The Washington times., 1938-09-29
MARYLAND Cop.
IN CONVENTION
AT BALTIMORE.
Results Of Primary to
Be Ratified
BY THEODORE HUNTLEY

BALTIMORE, Sept. 29.-With
O full State ticket Of Democratic
candidates already nominated and
rarin' to go, Maryland Republicans
met here today formally to ratify
the results Of the G. o. P. primary
of September IL and thus join
the issue for the race down the
home stretch between now and
November.
Governor Harry Nice heads the
Republican ticket as a candidate
for reelection, with Judge Oscar
Lesser, of Baltimore, as his run
ming mate for United States Sen
ator.
Forty-one-year-old Herbert R.
O'Conor and 49-year-old Millard
E. Tydings will oppose them on
the Democratic ticket, following
the action of the Democratic State
convention in nominating them by
acclamatior. here late yesterday
after they had been formally de-
clared the conventions choice on
roll calls of the 149 delegates.
IN HARMONY MOVE
A similar number of delegates
voted in the Republican conven-
ton for a full slate of candidates
chosen in the primary, leaving
nothing to be decided by the &C
tion of the convention.
In the only contest of the Dem
Ocratic gathering the delegates
chose William C. Walsh, of Cum
berland, as Democratic nominee
for attorney general by vote OF
50 to Ct over John B. Centrum,
Of TowSon.
Senator TydingS received Ill
votes for the senatorial nomina-
ton and Representative David
j. Lewis, of Cumberland. 38, made
up of the "a delegates from ALE
gany, Garrett, Frederick and
Washington counties in his own
congressional district and IA del
egates from two of the six legis-
lative districts in Baltimore.
O'Conor received SO votes for
the D e ocratic gubernatorial
nomination and Mayor Howard w.
jackson of Baltimore 63.
LITTLE DAVEY FORGOTTEN
Little Davey" Lewis was the
forgotten man of yesterdays Dem
cratic convention. The only one
of the candidates voted on in the
primary who failed to appear in
person when the convention met,
he was all but overlooked through
an oversight.
His name was not even pre-
eented to the convention. Although
voted on in the course of the bal
loting for the Senatorship, as
formality required by the State
election laws, no one thought to
Lace him in nomination. His cam
paign manager, Kent Mullikin of
Laurel, thanked the Lewis dele.
gates for their support and then
seconded the nomination Of Ty-
dings.
Revision of the State election
laws to end the current confusion
over second-choice voting and pre-
vent a repetition Of the delay in
determining the winners of the
Democratic primary contests fol
lowing the election on September
IL is also pledged by the Demo
Gratis. The resolutions adopted by
the convention do not specify how
this is to be accomplished. The
inference is that the law will be
Simplified and the present second
choice system greatly modified or
eliminated.
PLEDGE COOPERATION
Cooperation with the Washing
ton Administration is promised,
though not without qualification,
as the platform makes clear con-
ceSsion to the critical attitude of
Senator Tydings toward some of
the Presidents policies in charac-
terizing them as a mixture of good
ana DaQ.
Liberality in appropriations for
schools, the University of Mary
land, charities and State institu-
tions generally is pledged in the
Democratic platform also, as is re-
peal of the theater admissions and
cosmetics taxes and the present
AZ mill Intangible security tax.
To make up an annual deficit
in State revenues estimated at $4,-
100000, now met in part by diver
sion of gasoline tax revenues to
general governmental purposes,
the Democrats back their candi-
date for governor in proposing
graduated income tax for the
State. The gas tax funds there
after would be devoted exclusively
to road program.
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