The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1956-11-08
Ike Wins End Term
Voters Give Ike
Big Majority
County Downs Dispensory
And Daylight Sowing
Referendums

In one of the largest votes on
record Garrett county voters gave
Whopping majorities to Eisenhower
and the other Republican candi-
dates, gave a decisive vote against
having a dispensary system in the
county, voted narrowly against day
light saving time and favored all
constitutional amendments except
the one concerning salaries of Or
phans' Court judges, in Tuesdays
balloting.
Over seventy-five percent of the
voters went to the polls to give
President Eisenhower and vice
president Nixon a total of 5,489 as
opposed to 2,O24 for Adlai Steven
son and Estes Kefauver
In a little less decisive manner
the voters gave John Marshall But
Ter 1888 compared to 2,676 for
George p. Mahoney, his Democratic
opponent for the United States
Senate.
Dewitt Hyde, running for re-
election for Congressman from the
Sixth Congressional district, re-
ceived AIS votes to 2,413 for John
r. Foley.
Neil c. Fraley, unopposed for as
sociatc judge of the Fourth Judicial
circuit, received 5,136 votes
DispensarY Law Killed
The statute calling for a dispersal
ny system in the county for the
legal sale of liquor was soundly de-
feated by almost two to one ma
jority. The vote was 2,479 in favor
of the dispensary law and 4,253
against its establishment in this
county.
The regulation calling for day
light saving time from the last Sum
day in April to the last Sunday in
September also was defeated but
by much closer margin. Daylight
saving time was favored by 3,150
voters with 1912 registering their
opposition.
For the constitutional amend
ments six out of the seven we're
favored by Garrett county voters.
The one in regard to the legislature
setting the salaries of the Orphans
Court judges was defeated 1853 to
1868 All others were favored in
Guiding the County Council change
1.348 to 9O2 the one concerning
new legislation 1921 to 845, the one
concerning recess appointments l.
155 to $40, the one concerning the
governors budget ISL to 819, the
one concerning the elimination of
obsolete material from the consti-
tuition Isl to 1856, the one con-
corning absentee voting 1878 to
663.
Garrett county was one of the
last counties in the state to report
returns since all other areas in the
state have voting machines. Elec-
ton officials worked steadily from
the closing of the polls at o'clock
until all votes were counted and
the final precinct reported about
2:30 o'clock.
This was in AL where 437 votes
were cast Five hundred nine per-
sons are registered in this precinct
which showed that IS percent of
those registered cast their ballots.
Oakland's five voting precincts had
a voting percentage of 80
The unofficial figures are COM
plete with the exception of the
totals for the amendments in VIM
deX, second precinct of district
thirteen. The absentee ballots are
yet to be counted. They will be
added to the list this afternoon
when the Board of Supervisors will
make an official canvass of the en-
tire vote of the county.
A study of the vote by precincts
showed that only four of them had
majority for the dispensary law.
These were theS two Grantsville
precincts, and the ones at Avilton
and johnson.
There was less difference in the
vote for daylight saving time Ten
precincts favored it, fifteen OPP
posed it and two precincts were
even.
VindeX was the only precinct to
cast a majority for Stevenson and
/ Kefauver. MahOney received ma
jorities against Butler in johnson.
Kitzmiller and VindeX, while Foley
had majorities over Hyde in kitz-
miller and NindeX.
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