Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-09-15

James A. Young OF Allegany
county, the other member of the
Jackson ticket supported by the
United Democrats, carried the county
by approximately to / over his OPP
ponent, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Menefee Of
/ Cumberland, Democratic national
committeeman and member of
the O'Conor slate.
In the local contests the United
candidates carried all SO contests for
nominations by majorities ranging
from slightly less than 2 to / to ma
jorities of nearly to /, including
administrative and legislative races.
Their rivals of the Independent DEM
ocratic party far far behind in the
final tabulations.
State Senator Stedman Prescott,
former leader of the United Demo-
Gratis, won a clear-cut victory in his
race for the nomination for the new
associate judgeship in the sixth Mary
land judicial circuit, comprising
Montgomery and Frederick counties.
He carried Montgomery by ma
jority of 3,743 votes and was given a
majority of $500 votes in returns
from 81 of Frederick's SO precincts.
Former State Senator Byron Of
Williamsport, opposing Mr.. Cantrell,
who has represented Montgomery in
the House of Delegates since 1884 and
entered the race with the endorsement
of Mr.. O'Conor and the Independent
Democratic party, had the closest call
of any of the candidates backed by
the Uniteds.
He squeezed through the county
race with margin of IL votes, in
Guiding those cast at Clarksburg, but
went on to win the nomination in
counties, comprising the sixth dis
rather easy fashion in the other
trict = Frederick, Washington, Allie
gany and Garrett.
Ben G. Wilkinson, Jr., of Takoma
Park ran more than to / ahead of
William Wilder Evans, Independent
candidate for States Attorney. Mr..
Wilkinson received 1921 votes to A.
46O for Mr.. Evans, former Univers-
ity of Maryland lacrosse, football and
basket ball star.
| Other county nominees were:
For judges of the Orphans Court
Lewis F. Hobbs and Washington
Waters incumbents, and Charles M.
Irelan, Jr. For sheriff III. Leslie Car
lin. For register of wills-Hanson G..
Cashell. For county treasurer-John
B. Diamond. For surveyor-C Charles
j. Maddox. For delegates to the Dem
ocratic State onvention-Frank 1.
Davis, Irmine 1. Edmonds, John J.
Geary, Marc G. Phillips and Spencer
I. Windham.
The county vote for each candidate
was:
For House of Delegates five to be
nominated) Joseph D. Buscher,
United, s,911; Lauman T. Faulconer,
Independent, 1856; Marguerite T.
Fischer, Independent, 1882; James
w. Gill, United, 1899; Dulaney Hunt
er, Tax Reduction Committee, 1,724;
Charles c. Jones, United, 1897; Wal
ter NJ .Magruder, Independent, 4,O66;
Stanley C. Peele, United, STA; Owen
E Ryan, Independent, 3,467; Miss
Ruth E. Shoemaker, United, 1894;
Robert Walters, Independent, 4,119.
For associate Judge, sixth judicial
district-Stedman Prescott, United,
1884; William F. Prettyman, Inde-
pendent, 5,468.
For State Senator = Robert Peter,
United, 9,075; James H. Pugh, indie
pendent, 4,309; Sumner Wood, Tax
Reduction Committee, 677.
For county commissioner, first dis
trict - Robert W. Farmer, United
9,4S7; Leslie R. Sabine, Independent,
4,O7s.
For county commissioner, second
district-Clay Plummer, United, g.
C6S; Harold w. Ward, Independent
$3.50.
For county commissioner, third dis
trict = Thomas NJ. Garrett, Inde-
pendent, 5,597; John E. Oxley,
Unitedj 1927.
For county commissioner, fourth
district - Charles T. Crockett, Inde-
pendent, 3,174; Stephen Fuller, Tax
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