Evening star., 1938-09-07
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.
Star Stan Correspondent.

BY WILL p. KENNEDY.
Star Stan Correspondent.
EASTON, Md, Sept. Canvas Of
20 of the largest communities in eight
counties, five of them on the Eastern
Shore, indicates that Senator Tydings
il likely to capture 30 OF the "a votes
these counties will have in the State
which will select q Dem
ocratic senatorial nominee in accord
ance with the primary voting next
Monday.
The other four votes, to which Cecil
County Is entitled, are doubtful. There
was little sentiment for Representa-
tive David ]. Lewis in any Of the other
seven counties. and in Cecil the lean
ing seemed to be towards Senator
Tydings, but there was no organization
at work for him there.
The other counties covered in the
present survey are Baltimore, with
seven votes; Carroll, five votes; Har-
ford, five votes: Caroline, three votes;
Kent, three votes; Queen Annes, three
votes, and Talbot, four votes.
Close Study in Two Towns.
In Baltimore County the two COM
which were particularly
studied were Towson, the home Of
Representative William P. Cole, jr.,
where decidedly strong sentiment
for Senator Tydings swas found, and
6parrows Point, said to have the larg-
est unit in the State. The labor vote
Is generally given to Representative
Lewis, the Presidents hand-picked
candidate, but all along the line where
an independent study has been made
it was found that many labor votes
are going to Senator Tydings. At
Sparrows Point he seems to have
strong support. One reason is that
labor there is independent, and some
thing like 81 per cent anti-C. I. O..
Eleven representatives Of, unions not
afdliated have declared their prefer
ence for Senator Tydings, and there
is popular Tydings- denomination
Club at the plant.
Carroll County also is in Represen-
attive Coles district, and sentiment
there was strong for Senator Tydines.
Both party factions have declared for
him and are working in his behalf.
A personal canvass was maze in West
minister, Union Mills and Tanneytown.
Practically every one Of the more than
40 persons interviewed declared that
Senator Tydings will have a substan-
tial majority"
Hartford is Senator Tydings' home
county and every one seems to be
waiting to vote for him. Bel Air and
Aberdeen Democrats seem as enthusi-
astic for him as Is his home city of
Havre de Grace. ]. Wilmer Cronin
lawyer and publisher. who is running
for the State Senate, is helping to
swell the vote for Tydings and for
Mayor Howard w. Jackson, candidate
for the Democratic gubernatorial nom
ination. There Is more sentiment for
Senator Tydings than for Mr. Jack
son, however. Herbert r. O'Conor,
attorney general. one of the four Dem
ocratic candidates for Governor, has
shown some strength in Aberdeen.
Residents Of the town express resent
ment Against the Presidents invasion
of Maryland and attempting to tell
US how to vote"
Tydings Impression Good.
A prominent Democrat, active in the
campaign, said: I'VE elected good
officials. Federal, State and local, when
Franklin D. Roosevelt was still wear
ing Lord Fauntleroy suits" Raymond
Westerheld, q former State Senator in
New Jersey. said that Senator Tydings
had made q good impression by the
way he has been conducting his CAM
paign. w. Dickey Jamison, who was
magistrate from 1927 to 1885, and
now is engaged in the real estate busi-
ness, says that he could count all who
have declared for Mr.. Lewis on the
fingers of one hand"
The voting population of Aberdeen
is largely agricultural, although there
are large corn canning interests and
battery factory there. Mr.. Cronin
editorially censured the bitterness"
which the New Deal group in WASH
ington have brought into this Mary
land campaign" He criticized MIR.
Farley for not having sense enough to
keep out and warned that purge sue
cess will become hollow victory in
1910. . year of particular Importance
to Mr. Farley and the other New Deal
leaders"
Havre de Grace has stretched a
large banner across the entrance to
the town-"Havre de Grace 100 Per
Cent for Tydings'-and is trying to
live up to 1t. One of the most active
workers is Mayor George T. Penning-
ton. who is a member of the State
Central Committee. At crab feast
yesterday, attended by several hundred
registered voters, not single person
could be found willing to say he'd
vote for Mr.. Lewis. James p. Griffin,
veteran employe at the Capitol in
Washington, who has been spending
his summer here, said he has yet to
hear the first man say he was going
to vote for Mr.. Lewis.
Representative T. Alan Goldsbor-
ough, who brought the President to
the Eastern Shore as his guest, can
not control his home county. Caro-
line, or several other counties in his
district visited in this survey-Kent
which includes the large communities
of Chestertown. Chesapeake City and
Galena; Queen Anne, with important
centers at Centerville and Church
Hill; and Talbot, which includes the
thriving city Of Easton.
It Is being said "the President, as
a political leader, has come in to order
us how to vote, but the ambitious
senatorial candidate who once before
lost the Senate seat to. q Republican
did not think enough OF us to come
down and ask for our vote"
Senator Tydings has gained votes
steadily since he held rallies on the
Eastern Shore. Also, when a Lewis
sound-car came to Centerville and
other places advertising the Presi-
dents visit-"they couldn't get q
crowd Of 20 people anywhere to stor
and listen," Larson Legg. son Of q
former State Senator. said. He finds