Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-07
karin LOSES FIGHT
IN OFFICIAL COUNT
Montgomery G. o. P. Com
missioner Candidate De-
clared Defeated.
BY WILLIAM S. TARVER,
stan Correspondent of The star.

Stan Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd, November T.
william Frank Ricketts,, Democratic
candidate for Montgomery County Com
missioner from the fourth district,
whose defeat WIS conceded yesterday
on basis of unofficial returns from Tues
days election, was actually elected by
margin of Is votes, official tabulation
OF the vote completed early this morn
ing indicated.
Unofflcial figures compiled from re-
turns gathered from the "a precincts
as the ballots were counted gave Frank
H. Karn, Ricketts, Republican opponent,
a majority which varied from 81 to 35.
Error in Potomac District.
The Board of Election Supervisors
last night found that several mistakes
had been made in the original count
The la. geSt error, it was said, occurred
in the Potomac district, where totals of
election judges differed by IS votes from
the official figure arrived at by the
supervisors.
The total for Ricketts, as it now
stands on the county records Is 1894,
against 1878 for Karn. Yesterday The
Star published elections statistics giving
Kain 1904 votes and Ricketts, 5000.
Although other minor changes from
the unofficial returns were made in the
official figures, the result of none of
the other contests was changed by the
tabulation Of the Board of Election
Supervisors.
1OO-vOte Majority.
The tabulation last night gave Robert
G. Hilton, Democratic candidate for
the State Senate, an even hundred
mo ffxT
son, Republican. More interest had
centered around this fight than any
other because of the Importance of the
position IN any legislative program the
county administration might wish to
foster. The fact that Anderson, a
28-year-old Rockville lawyer, was the
youngest man on either ticket also lent
interest to the affair.
This morning Paul Sleman, Montgom-
cry County chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee, had no pro-
test to make concerning the count of
the election supervisors, which took ap-
parent victory away from Karn and
failed to help Anderson. It had been
hoped by Republicans that their can
dioate Tor the State Senate would gain
by the tabulation.
AS the vote stands today, Walter w.
dawson, 20 years old, of Rockville is
the only Republican VINO was voted into
once Tuesday. lie received 1851 votes
Tor the House of Delegates, the largest
Iotai amassed by any State legislative
candidate.
Returns for Delegates.
His nearest opponent was DR.. George
L. EomonuS, Democrat, with y,2UU.
Others elected to the House of DELEGATES
were: Miss Lavinia Engle, 9,156; Marvin
harrington, 9,131, and Odoricn w.
Robey, 9,069. The Democrat defeated
by Dawson was Ralph S. Morrison, with
1894 votes.
The largest majority of the election
was given to Preston B. Ray, Demo-
cratic clerk of the Circuit Court, who
was running for reelection. He re-
ceived 10,049 votes, as against 8,522
for Mortimer o. Stabler, Republican,
making a majority of 1,525.
David j. Lewis, who defeated Repre-
sentative Frederick N. Zihlman in the
sixth congressional district race, re-
ceived a slightly larger vote than Mr..
Ray, but his majority was less. The
figures are 1919 for Lewis and 8,679
fer zinlman.
G. o. p. Judge Elected.
Although elected by virtue of a ma
jority in Frederick County, Arthur D.
Willard, Republican candidate for judge
ship in the sixth judicial circuit, was
beaten by TAG in Montgomery County,
receiving 1878 votes to 9,619 for Judge
John S. Newman, Democrat, the present
incumbent.
Gov. Albert C. Ritchie ran slightly
ahead of the State ticket in Montgom-
cry with 1897 votes to. 9,177 for Mayor
William r. Broening, Republican guber-
Material candidate, but his majority of
go was considerably less than that of
his running mates. This was due prin-
cipally, it is thought, to the strenuous
personal fight made by the Montgom-
cry Republicans for Broening.
With the exception of Ray for clerk
Of the Circuit Court, Lacy Shaw, vice
president of the board of county COM
missioners, made the strongest fight of
q county candidate, amassing 1,525
majority.
Margins Generally Slim.
As whole the Democratic candidates
went into office by slim margins. The
closeneSs of the election is laid generally
to the progressive Democrat or anti
organization vote.
Democratic organization leaders esti-
mated today that approximately 80 or
30 per cent of the prcgfessivss who went
to the polls cast ballots for the Repub-
Hcan canOtQaUeS. ADMINISTRATOR WOrk-
ers had figured before the election that
the Democratic candidates would re-
ceive 1900 anti-organization votes,
while now it is estimated that the
actual figure was nearer 500.
Oficial totals not given above follow:
For attorney general-William Pres
ton Lane, jr., Democrat, ISIS, and
David A. Robb, Republican, S,808.
For controller of the treasury-Wf-
liam S. Gordy Democrat, 9,223, and
w. Newton Jackson, Republican, S.785.
For clerk of the Court of Appeals
Charles S. Warner, Republican, 1857,
and James A. Young, Democrat, 9.341.
For House of Delegates-Charles G
Galloway, Republican, 8,815; Frank l..
Hewitt, Republican, 1896 Windsor w.
Hodges, Republican, 8,726: Ralph S.
Morrison, Democrat, 1894, and Edwin
A. Swingle, Republican $500.
County Commissioner Returns.
For county commissioner, first dis
trict--William H. Fllks. Republican,
1872, and Downey M. Williams, Demo-
crat, 9,272.
Second district-william H. Bur-
dette, Republican, 1906, and Sherwood
DuvaIl, Democrat, 9,219.
Third diStrict-ClaQett c. Hilton