARGIN over JohHsOn, for the
5'.l-e Of Delegates. to 2.1l9, by which
lr.a ar tE Preston Is NaT, reelected
"ioiE of the Circuit Court defeated
.AI-Nanlcr Il. Shepherd. Gov. Ritchie'e
MH2o'j jly was .3%5. white his running
mates on the state ticket carried the
county by somewhat wider margins.
Scratching Is Unusual.
IS was expected an urnr"cedented
Fiuounr Of scratchin" of tickets was
tndAil1pd in by members o. both par
Shes \ number Of the Democratic
ca"didarcs were opposed by the Anti
saloon Lcaruo. the w. G. r. u, tn
ni;e3 DetnDc attic Law Enforcement
lub& and AisGruntled anti-organi2a
:i0n members of the party. while
many Republicans, only in much larg-
~ numbers than usual. continued
their habit of voting for Democratic
candidates for county Offices.
Both Of the woman candidates o.
he Republican ficle' ''o"o '>na+o"
Mrs Mary T. Stock. candidate, for the
~
less votes than did DIR. Eugene Jones
reelected. While Mrs. Gertrude NJ
stevens was S63 votes behind Harvey
Z. White. the lowest Democratic can
didate
The total vote received by each can
didatc was as follows:
For governor-Ritchie, 1850: Multi
kin 5,6S5.
Fer controller of the State treas
,r,y-Gordy, $500; Goodell, 5,4SS.
For attorney general - Robinson,
G.9l9: Blocning, 5.457.
For clerk of the Court of Appeals
Young. $3.50; Chase. SOS.
For chief Judge Gf the sixth judicial
tircuit-Urnor, 1873: Lewis, 4.SS2.
For the United States House of Rep
resentatives - Zihlman, 6.616; Mish,
$40.
For the State Senate-Dr. Eugene
Zones, 1,176; Mrs. Mary T. Stock
5.2t9,
For clerk of the Circuit Court
Preston B. Pay, 1851; Alexander r.
Shepherd, 4.S42
For states attorney-Rohert Peter,
tr, 7009; Harold G. Smith. 5,535.
For the House of Delegates Ohe first
four elcctedl-E Brooke Lee. 6.617;
Dr. George l.. Edmonds, 6,603: Rich
ard H. TanSdale, $50: Harvey J.
White. G.571; Charles r. Johnson.
..933: James NJ. Mount. 5.742; Mrs.
Gertrude NJ. Stevens. 5,50S; Walter T.
Piumley, 4.a3S.
For register of wills-Perrie +.
Waters, 6,9o9; Haitian A. Waters,
H,3>6.
For county treasurer-Dr. John
Gardner, 1925; Richard G. d. Hunt
$50,
For sheriff-Joseph B. Pyles, 6.740;
James Oscar Thompson, 5,729.
For county commissioners (the first
i've eloctcdl-J. Forest Walker, 6.707;
Robert l.. lIickcrson. G.559; Clagett G.
Hilton, 6.707; Dr benjamin G. Perry,
1852; Lacy Shaw. 71i0: Hiram w.
aiaIvey. 5.57S: William II. Burdette,
a.I01; Windsor w. Hodges. 5,407;
Prank II. karn, SAP; Gerald II. War
then. 3,GS5.
For Judges Of the Orphans Court
tirst three elccted)-HarTy J. Hunt,
-.lG0; z. Hicks Ray, 6,GS2: John K
Lewis. $500; Columbus w. Day. 5.551:
Howard McC. MarloWe. 5.160; Will
liam (. Watkins, 5,13l.
For county urveyOr-JOSeph n.
SIarkey, jr., 6.So5; Claiborne II. Man
nar. 5.425.