Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-10
VICTORY ASSURED
| PARTY DEMOCRATS
Montgomery Regulars Did Not
Poll Majorities Anticipated
by Leaders.

Unohicial returns from Montgomery
: County's Democratic primary elections
Monday, completed early this morning,
show victory for every candidate OH the
county organization ticket, but by a
much smaller margin than had been
anticipated by leaders of the winning
faction before the balloting began.
The majority rolled up by the organ
ization ticket as whole fell a little
short Of the 2,00D votes which Mai. e.
Brooke Lee. organization leader, had
predicted during the latter stages Of the
counting.
Margin Lowered.
Robert G. Hilton. candidate for the
State, Senate, was nominated by a ma
1ority of approximately 500 less votes
than the margin Of victory of his fell
low candidates. His opponent, DR..
Eugene Jones Of Kensington, the pres
emit state Senator, ran well ahead of
his ticket with 5,344 votes, as against
6,684 for Hilton.
This was the second closest race. j..
yinson Peter OF Rockville, candidate Tor
county commissioner from the fourth
district, came within 280 votes OF
William Frank Ricketts,, the winning
organization candidate. Mr.. Peter is
son Of the late Judge Edward Peter,
who for wears fought with former SEN
ator Blair Lee, father of the present or
Plantation leader, for supremacy In
MONTGOMERY County politics. His broth
err, Edward Peter, jr., is member OF
the Executive Committee OF the Pro
gressive Democratic party.
The vote cast Monday was the largest
in the history of the county. The total
is reckoned at 1880, with almost 500
ballots thrown out because they were
not properly marked The official fig-
Ilra of ballots counted was placed at
1908, approximately 5000 more than
the record primary election vote cast IN
1926.
Long List Causes Delay.
The extremely large vote and the
length of the ballot, which listed rs
names, caused the delay in the com
pletion of the count by election officials.
The most overwhelming victory was
scored by David j. Lewis of Cumber-
land, candidate for the Democratic
nomination for the House OF Repre-,
sentatives from the sixth congressional
district. With his name marked on
8,218 ballots in Montgomery County he
led his opponent, Fuller Barnard, also
of Cumberland, by a Gill margin.
Mr. Lewis had besn Endorsed by the
county organization and the Progress
sives offered no opposition to his can
cidacy, although not officially announc-
ing themselves in his favor.
The race for judgeship of the sixth
judicial circuit, the only other race not
purely local in nature, was won by
Judge John s. Newman of Frederick,
who now holds that Office. He was
backed BY the Lee organization. w
Clinton McSherry of Frederick, the
Progressive candidate, received Adj
votes. as against 6,471 for Judge New
man. Samuel A. Lewis also of Fred
erick, who ran as an independent Demo-
crat, was given but 794 votes.
Race Conferred in Senate.
Lacy Shaw, county commissioner of
the fifth commissioner district, led the
purely local ticket with total of 1928
ballots. His opponent, William H.
Thompson, polled 4,261.
Chief interest in the race conferred
in the contest for the State Senate, and
il was not until the last four districts
were heard from was it certain that
Mr. Hilton would win.
Dr. jones, the Progressive candidate,
had served in the Senate for four terms.
Until tho last session of the General
Assembly he was affiliated with the
organization. At the 1929 session he
opposed administration measures and
at the beginning of the present CAM
paign announced that he mad gone
over to the anti-organization camp
He was considered their strongest
candidate.
1t was the vote in the Colesville, Sill
yer Spring and Bethesda districts
which definitely swung the election
against him. These three were the last
to complete their count.
OF the "a precincts in the county, Is
returned maiorities for most of the or
ganization candidates, were stand
offs, with the remaining 5 going for
the ProgressiyeS.
ORR Of the upsets of the election was