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VO-o III favor OF Mr.. ManOney,
81, who is making his fourth
bid for high State Office, having
been defeated for Governor in
1850 and 1854 and for Senator
lin 1852.
The winner of the Tydings-
Mahoney Democratic senatorial
primary, which also includes
three lesser-known aspirants,
probably will face the Republic
can incumbent, Senator John
Marshall Butler, in the Novem-
Der general election.
Senator Butler, who defeated
Mr.. Tydings in 1850. has only
token opposition in his own bid
for denomination.
In addition to nominating
candidates for the United States
Senate tomorrow, Maryland
Democrats and Republicans will
elect nominees for the House of
Representatives and Circuit
Court judges.
To Decide on Delegates
Republicans also will decide
whether to give President Eisen-
hover first claim on their "a
presidential nominating votes or
send an "uninstructed delega-
ton" to San Francisco in August.
Democrats will face a similar
choice on their ballot tomorrow
between an "uninstructed dele
CATION" to their National Con-
vention or one committed to
Senator Kefauver of Tennessee.
Both parties will elect states
of delegates to their State con-
ventions, which will in turn
elect delegates to the national
conventions. The State conven-
tons have to be held within 30
days after the primary.
II Republican and Democratic
voters state their preferences to-
morrow for President Eisen-
hover and Senator Kefauver
over "uninstructed" delegates,
then the State and national
convention delegates are bound
by law to support those candi-
dates "as a unit as long as, in
their conscientious judgment,
there is any possibility of his
being nominated"
State 2 to 1 Democratic
Latest registration figures
show that Democrats still out
number Republicans in the Free
State by more than two to one.
State officials said $4,000
Democrats and 316,9l6 Republic
cans are eligible to vote tomor-
row. Democrats have 47O.182I
registered in the % counties and
282,31S in Baltimore City. Re-
publicans have 237,70l in the
counties and 1928 in the city.
The vote is not expected to-
be heavy-probably something
in the neighborhood of 275.OOOI
Democrats and 100000 Republic
cans. Mr.. Mahoney and Mr.
Tydings concentrated most of
the closing days of their cam
paigns in Baltimore City. the
six legislative districts of which
have a total of AZ unit votes.
Seventy-seven unit votes are
needed for nomination.
In Maryland primaries, state
wide nominees are chosen by
the votes which each county
and city legislative district Isl
required to cast as a unit at the
State party convention following
the primary. Each county or
district is allotted the same num-
Der of unit votes as it has men,
bers Of the Legislature.
Mr.. Mahoney, wealthy Bal
timore paving contractor, has
always been strong in the city.
carrying five of the six districts
in his previous three primaries.
And in the counties this time.
Mr.. Mahoney has more party or
CARNATIONS working for him than
there are for Mr.. Tydings, which
probably accounts for the edge
given to him by the betting
gentry.
Tydings supporters. who are
their biggest city effort in |
the fourth. fifth and sixth dis \
tricts. are trying hard to attract |
large numbers of independent or
non-organization Democrats to
the polls throughout the State |
"A lot depends on the weather
and the vote for Williams" one
Tydings worker said the other
day.
Good weather would help them
get out the independent vote,