Evening star., 1952-05-06

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was to meet with campaign chiefs
i'm Baltimore this afternoon to
determine if he should ask for a
recount. There is less than a
100-vote difference in three of
the % counties.
Representative Beall, Republi-
can, will oppose the winning Dem
ocrat in the November election.
The Western Maryland legislator
won handy over H. Grady Gore,
Montgomery County real estate
man, and three other contenders
in the G. o. P. primary.
With only II of the 1,401 pre-
cincts missing, the Democrats
score stood:
Mahoney. 136,257.
SaSscer, 21,016.
The Republican vote, with IL
precincts still out:
Beall, 53,183.
Gore, 81 ,942.
Nominate by Unit Votes.
A popular vote does not deter
mine the nomination in a State
wide contest. A primary nomina-
tion is made by unit votes from
each county and Baltimore legiS-
lative district in the State con-
Iventions.
Mr.. Mahoney has carried sub
divisions which entitle him to "a
unit votes compared with So for
Mr.. Sasscer. Necessary to NOM
mate are II votes in the con-
Ivention.
Mr.. SaSscer trails by A popular
votes in Caroline County, which
has three unit votes: by 81 popu-
lar votes in Dorchester. with five
units and by SO popular votes in
Garrett, with four units. If these
three counties are at issue, Mr..
Sasscer would have to prove by
la recount that he carried Dor
chester and either of the other
two counties.
If he carried Caroline and Gar
rett, he would gain only seven
units and Mr.. Mahoney would
come out on top with II votes.
30-Year Career Ended.
Mr.. Sasscer's defeat brings to
an end a 30-year career in public
life for the Upper Marlboro
Democrat. He is completing his
seventh term in the House and
had the backing of most of the
party bigWigs.
Mr.. Mahoney, a 50-year-old
Baltimore street paving contrac-
tor, had the Endorsement of Sena-
tor O'Conor who decided several
months ago not to run again.
For the first time in many years,
nearby Montgomery County will
send a Representative to Congress.
That is because both parties NOM
mated candidates from that coun-
ty for Mr.. Beall's 9Th district seat
in the House.
Mrs. Werner and Hyde Win.
Mrs. Stella B. Werner, member
|of the Montgomery County Coun-
Icil, carried away a 4,00O-vote
plurality in a three-way race for
the Democratic nomination. State
Senator Dewitt S. Hyde had a
slightly greater plurality in a five
way Republican race for the same
Office.
Neither Mrs. Werner nor Mr..
Hyde carried any of the four other
counties in the 9Th District. Their
victories in Montgomery were of
such landslide proportions, how
ever, that they overcame losses
elsewhere.
VictorS in the 5th District pri-
marieS for Mr.. Sasscer's seat in
the House are Frank Small, jr.,
Washington automobile dealer, on
the Republican ticket and Rich
ard E. Lankford, Annapolis at
torney and member of the House
of Delegates. on the Democratic
side.
AS expected, Senator Kefauver
walked away with the Free States
18 presidential votes in the Demo-
cratic National Convention. He
was the only presidential candi-
date to file in the preferential
primary and no other names
could be written in by either
party. The coonskin cap cam
paigner was favored 3-to-1 over
the only other alternative for
Democratic voters - sending an
uninstructed delegation to Chi
cago.
The Republican presidential