Evening star., 1950-09-20
Lane Nominated
By Unit System
He Has Opposed
Mohoney Gets More
Votes Than Governor
In Unofficial Count


gives Gov. Lane 157,703 votes anC
his principal opponent, George p
Mahoney, 1865
It is the unit vote that counts
however. and Gov. Lane has 81 o1
these-seven more than is neces.
sary for nomination.
The unit system works some.
thing like the Federal Govern.
ment's Electoral College. Each
county and each of six Baltimor.
legislative districts gets as man,
votes in the party nominating
conventions as it has members II
the Maryland General Assembly
Because there is a limit. on ths
maximum number of seats any
District can have in the assembly
the unit system does not give the
populouS counties that fringe
Washington and Baltimore a vote
In full proportion to their popula.
tions.
And Gov. Lane has been one oil
the most persistent critics of the
system. Now he is sure to be
joined by others in his plea fol
rejuggling things.
Mr.. Mahoney still isn't conced-
ing the election. His campaign
manager. Hugo Hoffman, told re-
porters that the fight is not over
by a long sight.
Mr.. Hoffman would not COM
ment on rumors that Mahoney
forces will ask for a recount, but
he declared a close watch will be
kept at every polling place today
as the official canvass Is started
Narrow Margins Reported.
Mahoney supporters probably
will watch more closely the count
ing in Garrett. Wicomice and
Dorchester Counties where unofi-
cjal returns show Lane leading by
narrow margins. Garrett County
which has four convention votes
has unofficially reported S58 votes
for Gov. Lane and S05 for Mr.
Mahoney-a difference Of So
votes.
In Wicomico and Dorchester
which have five convention votes
each, Gov. Lane won by only mar
row margins, according to unoff-
cial returns. Therefore, If two
Of the three named counties wind
up in the Mahoney column when
official figures are in, he would
have enough convention votes to
win the nomination. As figures
now stand. he has only SO con-
vention votes and II are neces-
sary for nomination.
The unit vote system also ap.
pears to have Its effect in the
Republican primary. With 1,011
Of 1929 polling places reporting
John Marshall Butler appears tc
have secured 78 convention votes
one more than is necessary to
make him the COP candidate fol
Senator. The popular vote oi
26,731 for Mr.. Butler, however
is below the total of 29.41S votes
cast for his opponent. D. John
Markey.
There is still a possibility, how
ever, that Mr.. Markey can win
the nomination if late returns
shove him ahead in several coun-
ties that have been slow reporting.
Mr.. Buffers Democratic oppo-
nent in the November general elec-
ton will be Senator Tydings, who
was an overwhelming victor in his
bid for denomination for a fifth
term.
Monaghan Is Nearest Rival.
The Senator got all 152 of the
convention votes and piled up
ISL ,036 votes in 1875 precincts
which have reported. His nearest
rival was Hugh j. Monaghan who
has polled 38,742 of the votes
which have been counted.
In the contest to determine the
Republican candidate for Attorney
General. LOTT polling places gave
William Gunter Of Cumberland
34,481 popular votes to 1885 fol
Miss Helen Elizabeth Brown OF
Baltimore.
AS OF midnight last night, nc
returns in Republican races had
been received from the 255 pre-
cincts in Baltimore County, which
has seven unit votes, or from the
10 precincts in Worcester County
which has four.
Bolton Holds Wide Lead.
Representative Bolton left his
two rivals far behind as returns
mounted in the I'd district tc
make denomination unanimous for
Maryland's six Congressman.
None of the incumbents expert
enced any difficulty. The State S
two Republican Representatives,
Edward T. Miller of the 1st-
Eastern Shore-district and j
Glenn Beall of the 6th-Western
Maryland-district, were unchal-
lenged. So was Lansdale G. Sass
Ger, Democratic bellwether in
Southern Maryland's 5th district.
Feminine Democratic. challeng-
ers were humbled in the two all
Baltimore districts. Mrs. Lillian
L. Klecka was never in the run
ming with Representative Edward
A. Garmatz in the Sd district.
Mrs. Sara A. Whitehourst was
decisively beaten by Representa-
tive George H. Fallon in the
4th district Democratic contest.
Both Mr.. Fallon and MIR. Gar
matz are heavily favored in the
November general election. Each
has a Republican adversary, NOM
mated without opposition, but
each district is topheavy with reg
istered Democrats.