Evening star., 1936-05-05
ROOSEVELT WINS
IN MARYLAND TEST
WITH 96,S17 VOTES
Captures Primary 512 to |
as Breckenridge Polls
1851 Total.
SHOWING Is HAILED
BY ANTI-NEW DEALERS
Just What Protest Ballot Will
Mean in November Is Sub
ject of Debate.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Approximately $4,000 Democrats in
Maryland yesterday registered their
protest against the Roosevelt New
Deal. They voted for Col. Henry
Breckenridge in the presidential pref
erence primary, and against Presi-
dent Roosevelt
The President carried the Demo-
cratic preference primary with a vote
of slightly more than 512 to l over
Breckenridge. The vote in 1870 out
Of a total of 1,434 precincts stood
Roosevelt 96,817, Breckenridge 1851.
There were 1915 votes cast for an
'unirstructed" Democratic delegation
to the National Convention.
The vote in the Democratic primary
was not heavy, but it approximated
votes in primary elections of other
years. Just what the protest vote
against Roosevelt cast in the primary
yesterday will mean in November was
today the subject of considerable
debate. President Roosevelt carried
Maryland in 1882 with a vote of 3l4,-
314 to 184,184 for former President
Hoover. Two years ago Gov. Harry
Nice Republican, was elected over the
late Gov Albert C. Ritchie. receiving
a vote of 253,813 to 247,664 for
Ritchie. Ritchie, however, was never
a friend of the New Deal and had
during a long service as Governor
made many enemies as well as friends.
Many Voters Absent.
It is clear from the figures that q
very large number Of voters in Mary
land did not go to the polls yester-
day. The Roosevelt Democrats may
assert that these delinquent voters are
pro-Roosevelt. But there is nothing
to prove that assertion. The Breck-
inridge candidacy, designed entirely to
give the anti Roosevelt Democrats an
opportunity to register protest
against the President, had been
widely advertised in the State, al
though Breckenridge campaigned in
Maryland only about week. The
pro- Roosevelt Democrats had been
placed fully on notice, just as had the
ants.
Yesterdays primary in Maryland
was the second in which President
Roosevelt has been opposed by Col.
Breckenridge. The first was in Penn
sylvania, where Roosevelt had lead
approximately 20 to /, a total vote Of
100000 to $4,000. The Maryland anti
Roosevelt vote was more impressive, al
though the vote in Pennsylvania was
not without its significance. Roose-
welt is to face Col Breckenridge in
two more presidential preference pri-
maries, the first in Ohio on May II.
and the second in New Jersey on
May 19.
Ants Well Pleased.
| The anti-Roosevelt Democrats were
pleased with the showing which they
made in Maryland yesterday. Soma
of them have said quite frankly that
they intended to vote the Republican
ticket next November provided the
Republicans nominate a candidate
they can support. Others have said
they would take a walk" and not
vote either for Roosevelt or the Re-
publican nominee Such a detection
might make a difference of 10000
votes to the Roosevelt candidacy. If
carried into effect. In 1882. Presi-
dent Roosevelt received thousands of
Republican and Independent votes in
Maryland-as he did elsewhere.
G. o. p. Had no Contest.
President Roosevelt will have Mary
lands delegation to the Democratic
National Convention. That, however,
was a foregone conclusion.
The Republicans had no contest
in the presidential preference primary.
There had been talk of entry by Sen
ator Borah of Idaho. But Borah
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