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have strength and it gave Mr..
Eisenhower a $4,000 lead four
years ago. In several other con-
greSsional districts the Republic
cans have mentioned candidates
for the House, too.
The Houston district has al
tremendous population for a con-
gressional district estimated at
more than a million. The State
has one Congressman -at-large,
Martin Dies, and if the Legisla-
ture gets around to redistricting
the State, this 9th district will
make two, and the Republicans
claim they would have a chance
to carry one of them.
TEXAS Election Law
The really interesting situa-
ton in Texas for the Republic
cans, however, arises out Of the
coming election of a United
States Senator to fill the vacancy
which will be created when
Price Daniel steps out Of the
Senate to become Governor, as
he must do by next January IS.
Under the election laws of
Texas a special election to fill
a vacancy is decided by a plural
ity vote, with no party designa-
ton Of candidates on the ballot.
1t is a single shot affair, with no
run-of election as provided foc
in regular elections, where candi-
dates are nominated in primaries.
The Republicans have unani-
mously Endorsed for this Senate
race a tall, almost Lincolesque
young lawyer, Thad Hutchinson
Of Houston. He is descended
from a long line of Democrats
who held important legislative
and judicial Offices in the State
Five years ago, determined to
60 into politics as a public serv-
ice. Mr.. Hutchinson decided to
Join the Republican Party.
AS he explains it. the Demo-
cratic Party nationally had been
taken over by the "leftists." OPP
posed to States Rights and for
bigger and bigger centralized
Government. He believed that
best hope for the country lay
In the Republican Party.
Mr.. Hutchinson. a graduate Of
Princeton and Of the University
Of Texas Law School, served in
the Navy during World War II,
entering the Naval Reserve as
an ensign and was promoted to
lieutenant, and later to lieu
tenant commander. He saw two
years service on destroyer escort
duty In the Atlantic and Medi-
terranean areas.
Important Role in G. o. p.
Already he has won an i'm
portant place in the @. o. P.
here. He served as delegate to
the 1856 Republican National
Convention. where he was a
member Of the platform COM
mittee and was co-chairman Of
the Southern caucus" Of that
committee. which worked par
ticularly on the civil rights
plank.
Mr.. Hutcheson's chance Of be-
coming Texas Republican Sem
ator lies in a probable split in
the Democratic vote for some
half dozen candidates. He will
undoubtedly win a considerable
number Of conservative Demo-
cratic votes. which added to the
votes cast by the Republicans
could give him a plurality.
Already. Representative Mar
tin Dies has announced his can
didacy for the Daniel Senate
seat. and other important DEM
ocrRtS regarded as certain TO get
into the race include Mr.. Var
borough. Attorney General Johr
Ben Sheppard. James P. Hart
Of Austin. former Justice OF the
. Supreme Court and chancellol
OF the University Of Texas; anc
State Senator Searcy Bracewell
There will be more entrants or
the Democratic side. In the past
such special elections for Con.