Evening star., 1954-11-03
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Gilbert Guide who T1oSed out Mrs.
Genevieve Wells, Democrat, by
80 votes in unofficial returns.
The Democratic victory came,
however, after voters crossed
party lines to hand Republican
Gov. McKeldin a 5,000-vote ma
jority over Democrat Harry c..
Byrd. The vote was $3.50 to
28,251.
Victory for Sybert.
The voters turned around and
gave DR.. Byrd's running mate, c..
Ferdinand Sybert 29, 500 to 27,-
100 vote victory over Republican
Edward D. E. Rollins in the at
torney general race.
The win was the first for the
Democrats despite a heavy regis
tration majority since the Re-
publican-Charter victory in 1946
that brought the change from
the old commissioner form of
government to the present coun-
cil-manager system.
Democratic leaders credited
their victory primarily to har-
mony in the party. It was the
first time in more than a decade
that the party had not been
split by dissension and faction
aliSm.
The Democratic victory lacked
the strength to upset Republican
Representative Hyde of Bethes-
da, who carried the county,
32,148 to 29,157, over Edward J.
Ryan Of Frostburg.
Nearly $4,000 Voters.
Yesterdays voting brought out
nearly $4,000 voters. a normal
turnout for san off-year election
despite the inclement weather.
Incomplete returns also indi-
Gated the county supported all
amendments on the ballot, in
Guiding two affecting salaries Of
the county manager and men,
bers of the county council.
The returns indicated the
$4,000 maximum ceiling would
be taken off the managers sal
ary and the per diem pay of
councilmen increased from $40
to $50, with no $1,8O0-a-year
maximum.
Edward S. Northrop, Demo-
crat, unseated Republican State
Senator Anders r. Lofstrand,
jr., by a 30.438 to 29,186 vote.
Senator Lofstrand, however,
ran well ahead of all incumbent
Republican members of the
House of Delegates except Mr..
Guide.
The five winning Democratic
candidates for the House of Dele
gates we're Warren Browning,
Blair Lee, III, Mrs. Margaret
Schweinhaut, William B. Wheel
er and Charles w. Woodward,
jr.
Mrs. Schweinhaut is the wife
of District Court Judge Henry A.
Schweinhaut.
Big Walker Majority.
Grover K. Walker, incumbent
member of the County Council
from the second district, piled
up the heaviest majority in the
race for seven council seats, beat
ing Cecil E. Custer by 6,684 votes.
Mrs. Stella B. Werner, Demo-
cratic council incumbent, how
ever, piled up the heaviest vote
in the council races as she de-
feated Louis A. Gravelle 81 500 to
25,829 in the fourth district.
New members of the council
include Democrats Jerry T. Will
liams, first district; Charles H.
Jamison. third; Robert T. Snure,
fifth, and j. Grahame Walker
and Wilbur N. Baughman, at
large.
Alger Y. Barbee. a former trial
magistrate in the county, de-
feated Deputy States Attorney j.
Hodge Smith, Republican, for
States attorney.
Incubents ousted by the
Democratic march included
Sheriff Charles S. Lawrenson,
Register of Wills Walter C..
Clarke and Orphans Court Judge
Millward c. Taft.
Elected sheriff was Luke j.
Bennett, jr., Mrs. Elizabeth Assay
will be the new register of wills.
The victorious Democratic Or
phan's Court candidates were
John r. Foley, Miss Ella r.
Plummer and Lester Kraft.
Reelected without contest
were Circuit Court Judge Sted-
man Prescott, Circuit Court Clerk
Clayton M. Watkins, and Sur
veyor Robert K. Maddox, all
Democrats.