The Washington times., 1931-11-04
FIELDS WINNER
IN VOTE FOR
SHERIFF
CommonWeaIth's Attorney Out
After Eight-Year Tenure;
Reid 2-t0-1 Victor

Reid 2-to-1 Victor
IL Sweeping every precinct in Ar
rlington County with the exception
Of Arlington, the home precinct
Of william c. Cloth, Lawrence
, w. Douglas, youthful law partner
so Of Senator Frank L. Ball, de-
D feated the field of four candidates
who faced him in his battle for
>. the post Of Commemorative at
Z storney.
!, Douglas overwhelming defeat
~ Of Cloth, who has held the Of
flee eight years, was the out
standing feature of yesterdays
election. Cloths defeat was pre-
-, dicted as early as II O'Clock last
night, when only five Of the II
, precincts had been heard from,
and before midnight the election
!, Of Douglas was conceded.
.t Benefits by Attacks
Conducting a quiet a m paign
and taking no part in the attacks
upon Mr.. Cloths record, Douglas
!. reaped the advantages that such
attacks held without being made
, . party to them.
&; with reports from one precinct
. in Clarendon still missing, Doug
las vote was 1891 to Cloths 1924.
3 Clarence R. Ahalt, Republican
nominee, was the runner up with
: q total Of 1,459 votes.
~ With one precinct still missing,
Sheriff Howard B. Fields, running
for reelection, rolled up the larg
y est majority he has ever gained
!. over his perennial rival, A. c..
Clements. Sheriff Fields is lead
ing Clements by a vote Of 2,736
to 1,575.
Duncan q Poor Third
Edward Duncan, considered
Fields most formidable rival be-
cause of his "a years experience
on the county board of super
Visors, polled a meager 4O6 votes.
In the only straight-cut, party
battle, Hugh Reid, Democratic
nominee for the House Of Dele
gates, defeated j. Foster Hagan,
I Republican. by 2 to /.
Il John Warwick Rust, of Fairfax,
:. Democratic nominee for the State
senate, swept the entire Thirtieth
Senatorial district by a vote Of
~ more than IL to l over a Re
publican nominee. w. L. Norford,
an independent, L. c. Painter, and
- J, q Socialist, Julia Morgan Jones.
e. Commissioners Undecided
AZ Today, % hours after the polls
a.Yopened yesterday, the weary cleo
alton judges are still busy count
ing ballots for the county board
asof commissioners, two of the
2,largest precincts still remaining
a unreported this morning. 1t is
a certainty, however, that
Arlington will have its first
woman board member in Mrs.
Elizabeth B. Magruder.
=. Mrs. Magruder commanded
large majorities in all Of the pre-
= cincts which have reported and
this morning had 1899 votes, the
third highest total thus far.
Fred A. GOSneII Leads
- Fred A. Gosnell, Republican
nominee, has the highest vote,
1885; Harry A. Fellows is second,
. with 1,491; John C. Gall is fourth,
with 1928, and Lyman M. Kelley
is fifth, with 1858.
The five runners-up, who may
/. 20 into the lead when Arlington
!. and Clarendon Precinct No. re-
! ports, were William Hull, George
! Kicker, w. A. E. McShea, E. C.
/ Turnburke and F. Freeland Chew.
With his home precinct un-
reported, B. M. Hedrick, Republ-
/: can nominee, is conceded the cleo
/, ton to the newly-created office of
a trial justice. He is leading his
nearest opponent, Walter U. Var
new, by 335 votes, receiving 2,177
] to Varney'S 1912.
! Harry K. Green, commissioner
of revenue, carriea the county by
! a 0-to-1 vote over c. w. Clever.
!. Republican.
I, =. Wade Ball, treasurer. was
! unopposed.