Evening star., 1940-05-07
Kennedy Upol lIicisIIy
Beaten by 98 Votes;
May Ask Recount
Four Colleagues Win
denomination; First
District Race in Doubt
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

Representative Kennedy, Demo-
crat, Maryland, ranking majority
member OF the House District Com
mittee, today said he would ask for
. recount if official returns from
yesterdays congressional primaries
show that he lost by only 90 votes.
Incomplete but significant returns
indicate that the only definite
casualty among the six Democrats
who constitute the Maryland delega-
tion In the House is Mr., Kennedy,
who is rounding out 10 years of con-
tinuous service in Congress.
He lost by the slim margin of SO
votes, on the basis of unofficial re-
turns, to John A. Meyer, a former
Baltimore Traffic Court magistrate,
IN the 4th congressional district
primary contest.
The official count begins on
Thursday.
-Four Of the remaining five men,
.bers Of the Free State contingent
In the House apparently have been
-renominated. The spirited race in
~the 1st congressional district which
embraces the Eastern Shore Is some
~what still in doubt.
Ward, 1888; Roe, .12,4s7.
. On the Shore Representative
Ward and State Senator Dudley G.
.Roe Of Queen Anne County are
locked In a close fight with the re-
suit hinging upon three unreported
precincts. The totals, with three
precincts missing, are Mr.. Ward,
,13,153; Mr.. Roe, 12,497.
AS had been predicted, Represent
sative D'Alesandro, jr., serving his
FIRST term in Congress, was renomi-
mated, turning back his predecessor
Vincent L. Palmisano-by nearly
1000 votes. His margin was far
larger than that by which he un-
seated Mr.. PalmiSano in 1898. The
Sd district which Mr.. D'Alesandro
represents covers most of East Bal
,timore.
As had been forecast. too, Rep
-resentative Sasscer of the 5th dis
.trict, which takes in q small sec
stion Of South Baltimore as well as
Snl1 Va 0OoCllClA I0dl y1dl1Q, d1lu
Representative William P. Cole of
nthe I'd district, which runs north
sof Baltimore to the Pennsylvania
BORDER, were sure winners.
Byron Unopposed.
In the 9Th district Representa-
tive Byron was the only member OF
the House Maryland delegation who
did not risk his post in the pri-
mary. He was unopposed, but faces
q battle with his Republican oppo-
.nent In the November general elec-
ton.
Though there was no Democratic
battle in the 9th district, which in
cludes Montgomery County and the
Western Maryland area, the Repub-
Hcan contest there has been a nip
and-tuck affair. The fight is be-
tween Walter johnson, the big
Train" of baseball fame, and A.
Charles Stewart, who gave Repre-
sentative Byron a close race in the
last general election two years ago.
Ellison Wins In Fourth.
Over on the Republican side Of
the fence in the 4th district,
Daniel Ellison, a member of the
Baltimore City Council, won hasfe.-
lily over William j. Stocksdale, a
Trafilc Court judge during the re-
gime Of Former Gov. Harry w. Nice.
Mr.. Ellison, despite the bitter oppo-
sion Of the Nice wing of the party.
polled 1921 votes, as against 4,492
for Mr.. Stocksdale, and as result
won the right to fight for Mr.. Ken
nedy's seat in the general election.
Mr.. Ellison, incidentally, was Mr..
Kennedy's opponent in the general
election of 1888 and lost by the mar
row margin Of 29O votes.
John A. Janetzke, former mag
lstrate in Baltimore, won the Re-
publican nomination in the Sd
district, defeating E. j. Harding.
E.: Duer Beats Lloyd.
In the 1st district, Robert F. Duer,
q former judge and former con-
Servation commissioner, won the
Republican nomination from Will
liam H. Lloyd, a member of the
Maryland House of Delegates from
Dorchester County.
Theodore F.. Brown of Carroll
County was the House Republican
nominee in the second district.
There was no contest in the
nth district, which left John N.
Torvestad a clear field.
The final returns in the 4th dis
trict gave Representative Kennedy
1850 votes and Mr.. Meyer, the vic
tor for the nomination, 1928.
Mr. D'Alesandro, who also is
member of the House District Com
mittee, received 1921 votes, against
1f,147 for Mr.. Palmisano in returns
from 103 of 104 polling places. 1t
will be recalled that Mr.. Palmisano
was chairman of the District Com
mittee when Mr.. D'Alesandro de-
feated him.