Evening star., 1944-11-08
Charter Beaten
'AsDeweyW Wins
In Montgomery
$500 BoIIots
From Soldiers to
Be Counted Friduy

Be Counted Friday
Montgomery County citizens, by
. vote of 14,471 to 1920, apparently
have rejected charter form of gov
ernment to replace the present
county commissioner plan in the
county, according to unofiicial re-
turns from the county's 81 precincts.
Defeat of the charter cannot be
considered final, however, until the
approximately $500 absentee soldier
votes are counted. But anti-charter
forces are confident that the soldier
vote will not alter the final result.
Members of the County Board Of
Election Supervisors said they ex-
pect to count the soldier vote Friday
Charter advocates, although con-
ceding defeat, indicated that an
other attempt would be made to
bring the charter proposal before
the voters.
i GOP-Democrat Plot Charged.
4 A pro-charter spokesman charged
that the county Democratic organi-
zation had engineered a deap with
Republicans in which the former
had agreed not to support President
Roosevelt in return for Republican
opposition to the charter. The
President lost the county by a vote
Of 14,301 to 1854 for Gov. Dewey.
\ Col. E. Brooke Lee, county Demo-
cratic leader, termed the charge
absolutely false" He pointed out
that the vote for President Roose-
welt represented a reduction of
only 871 from his 1910 vote
of 15,180 in the county. He added
that his newspaper, the Maryland
News. consistently has called for
the Presidents reelection.
Advocates Plan New Attempt.
''The charter cause was good but
our efforts were not as effective in
votes as those of the machine" F"
Allen H. Gardner. president of the
County Charter Committee de-
clared. Montgomery citizens who
want charter will not be discour-
aged. Charters have often lost in
the first vote for adoption. An
other year will come"
From Judge Albert E. Brault, ex-
kcutive secretary Of the Citizens
Committee to Defeat Charter, came
The following statement:
1--WE exerted our best efforts to
defeat the charter because we hon.
estly believe the present system Of
county government is completely
adequate, with record of good re-
suits.
"We felt the proposed charter
was an experiment which was not
justified in view of the splendid
governmental conditions existing In
the county at this time"
Roosevelt Wins Easily.
Although President Roosevelt car
ried Maryland by approximately
IN 1000 votes, on the basis of unoffl-
ctal. returns from 1913 of the States
1923 precincts, only six counties,
Including five on the Eastern Shore,
gAye pluralities to the President.
They were Prince Georges, Cecil,
Dorchester, Kent, Queen Annes and
Wicomico.
In 1910 only five counties in the
State went Republican. They were
Talbot, Carroll, Hartford. Charles
and Garrett.
In the senatorial race, Mont
gomery County voters gave Senator
Tydings majority of 1929 votes
over his Republican opponent, Blan-
chard Randall, jr The total unoffi :
cial vote was 1879 for Senator
Tydings and 12,340 for Mr.. Randall.
Representative Beall, Republican,
carried the county by a majority of
3,547 votes over Daniel F. McMullen.
Representative Beall, who was re-
4ected for a second term from the
Sth district, received 1881 votes to
f3,804 for Mr.. McMullen.
Unofflcial returns from the Al poll
ing places in Prince Georges County
gave President Roosevelt 12,804
votes to 12,674 for Gov. Dewey.
N Prince Georges Returns.
/. Prince Georges County voters
gave Senator Tydings an even
larger majority than he received in
Montgomery County. The Senator
polled 1921 votes to 1881 for Mr..
Randall, according to unocffiial re-
ports.
Ii The 5th district congressional
race between Representative Sas-
seer, Democrat, who was reelected,
and G. Maurice Weidemeyer de-
veloped into one-sided affair with
Mr.. Sasscer polling 16879 votes to
1852 for Mr.. Weidemeyer, unofficial
returns from all of the county's
precincts showed.
In other State congressional con-
tests, Democrats won an additional
seat In the House.
The seat was gained in the 4th
district, where George H. Fallon de-
feated Representative Ellison, Re-
publican, 44,984 to 30,734, according
10 unofficial returns.
A tightly fought contest in the 1st
district resulted in q victory for
former State Senator Dudley G. Roe,
Democrat, who received 28,870 votes
to 28,446 for State Senator Wilmer
- Davis, with all polling places re-
ported.
8@ Spaghetti Is Preferred.
Voters in Maryland's Sd dis.
trict, which hes entirely in the city
of Baltimore, made it plain that
they prefer spaghetti to kisses
They gave Representative D'Alesan-
dro, Democrat, who offered free
spaghetti dinners, a decisive VIC
tory over Merchant Marine En-
sign John w. Benson, who offered
kisses for votes and enlisted an as
Sistant osculator-a pretty brunei
10 handle the male voters. The un-
onlcial total was 38,903 for Mr.
p'Alesandro and 1881 for Ensign
henson.
~ In the I'd district, Represent.
1tive Baldwin, Democrat, defeated
jMilfred T. McQuaid, SO, 1927 to Co.
A80, with 404 Of the 4l2 polling
Sllaces reported.
IhReturns were not conclusive on
ta1e six proposed amendments to the
tate constitution, since many elec.
non boards did not tabulate the vote
immediately. It apDeared. I1owever