Evening star., 1938-09-14
PRINCE GEORGES
VOTES MAY DECIDE
SeCond-Choice Ballots Seen
Key to Gubernatoria|
Choice in Maryland.

Prince Georges County's seven sec
ond-choice convention votes appeared
today to be the key to the nomination
OF Maryland's Democratic guberna-
torial candidate
With many counties still in doubt,
Observers figured the highest possible
convention vote Mayor Jackson could
receive without Prince Georges would
be II. Likewise they figured Attorney
General Herbert r. O'Conor's maxi
mum would be II. leaving Prince
Georges second-choice votes out of
their calculations
There was no official indication of
how Prince Georges County's second
choice votes would CO. The county's
7 votes IN the State convention Sep
tember % will be cast for its ''favorite
SON. Senator Lansdale G. Sasscer, on
first choice.
Mr.. Sa<sscer's friends think the sec
ond choict; votes will go to State Con-
troller William S. Gordy, jr., fourth
candidate IL the race Collector of In
ternal Revenue NJ Hampton Magruder,
a county leader, believes the county's
second choice will be Mr.. O'Conor.
No Record of Vote Made.
No record Of the second choice votes
was made by canvassers when the votes
were counted Monday night. Tally
sheets are sealed today and cannot be
opened until tomorrow, when the Off
cial count will be made and the result
known.
Mayor Jackson was credited with
II convention votes as follows: He
appeared assured of five votes from
Carroll County, four from Cecil, six
from Frederick, four from Garrett,
five from Hartford, six from Mont
gomery, four from Somerset, four from
Talbot and seven from Washington,
or total of As. On the claims of MS
managers he is credited with seven
from Anne Arundel. although the re-
turns from that county are far from
complete. On second choice he ex-
poets to get four from Dorchester,
three from Caroline, five from Wicom-
leo, the latter three Gordy first-choice
counties, and three from Charles,
which gave Sasscer first choice.
O'Conor Has II Votes.
Mr.. O'Conor is credited with II
votes as follows:
He appears assured of 81 conven-
ton votes from the following areas:
Baltimore City, a.; Baltimore County,
/; Howard, 3; Kent, 3; Queen Anne,
3; st. Marys, 8.
He is given Allegany's seven votes
on the claims Of his managers, al
though, there, too. the results are far
from complete. He also is given the
three second-choice votes from Charles
County, which was carried for first
choice by Senator Sasscer.
This accounts for all the second
choice votes except those from Prince
Georges. and 1t seems impossible to get
an accurate indication of how that
county will swing.
1t IS pointed out, however, that,
should MIR. Jackson lose any of the
doubtful counties credited to him he
would lose the nomination.
The returns give Senator Sasscer 13
first-choice convention votes, seven
from Prince Georges and three each
from Charles and Calvert. Mr.. Gordy
got II. made up of five from Wicomico,
four from Worcester and three from
Caroline.
The State voted by a more than
0.000-margin to renominate Senator
Millard E. Tydings, who had been
placed on President Roosevelt's purge
list. With returns in from 1,133 of
1888 precincts, Senator Tydings had
(See MARYLAND, Page A-5.)