The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-09-15
O'CONOR HOLDING LEAD
IN INTERNATIONAL RACE
Second Choice Votes Likely To
Decide Fate of Democratic
Nominee and Other Candidates
JACKSON LED IN COUNTY

In the four-man race for the Demo-
cratic Gubernatorial nomination
youthful Attorney General Herbert R.
O'Conor, holds slim lead over Mayor
Howard w. jackson, of Baltimore, his
nearest rival. The final outcome will
not be known until the official canvass
of the vote which takes place this
Thursday afternoon. Even then, it
may require the Democratic State
convention to decide. William S.
Gordy, Jr, state comptroller, and
State Senator Landslide G. Sasscer
did not figure in the running.
Nine hundred and three polling
places gave O'Conor 115,8O1; Jackson,
1880; Gordy, 25,O12; and Sasscer
1876, indicating the mayor had cut
into O'Conor's early lead of better
than 10000 votes. Further returns
have been cutting O'Conor's lead still
more.
A recapitulation of convention votes
showed O'Conor ahead in counties
with a total of sixty-seven ballots in
the nominating convention; jackson
holding counties worth so. Sasscer
had twenty convention votes to Cor
dy's II. There were still eleven
counties in which none of the four
could show clear majority of votes
cast. In Frederick county O'Conor
led Jackson by one vote and thus a
bloc of fifty-two convention votes thus
remained in doubt. 1t may also be
necessary to compute the second
choice votes to determine the winner.
Returns from Allegany county gave
Edward j. Ryan, of Frostburg, lead
in the Democratic Sixth District pri-
mary for Congressional candidate
After William D. Byron, Williams
port, had led all day Tuesday, Allie
gany gave Ryan more than 5000
voices to give him plurality. Ryan
had 8,741 votes; Byron 7,410; and
Joseph A. Cantrel, Chevy Chase,
1924.
Returns from 878 precincts gave
John B. Centrum, Towson attorney,
the lead in the race for the Demo
cratic nomination as attorney general
He had 1920 votes to 44,251 for
William C. Walsh, of Cumberland;
34,943 for Willis R. Jones, Baltimore
and 24,736 for Omar D. Crothers,
Gontrum's total was only one-third of
the total votes cast, so that the second
choice votes will decide the nomi-
nation.
J. Willard Tawes, Crisfeld, candi-
date for Comptroller on Mayor Jack
sons ticket, was in the lead in that
race with 63,351 votes. P. Watson
Webb, Cambridge publisher and
O'Conor man, was second with 81
154. Daniel Carroll, Baltimore coun-
ty, trailed with 1894. Here again
second choice votes will decide the
outcome.
James A. Young had 69,282 votes
for clerk of the court of appeals, as
against 5O,778 for Mrs. Elizabeth R
Menefee. Both are from Allegany
county. Young was on the Jackson
ticket.
Jackson Leads In County
In Garrett county Jackson held q
lead of 140 votes with % out of 2E
polling places reporting. Kitzmillel
and Red House precincts were miss
ing. Jackson had 84S votes to 708 fol-
O'Conor. Gordy had 145 and Sasscel
had 43.
In the race for attorney general
Walsh held a substantial lead with
676 votes. His nearest opponent was
Willis R. Jones, with $40. Tawes LED
the county ticket for comptroller
with 557 votes. James A. Young
held over a two to one lead over Mrs
Menefee for clerk of the court of APP
peals. He had 773 votes. Edward j
yam had 687 votes for Congressional
| nomination with Byron next with 275
Unofficial returns elsewhere in The
Republican today.