Evening star., 1938-09-29
'DEMOCRATSPRESS
HARMONY DRIVE
Hatchets in Maryland Race
Buried at Convention.
Walsh Nominated.
BY J. A. O'LEARY,
Star Stan Correspondent,

BALTIMORE, Sept. 2s.-Maryland
Democrats moved forward today with
plans for a united campaign in behalf
of the O'Conor- -Tydings ticket they
nominated yesterday, while Republic
cans of the Free State gathered for
their convention this afternoon to re-
nominate Gov. Harry w. Nice and to
ratify the selection of Judge Oscar
Lesser for the senatorial race.
For more than nve hours yesterday,
the Democratic delegates from %
counties and Baltimore City heard
leaders Of opposing factions tn the
recent primary pledge harmony and
peace, as they oncially approved the
following slate of candidates:
For Governor - Attorney General
Herbert R. O'Conor. who defeated
Mayor Howard w. Jackson of Balti-
more by count of 86 to SO unit votes.
For Senator-Millard E. Tydings,
whose denomination was settled beyond
question on September IL, when he
won Ill Of the l49 unit votes over
Representative David j. Lewis.
Walsh Wins, 81 to 81.
For Attorney General-William c.
Walsh Of Cumberland, whose victory
over John B. Centrum of Towson by
81 to 81 votes was not settled until the
convention met yesterday. Mr.. Walsh
had run on the Jackson ticket in the
primary, and he won when Caroline,
Wicomico and Worcester Counties
voted for him on their third ballot.
To complete the ticket, the conven-
ton ratified the nominations of j,
Millard Tawes of Crisfield for con-
troller over P. Watson Webb of Cam
bridge and James A. Young for another
term as clerk Of the Court Of Appeals
over Mrs. Elizabeth Menefee, who ran
in the primary on the O'Conor ticket.
Mayor jackson sat beside Mr.. O'Conor
on the stage Of the Auditorium
Theater, and on his motion the nomi-
nation OF the youthful attorney gen.
eral was made unanimous. President
OF the State Senate Lansdale G. Sass
Ger and State Controller William s.
Gordy. lr, the other two gubernatorial
aspirants, likewise joined in making it
unanimous.
MulIikin Seconds for Tydings.
The spirit Of harmony extended to
the senatorial choice when Kent r.
Mullikln. who directed the Baltimore
headquarters Of Representative Lewis
during the hard-fought primary, sec
onded the Tydings nomination and
urged all Democrats to get behind all
the candidates." Arthur E. Hunger
ford. who ran third in the senatorial
race, also joined in the call for unity.
The high light of the lengthy plat
form the convention adopted was a
plank calling for a change in the
State constitution to prevent a Gov
ernor Of Maryland from succeeding
himself.
This one-term plank was cited by
Mr.. O'Conor when he addressed the
convention later as bearing out his
declaration that:
Il have no intention of building a
political machine and the best way in
which I can indicate that determina-
ton is to show that I shall not at
tempt to perpetuate myself in office.
l therefore Shall support movement
to submit to the voters a plan by
which the occupancy of the Governor &
chair shall be limited by the constitu-
ton OF our State"
The platform also indorsed President
Roosevelt's efforts to bring order out
OF the chaos" which the document
declared he had found when he took
ONCE. This part of the platform was
so worded, however. as to fit in with
the position taken by Senator Tydinss
during the primary. when he listed
measures he supported and explained
his opposition to others.
The chief business before the Re-
publican convention today was con-
sideration OF the platform, over which
party leaders worked until late hour
last night to get it in shape for the
Resolutions Committee.
w. David Tilghman, jr. chairman
OF the Republican State Central Com
mittee, emphasized the harmony note
by announcing Galen L. TAFT, defeated
senatorial aspirant, would move that
the nomination of Judge Lesser be
made unanimous
Nominees in addition to Gov. Nice
and Judge Lesser are DR. William G.
Jack Of Port Deposit, for State con-
troller; Leo Weinberg Of Frederick. for
attorney general, and E. Ray Jones
present secretary of State, for clerk OF
the Court of Appeals.
It was apparent at yesterdays con-
vention that the Democrats will make
determined drive to recapture the
gubernatorial chair to which Gov. Nice
was elected four years ago. 1t was
equally apparent that they realized
factional strife of the recent primary
will have to be forgotten to accomplish
that result. Their chances of electing
Mr.. O'Conor are likely to depend on
whether the harmony that prevailed
while the music was playing in the
convention hall fingers on during the