Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1924, Page 4

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. APRIL 27, 1924—PART Democratic Candidates Prepare for Titanic Struggle in New York Convention Prosperity Causes Upheaval In Once Progressive Jersey Not Even Roosevelt Could Have Changed Sweeping Coolidge Victory in Pri- mary, Observers Declar Kpeeial Dispateh to The Star. perity for ten years. Those who profit TRENTON, N. J., April et I‘mnq from this, prosperity are Tepub- S R . co | licans. They feel that, economically of the presidential primarie New | eaking, W are Crossing & stream, and Jersey was just what had been predicted | they don't want any monkeying with —a des ve victory for Coolidge dele- l"t‘\‘::”‘ »m"(.'\i' d ; N on Terers b beeasional i aid , tewing the demonstration in the Zates In every congressional district and | . jijential primaries and the con- at large. When President ions to be drawn therefrom, it ited New York last Tuesday | will be futile for the Democrats to i i _ | nominate even a mild radical for the informed by some New Jer- | L2lGGlnt o Vel Far as New Jersey 18 that Senator Johns | concerned.” In the present mood of They the state only a conservative of ane Sanies W sizn | ree or another has a chance. Onc becauso’ eyery sign sr-ation should be made—“wet" had happened. 1In didates will continue to make Johnson ran strong- | Striking showings in this state. de- = s 5 Spite any handicap they may happen t ke sl chn & bad secont: to have and despite the fact that i The vote in the primaries a presidential vear many wets Tirensnts the Drasnt Mot of (e Be. | sois Ti & Gy cohserraieiy | voters of the stute. The chief | they are conservative first and wet hnson's defeat came | afterward. 1 voters in the dential Victory in in n mig] delegates were in 4 however, ced just sections wher. what Edge Vietory Assured, One other conelusion js plain the pri that United Senator Bdize cannot be defeated for renomination for the senatorship in | September without a sacrifice of the Senate seat to the Democrats in No- vember. The planned drive | against Edge result that » the late Theodd milar primavies of Not ever d Coolid at pave bican primaries On the han, would have polled Johnson did. Viewpoint Changed. The moral is that the viewpoint of the voters has changed. Today conservatism distinctly triumphant in N made a Tuesday's voting delexate, with the wets _retailiated and plunked for him. Edge ran high. It s clear to those who know the un- lercurrents of Jersey politics that if progressive a f. ars ago giv ldge should be defeated in the pri- t4ge last Tu . Johnson 10. There next September, as the Anti- e man The reason for its con- | Saloon League hopes he will be, his has been in the upper house is prac- a brief period of | tically sure to be a Democrat. sure of material pro JOHN J. M GOWAN. COOLIDGE CERTAIN | MURPHY DEATH AID OF FULL OHIO VOTE| TO M’ADOO IN RACE Dangherty Small Figure on Ticket. | Smith Boom. to Suffer, But Chief Cox Unopposed for Demo- Foe to Californian’s Am- cratic Slate. bitions Passes. Republican _ drys in 1 | Special Dispatch to The Star. NEW YORK, April den death of Charles F. Murphy, { leader of Tammany Hall, was of na- tion-wide because of the effect it may have upon ira- of Gov. Al Smith be the atie presidential nominee. was the power be- Murphy ‘mith threne. Murphy's in- Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. COLUMELS, Ohio, April eve of presidential p in this points to the gation t piedged idge next Onths —The Sud- mary the Zlecl tion indicatic tion of a solid dele. “leveland sort Tuesc s tings held in several during this attended as expected with a sp ) say unusual thin L o & does not appear to haye | licularly pote any new sentiment for ihe|in his own home town—and with a movement. Excepting among | Bome-town “boy” in the running. rs and in kome of the indus: | The death of Mr. Murphy is bound centers Johnson sentiment is| 10 have a depressing effect in the practically nil. Smith camp. The opposite, naturally The vote for former Attorney Gen- | 5 true among the McAdoo Sl M. Daugherty for delegate-at, | ChaTley Murphy was an implacable N be lower than it | foe of McAdoo. Tt has been reported en but for the develop- | {!Me and time again that Mr. McAdoo atorial investigutiong | 160t New York and moved to Cali- but 1o one wha 'OhS | fornia to get away from the adver dersiands. the " situation cxpects to| IMffionge of Murphy. © 7 see him defeate *ersonaily Mr. R o conisl i Daugherty is cutting a very small fig- | ork's “favorite son” for any ure in the primary. The Coolidge | oMice 5 long EEEnY fisia b candidacy is the outstanding factor in | pelns) of Tamma s insre s Neither Mr. McAdoo nor any one | toward o, ; e Iepresenting him from without the elaeeh. Sn B iy DEUICE My state has ¢ « into Ohio to fight for e a h et g n delegates as against James M. Cox. | miae maoh, ot the 14th street wigwam K JAPERALR GO [ may not be able to re-establish it DU PONT MENTIONED |15 e, SR AS BALL OPPONENT broken., but Mr. McAdoo still must overcome the opposition of the Tag- gart and Brennan end of it as well Show of Strength in State Con- vention Starts Friends' Move for His Candidacy. significance convention | tions to Cool- President Dec | Charley PATES | pind th week have | would | flue Ker | at r<, but | tion ator John- of the state ely naturally be 50 1 his e A0R! wea any Democratic but it w national conven- s expected to be par- t in a convention held 1t Washington, 1o New high as the lingering Murphy spirit in Tammany. But in any event the McAdoo eam- paign, the only national one that is b waged by Democratic as- has been given a great new by th passing of Charley because the McAdoo man- agers believe the Smith boom has been lamentably weakened by the death of his foremost and strongest supporter. ROBERT T. SMALL. NORTH DAKOTA COLD TO THIRD-PARTY PLAN Will Not Support Move Even if It Means Entry of La Fol- lette, Is Belief. pirant, impetus Special Dispateh to The Star. WILMINGTON, Del., April 26.—The show of strength made by Coleman du Pont in the state convention this week has led to talk in ail three coun- ies of having him run for United States genator to succeed Senator L. . Ball. Gen. du Pont, besides captur- ng all the delegates to the national onvention in Cleveland, has a work. & majority in the new state com- nittee. Nothing like the comeback taged by him has been known in relaware political history. Last fall, much to the surprise of | most of the Republicans in the state, he was defeated for re-election by Thomas F. Bayard. \ few days ago Mr. du Pont told icnds that he could not be dragged to the senatorship fight and that he did not want to o to the Senate. Of course, the senatorship was not the issue at this time, and when the rimary is held in August to elect to the convention wh a United States senator = ticket the result may be tflerent. If Gen. du Pont should 4, ide to run the fact that he has the ctjon machinery would be in his tavor. C. E. GRAY. g SMITH IS STRONGER. Sentiment Special Dispatch to The Star. BISMARCK, N. D., April 26.—Al- though organization of the third party movement apparently is progressing rapidly in several northwestern states, little interest is being mani- fest at present in North Dakota in a third party. A skeleton organization of the national Farmer-Labor party has been organized, but most of the leaders of the party are aligned with tho Non-Partisan League, which will contiuue to fight its battles in the Republican column. The state probably will be repre ented at the forthcoming St. Paul third party conference, but 1t is some- at doubtful whether the entire weight of the Non-Partisan League would be thrown behiad the :hird party movement even though it nomf- nated.Senator Robert M. Ta Follette, notably strong in this state. There is a strong group in the Non-Partisan League which insists it is “progress- ive” and not “radical” and is deter- mined to continue in the Républican ranks, Much favorable comment being heard toward the attitude ¢f Pre: dent Coolidge on agricultural prob- lems also has had a dampening efiect upon the third party movemeat in this state. W. L. NEAL. g WON’T OPPOSE BORAH. Idaho Third Party Will Not In- 3 dorse Him, Either. Special Dispateh to The Star. BOISE, ldaho, April 26.—The Pro- gressive party in Idaho will not put up a candidate to oppose Senator William E. Borah for re-election to the United States Senate, it was an- nounced this week. Party members also made it clear that they would not indorse him. Failure to indorse him will be a concession to the anti- Borah faction of the third party and at the same time will satisfy Borah's friends, who remember that Borah lost many Republican votes because he was indorsed by the Non-Partisan League six years ago. The Progressives are planning strong campaign for Samuels as gov- ernor. JEROME BARTELL. 21 Women Seek Office. Special Dispatch to The Star, AUGUSTA, Me., April 26.—Twenty- one women will be candidates in the June primaries, according to papers filed at the department of state. J. CLEMENT MURPHY. in Connecticut Is to Give Governor Fourteen Votes. Special Dispateh o The Star. HARTFORD, Conn,, April 26.—Sen- timent among Connecticut Democrats s Erowing in favor of a united dele- xation at the national convention, and with it is growing tho sentiment in sppport of Gov. Smith of New York. ‘These mingled feelings were much in vidence at a meeting this week of the Hartford delegates to the state convention to be held next month in Now Haven. Tn other parts of the state the feel- ing is not unlike that in Hartford, ind, while an instructed delegation from Connecticut is hardly likely, it is not improbable that the vote of the state will be cast as a unit in favor of the candidate leading in a poll of the delegation. This leading candidate today is Gov. Smith. H. 1. HORTON. MecAdoo Unopposed. By the Associated Press. RALEIGH, N. C., April 26.— liam G. McAdoo likely will receive the vote of North Carolina’s delegates to the Democratic convention. Announcement made this aftermoon at Salisbury by ‘Walter Murphy, manager for Senator Oscar W. Underwood, that the senator would not contest North Carolina, was belleved by officials here to mean that the former Secretary of the Treasury will be un | 1f the confere both coveted and feared | THIRD PARTY CALLS WISCONSIN MEETING Members for La Foll_etfle, But Sen- ator’s Stand for Blaine Menaoces His Control. PLATFORM IS OUTLINED Conference to Be Held May 18 in Madison. Special Dispatch to The Star. MADISON, Wis., April 26.—The first intimation of a third party organiza- tion in Wisconsin to support the La Follette independent presidential can- didacy came this week with the is- suance of a call by the “conference for progressive political action” for a statewide meeting in Madison May 18. The call is signed by more than a score of rallroad brotherhoods, labor organizations and radical political associations. The conference has been in process of organization for the last two nths, its promoter being Harley Nickerson, vice president of the ma- In part, the call say “The sin state conference for pro- sive political action is a volun- tary non-partisan organization cre- ated to provide a medium through which all the progressive forces in the state can co-operate in securing the nomination and election of Presi- dents and Vice Presidents of the United States, United States senato representatives in Congre BOV- ernors, members of the state Legisla- ture and other state and local public officers who are pledged to the princi- ples of genuine democracy in akri- culture, transportation, industry and government. Factional Split Seen. The signatures upon the call show that the split in the La Follette fac- tion is to be carried into third party activitles. Lieut. Gov. George F. Comings, candidate of the radicals for governor, is a_ signer, while Gov. Blaine, candidate for & third term, presumably with La Follette backing, is not Another signer is Miss Ada James, who last week resigned the presidency of th Woman's Progres- sive Association, an organization of women dedi ed to the fortunes of Senator La Follette, in order that she might devote her whole time to fight- ing for Comings against Blaine. he_conference, while for La Fol- lette for President, is also quite a: bitterly opposed to La Follette ET | choice for governor, and its sessions may signalize the start of a violent rupture within the La Follette ranks. ce indorses La Follette for President and places in the field a state ticket against the Blaine slate, the senator may find his_ingenuity taxed to preserve the undisputed leadership he has enjoyed. Blaine Unsuitable. It is the same difference that has frequently disturbed Wisconsin poli- tics—Blaine Is not radical enongh to suit the radicals, who demand that he make way for some one more to their liking. “Mhe character of the conference further disclosed by the signature of John Doerfler, Milwaukee Socialist, who may succeed Victor L. Berger in Congress if Mr. Berger decides to re- tire. Socialists have for the past three years vigorously supported Follette, but they have not supported ov. Blaine. They now appear in ague with the third party element of the state, determined to force into retirement non-radical leaders, even if they have Senator La dorsement. 3.c = OWEN YOUNG LOOMS IN NEW YORK RACE Dawes Committee Member Men- tioned for Governor Candidate in Empire State. Special Dispatch to The Star. ALBANY, N. Y., April 26.—Political activity In New York state, other than what work is being done to further the presidential candidacy of Gov. Smith, is being held in abey- ance until both parties know which way the wind Is going to blow when the Democratic national convention meets in New York in June. A host of Republican candidates for governor, which might be swelled into a small army, are marking time until they know whether Gov. Smith, with his acknowledged tremendous vote-getting ability, is going to fig- ure as a candidate on the national ticket. Numerous _ gubernatorial =~ booms among the Democratic ranks also are being held in leash until it is known how Gov. Smith fares in the national convention. Smith Still Inactive. Tn the meantime Gov. Smith has confined his attention to his duties at the capitol and has declined to do anything to further his candidac: either in New York state or else where. It is believed probable, how- ever, that a Smith board of strateg: Will_ be'formed to make sure that nothing unadvoidable happens to the Smith boom by allowing it to pro- gress unmanaged. In two weeks Gov. Smith will leave his official duties for a vacation at French Lick, the health resort conducted by his friend, Tom Taggart, Democratic leader of Indiana It Is expected that during this_vacation confer- ences on the national outlook will take place. New York state is look- ing forward to the French Lick va- cation to be productive of interesting news developments. State Race Looking Up. In the meantime state political de- velopments are shaping themselv: under the surface. It is now said that H. Edmund Machold of Water- town. speaker of the assembly, who has been considered the most prom- inent Republican gubernatorial pos- sibility, may not make the run this fall. A reason that has been ad- vanced is that the Republican out- look in the state is not encouraging. It has been declared, however, that if he does not rnn for governor he will name the nominee. A mew possibility in the Repub- lican gubernatorfal paddock is Owen D. Young of the General Klectric iCompany, who has been helping Gen. Dawes straighten out the reparations tangle in Europe. Supreme Court Justice Arthur Tompkins of Rockland County, who sentenced William H. Anderson, state superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, to Sing Sing for forgery, also is considered in the running. ROBERT R. ARNOLD. COOLIDGE MOVE DELAYED. Headquarters to Remain in Chi- cago Until May 15. CLEVELAND, April 26.—Another change in the plans for removing the Coolidge national headquarters to Cleveland was announced by the Cleve- land convention committee today of a letter from Coolidge headquarters in Chicago stating that the date for open- ing of headquarters here, originally fixed for May 1, had been postponed until May 15, when Willlam M. Butler, national Coolidge campalgn manage: will arrive here. . THE WEEK IN POLITICS Summary of National Developments Based on Reports From The Star's Special Correspondents and Staff Writers. ITH Coolidge “over the top,” so far as assur- ances of the presiden- tial nomination are con- cerned, Republican interest turns to the post-convention campaign and the possibility of a third- party split, but the Democrats still are engrossed with a pre- convention contest which grows in interest day by day. The as- sembly at New York in late June promises to be one of the most memorable political conventions of all time. Forces are gathering for a ti- tanic struggle over the rule which requires a two-thirds vote to nom- inate a Democratic candidate for President. The McAdoo forces are going to demand abrogation of this rule, which has prevalled in every Democratic national con- vention since the days of Andrew Jackson. The lead of the anti- McAdoo delegations will fight to the last ditch to keep the rule in force . In many Democratic conventions it has been sought to make possi- ble nomination by a majority vote, but unti] the convention a Baltimore, twelve ago, the contention had little point, be cause no candic who had achieved a majority had failed to win the necessary two-thirds. But at Baltimore Champ Clark re- ceived a majority vote, yet Wood- row Wilson eventually carried off the prize. The history of the na tton and of the world was pro- foundly affected because the two- thirds rule was in force at Balt more. * * % ¥ “There will be a grand disputs over whether, my a majority vote, the delegates at New York can abrogate the two-thirds rule. It accepted parliamentary doc- trine that a rule requiring a two- thirds vote cannot be set aside by the votes of a bare majority; but, strictly speaking, the requi ment for a two-thirds vote for nomination is merely party practice and tradition, and does not bhecome a rule at all until \dopted as such by each conven- tion. Therefore, ~ the question would not be whether the rule should be set aside, but whether it should be adopted by the New York convention. There is no pute that any parliamentar; majority vote, its own govern- s for The requirement of a two-thirds vote to nominate is merely one of a set of rules which each conven- tion adopts. These rules are bind- ing on that particular convention only and, except for the two- thirds rule. there has never been any thought that future conven- tions were bound by them. In fact, th s of no two conven- tions e actly alike, except in_this one L T { It would secem, therefore, that | the parliamentary argument | favor of permitting « the delegates to adopt such rules as they see fit, and if a majority favor permitting a majority vote 1o nominate, it is difficult to see how they are going to be estopped from so specifying in the rules. The subject is here discussed at this length because from now on E0ing to be a paramount issue (Democratie pre-convention *x % Dispatches to The Stars week end political survey indicate that assurances, or even prospect, that the two-thirds rule would not pre- vail at New York would tremen- dously hearten the campaign of William G. McAdoo. McAdoo is approaching a point where it seems a fair conclusion that a mo- jority of the delegates will be fa- vorable to his nomination, but the belief is deeply seated that he never can win two-thirds, and therefore cannot be nominated. In a number of important states where sentiment is favorable to McAdoo and which would like to instruct for him, the fear of being tied up to @ loser is persuading- the party leaders to favor unin- structed _ delegations. They are induiging in a lot of speculation s to second choice when McAdoo has made his run and lost, and that is a serious state of mind for any man's following to be in. It is a phenomenon of American politics how quickly talk has died out about McAdoo's unavailability because of the oil disclosures. DEMOCRATIC RACE IN BAY STATE WARM Coolidge Absolutely Certain of G. 0. P. Delegates, But Other Result Is in Air. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, April 26—It Is ®» strange fact, in comnection with the Massa- chusetts pramries to be held next Tuesday, that the only opponent of President Coolldge among the list of candidates as delegates to the Re- publican national convention, Is Dwight B. MacCormick of Westfleld, who lives not more than twenty miles | from Northampton, where President | Coolidge has lived ever since he was graduated from Amherst College. Mr. MacCormack is running pledged to Hiram Johnson and the only in- terest in Fkis candidacy among the Republican leaders is the size of his vote, Nobody hears of any Johnson sentiment throughout the state. There has been no primary enthu- slasm owing to an absence of real contests. The matter has been cut and dried from the start. The con- tests have not attracted attention because the candidates are all Cool- idge men. No_such unanimity exists among the Democrats. Since the MoAdoo disclosures in the Teapot Dome in- quiry there is no Democratic favorite for President. What sentiment there is on the surface is for Gov. Smith of New York. but all efforts on the part of outside Democratic leaders to create a stampede for Smith have failed FORREST P. HULL. To Call Convention Soon. JACKSON, Miss., April 26.—Missis- sippi’s Democratic convention for the selection of delegates to the national cnnvegtlon i8 yet to be called. How- ever, Judge Robert Powell of Jack- son, secretary of the state executive committee, will issue the call shortly. Notwithstanding the fact that Judge Powell is state manager for the Sen- ator Oscar Underwood flmn&lfi for President, the strong tendency for nnzl:'truetml delegation is still evi- dent. Senator Ralston of Indiana is gaining in strength in the state. McAdoo has many supporters. REX B. MAGEE. Except from Texas, where Gov. Neff is making a campaign for uninstructed delegates on a plat- form that “Underwood is too wet and McAdoo too oily, mentioned In this week end's dis- patches. * X ¥ % The death of Charles F. Murphy, while a political event of first importance, is not figured as hav- ing any vital bearing on the na- tional Demoeratic situation. Tt probably will bring about a lull of activity In behalf of Gov. Smith, but the Smith boom would not otherwise be a very aggres- stve one right now. It is not by its nature that kind of a boom at this stage of the proceedings. The governor himself refuses to be_ distracted from his work at Albany by presidential politics until he has cleaned up matters left on his hands by the legisla- ture, but in about iwo weeks he expected to take a vacation at ¥French Lick Springs, where he will meet Taggart, Brennan and other Democratic ders who have earned or had bestowed upon them the title of bosses. Underwood, Ralston and other antl-McAdoo candidates, active and receptive, do not seem to be making any Pparticular headway. In most of the states soon to ject delegates the issue among Democrats is whether to instruct for McAdoo or send uninstructed delegations. It {s true that in Ohio next Tuesday the Democrats are likely to instruct for Cox, but that is an eventuality which has long been discounted. McAdoo himself just now Is in California making speeches, and opposition there to McAdoo instructions seems to have pretty well petered out. California is one of the few states where Republicans do not regard it as all over but the shout- ing. It is true there is no longer any expectation that Senator Johnson will have a show for the nomination, but his California friends are keeping up the fight in order that he may make his voice heard in the convention. If he carries the primaries, it is planned to send Senator Johnson as an alternate, seating him in place of one of the regular delegates, and giving _him membership on the committee on resolutions. ‘There {8 said to be considerable uneasi- ness among the senator's Cali- fornia following for fear he will keep up the fight on Coolidge after the nomination is made. Most of them prefer to b regu- lar and support the convention's nominee. This leads up to the question of a third party and third party ac- tivities, which have about their only being just now in Wisconsin. A call has gone out from the Wis- consin *conference for progres- sive political action” for a state- wide meeting on May 18, and it is accepted as the launching of a movement to name La Follette as an independent candidate for President. But_the La Follette Republicans in Wisconsin are not united for such a program, and there are some prospects of a final split in the La Follette faction. North .Dakota, where La Fol- lette has a strong following, re- gards the movement coldly. The Non-Partisan League is in control there, and the league prefers to fight for its principals within the Republican party. The league now is in the hands of men who want to be known as progressives, but prefer not to be classed as radi- cals, * ¥ ¥ ¥ One of the most interesting political discussions of the week is an analysis by The Stars cor- respondent of the results of the primaries in New Jersey. The correspondent holds that even Theodore Roosevelt, who used to be the idol of Jersey Republicans, could not have beat Coolidge in last Tuesday's primary, and that any one at all running against Coolidge could have polled as many votes as were cast for Sena- tor Johnson. The correspondent concludes, therefore, that Jersey Republicans are more conserva- tive than they used to be, and he believes the reason this is so is that they are more prosperous. The correspondent thinks it will be futile for the Democrats to nomi- nate even a “mild_radical” in the hope of carrying New Jersey. He admits that 2 wet candidate would make a considerablo showing, but as he sees the majority of Jersey votes, regardless of party, are today first conservative and then wet. (Copyright, 1924, by The Washington Star.) TEXAS REPUBLICANS IN FACTIONAL SCRAP District Leaders Igmore State Party Heads and Call Conven- tion of Their Own. Special Dispatch to The Star. AUSTIN, Tex., April 26.—Republi- cans in Texas have started a fight over the selection of mational dele- gates which will rival the bitter con- test now being waged between W. G. McAdoo and hls supporters and Gov. Pat M. Neff and prohibition leaders over McAdoo's efforts to get the forty Democratic delegates Instructed for his candidacy. Ignoring the call of the Republican state executive committee for a con- vention May 27, to name delegates to the Cleveland 'convention, Republi- cans of the fourteenth congressional district have called a dlstrict meeting for May 17, to elect its own delegates. Republicans of this district say the state convention has power only to choose the delegates at large. The credentials of these delegates will be the subject of attack in the national convention. This district is the only one in Texas which has a Republican congressman. Gov. Pat M. Neff is making a state-wide campaign follow- ing McAdoo's visit to Texas, asking the people not to instruct for Mc- Adoo. S. RAYMOND BROOKS. —_— —— MAGEE QUITS CONTEST. Special Dispatch to The Staz. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., April 26.— The withdrawal of Carl C. Magee from the race for the Democratic senatorial nomination to succeed Holm O. Bursum has greatly lessened the chance for a split in the Demo- cratic party. Magee's reason for withdrawal, he said, was that he be- lieved he could render the Democratic party greater service in_ his capacity as editor of the New Mexico State Tribune, official Democratic organ of the state. Many belleve that he with- drew to prevent a split in the party. Sentiment is reported developing at Sante Fe against the Instruetion of New Mexico's delegates for McAdoo when the ‘state convention is held at Las Cruces, May 24. The date for the convention was set for June 2 orig:- inally, but later changed to the earlier date. D. -BURROWS. JCHNSON CHANGES CALIFORNIA APPEAL Out of Race, He Asks State In- dorsement to Have Say in Platform Making. COOLIDGE MEN CONFIDENT Sure President Will Carry Senator’s Own State. Special Dispatch to The Star. LOS ANGELES, Calif., gpril 26— Overwhelming defeat for Senator Hiram Johnson's contest for the Re- publiean presidential nomination by states of the middle west and east has served only to change arguments made in behalf of his candidacy in California and, within the last few days, has rather Intensified than di- minished the activities of his ad- herents. Abandoning as obviously useless further campaigning on the assump- tion that Mr. Johnson might obtain the nomination, his managers here are now appealing to California to send a Johnson delegation to Cleve- land, in order that the senator n assert his_opinions lican platform is constructed According to & tly authorita- tive sources, it plan of Mr. Johnson's managers in this state to have the senator appointed, in the event of a Johnson success May 6, as an alternate for one of the Cali- fornia delegates, and thus enable him to appear either in convention gr in committee s a duly elected repre sentative of his home state. Planned Finish Fight. Prior to the utter rout of Mr. John- son's presidential hopes It was gen- erally believed In California that he planned to go into the convention with sufficient strength to justify continued effort and that he and his {ntimates were counting heavily upon his ability to deliver an impassioned appeal that would bring him the nomination. And now, despite t fact that this ambitious program h been made impossible, he is sald still to desire an opportunity to be heard This situation has recalled earlier reports that if himself defeated Mr. Johnson would not cease his attacks upon President Coolidge and that all the influence he could muster might be counted upon to oppose the Presi- dent's nomination to the last. Friends Not Sympathetic. Johnson leaders in California are not talking for publication, but a very large number privately express themseives as being wholly out of sympathy with his attitude and prom- ise active support for the Republican nomince after the preferential pri- mary Those at the head of the Coolidge campaign in Los Angeles and in San Francisco express confidence that the President will receive a substantial majority at the forthcoming election. Local issucs are expected to bring out a large vote in Los Angeles Coun- ty, where Coolidge has an acknowl- edged advantage. As to the Demo- cratic contest, Willlam G. McAdoo is busy making speeches in various paris of the state and his followers are exchanging more or less acid compliments with members and ad- herents of the unpledged opposition ticket. The McAdoo managers assert that the former Secretary of the Treasury will receive a record vote here. KYLE D. PALMER. COOLIDGE AND M’ADOO ON MONTANA BALLOT Are Only Entrants in Primary Since La Follette Withdrew His Name. Special Dispatch to The Star. HELENA, Mont, April 26.—It will be Coolidge vs. McAdoo in the Mon- tana primary of May 27 and as neither is opposed the contest will lack interest. The last day for filings has passed. Sbortly before the zero hour United States Senator Robert M. La Follette, who had been put forward by the Farmer-Labor party for President, withdrew his name. Lynn J. Frazier, named by the same party for Vice President, permitted his name to re- main. The primary filings leave the Re- publicans in the position of strategic advantage, as everybody out this way considers the nomination of Mr. Coolidge a foregone conclusion and the party is able to get behind him and disregard the primary entirely. On the other hand, few McAdoo men appear to think their candidate will get through the convention. Many believe Homer Cummings will be the nominee. There is still talk of Senator Ralston of Indiana s the dark horse. Mr. McAdoo came through the state at the tail of last week, speaking at Miles City and at Butté. He was enthusiastically received. Up to two weeks ago Republicans were not so confident of the nomi- nation of the President. However, as the days have passed and state after state has swung to him there is no reason to doubt his success in the convention. He is still deeply ad- mired in both parties, but so much cannot be said of some of those who surround him in power in the party. LOUIS M. THAYER. COOLIDGE CONTROLS NEBRASKA SAFELY Democrats of State to Hold Har- mony Meeting—Progressive ‘Wings in Row. Special Dispatch to The Star. OMAHA, Neb., April 26.—Coolidge Republicans appeared safely in charge of the organization of the party for the campaign as a result of the county conventions held over Nebraska this week. State conventions in all parties will be held May 1. In Douglas county, in which Omaha is situated, the Coolidge men won a decisive vic- tory over a group in which friends of Senator R. B. Howell sought to gain local control All groups in the Democratic party expect to meet in harmony in the state gathering. Gov. Bryan is a delegate to the convention, and for- mer Senator Hitchcock will be chair- man. A legal fight is promised between wings of the Progressive party for right to use the name. The real question is whether the faction that leans toward the third party ldeas can use the name. Democratic candi- dates have effected a fusion with the Progressive party of Nebraska which the faction that hopes to join the Farm-Labor group hopes to overturn. GEORGE F. FISHER, when the Repub- | | the sixth district. which is composed McAdoo’s Certainty of Victory Ir_l Kentucky U pset by Women Demand for Later Convention Date Re garded as Boon to Underwood: State Committee to Meet. Special Dispatch to The Star. LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 26.—Just when the McAdoo forces in Kentucky fancied that they had “everything nalled down" for the selection and instruction of MecAdoo delegates at large from Kentuckky at a state con- vention here, May 14, the unexpected hag happened. Sundry woman poli- ticians from the “sticks,” backed by interests seeking the convention for || uninstructed Lexington and by an active Under- |sire a l-t‘trr\".w a wood campaign committee, have suc- | ERER, BIERA0 forces feel confiden ceeded in having another Democratic xington. The vote by which th state committee meeting called for date was chosen at the Has Monday to consider changing the |Dweeting was a tie, 19 to 19, whieh convention date. This is on the |Chairman Charles A. Harden biok: ground that May 14, three days before MARYLAND PRIMARY |G. 0. P. MACHINE BACK TO BE ALL COOLIDGE| IN KEYSTONE STATE President Only Candidate—Six Demonstrates Strength and Repays Seats in House Bring Pinchot for Defeat of 1922 Hot Contests. Slate to Be Given Coolidge. the historic Kentucky derby here, every hotel, rooming house and bi liard table will be occupied by visi tors, a contention which the hotel themselves admit. “You men folks might not min lodgins about just anywhere, but w women can't,” say the women count chairmen in ‘their ultimatum, “and {f you hold the ention in Louisvill n fron and thosa seek delegation d 1d more time 1o or Special Dispatch to The Star. Special Dispateh to The Star. BALTIMORE, April 26—Outside of | HARRISEURG, Pa., Ap: contests in three of the six con-|Svlvania's delegation to Clevelan gressional districts the state primary | Will Join the Coolidge column at on May 5 Is expected to be rather a | Caucus to be held in Philadelphia the tame affair, with President Coolidge | middle of next month, but it is doubt the only state-wide candidate in the | ful Whether the people elected by the field. The withdrawal of the name | Democrats to represent the Keystone of the President from the primary | state in the New York convention wilt sidered by his principal advisers in | LSSemble in caucus before going .t the state. Senator O. E. Well for- | Manhattan. th parties elected del- a egates on an uninstructed basis, but r Senator William P. Jackson and len L. Tait, chairman of state | since the Republican voters elim? nated Gov. Gifford Pinchot from the central committee, for contrary to published statements, a state-wide | 7 primary was inevitable even had he | list and as a possible factor in a na withdrawn as a presidential candi- | tional gathering there Is no longe 7 Y s any occasion for their delegates to ”;fl;u",f,‘:z"::,:?u;i, 5,,";;%‘:’";‘";”3 maintain the uninstructed fiction, and multiplicity of candidates for dele- | f:g"t;:;lmnn k‘m” be "}Eg“[;‘" the Fates' to the two national conven- | ETesident, in keeping with the pro- lions, contests would be held in at | ouRced sentiment of the second stat eas y-five of the twenty-elgh the 7 least forty-five of the twenty-elght| ®pul Limoeratic state leaders ars S = the Srimars | not eager for a conference, and will S aotieally et i ey MATY | allow the complex {he new. practically state wide even had F i- | Glected state e to displa itself before calling delegate together. dent Coolidge withdraw with no The primary Tuesday demonstrated chance for saving either $50,000 or $100.000 for the staje as had been two things on the Republican side. One was the power of the Republican said The hottest fight will be waged in state organi It has fully re- covered frc 2. The other was that enough of the rank and file of the party resented the Pinchot conrse against Coolidge and Mellon to follow the state leaders and roll up a major- ity of over 200,000 for Ralph Beaver Strassburger. There was a liquor sylvania’s Republican certain extent, but it dominating question. While Mr. Pinchot may not go to Cleveland, he cs the organization at home and has given signs of desire to demonstrate. A BOYD HAMILTO. —Pen: the of Montgomery, Frederick, Washing- ton, Garrett and Allegheny counties, in which the democrats have four candidates in the field for the nomi- natfon in Andrew J. Cummings of Montgomery, David C. Winebrenner of Washington, Frank Mish of Fred erick and Thomas W. Koon of Alle- gheny. While Cummings is popular in the district and has a big ing in his home county, pol here believe that Winebrenner, who is a nephew of United States Senator William C. Bruce, stands the best show of landing the nomination. J. G. DEPONAL sue in Penn- paign to a was not the is now obtainable at all A&P STORE Sixteen Ounce Loaf ‘"THE GREAT