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THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 13, 1924—PART 1 Observers See Race Seltling Down to Straight Coolidge and Smith Fight Governor Geis 184 Delegates As Plain Gift Without Fight Friends Think Liberal Views Are Gen- erally Indorsed and That Religious Obstacle Can Y\ ROBERT T. SMALL. Special Dispateh to The Star. NEW YORK, April 1f.—Here in New York during the past week there has been much talk about the presidential race settling down to ontest between Cal and Al ‘The friends of the New York gov- ernor are beginuing to believe that, after all, he has & chance to be democratic nominee. They are be- zinning to feel that, perhaps after all there may not be so much to the tra- dition that it would be unwise po- litically to name a Roman Catholic for the presidency. They begin- ring to feel that Gov. Al Smith's “lib- eral” views are indorsed, ruther than veared by a goodly part of the coun- The governor him: continues to keep his head steady on his shoulder: His friends may be convinced that ho has a chance for the nomination, but hey have not couvineed him as und he will not give his consent any campaign being made in h half. There is no doubt, however, that he democrats of the country have fieen somewhat amazed by the results T the last few days, by the growing strength of the governor's position in the coming cnovention, and they are ceginning to consider all of these factors in the light of the psycholog- fcal effect on a convention which is to be held here in the home town of Gov. Smith, See 184 Delegates Asvured. ‘The Smith adherents cut having made any campaign at all Gov, Smith has 184 delegates ready to vote for him. These are as follows New York, 90. Wisconsin, Tlinols, 6%, Rhode Tsland, 10 In Illinols, of course. people claim that the voters expressed a “preference" for the former Secretary of the Treasury. But in voting for the delegates they turned down the McAdoo ticket and gave the delegation into the hands of George Brennan. the state leader, who is heart and soul for Gov. Smith. Rhode lsland's democratic indorse- ment of Gov. Smith was aimost as un- expected here as was the voting for him in” Wisconsin, where he didn't know Tie was running Big Demonstration Certuin. it is certain now that there will & big demonstration for Gov. Sm when the convention meets on Jur 24 and a series of demonstrations th after. There also is no doubt that Al will have more votes at the be Finning than any other candidate, with the possible exception of Mr. McAdoo, whose friends have carried his cam- paign from one end of the country to the other. So, regardless of what may be the eventual outcome of the fight for the democratic gonfalon, enough has WISCONSIN TO GIVE to be- Belated Returns Show McAdoo De- feat Greater Than First Indicated. Bpecial Dispateh 1> The Star. MADISON, Wis., April 12 —With the count still incomplete in one congres- district, Willlam G. McAdoo ceive only three, and at the most four, delegates of the twenty- vix from Wiscon: The remainder of the delegation has been captured by Gov. Al Smith of New York. Belated returns show tent of the McAdoo defeat. Though Smith captures the delega- tion, his name was not filed on the presidential preference ballot, and he received votes only of those who wrote his name in. The Smiith vic- tory is taken to mean a new deal in democratic politics. One of the first results probably will be the retire- ment of National Committeeman Jo- eph Martin, an ardent McAdoo sup- | porter, who will make way for a Smith’ supporter. If the Smith men maintain their stride the democratic state central committes, now strongly 3cAdoo, will also be reorganized. May Switch at Convention. In the convention the delegation is ot expected to be a “last ditch” unit. Many of its members are friendly to other candidates than Smith. They vill make the best first they can for Smith and then act as conditions war- rant On the republican side the discov- ery of an error revealed that Repre- sentative H. A. Cooper, La Follette adclegate, had won in the first district, This leaves President Coolidge but one of the twenty-nine _republican delegates. The iliness of Senator La Follette threw a sudden hush over his followers. The large party con- tingent in the senator's following is halting, uncertain what to do. That there will be no developments until the senator gives the word is proba- ble. Among the senator's well disci- plined associates none speaks unless by authorization. That means most o1 the party talk is outside of the sen- ator's own state. _J. C. RALSTON. UNDERWOOD SLUMPS. Loses Ground in Mississippi After Georgia Defeat. JACKSON, Miss., April 12.—Missis- sippl’s democratic’ delegation to the.| national convention evidently will go uninstructed, according to conserva- tive reports coming from all points of the state. The victory of Willlam G. McAdod in Georgia's preferential primary over Senator Oscar Underwood of Alabama_followed Underwood's loss of ground in Mississippi. Although the Underwood leaders have opened headquarters in Jackson and are making & vigorous fight to win an instructed delegation, the Alabama senator's stock went on the slump because of his antagonism of the Ku Klux Klan. Both republican factions have in- structed the twelve delegutes each fer President Coolldge. REX B. MAGEE. @. 0. P. CLAIMS HOUSE SEATS. Spectal Dispatch te The Sta. SIOUX FALLS, S. D., April 12—Un- Jass there should be some unforseen political upheaval in South Dakota hefore the November election, the re- publicans of the state think it cer- Tain that they will re-elect their can- didates for the lower house of Con- zress In the three congressional dis- %ricts of South Dakota. ALFRED BURKHOLDER. Additional political news ‘will be found on page 5. the | vet | 1 President the real ex-| Be Overcome. happened to demonstrate that Gov. Smith is a factor to be deall with at every stage of the convention. On the republican side the news of the week has been just about what was expected. Johnson to Fight. enator Hiram Johnson has gone down to defeat in the places where it was copsidered his greatest strength would lie. Although his cause appears hopeless and a few more pledged votes will cinch the convention victory for President Coolidge, the senator from California refuses to quit the race and will fight it out to the emd. ‘That end does mot seem to be very far awiy. The Coolidge campaign managers ex- pect their pre-convention troubles to be over by May 1. Their concern at the moment is the selection of tem- porary and permanent chairmen of the conventign. This is not proving such an easy task. Mapy “Keynoters’ have been suggested, but one by one they have been tossed into the | discard, All | effort 1 to a determined the Coolidge backers to side- track Congress as much as possible in the coming convention and cam- paign. Reports coming to the mem- bers indicate that the support for Coolidge throughout the country s largely personnel and that whereas in 1 there w: a disposi- tion to regard the party as above the man, the reverse would be the case thix 'year. The real disturbing element to the Coolidige campaigners is the continued “third-party talk which comes in northwest. They are hope- that the personal popularity of the President eventually may serve as a we! blanket on the third-party fire, but the followers of La Follette are showing no disposition as yet toward any sort of compromise. The argument that a_third-party would work only to the advantage of the democrats does not appear to be an argument at all with the La Fol- lette group, for they have played in with the democrats already in both enate and House at sufficient to show their disregard for old-line principles in the G. O. P. Real third-party significance at- ached to the attempted unseating at W ratic representati from New York State, whose eclection had been con tested, “The republican regulars made a de- termined effort to throw out the dem- ocrat, but enough of the La Follet followers joined with the democrat to keep him in his place. The dem- ocrats thus have a majority of one 1 the big New York If the presidential e into the House of Representatives as the result of & third-party ticke new York electoral yotes will b |for the democrat. If Representative Bloom had been unseated, the vote would have been cast for the repub lican candidate. The importance the vote, therefore, was paramount. | And the third-party element in the | House backed the democrat. (Copyright, 1924.) \GLASS TO CONTROL gns point | Will Have Authority to Give Sup- | port to Whomever He Chooses, Leaders Believe. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., April 12.—Virgi will instruct her delegates to the tional convention for Senator Carter There appears to be no question on that score, but what the action of the convention will be in case Senator Glass shall not be able to swing the conven- vention his way remains to be seen. permitting Senator Glass have the say and cast the vote of the state for an- other than himself. In other words, i there is an element hostile to Mr. Mc- Adoo, and they are making that they do not want to see Virginia aligned for Mr. McAdoo, and that ele- ment will seek to have the Virginia del- egation made free agents in case Sen- ator (ilass cannot be nominated. Still, it is thought Senator ~Glass ill be in a position to declare h the party mamnagers and the skilled men having absolute con- |fidence in the - judgment and the hearty co-operation of the senator i all matters political, but there is usually reference to the investigation at Washington when Mr. McAdoo is mentioned—the bellef being that no !man who is mentioned as connected with the affair that has been in the public eye shall be made the stand- ard bearcr of the party. In some sectiona there is a de- mand for Senator Ralston of Indiana as a man who would meet the situa- tion, and a vigorous effort is' being made to create sentiment for the Hoosier democrat. He has many ad- mirers, and it may be that the oppo- sition to pledging the state further than to Senator Glass is the Ralston sentiment, but that i not yet clearly established. - One thing is certain, Virginia will ngt vote for either Gov. Cox of Chio or for Gov. Smith of New York. HORACE A. HAWKINS. M’ADOO ON BALLOT IN NORTH CAROLINA Entry Causes Underwood to Jump Into Race, But State Still. Backs Daniels. Special Dipatch to The Star. RALEIGH, N. C., April 12—Sugges- tion by Walter Murphy, state man- ager for Oscar Underwood, that there be no presidential primary in North Carolina and that the state delega- tion go te New York prepared to back Josephus Daniels for the presi- dential nomination was met by the immediate~ filing by Judge Walter Brock of the name of William G. Me. Adoo as a candidate in the primaries June 7. This action resulted in the entry of Underwood's name also, and it is expected that still other candidates will enter. Friends of Daniels will insist that he also go into the pri- mary, though it 15 not believed that he will consent to do so. ‘Whether the state convention meet- ing here next week will adopt resolu- tions favoring Daniels is a question hat cannot be answered, but friends | ot Daniels will doubtless ask for such actfon. If they ‘do it is pretty cer- tain that they will be adopted. Senator Furnifold Simmons entered Inis name this week as candidate for renom! lon in the next election for his fifth term as sematof. JOHN A. LIVINGSTONG ticket | ‘Washington | ashington on Thursday of a demo- | ate delegation. | tion is thrown | of | SMITH 23 DELEGATES: STATE DELEGATION na- | Glass for the presidential nomination. | There is opposition in some quarters 1o | it ‘plain | {RITCHIE BOOM TAKES ON DEFINITE SHAPE Call to Address New York hny‘ Dinner Regarded as of ome Significance. | Democrats to Name Delegates at May 22 Meeting. Special Dispatch to The Star, BALTIMORE, Md., April 12—The democratic state convention will be held in Baltimors May 22, it was an- nounced by J. Enos Ray, chairman of the state centrul committee, follow- ing a meeting of the committee here l'f‘hlll’sdn)» Delegates to the national | convention will be named. The dele- gation will consist of thirty-two dele- gates, each with half a vote, four to be selected from each of the con- gressional districts and eight to be chosen at large. While former Senator John Walter Smith will undoubtedly again be named as national committeeman, Ritchie, who will be one of the delegutes at large, will have little trouble in controling the state con- vention, it Is said, A committeewoman to succeed Mrs James Hamilton Briscos of Hagers- | town also will be named, and present | indications are that Mrs. Jesse W. ! Nicholson of Chevy Chase will get | the position. The women, through a delegation at the meeting Thursday, 0 served notlce that they wanted four women in the delegation ‘The delegation will be uninstructed. although no objection would be made to an understanding that Gov. Ritchie be given the solid support of the state should he decide to enter the race. Ritchie Boom Takes Form. Gov. Ritchie's presidential boom, in the opinion of many politiclans, Is emerging from the highly nebulous | state into something which at least has outline, if not a great deal of | substance. The Ritchie boom, they point out, has so far been fortunate | in escaping from the danger which | might have resulted from taking too | seriously certain manifestations of i local pride | There has among the counselors long been the feeling governor's friends and that if there was really for Ritchie for Presi- | ‘dw.ul it should develop outside of this state and not originate as a favorite- | son_movement | That Gov. Ritchic is being consid- | ered as at least a possibility by na-| | tional democratic leaders, however, is | indicated by the fact that he has | been asked to speak at the Jefferson day dinner in New Senator Underwood of Alabama and Gov. Smith of New York, two other possibilities, aléo will be among the speakers. Objections Well Known. The main objections to Ritchie as a serious presidential possibility often | have been expressed. For one thing, he comes from a state which has but few votes in t electoral college, so that the carrying of his own state would be a small advantage. For another thing, he is considered by | the drys as a champion of the wets, | though most of the governors utter- | ances have been less aguinst Vol- | steadism _spectfic: { of state rights gen | York tonight. President Coolidge Support of the state delegation to the republican convention by default. no | one having filed against him, and the | Maryland ~ delegation will be in- structed to vote for hix nomination the national convention J. G. DEPONAL | WESTERN WOMEN BUSY. Representatives of Several States at Conferences. Dispateh to The Star. AKE CITY, Utah, April 12. of th — termountain states who take an interest in polities and can afford to travel long distances, met in conferences in Salt Lake City early this week. Those of each Pparty held a conference Monday, the repub- lica With representatives from seven states and the democrats from eight. Democrats seemed to have the best of the urgument, certainly they had |a more elaborate program. A better | attendance and more enthusiasm. The first, the republican conference, was openied and concluded Monday, in- cluding two sessions and a banquet They brought in no national charac ters and the feature of the inform tion reported from the sessions wa included in ridieule of the Senate oil | investigations. | Mrs. Emily Newell Blair of Wash- ington, vice chairman of the national idemoncratic committee, was in churge |of the democratic conference todu | This included two skssions during |day and a public meeting in the eve- |ning at which William G. MeAdoo | here on the invitation of the women, spoke to a packed house i ¢ Lake Theater. 5 hs By —FRANK A. STEWART. SENATE RACE OPENS. Gen. L. D. Tyson Begins Tennes- see Campaign. Special Dispateh to The Star. NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 12—The first gun of the campaign for the democratic nomination for United States senator from Tennessee was fired this week at Trenton, in Gibson county, by Gen. L. D. Tyson, who made his opening speech here. = Gen, Tyson is a veteran of both the Span- ish-American war and the world war. He expressed .himself in favor of a national program for farmers; in fa- vor of Ford's bid for Muscle Shoals: in favor of a constitutional amend- ment to provide a uniform child la- bor law; reduction of the tariff: dis. continuance of tax-exempt bonds and reduction of taxes. Headquarters of the various candi- dates for the democratic nomination for President are active. Both the supporters of Underwood and M- Adoo are doing all possible to capture votes in the delegation to the New York convention, but the supporters of John W. Davis have decided to work for an uninstructed delegation in the bellef that their man will prove a strong second choice with many ‘Tennesseans. In the republican camp every county practically that holds a con- vention gives Coolidge an indorse- ment and to all appearances Tennes. see's twenty-seven votes are safely ia his column. W. E. BEARD. IDAHO SLATE UNPLEDGED. State Democrats to-Send Sixteen to New York Convention. - Special Dispatch to The Star. BOISE, Idaho, April 12.—The demo- cratic party in Idaho will send an un~ instructed delegation to the national gonventlon, According to leaders in he party from three sections of the state, who have been in Boise re- cently, Idaho-democrats are entitled to eight votes. Provision has been made by the flational committee for the selection of sixteen delegates, eight of these being designated as delegates-at-large. and from this number it is provided that four wom- en are to be enonh The sixteen dele- gates will have ofle-half vote each. Notices of the call for the state del gate convention to be held at St Marys on Tuesday, May 20, were sent out on April 10. |CONVENTION DATE IS SET| THE WEEK IN POLITICS Summary of National Developments Based on Reports From The Star's Special Correspondents and Staff ITH Senator Johnson practically eliminated from the presidential running as a result of the primaries last week in Illi- nois, Michigan and Nebraska, pub- lic interest naturally swings to the contest for the democratic nomination. It is true that for weeks President Coolldge's nomi- nation has been regarded as us- sured, but with the President and Senator Johnson opposing each other in the middle west and northwest, the primaries in those states were bound to have the spotlight. Wherever there is a fight the American people like to be lookers-on. Whether Senator Johnson quits or continues in the race, his cam- palgn has flattened out completely and it is improbable that man more delegates will be instructed for him. There no longer is any pep in it. The Washington Stars Callfornia correspondent wires that the Johnson camp there—the sen- ator's home state—is divided as to whether he ought to get out or stay in, but that a large and infig- ential element of the Johnson fol- lowing is disposed to continue the contest through the California pri- maries, regarilegs of the attitude the senator himself may take. ‘This would be for the purpose of preventing’ the anti-Johnson fac tion from capturing control of the stale organization, which would mean elimination of the old lead- ers who for so iong have been identified with the Johnson cause. Elsewhere the Johnson follow- ing seems utterly crushed and bowed down. In Colorado, Indiana, West Virginia, Maryland and other states where there has been talk of making a campaign for John #on delegates it now appears that Writers. receptions. His Colorado man- agers claim the state now is safe for him, but thera still is senti- ment for an uninstructed delega~- tion and MecAdoo instructions are not conceded. The situation_ in Texas is a peculiar one. The issue there is whether tho state shall instruct for McAdoo or send an uninstruct- ed delegation. Gov. Neff is cam- palgning for an uninstructed dele- gation pledged to vote for a “dry progressive” candidate. The Me- Adoo men claim their man fully meets_the Neff specifications, but Gov. Neff is opposed to McAdoo and would not even introduce him to a Texas audlence. On the other hand, Senator Underwood is not counted s excessively dry or es- pecially progressive, but the Un- derwood managers {n the state are supporting the Neft demand for an uninstructed delegation. They are doing this on the theory that it is the only way to head off McAdoo instruetions. The Klu Klux Klan question enters into the contest, with the Klansmen supposed to be mors favorable to McAdoo than to Underwood. This cuts both ways, as many Texas democrats who would ilke to support McAdoo are unwilling to help the Klan in- crease its political prestige. * kX % Klan opposition and the prestige of McAdoo's recent victory in Gergia are operating to undermine Underwood's strength in Missis- sippi, and it is reported that the outlook now is for an uninstructed delegation. Mississippl is one of the states which it had been be- lieved Underwood could have with- out a contest. In Tennesses both the Under- wood and McAdoo managers are there will be Coolidge instructions without a contest * ¥ & In the democratic contest things certainly seem to be looking up for William Gibbs McAdoo, and there is no reason to doubt that he will have more delagates than any other candidate when the ballot- ing begins at New York. Were it not for the two-thirds rule, the nomination of McAdoo would be a mighty good bet today, but the two-thirds rule is there, and he would be a rash man who would predict its repeal for the sake of letting McAdoo win. It will be rather a striking political coinci- dence if the same rule which made possible the nomination of Wood- row Wilson at Baltimore In 1912 should operate to prevent the nomination of Wilson's son-in-law ew York in 1924. Almost every state reporting for The Star's week end political sur- vey sends reports favorable to M- Adoo. In California, McAdoo's adopted state, there is said to be some uneasiness over the growing sentiment in favor of an unin- structed delegation, but there no real reason to believe that h will not win out in the primaries early in May. Farther up the Pa- cific coast, in Washington, McAdoo is reported to be gaining ground rapldly. The first democratic county convention to be held de- elared for him, and other counties are expected to follow suit. Other democratic candidates have faded from the picture, and the contest now is over whether the delegu- tion shall be instructed for Mc- Adoo under the unit rule or go uninstructed h both McAdoo and _anti-McAdoo men on the delegation. ® %% x During the week McAdoo vi Colorado and Texas, and every- where he spoke he got enthusiastic COMPLICATION SEEN IN OHIO STATE RACE 1"hx'rd Dry to Enter Governorship May Throw Office to Demo- crat Again. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLUMBLUS, Ohio, April Though the republican organization forces backing President Coolidge seem to have the situation well in hand, a cause of disquietude among the party leaders as to the forma- tion of the state ticket has arisen. Attorney General C. C. Crabbe is pre- paring to enter the contest for nomi- nation by the republicans for gov- ernor. It has been intimated for some time, and seems imminent now. James A. White, former Ohio super- intendent of the Anti-Saloon League, has entered for the same nomination, and_Senator John F. Burke, also & candidate, is a dry. ; ‘With these three dry candidates in the contest with former Gov. Harry L. Davis, who is ready to.flle his entrance papers, it would seem a safj prediction that Davis will win. Su an_event is causing fear that Gav. Donahey may carry the state for the democrats. But as to the presi- dential primary to be held two weeks from next Tuesday, it seems certain that President Coolidge will have an overwhelming majority and a solid state delegation. A suggestion of & rift between the Cox forces_and Democratic _State Chairman W. W. Durbin appeared this week when it became known that Chairman Durbin is ambitious to be eclected the representative of Ohio in the demoocratic national committee to be chosen at the New York conven- tion, while the plans of the Cox men include the election of Edmund H. Moore of Youngstown to that com- mittee. Up to this time former Gov. Cox _has ‘had the entire. co-operation ot the demooratic, state prEsaimiiin, incloding _its rman, s0 far they are werking in accord, but this diversity of interests may point:to 2 break. J. H. GALBRAITH. DEMOCRATS SEEK PEACE. North , Dakota Faction to Meet April 29. Special Dispateh to The Star. . BISMARCK, N. D., April 12.—Demo- erats in North Dakota, torn by fac- tional strife, are endeavoring to patch. up differences with the view of pre- senting a united front in national politics in the fall. Scenting possible democratic victory in the state, the democratic state committee, with two chairmen, probably will hold its state convention April 29 to compose differ- ences. Gaius M. Wooledge of Minot, regularly elected chairman, was de- Sired ousted by a majority of the Ccommitteemen several months ago, Who chose James E. Campbell of Mandan chairman. The victory of' the Campbell faction in electing R. B. Murphy, strong McAdoo adherent, as national committeeman has placed them in_position to seek. to draw other democrats into the fold with differences forgotten. 12— working hard for instructions, but a third element, favorable to the nomination of John W. Davis, is asking an uninstructed delegation. So the Tennesses situation is pretty badly mixed. North Carolina is another south- ern state where there promises to be a #ively contest. The Under- wood management there proposed that the preferential primaries be abandoned and that the delega- tion go instructed for Josephus Daniels as first choice. But Mec- Adoo filed for a primary verdict, 8o Underwood had to follow suit. Daniels’ friends now are trving to win his consent 1o the enter- ing of his name, and feeling runs high The Virginia delegation will be structed for Senator Carter ilass, but there is a good deal of difference of opinion as to where the delegation should go in case Glass fails to make a showing. There is strong sentiment in favor of letting Senator Glass be free to decide that point, but this is op- posed by another faction which foars he would deliver the dele- Zation to McAdoo. * % % % There have been few, if any, de- velopments during the week to in- crease third-party talk. Senator La Follette was entered during the week for the republican pri- mary indorsement in Montana. and this is belioved to put a quietus on any hopes of capturing the state for Johnson. The Johnson managers have not even opened Montana headquarters. There is a lot of enthusiasm in Montana for McAdoo, and The Star's correspondent expresses the opinion that should he be the democratic nominee he would stand a fair_chance of carrying the state in November. But Cool- idge is picked to win mgainst any other possible candidate. (Copright. 1924, by The Washington Star.) M’ADOO SENTIMENT AGAIN ON UPGRADE Washington County Convention | Delegation Instructed to Back Californian in Race. Dispateh to The Star. be held in Seattle May 2, in conven- tion, has instructed for Willlam Gibbs McAdoo. This was the first demo- cratic convention in the state. action in instructing under a unit rule for McAdoo will be followed by similar action on the part of other: southwestern Washington counties. McAdoo is due to reach Seattle Fri- day, April 18, to open his campaign here. Mayor George L. Berry, candi- date for indorsement as vice presi- dential nominee is here today. is being warmly greeted by democrats as_well as other personal followers. | McAdoo sentiment is once more on the upgrade and a vigorous drive is bel made to align a majority of the 980 delegates to the state conven- tion behind his candidacy. The con- | test is between McAdoo followers de- | manding an instructed delegation un- der unit rule and the anti-McAdoo forces who ‘are fighting for an unin- structed delegation. All other dem- ocratic presidential candidates are fading into the background. Col. W. Minglis of Seattle, delegate at large, has been elected temporary chairman of the Washington republi- | can delegation. N. C. Richards of | Yakima has been indorsed to succeed Guy E. Kelly as national committee- man. Mark E. Reed, manager of the Coolidge campaign in the state, is not a member of the delegation, with- drawing his name so that one of the women candidates could be named. As a result Washington is sending two women 2 delegates from at large and several as district alternates and two as at large alternates. This is the first time this state has ever named women as delegates from at large. Congressional candidacles are being held back. JAMES De K. BROWN. TWO JUDGES APPOINTED. New Hampshire G. 0. P. Displeased | With Governor’s Action. Special Dispatch to The Star, MANCHESTER, N. H, April 12— Justice Oliver W. Branch of this city has been named chief justice of the i New Hampshire r oom":u‘ gucceed the late Chief Justice Jjobn | Kivel, who died last week. The va- | cancy on the superior court bemch left by the elevation of Justice Branch | will be filled by former Mayor Henri | Burque. Both Chlef Justice Branch and Justice Burque are democrats and were named by Gov. H. Brown. The naming of the two dem- ocrats to the vacancy on the superior bench is displeasing to the republi- can element, as it was thought that! a republican might be named to Ll the vacancy caused by the elevation of Justice Branch. Fred W. Estabrook of Nashua, re- publican national committeeman for séveral terms, is a_candidate for that The Berry M’ADOO OPENS DRIVE FOR 49 TEXAS VOTES Neff to Begin Tour of State to Fight Delegation Instructed for Californian. EKLAN SUPPORT SOUGHT K. K. K. Leaders Deny Body Backs Former Secretary. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. AUSTIN, Tex., April 12.—W. G. Mc- Adoo, bidding for an instructed dele- gation of forty voters from Texas to the New York convention, invaded the Wwhere this week. Gov. Pat M. Neff, tion to support a “dry progressive democrat” will begin Monday stump the state until precinct con- ventions are held May 3, telling the voters why McAdoo should not be in- dorsed. While he will also oppose instruc- tion for Underwood, he will be backed plea. "It is believed anti-Klan, anti- MeAdoo, pro-Neff and pro-Underwood and Ralston factions will be sufficient to prevent an instructed vot week has seen advance in th McAdoo situation. Following confer- | ences between Klan leaders and sup- porters of the candidate, the McAdoo forces are jubilant in the belief that the Klan vote, and control of the state convention, if the Klan gets its ex ered. Klan leaders deny this organization support has been secured, but it is accepted as a fact that if McAdoo sweeps the Texas forty into his col- umn, {t will be through activity of the Klan. Gov. Neff declined to in- troduce McAdoo at Dallas, for the key speech of the presidential candidate. At that time McAdoo had not said | whether he would drop his efforts to | get the instructed delegation. - S. RAYMOND BROOKS. MONTANA FOR McADOO. | Regarded as Certain to Win Dele- gates—Coolidge Still Choice. Special Dispateh to The Star. HELENA, Mont, April 12.—Peti- tions are pouring In for the candi- dacy of William G. McAdoo of Cali- fornia for the presidential nomina- tion on the democratic ticket. Clos- ing of filing comes April 17, and by that date, without question, McAdoo will have many times the number | required. No other candidate, apparently. has | awakened anything like the enthusi- asm, in either party. and despite th | failure of the democratic state cen tral committee (o, indorse him recent session, Mr. McAdoo will win the indorsement in The Hiram Johnson men have not even opened headquarters. ntrance of La Follette has put the quietus on Johnson. Nobody believes that he can run better than third. President Coolidge. - conservatives still predict, will gei the delegat at the primary of May 27. A new phase of the split among republicans comes with advocacy by the Missoulian, a republican wheel horse of a half century, of the can- didacy of United States Senator T. J ‘Walish of Montana. While Mr. McAdoo js practically certain of Montana delegates, the professional politictans, it is said, are inclined to doubt that he can be nom- inated, and a consensus of opinion in their class is that former Chairman Homer Cummings will be the com- differences forgotien. W. S. NBAT. S{F/0 AN A up by the Underwood forces in this) pected majority there, has been deliv- i [J state and. spoke at Dallas and else- | fornia { far as to s; ohnson Backers at Home S plit On His Continuance in Race Senator, Himself, Thought to Favor Cam- - paign; Coolidge Managers Confident Regardless o LOS ANGHLES, Calif, Whether the retirement of Senator Hiram Johnson from the republican presidential primary contest i3 “the only thing to do under the circum- stances,” or whether he should remain an active candidate “in a protest against reaction” are divergent views that have created a sharp division in his Cali- following. In fact, one Johnmson group April 12— in_this advocate of an uninstructed delega- |gtate, not inconsiderable in numbers, favors continuation of the Johnson cam- 0 paign in Culifornia regardless of the senator's decision concerning his candi- dacy elsewhere. This sentiment is not entirely unsel- fish, as victory for Coolidge in Cali- fornia now, whether opposed or unop- posed by Mr. Johnson, undoubetdly will place the semator’s political foes in posi- tion to complete an overthrow of his political organization in the primary in August. Many Johnson followers are in a mood “to dare almost anything rather than tamely accept defeat and the pos- sible political oblivion it entails, and hence, a sort of guerrilla warfare in | California politics is likely to ensue. Senator Johnson himself is thought COOLIDGE SWEEP OF INDIANA SEEN Tllinois and Michigan Defeats End | Johnson’s Small Chance in Hoosier State. Special Dispateh to The Star. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 12— Senator Hiram W. Johnson's crush- ing defeat in the Michigan and Illi- nois primaries this week has practi- cally destroyed all support he might have had in Indiana. Even those who supported the Californian four years ago, when he made a remark- uble showing in the JIndiana pri- maries, concede that President Cool- idge will carry every district in the primary May 6, and some even g0 so the President will carry all of the ninety-two counties No Johmwon Semtiment. From all parts of the state, how- ever, the same reports come that there is no Johnson sentiment in In- diana. All of the party leaders who are looked on as powers in ‘republi- can councils are standing for Cool- idge, and his nomination is urged by all the G. O. P. governorship candi- dates. There is no red fire or oratory in the Coolidge campaign. The senti- ment apparently is a nataral drift to the person the republicans believe to be the strong man of their party. It is a fact that is frequently comment- ed on here that the organization has not kept pace with the popularity of the President, although it is doubtful if a complets organization would have materially changed the situation. HAROLD C. FEIGHTNER. The New Kitt “Wonder | Player” TTLE, Wash., April 12—Lewis | county with twenty-five delegates to | the state democratic convention to f Foe’s Move. to favor a continuance of bLis cam palgn here, and in this regard his per- sonal views, as expressed In his fo mous “confession letter’ 1o C. K. Mc~ Clatchy, editor of the Sacramento Bee, may be significant, as in this remarkably frank communication, speaking of theu ncertainty of a na- tional campaign, he said: “Fhe deles gation from California, how ts a different matter; it ought to be oor posed of our friends—not & compro mise of some of our friends and somms of our enemies, and this whother w have a candidato or not.” Managers of the Coolidge campa’s. are proceeding o carry oul & pro- gram_which they say will not be af fected by the decision of Mr. John son either to retire or to ocontinus his candidacy. The Coolidge leaders have, however, slightly cha nature of their appeal for v new slogan being “Give Coolidge Vote of Confidence * This battle cry, they suffice, whether Mr. Joh: not an aotive candidate. Some cause for worry has developed in the McAdoo headquarters t state ac a result of the activity of 1 democratic foes here, Who are appi ently supplied with' funds and who are conductihg an aggressive fight throughout the state for an ant: McAdoo group of unpledged cand es. * KYLE D. PALMER KENTUCKY REVOLT AGAINST W’ADOO ON Faction Vigorously Opposing Cali- fornian Not Regarded as Likely to Shake Grip Special Dispateh to The Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April volt has broken out in the ranks c the Kentucky democracy against solid McAdoo delegation to the na- tional convention. The Californian, who was considered to have matters “sewed up” through connections with the state democratic organization will be actively opposed at the state con vention by Louisville democrats who oppesed him on two grounds; first Ibecause of his passive attitude toward jthe Ku Klux Klan, and second, b cause he is an out-and-out dry. =o far the opposition has centered b hind the candidacy of Senator Under- wood. Judge W. O. Davis of Lexing- ton, a coal corporatic E ™ ob- | tained indefinite leave of absence from his employers and has opened state Underwood headquarters in Louisville Much of the opposition to McAdoo locally comes from the Catholic_ele~ ment. This was voiced in-the Ken- tucky Irish-American, a weekly pape which praises Underwood for his Ku Klux stand and expressed objection to McAdoo because his interests here are placed in the hands of active drv democrats, who likewise incurred the enmity of the Louisville machine be- cause of their opposition to race tracl gambling. The state delegation New York will vote as a unit and is not believed that the state organi- aation pledged to McAdon can be dis~ turbed in its control of the situa- | tion —MALCOLM M. BAYLEY. Music Rolls Bench Delivery Rolls Bench Delivery sl 0 Payment Balance Monthly $395 Music! What a joy to the home! Once only for the wealthy— . now the most modest-home can enjoy it. 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