Evening star., 1950-11-08
Tydings and Lane
Lose as Maryland
Goes 10 Republicans
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suppose" he said. when the
Governor went down 1t was hard
for other Democratic candidates
In the State to hold up.
"I think a combination of many
things beat me. The national
administration was not popular.
The Korean war. The smear
campaign used against me.
81 have no future plans at the
moment. For a while I am simply
going to rest"
The election may set an all
time record vote for "off-year"
balloting. The previous high for
an off-year was 486,836 while the
all-time high was in the last presi-
Dental election, when 596, ,705 bal
lots were cast.
McKeldin Creating Landslide.
Returns from 1.I05 Of Mary
lands 1929 precincts show Mr..
McKeldin has 295,083 votes to
219,190 for Gov. Lane.
The same number Of precincts
give Mr.. Butler 259.996 votes to
223.838 for Senator Tydings.
Democrats took such consolation
as they could In the fact that at
least two Of their State candidates
were winning. although one was
by default. For attorney general,
1.057 precincts gave the incum-
bent, Hall Hammond, $4,000 votes
to 1884 for his Republican op-
ponent, William Gunter. Con-
troller J. Millard Tawes had no
opposition.
Republicans also made consid-
cradle inroads In both branches of
the General Assembly, notably in
nearby Prince Georges County.
There the COP took four of the
six Democratic seats in the House
Of Delegates and replaced the
State Senator. Republicans also
retained their 100 per cent hold on
the Montgomery County State
legislative delegation
Incomplete returns indicate the
Republicans made a net gain OF
i've House Of Delegates seats and
one State Senate seat. The COP
needs to win three more Senate
seats for control Of that body.
It would have to gain II more
House seats for q majority there.
Devereaux Apparent Victor.
The apparent new member OF
Congress is Brig. Gen. James P.
Devereaux. Marine hero of Wake
Island, who held fair lead
over Representative Bolton. Demo-
crat. in the I'd district. With
418 Of the districts 519 precincts
reported. Gen. Devereaux was
ahead Of Representative Bolton,
80.430 TO 77.460.
Gov. Lane conceded defeat at
12:25 am. today while Senator
Tydings gave in a half hour later.
The trend was set from the very
beginning when the first precinct
reports from Baltimore began
trickling in.
Gov. Lane congratulated Mr..
McKeldin. the former Mayor of
Baltimore who had twice before
sought the chief executives chair
without success.
Lane Offers Cooperation.
His victory has been achieved
by democratic processes and I ac-
cept the decision without any
other feeling than a desire to help
him with the problems that he
faces" Gov. Lane said.
IF I can be of any service to
Mr.. McKeldin in promoting the
best interests Of the State, I shall
sincerely offer my aid. =. I shall
always be grateful to so many
people who have helped in the
effort of this administration to
make Maryland a better place in
which to live"
It was a bitter campaign be-
tween the four candidates heading
the party tickets.
Mr.. Butler waged an aggressive
fight against the senior Senator,
striking hardest at Senator Tyd-
ings' record as chairman of the
subcommittee which investigated
the charges Of Senator Mccarthy,
Republican, of Wisconsin, that
Communists inflltrated the State
Department. In nearly every
speech, the Republican said the
Maryland Senator "whitewashed"
the charges as a cover up for the
Trr1nnon adpniniStro tiop