Evening star., 1962-05-16
Hume Wins in Montgomery by 81
By WILLIAM DUKE
Star Staff Writer

NONAAAe AAAdNAAAAACC OlACACu Oul
a rhythm of protest in Mont
gomery County yesterday. shat
tering local Democratic tickets
in a crescendo of support for
David Hume, non-aligned gu
bernatorial candidate.
The protest apparently was
aimed at Mr.. Hume's oppon-
ents in the race rather than
at local candidates. But it gave
Mr., Hume almost a 3-to-1 vote
over his nearest rival and
handed most of the local Of
fices to a faction which re-
fused to become involved in
Statewide political squabbling.
The most striking results of
yesterdays Democratic primary
in Montgomery seem to be:
!. Mr.. Hume's domination
of the gubernatorial race.
which upset predictions of
precinct-level support for one
of his major rivals, George
P. Mahoney. Spearheaded by
charges of boSSism and the now
famous tape recording of pat
ronage deals, Mr.. Hume polled
20.8l9 votes, compared with
1865 for Gov. Tawes and 7,13l
for Mr.. Mahoney. Mr.. Hume,
who was running without a
ticket, received only about 200
votes less than Gov. Tawes did
in the 1858 primary.
2. The domination of the
local scene by the County Dem
ocrats, faction led by State
Senator Margaret Schweinhaut
which suppored no Statewide
ticket.
Faction Wins 5 of 6 Places
The Schweinhaut faction
took five of the six County
Council nominations: the State
Senate nomination; two of six
House of Delegates nomina-
tionS; two of three Orphans
Court judgeshipS, three of seven
State Central Committee seats,
and four of seven delegates to
the State convention.
Spokesman for the County
Democrats said last night that
their apparent victory was a
'vindication of what we have
been saying all along-that the
county should not become en-
broiled in Statewide political
hasSles."
Mrs. Stella Werner. incum-
bent Council member. said how
ever, that she had been sure of
victory before the recent dis
closures of patronage deals on
the State level" She credited
her tickets showing to hard
work by hundreds of volunteers
who believed in what we were
trying to do"
3. The uncertainty of con-
troll of the local party appara-
tus. The Democrats for Prog
ress ticket, local arm of the
Mahoney-Lee forces, captured.
on paper at least, control of
the Central Committee by NOM
mating four of it's candidates.
The traditional liberal-moder-
ate cleavage on the committee
still is evident, however, with
three of the four considered
moderates, and the three Coun-
ty Democrats considered lib
erals. .
Lee Leads Ticket
Leading the ticket in Mont
gomery was native son Blair Lee
III, a candidate for the United
States Senate nomination on
MrsMahoney's ticket. Mr.. Lee,
a member of the House Of Del
egates for eight years, polled
2l,116 votes. His closest COM
petitor in the Senate race,
TaweS candidate, Representa-
tive Daniel Brewster, received
5,l76, and Ebert M. Byrd, jr.,
a University of Maryland pro-
fessor, received 3,l41. .... !
Mrs. Werner, one of the
founders of the County Demo-
Gratis, was near the top in vote f,
getting power yesterday, receiv-
ing 20,935 votes. Carlton r.
Sickles of Prince Georges, the
successful candidate for Con-
gressman-at-large, carried the
county with 20,236. a margin
of more than three-to-one over
his opponent, House Speaker
Perry o. Wilkinson Of HyattS-
vile.
Former Congressman John
R. Foley of Kensington polled
14,5Ol votes, almost twice the
number of his nearest chal-
lenger, in his bid for a chance
to face incumbent Republican
Charles McC. Matthias in the
general elections. Bethesda
publisher William P. Allen re-
ceived 7,l81 Democratic votes
in the county.
In one of the most crucial
local races, Mrs. Schweinhaut
had no difficulty in defeating
the leaders of the two other
tickets for the State Senate
nomination. Mrs. Schweinhaut,
who was appointed to the Senate
last year to fill a vacancy.
polled 1924 votes; Alger Y.
Barbee, head of the United
Democrats for Tawes, 1888 and
William F. Hickey, leading the
local Mahoney-Lee. forces,
1887. .. 4
Cahoon Nominated
When she runs for the Sem
ate in the fall, Mrs. Schwein-
haut will have two members of
her ticket as running mates.
David L. Cahoon, president of
the County Council and a.
founder of the County Demo-
Gratis, and Judge Theodore A.
Miller of Orphans Court were
both nominated in the primary.
Leading the field among the
81 House of Delegates candi-
dates was Richard P. Abel of
the Mahoney ticket, who polled
1852. Mr.. Abel, Junior high