Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09
Administration Forces Ahead
in Early Count of
Ballots.
ORGANIZATION MEN ALSO
WIN IN PRINCE GEORGES
Independents Go Down to Defeat
in Southern Maryland
Voting.

Complete victory for all organization
tickets in Montgomery and Prince
Georges Counties was indicated by re-
turns of the voting in yesterday
primary elections, received up to noon
today.
Although the Democratic organization
was challenged by six independent can
didates in Prince Georges County, all
went down to defeat by decisive mar
gins. The Republican primary Of the
county also resulted successfully for
candidates favored by that party's po-
litical machine. Tabulation Of the en-
tire Prince Georges vote was finished
early this morning.
Still Counting in Montgomery.
In Montgomery County, however,
election officials were still counting this
afternoon with the complete vote from
but half of the "a precincts heard
from. A ballot listing rs names and the
unprecedented number of persons who
visited the polls accounted for the delay.
Early returns, which included the
count from precincts calculated to cast
the strongest vote for the Progressive
or differentiation faction OF the
Democratic party, showed a considerable
majority for all organization candidates
with the exception of Robert @. Hill
ton of Rockville, who is running against
Dr. Eugene Jones of Kensington, for
the State Senate. Reports from dozen
precincts showed DR.. Jones, the 1ncum-
bent, but 2l5 votes behind his opponent.
The Republicans Of Montgomery
FSo,,x,kx, a - x10k k10ldin0 urinary cleo
ton this year, having agreed on their
roster of candidates at convention In
Kensington, August /.
Vote Estimated at 1880.
on a basis Of returns already in, the
probable vote cast in the county Is fig-
ured to approximate 1880, more than
5000 greater than the former record
vote in the primaries.
With the two largest precincts yet to
be heard from, election ufncials preoict
that the count. for the county as .
whole will not be completed until late
this afternoon. Judges, clerks, watchers
and challengers have been hard at work
tabulating the ballots since o'clock
yesterday evening.
The election was an unusually or
derly one with but two instances mar
ring the otherwise unchallenged con-
duct of the election officers. one oc-
Cured last night when a watcher OF
the progressives at the Takoma PARK
flrehouse questioned 20 ballots which
had been initiated by q clerk instead
of one of the judges. The challenge
was made by Verne Austin, who also
charged that approximately 100 ballots
were initiated by q single judge instead
of being done by separate judges as
signed to the work.
Miss Vivian Simpson, the only wom-
an lawyer in Takoma Park, was called
in by Austin and asked for legal adj
vice. The discussion retarded the work
of the tabulators and Sergt Earl H.
Burdine of the Montgomery County
police escorted both Miss Simpson and
Austin from the room.
Starts for Sheriff.
At this point j. w. Feeney OF
Takoma Park jumped in his automobile
and started to Rockville to get the
sheriff. Motor Cycle Policeman Theo-
dore Raines arrested him for speeding
within a few blocks of the polls and
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