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L YR / Hughes’ New York Speech Seen As G. 0. P. 1924 Clarion Call Secretary’ Address Lauding Coolidge to| Stand Through Campaign as Real Keynote—Smith Boom Vigorous. * BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Special Dispateh to The Star NEW YORK, April 18.—New York was the political center of the coun- iry this week Gov. Al Smith “accepted the nomi- nation” of the Democratic party and the Secretary of State, Charles Evans | Hughes, delivered the real, honest- o-zoodness, copper-riveted keynote of the Republican campaign There have. been other I before Mr. Hughes, but they tay put. Mr. Hughes remained afe ground all the way throu: and it is safe to say that his speech, with eloquent laudation of Mr. Coolidge. will retain its prestig the clarion call of the G. O hroughout the campaign Democrats Enthusiastic. The New York Republica Democrats held their statc conven- ‘fons the same day, and only a singl etter their rallving cries The were for Cal the Demo AL There w rifle mc the Alban onclave becavse Al was there and_after u resolution passed urgin him to run presidential nom- appe vnoters did not on and Republican: ts for enthusi of Democrats in person, had ‘been or th srown The famous publicans here in New York heer for Cal in Secretary of State. Three the Republigans of thie cered for Charles J: own standard bearer. to victory as gov- ate: the third time presidency of the Unit- the narrow margin of decision in California sugh, in his later years, Mr. app: a_ better advocate than for himself. Perhaps s le aining. The entire remembers the great speech h he opened the Taft cam- 1208 at You Ohio. 11 NEBRASKA VOTES FOR M’ADOO SEEN ed the by ring Hughes for othe that is untry with wh paign in sstown, May Get Entire Slate of Sixteen in Pinch After Compliment to Gov. Bryan. to The St b., April 19.—Nebraska's to the Democratic ivention, though unin- expected to give their to Gov. Charles W. Bryan President, leaders say. There 0 disposition to push support It probable that zet eleven and on a vote in the delegation for ballot. Al steen delegates tructed are s one in name be rimary sentiment in favor of ists in the state. far ahead in the presi- erence primary vote of ballots. ock is men- hairman of the state dele- has been chosen tempo- entered in sned for zation. He rary echgirn convention ha, May 1, when he e speech. men are expected to have in the state Republi- GEORGE F. KLAN DEFINITELY IN INDIANA RACE Comes OQut Openly for Jackson as Governor and Predicts Easy Victory. Coolidge their own way convent can on FISHER. Special Dispatch tn The Star. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 18— In what is said to be the warmest primary fight in years in Indiana lead- ers of the Ku Klux Klan have come out in the open in an effort to land the Republican governorship nomination for Bd Jackson, secretary of state. D. Stephenson, formerly grand dragon of Indiana and now known as one of the leaders of the mvisible empire, sent out letters this week urging Democratic and Republican Klansmen alike to support Jackson. Although Jackson generally ~had been regarded as the Klan candidate, his silence on the question had caused & doubt to arise in the minds of many Voters. Stephenson's letter asserting that “our power to mominate & gov- ernor has been challenged” served to draw the line tightly between Klan and anti-Klansmen. Indiana is credited with having the Jargest Klan membership of any state in the Union. about 300,000. If only half that num- ber vote for Jackson his nomination is practically assured, it is said, and with the field divided against him the Klan leaders are unusually optimistic | over the outcome. E. C. Toner of Anderson taken & “middle-of-the-road” course on the Klan, and Mayor Samuel Lew- is Shank of Indianapolis, an anti- Klansman, are seesawing back and forth for second place HAROLD . FEIGHTNER. < CONVENTION DATE SET. New Mexico Central Committee Calls Meeting on June 2. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., April 19.— A flaying of the record of the Repub- lican administration, especlally as ap- plied to New Mexico, emphasis on the need of party harmony and a declara- jon that the most difficult problem acing the Democratic party in the .tate is the selection of a candidate for the United States Senatorship, were the outstanding points in the address of George H. Hunker, chair- | man of the state Democratic central committee, at a meeting called at Santa ¥Fe, April 12, to fix the time and place for the state convention to elect dolegates to the nationul convention. The Democratic state convention will be held at Las Cruces June 2. The novel suggestion that the Dem- ratic women Lake charge of financ- ng the party was made by R. H. Hanna of Albuquerque, Democratic candidate for the United States Sen- Ate in 1821, in an address at the an- nual Jefferson day banquet which closed the meeting of the central committee. He asserted that the wemen could finance the party much better than the men had done. DAN BURROWS. d | the | This much will | return for McAdoo's re- | f the state platform | the estimate being | who has | Yet. when he was speaking for him- | self for President eight years later, |it was said he had lost his vigor and forcefulness as a campaign. orator. | Another eignt years have elapsed. |and once more Mr. Hughes is on the | hustings. Himself ax Orator Again. time he is fighting for his the President of the United States, and evidently is himself again. In his opening speech at the state convention, Mr. Hughes paid no heed whatsoever to the coming Cleveland convention He passed it over as. ¥ a necessary interiude. but i His vision reached on to the election and he averred that the people of the United States ready had decided to keep Mr. Cool- idge at the helm; to keep own chargeter and his own this aroused. hi to a | This chie was tform. publi of wa the radio and put sev iving sets out of thusiasm. oadcast on |eral re | sion. Seantime, state | son the Demoerats of were grooming their favorite for the race, a son who twice s been elected governor of state by huge majorit fateful ¥ of 1 almost over- turued the great Republican sweep. The New York Democrats take the | stand that if Al is good enough for | them. good enough to be governor of and in the good enough e United States. Gesture Far From Empty) { The state indorsement of Al Smith for President is not an empty ges- ture. An Intensive campaign is to e started in his behalf and he may Ybe sent personally into several states {which already have invited him to |make speeches. The idea of such a aking tour would not be to obtain ed or 1 ructed deiegates, but to get the people scquainted with Al whose personal maugnetism has ca d him so0 far here at home. Gov. Smith has some very powerful |leaders of the party at his back— |leaders who arc_ said to control enough voters to block the nomina- {tion of Mr_ McAdoo_on any one of the earlier ballots. |ers are not foolish enough to predict a quick victory for their man. They realize that his chances depend upon a wearing-down process, and they be- ieve that the further the convention goes the greater will be the Smith strength. Having the convention here at home gives them an added assur- ance. to be President While other aspirants for the Dem- | ccratic nomination have not been idle during the week, the big Smith blow-off at Albany was the outstand- ing feature within the party and the other contestants have been officially |notified that another Richmond is in the field and looking for any one that wants to pick a fight. | PLANS FORMULATED | | State Convention Called—La Fol- lette Certain of Victory—Plat- form Is Outlined. atch to The Star. | BOISE, 1daho, April 19.—Idaho Pro- gressives will hold their state dele- gate convention at Jerome on May 24 and will choose and instruct delegates [to the national third party conven- tion in St. Paul June 17. According to Frank E. Johness, state chairman of the Idaho Progressive party, the na- |tional Farmer - Labor - Progressive | forces, which will launch that na- [tional party on June 17, are based | upon a different foundation and can |only be considered in indirect out- growth of the Progressive revol in {1912 The Idaho delegation will be pledged to public ownership of rail roads; control of money and credit by the people through governmeant and co-operative banks: public control of natural resources: protection of civil rights guaranteed by the Constitu- tion and prevention of judiclal abuses. The chairman says that any state- ment that this program savors of | communism or that the national | movement will be controlled by com- | munists is absolutely false. Idahe delegates will be unanimously for Senator La Follette as standard- bearer for the third party if his health pérmits him to accept that signment. 1 JEROME BARTELL. CONNECTICUT FOR SMITH. Sentiment for Governor Continués to Gain Ground. Special Dispatch to The Star, HARTFORD, Conmn.. April Chairman J. Heary Roraback of the Republican state central committee of Connecticut has recsived a double honor, having been chosen again as a member of the Republican national committee and also to head the Con- necticut delegation at Cleveland. Lieut. ~Gov. Hiram Bingham of ew Haven will represent Connecti- cut on the resolutions committee sof the Republican national convention, | James F. Walsh of Greenwich will be a member of the committee on rules, Miss Katherine Byrne of Putnam wili =erve on the committee on permanent organization and Francis T. Maxwell of Rockville will be on the committee on_credentials, Connecticut Democrats tended the Jefferson day dinner in ew York last Saturday were ims pressed with the sentiment for Goy, | “AI" Smith for the presidential nomi- | nation, sentiment which continues. to | grow in this state. |~ Smith will, according to present in- | dications, ® a larger vote from | Connecticut than any other candidate, | either after a compliment to Homer . | Cummings, or on the first ballot. H. 1. HORTON. SENATE RAC who at« E BITTER. | McMaster at Outs With Many of | South Dakota G. 0. P. | Special Dispatch to The Star. SIOUX FALLS, S. Dak., April 19— Everything indicates that there will be a battle royal in South Dakota during the fall campaign over the office of United States senator. One of the chief figures in the battle, so far as now is known, will be U. §. G, Cherry, a Sioux Fails man. who is *he Democratio nominee.. Efforts are ing made to effect a fusion between all the anti-Republican " elements. Another prominent figure in the sen- atorial battle will be Gov. W. H. Mc- Master, who at the March primary election won the Republican nomina- tion over Senator Thomas Sterlin It is an open secret in South kota that the Republicans are by n: means united upon Goy. McMaster for the senatorial toga. Many of the Coolidge Republicans of South Dakota .contend that Gov. | MoMaster's action in “bolting” the | Republican state convention absolves them from supperting him. ALFRED BURKHOLDER. ) im on his | “he | The Smith back- | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D C. 'APRIL 20, 1924—PART 1. Political Liméli'ght Centers on New York Indorsement of Cooli | JOHNSON RENEWS CALIFORNIA FIGHT | Coolidge Managers Also Stimu- lated After Let Down, Con- fident of Victory. Special Dispatch to The Star LOS ANGELES, Calif,, April 18.— Presidential candidacies in California are suffering from an anti-climux in public interest, due largely in Re- publican ranks to the fallure of Sena- tor Johnson to advance his candidacy in the nation, and in Democratic cir- cles in the tame nature of the quarrel between pro-McAdoo and anti-McAdoo factions. The nomination of Presi- nt Coolidge by the Republicans, now ecepted as u certainty, has ma- | terially lowercd the cnergy of his ad- | berents, many of whom believe he will sweep California, regardless of any further effort eitber by them- selves or any ‘opposition that may | develon. | Contemplating the situation from |an entirely different standpoint, Sen- ator Johnson's workers, although likewise recognizing the futility of s national campaign, are putting | renewed activity into their campalgn |to send a Jolinson delegation to the | national convention from California. Cootidge Managers Basy. This condition has become so | marked that the Coolidge managers have become alarmed, and e now engaged, upproximately two weeks Lefore the close of the contest, in ex- horting the President’s following to Registration figures for the May primary, which have just become | available, are favorable to the Cool- idge hopes. us wore than 45 per cent of the totul registration in the state is located in los Angeles County, a Coolidge stronzhold. Considerabie in- terest is felt in California in the ac- tion to be taken by President Cool- idge in the Japanese exclusion article in the immizration measure before Congress, Should he veto the proposal, it isx possibic that his candidacy 4id suffer from the unfavorable re- on that would undoubtedly occur in certain quarters. Democratic ob- servers also are interested in his de- cigion, expecting, if the veto is exer- sed, lo make oriental exclusion an issue in their attempt to swing Cali- fornia into the Democratic column ext fall, oo KYLE D. PALMER. EPER s st e vs REPUBLICANS FIGHT FOR VIRGINIA VOTE G. 0. P. Head, Hope to Win to Strengthen Him. Special Dispateh to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., April 19.—Interest attaches at this time to the renewal | of the movement by the Republicans to wrest Virginia from the solid south, due to the fact that C. Bascom Slemp, high in the councils of the party and possibly the chairman of the National Republican Committee, {in interested. Then, again, it is be- lieved to be a part of the scheme to gress announce themselves in every aistrict for the purpose of bringing out the entire state vote for the ticket to be named in Cleveland. As | & matter of fact, there is one district in the state in which the Republi- cans have a chance in Virginia—the ninth. That is debatable ground. In the rest of the state there are two disricts in which a possibility of a Republican being sent to Congress exists—the fifth and the seventh. Tn all parts of the state the Re- publicans are appealing to the voters to pay their poll taxes and to be ready to vote for President and mem- bers of Congress this fall. The Demo- crats are doing the same thing, and doing it more effectively and s: tematically. The tax must be paid prior to May 6 if one desires to vote in the November election. The ninth district has 1ts machinery in fine or- dor and working beautifully, both parties looking after that end of the business. Two years ago the Re- publicans were caught flatfooted, and they were beaten badly, and the | Democrats &,lva taken cournge from that election and are attending to their political affairs in due season. Friends of Mr. Slemp are anxious to make a fine showing for his bene- fit this year. Indications are that there will be an appeal to “progressivism” to win Democrats away from the old lines and thus have Virginia follow the example of Oklahoma and Tennessee. HORACE A. HAWKINS, DELEGATE FIGHT OPENS. Delaware Politicians Oppose Plans of du Ponts. | Special Dispatch to The Star. WILMINGTON, Del.. April 19.—Now | that the primary’ elections for delegates to the state convention are over, and it seems assured that Coleman du Pont will be elected national committesman from Delaware, Republican politicians are speculating over the make-up of the delegation to Cleveland. It was report- ~d today that friends of Col. Henry A du Pont and Alfred I. du Pont are plan ning to make & fight to have the pair sent to the national convention {o repre- sent rural New Castie County, . This means that Wilmington, with half the population of the state, will get but one delegate. Those who have been men- tioned as possibie members of the Dela- ware delegation are Col. Thomas W. Miller, Robert H. Richards, T. C. du Pont, ‘Mrs. Julia Ashbrook, Senator L. H. Ball and Mrs. Wiliam du Pont. There was little opposition to the elec- tion of Coleman du Pont from Wilming- ton and New Castie County, but the {forces led by James Frank Alles will strenucusly oppose him in the Kent County caucus on Tuesday. In Sussex County much of the opposition has been eliminated, and it is claimed that he will have forty of the forty-two dele- gates from that county. C. E. GRAY. i | | DEMOCRATS DIVIDED. | North Dakota Situation May Have Bearing on Presideacy. | Special Dispateh to The Star. | . BISMARCK, N. D., April 19.—The | Democratic party ‘in’ North Dakota, in spite of harmony efforts made, ap- | pears divided into two camps, with- out much hope of unity in state af- in the national campaign in the fall The situation has drifted to a point where it may affect not only the Re- publican fortunes in the state, but the nation as well. Both Galus M. Wooledge and James E. Campbell, each claiming to be chairman of the Democratic state central committee, have called con- yentions to nominate state ,tickets. The Wooledge faction, in all proba- bility, wiil name Dr. L. §, Platou of Fargo, an open opponent of William G. McAdoo, for governor. Both Dem- ocratic factions this.year have de- dlared against fusion, and should they take enough votes from Gov. Nestos in the June primary to defeat him the Democrats would demand the united support of the “independents” or anti-Nonpartisan Leaguers, in the fall—a situation which would reflect to the great advantage of the demo- cratic candidate for ident_in the state, W, S. NEAL, Gnisih the struggle with undiminished | Friends of Slemp, Mentioned as have Republican candidates for Con- | fairs and perhaps not a united front| THE WEEK AD it not been for the New York state conventions, and especially the launch- ing of the Al Smith boom at the Democratic convention, it would have been a dull week in national politics. As it was, the Democrats have been given some- thing to think about and talk about. From now on the New York Governor is bound to be a factor in the pre-convention cam- paign. Friends of Gov. Smith do not hesitate to give public recognition to the two handicaps he is under The first is that he is a Roman Catholic, and the second that he is classed among the “wets.” As to Now great a haudicap his religion i no man can tell, because Catholic has never yet been a m jor party candidate for the presi- dency. It ligious lines were to be drawn strictly, Protestants on one side and Catholics on the other, no Catholic could, of course, be elected. But there would be no such strict drawing of religious lines here are many thousands of Catholics who would not vote for a candidate they did nat other- wige favor merely because he was of their own religious faith. There are many thousands of Prote ants who would actually like to xcc @ Catholic clected President, because they believe in the fun- damental American_doctrine of re- ligious tolerance. But there is no blinking the fact that by nominat- ing “atholic the Democrats would deliberately sacrifice many thousands of votes which other- wise they might expect to get. So it would be an experiment, the outcome of which could not be seen in advance. * * x The question of Gov. Smith's views on prohibition are to be con- sidered from an entirely different standpoint Admitting that the sentiment of the country as a whole dry there are many shrewd politicians who think it would be good strategy for the Democrats to nominate a man of at least “liberal” views on the liquor question. They figure that the Democratic nominee is assured of the =olid south in any event, so the fact that sentiment in the south i mainly dry need not_be taken into ¢t reckoning. New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Maryland in the east are ‘ounted in sympathy with liquor liberality. lllinois, Wisconsin and California are other states where there is believed to be a fighting chance on the liquor issue. and with a few votes picked up on other issues in nominally dry ter- ritory, wet candidate might at least have & look-in. Gov. Smith already has demon- strated remarkable vote-getting qualities in Wisconsin. The New York launching of his boom met with a pathetic response in COX AND COOLIDGE PROBLEMS SIMILAR Each Has One Weak Delegate on Slate in Ohio Primary—Daugh- erty Result Doubtful. is Special Dispatch to The Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 18.—The Ohio situation as to the selection of delegates to the natignal conventions is verr much the same on both sides of the party line. agement here, confident that the overwhelming majority of the Re- publicans are behind President Cool- idge, still fear that they may lo: one delegate candidate, former torney General Hamy M. Daugherty, and the Cox management, eoqually confident that the Democrats will give former Gov. James M. Cox a tre- one of their candidates for delegate, Edmund H. Moore of Youngstown. In each case it is the lack of party not the lack of popularity in the | presid. ntial candiGate, that causes the uneasiness. The facts in the case of Mr. Daugherty have too recently been made public to need any more than mere referemce here. In the case of Mr. Moore they are not so well known. The Cox managers here admit that Moore is weak in his dis- trict. He is known as one of the most_active wets in the state. The dry element will not support in his ambition to be made a national delegate. The other reazon for his weakness lies in the fact that two years ago he openly fought A. V. Donahey, the regular Democratic candidate for governor. May Let MecAdoo Man Is. Not all of Moore's foes will vote for a McAdoo candidate, to be sure, but many of them will, and since McAdoo is next after Gov. Cox the moat popular cardidate for the Demo- cratic presidential nomination here in Ohio, it may not take so many negative votes in Moore's case to put a McAdoo man cver. It is much more likely that the Cox delegation may be “nicked” in this way than that the Coolidge delega- tion will be. In the presidential preference vote here Mr. Coolidge is likely 1o run right away from Senator Johnson, =0 that Mr. Deugherty would have to make a sorry showing indeed to fall below the highest candidate on the Johnson ticket. J. H. GALBRAITH. OPPOSES HARRISON. Former Mississippi Governor En- ters Senate Race. { Special Dispateh to The Star, | JACKSON, Miss, April 19.— More |interest is being_shown in the sen- |atorial race in Mississippi than_in presidential possibiiities since Pat | Harrison, senior United States sen- |ator. has opposition on the part of | Earl Brewer, former governor. ocratic faction in Mississippi that | Harrison practically leads, it is gen- {erally believed that Harrison has a chance for the nomination for Vice President and that then Brewer would have a clear field. Some ob servers predict that if Harrison not nominated on the national ticket Brewer will withdraw. Harrison’s influence is felt over the state in the present presidential cam- aign. Although state headquarters or Underwood have been opened, there is not much possibility of the Alabama senator winning an instruct- ed delegation. A_recent movement was begun to eend a delegation favoring. Senator Harrison as the party nominee for President as a compliment to him. Should this movement not win, the delegation, of course, would cast its vote in due time for the strongest sible Democrat to pit against the Republicans, he MIss‘ls!lpéil Republicans have imstructed for Coolidge, . B. MAGEE. The Coolidge man- | At-| mendous majority, is concerned about | strength in the delegate candidate,| Since Brewer is of the same Dem- | IN POLITICS Summary of National Developments Based on Reports From The Star's Special Correspondents . and Staff Writers. Massachusetts. though there is disposition among Democrats there 10 let sentiment crystallize before committing_themselves. In Mary- land the Democrats have their eyes on Smith, and he is regarded as likely to get the solid delega- tion from that state after a com- plimentary vote for Gov. Ritchie. New Jersey. where primaries are 10 be held Tuesdmy, has a Demo- cratic favorite mon in the person of Gov. Silzer. But Jersey Demo- crats are frankly wet, and after Silser has been complimented by & vote or two they are likely to line up to give Smith a run. % % % The McAdoo candidacy continues to make progress in the west and south, according to dispalches to The Star. A tactical victory was scored in Kentucky, where the Democratic state committee, by @ vote of 20 to 19, fixed May 14 as the state convention date. The anti-McAdoo forces bad sought to have the state convention a month later. There is a lot of anti-Mc- Adoo sentiment in Kentucky, but it is scattered. Underwood, Da- vis, Ralston and Glass all have foliowings, with some offort being to organize sentiment for but belief is expressed that tions can get to- gether MeAdoo is likely. to cap- ture & majority of the delegates and under the unit rule would have the solid delegation From Nebraska comes word that fter a complimentary vote for Gov. Bryan the delegation is like 1¥ to swing aver to McAdoo for at least & ballot or two. This in ap- preciation of the fact that McAdoo refrained from entering the Ne- braska primaries. Whether it would stick to McAdoo probably would depend upon the showing he made. Down in Mississippi, nat- ural Underwood territory, 4 move- ment has been started io instruct the delegation for Senator Pat Harrison, with the hope that the senator may eventually land sec- ond place. "Also it may operate to head off Underwood instructions. * % % % With the nomination of Coolidge on the first ballot now practically assured, apathy has come over the Republican situation. About the only place where there is a show of fight is California, where with the Johnson organization it is a matter of self-preservation. Should the Johnson men there throw up the sponge and permit Californin to join the Coolidge procession it would mean a new deal all around in Republican state politics. So they are keeping up the contest, and just now are hoping. their cause will be aided through veto by the President of the immigra- tion bill. They believe that be- cause of Japanese exclusion senti- ment & veto would give them the edge over the Coolidge opposition. s The Washington Star.) {M’ADOO BACKERS WIN KENTUCKY VICTORY Get Early Primary and Instructiop of Delegates—State Slate Re- garded Assured. Special Dispacchs to The Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 19.—Backers victory by the narrow margin of one vote when the Democratic state executive committee voted, 20 to 19, to hold the @ month later. Chairman Charfes A. Har- | din’ of Harrodsburg broke the tie. It is forces to have an eariy convention and to instruct large to the New York convention for the Californian. Anti-McAdoo forces. combining friends of Senator Oscar W. Underwood, John W. Davis, Senator Samuel W. Glass, have been at work for an unin- slates will oppose the McAdoo candi- | dates both in_ the state and district on the same day. County organization conventions will be held May 10. a solid Kentucky delegation for McAdoo spreads. Dissatisfaction is noted in the columns of the more progressive Ken- tucky papers, although these are in a minority. A number of the progressive Democratic party journals, even if they might feel inclined under the circum- stances to favor something else, find their bands tied because they com- mitted themselves to McAdoo long ago. However, as voiced by several of the protesting journals, the Kentucky dele- gation is likely to zo “by default” to McAdoo because the opposition is en- tirely scattered and unable to unite on any other candidate. MALCOLM W. BAYLEY. PLANS COOLIDGE JUBILEE. Arizona G. 0. P. to Give Delegates to President Next Week. Special Dispateh to The Star. PHOENIX, Aj April 19.—Arizona will have a Coolidze jubilee banquet in Phoenix the night of April 28, follow~ ing the meeting that day when delegates to the national Republican convention in Cleveland will be seiected, according to announcement by P. H. Hayes, president of the Coolidge-for-Preaident Club. “Before that time,” said Mr. Hayes, “Coolidge will ‘have Teceived more than enough instructed delegates to insure his nomination. Regardless, however, whether the majority has been instructed by that time the nomination of President Coolidge is so certain that the banquet will be held, giving an_opportunity to Repubiicans from all parts of the stats to be present. The principal r will be former Gov. Harding of Iowa.” JAMES .O0P. LAUNCH DAWSON BOOM.. ]zihlmln Foes Unite Behind Mont- gomery County Man. Special Dispatch to The Star. CUMBERLAND, Md.. April 19.—A the renomination of Congressman Frederick N. Zihlman, was g:ld here, and a resolution was adopted favor- ing ‘the nomination of Thomas L. Dawson of Montgomery county. The resciution. offered by Frederick C. Dreyer, says the wild scramble among four Democrats for the nomination indicates that they are hoping for the nomination of Zihlman, whose defeat is regarded as inevitable. The meet- ing adopted the slogan, “Dawson for Harmony.” 3 Coolidge Gets 10 Florida Votes, Special Dispateh to The Star. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 19.—<At the Republican state convention held in Palatka Thursday the full number of delegates to the Republican n: tional convention—ten—was chosen and_they &%u" indersgment o, President of W. G. McAdoo Thursday scored a| state convention here May 14, instead of | the expressed desire of the McAdoo | the state's delegates-at- | Ralston and Senator Carter | structed delegation and ‘‘uninstructed | conventions, which are to be held here | The revolt. noted last weck, against | meeting of Republicans opposed (o DEFEAT AS DELEGATE FACED BY PINCHOT Connection With Kmy-Coqnnp Deal Causes Wave of Resent- ment Against Governor. Special Dispatch to The Staz, A HARRISBURG, Pa., April 13.—Gov. Gifford Pinchot will lose many votes as candidate for delegate at large to the Cleveland convention in the pri-’| mary next Tuesday because of his course in discussing availability ‘of Francis J. Heney for senatorial in- vestigator with Senator James H. Couzens. Revelation of the fact that the forester governor had talked over Heney revived all the animosities displayed after the Pinchot-Mellon controversy last winter, and thrust the governor into the forefront pf the fight, making doubtful at the Wf A end his selection as one of Penniy)-| vania's “big seven,” even thofn state Republican organization leaders | are supporting him. The seven include Secretary A. W. | Mellon, the two senators and the gov- ernor, with three others widely known in state affairs. Owing to th growth of Coolidge sentiment, and the fact that the delegation was to be uninstructed, many of the caunty leaders were reluctant to accept the governor, and the candidacy of Ralph Beaver Strassburger was launched as a direct drive against Mr. Pinchot. | Kept Harmony Pact. i RBarring one speech, the governor did not upset the harmony, but when {things seemed to be going nh |Senator Watson made his speech. In [the last few days resentment against ithe Pinchot attitude has taken the |form of issuance of slates or marked | ballots for guidance of workers and {voters either without any marks im| |the delegate-at-large column or with ‘lha governor left out. These demon- | strations have occurred ip some of {the staunch organization counties. | "The Democratic campaign 1s closing | with factions warring over the del- egation at large to New York, fights for many district seats and a vigor- ous contest for control of the state committee. Like the Republicans, the Democrats will elect uninstructed delegates for the most part, but there the matter ends. The Republicans will heed the call of their party, and | vote for Coolidge, but no one knows | how the Democrats will divide. Mc- Adoo leaders have gotten back into | {the fighting linex, but will hardly doming the delegation unless some- thing unforeseen turns up. Smith |sentiment has bobbed up, too. { 1 A. BOYD HAMILTON. } | . \NEW JERSEY TO GIVE COOLIDGE 30 VOTES Primary Tuesday Virtually Cer- | tain to Instruct Slate—Johnson | Tour of State Fruitless. Special Dispateh to The Star ELIZABETH. N. J. April 18.—The presidential primaries will'be held in New Jersey Tuesday. and as the cam- paign ends there is hardly a doubt of the election by the Republicans of & solid delegation of thirty pledged to| President Coolidge. Any other result | | would greatly surprise seasoned ob- | rvers. Four years ago Hiram Johnson | | won eleven out of the Jersey delegation. | This year he stacks up against a con- {crets candidacy, so that guesses at the | outcome based on the situation of four | years ago are misleading. Johnson has | just completed a tour of the state. In | the present mood of the stats Johnson simply has no chance. In the Democratic | primaries a solid delegation pledged to support Gov. Silzer at the New York convention will be chosen. JOHN J. McGOWAN. PR 'DANIELS DEFINITELY * OUT AS CANDIDATE . Refusal to Put Name Before North i Carolina Primary Regarded as Last Move. Speciul Dispatch to The Star | RALEIGH, N. €, April 18.—Jo- | sephus Daniels definitely put himself | out of the running Thursday, even | as a favorite son, for the presidency. | He refused to permit his name to be | presented to the state Democratic convention as a candidate. ‘His name | will not be entered in the state pri- | mary to be held June 7, and the fight | is now on between William G. Me- | Adoo and whoever may ses fit to| enter the lists with him in this state. Had Daniels allowed his name to be presented to the convention there | would have been a fight, though he | would have secured an indorsement This was indicated when he was named as one of the delegutes-at- large from this state, though he trailed the list of four men selected for that honor. He had more than a majority of the two thousand dele- gates to the state convention. There were several things in the way of his making the race. One of them was his pledged support to McAdoo in the form of an editorial in his own paper. Whether he will feel bound by that pledge since the recent ‘“revelations” before -the Sen~ ate committee of Mr. McAdoo's rela- tions to the oil interests is not Known here. At any rate he has not hesi- tated to speak out in condemnation of such relations. and nobody who ‘knows him expects him to remain silent. But he is not running for the presidency ‘against McAdod or against anybody. else. - ¥ Indications now are that McAdoo will have a nominal support of this state’s delegation at least, though it is° doubtful if he.can hold a majority of them through many ballots unless he can make a big show of strenith. Underwood will be able to poll a& considerate vote, but he can'i beat McAdoo. Al Smith won't have a look in. JOHN A, LIVINGSTONE. | BERRY FIGHTS WHEELER. | Both Seek Washington Backing for | Vice ‘Presidency. ' Special Dispatch to The Star. SEA’ ‘Wash., April 19.—When the Democrats of this state meet in convention here Friday, Msy 2, for the first time in the state history two candidates for the vice presidency are going to put their names befors the convention, 3 Ty | of Tennessee and Senator Whesler of Montana. The organized labor peopie | and American Legion delegates are | asking for an {ndorseméent of Berry, | many of the progressive wing Demo crats are demanding an indorsement for Wheeler. This move is under the leadership of former Mayor o Cotterill of Seattie. 'A hot fight Is| looked for, 5 4 swiflg through the state onoe -more. His visit through the northwest . largely responsible; and McAdoo sup. porters are preparing to .slate’ the convention if possible and name only MeAdoo instructed delegates to New k. Al JAMES DE K. BROWN. ) | Capital MoAdoo sentiment s on the ‘up: | | delegates ' To Flying Start During W eek New : York Gets Away De'tegafion Pledged to Gov- ernor; Republicans in Convention Special Duspatch to The Star. i ALBANY, Y., April 19.—Gov. | “Al" Smith's presidential candidacy | got away to a flying start here this | week . with the unanimous indorse- | ment of the Democratic state spring | convention at Albany, Tuesday. | ~The New York -state delegation | to thé dational Démocratic conven- tion goes pledged for Smith, with | this pledge by the governor behind it. | ““I¢° the -national comveution’ feels Hine same way as‘you do, you can tell every delegate you see in X York that I pledged to you in thi before Almighty God that| would give no cause toregret, it.” | MARYLAND PRIMARY IS HELD NECESSARY ! Cnt;lidge On;}:*(;j)._l;. Candidate.: But Legal Ruling May Cause Change in Party Plans. e Special Dispatch to The Star - BALTIMORE, April 19.—Contests in three of the six congressional dis- tricts of ihe state are indicated by the list of candidates who have filed | for the state primaries on May §. The Republicans have two candidates in | the second district, while the Demo-.| crats have two in the fifth and four {in the sixth. T. Allan Goldsborough, Democrat, in the first; John Philip Hill, Republican, in the third. fand J. Charles Linthicum, Dembcrat, ‘i the fourth, bave no opposition. All the Maryland members of the House of Representatives are candi- dutes for re-clection. They are Rep- resentatives Goldsborough, Tydings. Hill, Linthicum, Mudd and Zihiman. Contrary to the general belief, and notwithstanding the fact that Presi- dent Coolidge is the only candidate entered, a state-wide primary will have to be held on May 5, according to an opinion of William R. Jones, assistant attorney general. The wp- parent necessity of holding a genera primary clection arises from the fact | that the law gives the voters the| right to select an uninstructed dele- gation to the national convention, and | in the present instance Republican voters are not bound to register their choice for Coolidge. although he is| the on!y candidate who has qualified | in_Maryland. The announcement of the candidacy of Gov. “Al" Smith for the Democratic nomination for the presidency meets with the approval of the rank and file of the party in Maryland, and while the delegation to the New York convention will g0 uninstructed it is | being predicted today that after a| complimentary vote for Gov. Ritchie | the Maryland delogation will be | found lined up solididly for the New | York governor. t Withdrawal of President Coolidge | from the Maryland presidential pri- mary s being discussed by Repub- lican leaders in the state, but so far they have reached no decision, it w: icarned today. 1f the President’s name were with- drawn it would save the expense of a_primary election in most districts of the state, as in only a few will there be contests for the state con ventions of the two parties and noini | nations for Congress. Since President Coolidge is the only candidate entered in the presidential primary in Maryland, the Republican voters “would bave only the choice of voting for a delegation to the national convention instructed to vote ‘or President Coolidge or for an un- | instructed delegation. | Since it is generally conceded that all Republican leaders in the state| are in favor of the President’s nomi- nation, the voting would be mean- | ingless, s, even If the delegation were_uninstructed, it would vote for| Mr. Coolidge, it is pointed out J. G. DEPONAL BAY STATE REFLECTS INTEREST IN SMITH | Definite Movement Delayed, Hnw~i ever—G. 0. P. Clears Decks for Determined Fight. Special Dispated to The Star. BOSTON, April 19.—It is the hope | 3f the Massachusetts Republican | leaders to set an example of loyalty | and harmony in the national cam-| paign that will impress other sec- tions of the country. The Coolidge night celebration in Symphony Hall, during the week, where more than 2,000 party leaders gathered for din- ner and for inspiring speeches by United States Senator Simeon D. Fess and by representatives of all the New England states, was a notable exhibi- tion of party enthusiasm. It was clearty inf@icated-that New England desires & strong voice, or an influ- ence, in Detional party couneils; that the choice of the man to make the Coolidge nominating speech at the convention and the choice of . Cool- idge's running mate are matters of deep interest in this section. . State Republicans are DI work hard for the entire *icket’ cess this year. The United States senatorship is a different problem. Louis A. Coolidge and William M. Butler will oppose each ether in the | maries. nths ago it looked as if this mm.un would oréate” bRer | eeling. y it appears t it wi 2 ontest without personalities: that ‘evéry effort .will be made to avoid any serious_defections in_the ranks that would Prove of benefit to | ator David I. Walsh. | enator Walsh and his friends will make & ‘hard fight. ~Massachusetts has been flooded with the senator's | immigration speech, and his presenci has beem solicited ' for y. social and political affairs: ere ' never fifis been. anything but cooiness be- tween . Senator Walsh. and Mayor ‘Curley, but with Curley running. for overnor old differsnces will be for- tten ‘and the semfitor will ‘benefit by ‘what, progress. the mayor maey make. / Just af present Massachusetts Dem- ocrats are interested in the cand dacy of Gov. Smith of New York: President. - The loudest shouter for Gov. Bmith in thig section 1 Mayor ley, aw intimate riend. - 'But the mayor' is making no gesture for Smith. He prefers to wait until sen- timent can be crystgllized. FORREST-P. HULLs - ¢ .. ‘Two_Delegates Elected. KANSAS CITY, Ma, April13—Two | to_‘the' Repiblican _national convention were elected here today. By the fitth district Republican 2o’ vention after adoption of resolutions indorsing the nominution of President Coolidge. | man-power to re-establish | eratic | xpressed In a statément here tonigh {by. David Ladd Rockwell, Indorse Coolidge. On the same day cratic clans of the stats gathered in Albany, the Republican forces con ducted their sprin convention in New York city to choose delegates at large for the Republican national convention'at Cleveland. The Repub lican delegates at large tn th national convention will go unpledged although there i no doubt that they will support President Coolidge g Administration Indorscd. The Republicans, in their 7 ndorsed the:Republican ministration, hree- vears nitted by zress a that the Demo. tional the record of the and the program our President to the proof of our right to cnewed confidence of the platform qulogized the demonstration; quiet dignity v justice salities the unfair, dis demagogic attempt” at Washington fidence of the people in servanta The chief planks in the Republ platform adopted at the Ratheri nrege measures pending a _perpetuation of tariff system ging from the avalanche of grams of congratulations tha been pouring in on Gov it - the indorsement of his candidac last week, ‘Albany has been t inte a sort of gecond national These telegrams have come sections of the countrs Te Make No Stump Tour. The covernor, however. the midst of the task of vetoing: bllls, numbering half a thousand. left on with' the addournment of legislature last week. He will make no stump-speaking tour and will make no effort to further his presi den candidacy befo national convention, Those their publi from a deep ng and ore than his desk the state his friend y to the governor de- clare that he made no effort to boom self before his indorsement by state convention cither in York state ¢ in other states say that no attempt will be made ational convention at the s large blocs of votes Smith. It is believed his c t the convention 1 start and that the ng attempt made to swing of favorite son votes to him until becomes apparent, {f it does more formidable candidates w up any an not after May 10, the of New TYork state' bill period, the governor t vacation for a rest at French-Lick. Ind, the health re- sort maintained by his old friend Tom Taggart, HOBE WHEELER'S STAND PUZZLES OBSERVERS Hints of Third Party, While Boom for Vice President as Demo- y erat Is Started. ARNOLD. Dispatch to The Sta: Mont.. April cred in poc HELEN4, sprech lolf Jaffer; 5@y Unitedta, Senator of Montahe B wh herenge to. @ third coming” simyltancousiy wit launching of a boom for Mr. Wheeler as a vice presidential candidate on the democratic ticket, by his law partner, James H. Baldwin of Butte. has led Wheeler's friends and wel wishers, as well as his foes, der just what he means to do in the event a third-party movement is itiated cago parties 1at ad- ent the to won said Senator Wheeler, in Chi it is demonstrated that old are not endowed with the integrit of governmest and restore publi confidence in the character of publ officers. then a task will have b New Party in Montana. Now, a new party has had birth Montana—the Farmer-labor pagty and sponsoring it and wet-nursing and blithely Gomposing its personnel are the very identical elements that elected Mr. Wheeler to the United States Senate. That Wheeler might turn to the third party, in the event of failure to put across his pet proj ects in the Democratic, many who kuow him best long since have feit and that if he threw his weight to such a movement in Montana the re- volt would Aave 10 be reckoned with very seriopaly. none familiar with po litlcal eongiions in the state can can- didly, denf. Wheeler is easily the most \dvagled radical who thus far has attainfll prominence in cither of the old! o8 in_the annals of the state, ant-Q@lkng his immediate fol- lowers areWiments which the term (radical) onlyWaintly describes. The indictment of him in the Great Falls oil retainer case merely adds fuel to the fames 0 M. THAYER. S T RACE IS.SIMPLIFIED. Johnson Quits, as Senate Candidate in West Virginia. Special Dispatch o The § . CHARLESTON, W. Va. April 18.— The Dembocratic senatorial situation has becn simplified by the retirement. of State Senator Clyde B. Johnson of Charleston. The .ace is not between former United States Senator W. E Chilton of this city and Mrs. Tzetta Jewell-Browa of Kingwood, unsuc- cessful oppoment af, Semator M. M Neely two vears ago. While the primary :campaigns in West Virginia, especially on the Re- publican side, ‘are being featured by more casdidates for'the‘higher offices and greater, ;pdor than for many years, the preidential factor is not involved. Tt has practically been settled . that.Coolidge and John W. Davis Will have the delegates to the respective conventions. without any. et , . LYNN KIRTLAND. McADOO LEADER PLEASED., Réckwell -Satisfied With Progross | , During Week. ! _CLEVELAND, “Onio, * April 19.—4 Great satisfaction witl the progress made during the past week in secur- ing_delegates . favorable to Willlamy . McAdo0's candldacy for the Demo- presidential nomination was nationa manager of the MeAdoo.campaign. | “Tf all the votés cast for McAdoo in: the Ohio sprimaries April 29 are hon~ estly counted, I have no apprehensiony. as to the outcome” Mr. Rockwell @ sdid. “Mr. Adoo-will carry th state, :