Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-04
DOUGLAS VICTOR
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Wins Commonwealth Attor-
ney Post in Arlington
County Easily.
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there being no other Offices to be filled
Statewide returns showed the SEN
ate and House of Delegates selections
to be overwhelmingly Democratic In
several districts, where Socialist candi-
dates have conducted an aggressive
campaign. they were readily defeated.
Arlington County entered the first
phase of an experiment in a new form
of county government by apparently
electing the following five members of
the new County Board: Fred A. Cos
NELL Harry A. Fellows, Mrs. Elizabeth
B. Magruder, John C. Gall and Lyman
M. Kelly. All had substantial majori-
ties, with but one precinct missing
With the exception of the latter, all
were indorsees of the Better Govern
ment League, an organization formed
during the early days of the campaign
to make a study of the available mate
rial for the new board. Gosnell was
also one of the five Republican NOM
inees for places on the board.
Mrs. Magruder's apparent election
places the first woman on local gov
erning body and is hailed by women's
organizations and by many influential
men of the county as desirable step
in the progressive move to establish
county manager form of government.
Gosnell Is an official Of the Bureau of
the Census. Fellows is a lawyer and
president of the Arlington County Civic
Federation, Gall Is an attorney and ac-
tive worker in civic affair and Kelly Is
a member of the local real estate firm
of A. L. Kelly g. Son.
Douglas viii Advise Board.
Election Of Douglas as Common
wealth's attorney completes the new
funf
provides that the Commemorative at
torney shall be legal advisor and counsel
to the board and to the county man
ager. One of the principal reasons adj
vocated by Douglas for his election was
that there should be "a new Common
wealth's attorney to go with the new
County Board" Douglas has expressed
himself as opposed to the collection of
delinquent taxes by the type OF suits
employed by Cloth and ruled as uncon-
stitutional by the local Circuit Court, so
it is assumed that change in this
policy will be effected when the new
officials take Office.
The third man in the Common
wealth's attorney race was Clarence II
Ahalt, Republican nominee. He polled
a total of 1857 votes. Emery N. Hos
mer was given BIT and Amos G. Crounse
pit votes.
Sheriff Fields led his nearest COM
petitor, A. C. Clements, by 1,480 votes,
which is said to be the largest plurality
ever piled up by any candidate Tor
sheriff in Arlington County. Fields re-
ceived a total of 3,738 votes to Glenn
ents' 2,258 The supervisor from JEFF
ferson district, who once was consid-
cred a strong candidate, polled but
468 votes, while q. o. Hines and Carl
A. Schultze received totals OF liz and
10, respectively.
Only Republican Nominee.
Hedrick was the only Republican
nominee, with the exception OF Cos
nell, who made a successful run. He
was elected by vote of 2,177 over the
1882 total that was accumulated by
Walter u. Varney, his closest COMPETE
tor There were five other candidates
for this office. These were, with their
Bryan Gordon, Gil; H. w. Dudley, 306;
Melvin G.. Ely, lit, and Hugh M. Nc
Caffrey, 95.
Hugh Reid. incumbent and Demo-
cratic nominee for the House OF Dele
gates, won over j. Foster Hagan, his
Republican opponent, by a vote OF ap-
proximately to /. Reid received ASH
votes and Hagan 1000.
With two precincts missing, E. WADE
Ball, who had no opposition for re-
election as county treasurer, piled up
total of 5756 votes.
Harry K Green, commissioner of
revenue for the past several years, was
reelected by a vote of more than to
l over his Republican opponent, G. w,
Clever. Green received $40 votes and
Clever 636
The votes of those leading for the
county board, with the exception of the
returns from Arlington precinct, which
were not yet available, were as follows:
Fred A. Gosnell, 1851; Harry A. Fell
lows, 1,750 Mrs. Elizabeth Barron Ma
gruder. 1,545: John C. Gall, LAST, and
Lyman M. Kelly, 1,346 Kelly's near
est competitor was william A. e. Nc
Shea, with lily votes.