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4 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MAY 4 1924—PART 1. Death of Murphy Gives New Impetus and Strength to Smith’s Candidacy Roosevelt Brings New Life And Tone to Smith Candidacy Choice as Mfinager Links Governor With Best Element of Democrats as Well as With Tammany Special Dispatch to The Star. ALBANY, May 3.—The so-called slump Into which the presidential candidacy of Gov. Smith of New York Stste foll when Charles F. Murphy, Tammany Hall chieftain and master strategist of the Smith movement, died last week, is declared to have been overcome by the selection of ¥ranklin D. Roosevelt, former Secre- tary of the Navy under President Wil- son, to steer the Smith boom. While Mr. Roosevelt is: an t Demoers inde- ganization, once a Y n the selection of a United ator, years ago, Tammany expressed satisfaction at tion, which was made this New York at a conference Smith and his closest supporters after Murphy's funeral Monda: o Political comment from upstate New York is to the effect that “Smith po- litical luck is holding good.” Whe the death of Murphy came as a bomb shell in the Smith camp last week, predictions were rife that the Smith movement had entered the doldrums. It had been declared that national contacts which Murphy had estab- lished had been severed, and that agreements that been entered nto concerning the national conven- | tion maneuvering had come to naught. Selection a Happy One. It is now declared that the choic of Mr. Roosevelt as the Smith politi- cal navigator was a happy selection. He represents the best element in the Democratic Party in the State, and it is declared that his national contacts are with the best element of the Democratic party in the nation. He is known as being strong and wise politically, and he has expressed the utmost optimism concerning the ulti- UNDERWOOD LOOMS STRONG IN KENTUCKY Will Hold Louisville Delegation to State Convention, But McAdoo Still Has Edge. ville's delegation to State convention at Lexington, May 14, will be solidly for Underwood. Along with the delegations from several other counties which will be for the senator from Alabama, this force probably will make itself heard when the time comes for electing and instructing the four delegates from the State at large The Louisville organization yester- day (Friday) in selecting places for legislative district conventions, which will elect State convention delegates revealed the strength of the Under- wood forces in the naming of chairmen and_secretaries of these gatherings. While, unless there is a surprising up- set between now and the county con- ventions _next Saturday, however, it is not believed that the Underwood forces can muster anything like a ma- jority for the district and state conven- tions, the state administration forces, already pledged to MtAdoo, have the whip hand and are confident of push- ing through their entire program for a solid State delegation for the Califor- nian. as Outside .Chance. an outside chance, however, that the state convention, through ef- forts of all other candidates' forces combined, might stampede the conven- tion for an uninstructed delegation. It s well known that there lack of enthusiasm for McAdoo among the rank and file of the party, and if the ieelings of the delegates are sufficiently aroused, there is a possibility of up- setting the slate J. M. Robinson, eleventh district, has an announced opponent for the Repub- lican congressional nomination in Jack- son Morris, former adjutant general, and R. Y. Thomas, jr. third district has a Democratic opponent in W. O. Smith, county attorney of Thomas’ home county. MALCOOLM W. BAYLEY. COOLIDGE TO WIN VOTE BY DEFAULT Unopposed in West Virginia—400 Candidates on State Ballot. Davis Strong. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHARLESTON, W. Va, May 3.— The only name entered for the pri- mary election in this state on May 27 for presidential preference is that of the present occupant of the White House. Willlam Grant Webster, a New York attorney, filed a declara- tion of his Republican candidacy, but withdrew it shortly before the time for filing expired. Mr. Webster was a candidate in 1920 for the vice presi- dential nomination, and carried five of the six states in which his name appeared on the ballot. ‘A_straw pointing to John W. Davis' strehgth as a Democratic possibility was Farnished In the Ohio primary Tuesday by Washington County, which \lief-aeross_the Ohio River from Wood County, W. Va. While his name did natmppear on the ballot, admirers to the number of 112 wrote it in. Mr. Davis was first In the city of Marietta, homte of George White, former Demo- cratic national chairman. Cox re- ceiwed 324 votes in the ‘county and McAdoo 194. 1 Four Hundred Names on Ballot. A number of -entriea .the. day be e time limit expired, at mid- ni st Sunday, swelled the lists of candidates for the primary to more than 400 names, ‘the' most pro- lific. offering of aspirants for office in *he state’s history. The primary bal- lot will be amazingly long. The principal eleventh-hour sur- prises were the announcements of J. Scott Mowhorter of Lewisburg and State Senator A. C. Herold of Sutton for the Democratic nomination for wowernor. Tn a straw ballot being taken by the Huntington Herald-Dispatch, and which is creating much Interest over the state, President Coolidge is lead- ing his_nearest competitor, Senator Hiram Johnson, by more than ten to one, while McAdoo has a slight lead over Davis. LYNN KIRTLAND. Deneen Margin 5,944. By the Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, 111, May 3.—Charles % Deneen was nominated Republican candidate for United States Senator by a plurality of 5,944 over Senator Medill McCormick, the official canvas showed this morning. McCormick led Deneen, 3,389, down state, but 3,333 votes behind in Cook State total votes McCormick, mate outcome of the Smith movement. Roosevelt carries to the Smith boom a large amount of the prestige of the | Wilson regime, it is declared, and it will not reflect to the discredit of Smith that Roosevelt once fought Tammany to a_standstil, more than a decade ago, when he prevented the nomination of William F. Sheehan as United States senator. Rosevelt's Health Poor. The only defect in the selection of Rovsevelt as the Smith campaign man- age:* is that he is in poor health. it is declared by close observers of political trends that the rapid-fire de- velopments in New York State in the last week have not reacted to the detri- ment of Gov. Smith's political chances. be classified #8 Murphy's man, and that the appearance of the former anti- Tammany leader in the role of Smith's political guide leaves the governor in a position of double political advantage. The immediate task confronting Roosevelt, in his own words, is to “show to the other states the real Gov. Smith as we know him.” He intends to make Smith “the candi- date of the people. Smith Ignores Polities. As for Gov. Smith, who returned to official duty at Albany immediately after the selection of Roosevelt, he in- tends to ignore politics for at least one more week. Because of tin Murphy funeral and which followed it, he been forced to abandon his contemplated vacation at French Lick, Ind., the health resort con- ducted by Tom Taggart, Indiana Demo- cratic chief. He does not propose to have any further conferences with Mr. Roosevelt before May 10, the expiration of the thirty-day bill period, nor will he discuss his campaign plans with any one. he said. After May 10 he will take a week's vacation, somewhere in close proximity to Albany. ROBERT R. ARNOLD. 'COOLIDGE ASSURED ' OF INDIANA VICTORY lost during the the conferences | President Unopposed in Primary Tuesday—McCray Successor Hailed for Governorship. Special Dispateh to The Star. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 2.—The Indiana primary, which will be held next Tuesday, will not be visibly af- fected by the conviction and sentenc- ing to prison of Gov. Warren T. Mc- Cray, because none of the governor- ship entrants were allied with him. The change in governors, however. has brought a new element into con- sideration, and that is Emmett F. Branch, who, as lieutenant governor, succeeded McCray. Much talk already is heard that if no Republican is nominated in the primary and the nomination devolves on the state convention Branch might easily win it. Many political leaders, especially those friendly to Senator James E. Watson, have taken up the ry of Branch’s availability eagerly. There is no doubt that many of the state’s leaders would relish a situ tion whereby Ed Jackson, secretary of state and backed by the Ku Klux Klan, and Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank of Indianapolis, running on an anti- Klan platform, could be knocked out of the running, Neither man is want- ed by the politicians because of the general fear that as class candidates they would make a sorry showing this fall. Due to the fact that he has taken a “middle-of-the-road” course, E. C. Toner of Anderson has gained strength in his governorship race in the last few weeks. None of these various moves has affected the Coolidge campaign in In» diana and the President is expected to have a landslide in the primary. Senator Johnson's abandonment of his campaign left him in a weakened condition, and observers believe Cool- will carry every county. e HAROLD C. FEIGHTNER. DEMOCRATS NAME NORTH DAKOTA SLATE Choose Candidates, Achieve Har- mony and Plan Vigorous Fight in November. ial Dispatch to The Star. sv;:‘SKARCK. N. Dak., May 3.—The outstanding feature In the week's political developments in North Da- kota was the achlevement of har- mony among_ Wwarring factions of Democrats and an agreement by them in state convention to make a deter- mined fight, not only for national but for state offices as well in November. Refusing to continue fusion with the Republicans to support candidates in opposition to. the Nonpartisan League candidates in the Republican column, the Democrats named W. C. McDowell, well known banker, as candidate for governor, a eompiete state ticket and three candidates for Congress in thelr state convention. They pledged support to nominees in the June pri- mary. The Democrats, stating thelr atti- tude on national issues, indicated the plan of campaign against the Repub- licans. They charged the Republi- cans with passing & tariff law to aid “big business,” asserted President Coolidge has rofused the “lawful re- quest” of the Senate to discharge H. M. Daugherty as Attorney General, and declared the Presideat had been weak on_enforcement of the liquor laws. He also was charged with failure to use his influence to aid the farmers. The Democrats pledged support for the McNary-Haugen bilL Speakers at the state convention, asserting that there was a good chance for the Democrats to Carry North Dakota in the fall, showed more enthusiasm than usuai in their convention, named & campalgn com. mittee of eleven members, and decided upon a financial campaign to aid the Democratic national committee. W. S. NEAL INSTRUCTS FOR COOLIDGE. Arizona G. 0. P. Pledges Delega- tion to President. ‘Special Dispatch to The Star. PHOENIX, Ariz, May 3—With nothing but Coolidge sentiment ap- parent, Republicans of Arizona met in convention in Phoenix this week and selected an instructed delegation for Calvin Coolidge in the national convention in June. The Arizona representation consists of nine dele- gates and nine alternates. The convention was addressed by Dr. Hubert Work, Secretary of the Department of the Interior; Charles H. Burke, commissioner of Indian af- fairs, and by Willlam L Harding, former Governor of lowa. All urged an instructed delegation for Mr. Cool- idge amid generous applause. 4 JAMES WYNKOOP. It is declared that Smith can no longer | OHIO G. 0. P. VICTORY IN NOVEMBER SEEN President Demonstrates Strength Sufficient to Win Electoral Vote, Observers Say. COX VICTORY DECISIVE Has Full Control of Delegation to Use as He Sees Fit. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 3.—Contest- ants in the Ohio presidential primary election ran true to form, and not a single surprise developed anywhere. Former Attorney General Daugherty as a Coolidge candidate for delegate at large trailed that tigket, as antici- pated, but the Johnson support proved rather weaker even than expected, so that he had a majority over the high- est candidate on the Johnson ticket of four to one. On the whole the result of the presidential primary election on the Republican side bors out the SuRges- tion that the support of enator Johnson was composed princi 1y of the disgruntled element of the Re- publicans in the state. Organization for Coolldge. The regular Republican state or- ganization was solidly lined up from the beginning behind President Cool- idge, and of course the anti-organiza- tionists clustered, as they always do, around any opposing movement that | presentea itself. On the Democratic side the presi- dential primary presented something more like a real contest, and yet, former Gov. James M. Co won so de ively that he will have the state delegation in his control, for support, if and as long as there is a chance for his nomination, and to be delivered, proy- ably as his judgment and interests may direct, when there seems to be rone. Though Mr. Cox's friend and polit- ical adviser, Edmund H. Moore, was given a hard race for clection as a Cox district delegate in the nineteenth district, he was clected and the for- mer no doubt regards this as a very important matter. The Cox program now on includes the election of Moore as the member of the national com- | mittee from Ohio, and in c Mr. Cox should be made the candidate for President at the New York convention he will be the choice of the former gov- ernor as chairman of the campaign com- mittee. The support given Mr. Coolidge in the primary would seem to contradict the claims of eastern newspaper cor- respondents sent into Ohio during the primary campaign that thes was grave doubt about the Pr ability to carry Ohio at the N ber election. If the confidence of Ohio Republicans in the President has been shaken by anything that de- veloped in the congressional investi- gations at Washington, it is not indi- cated in the returns from the pri- mary election. J. H. GALBRAITH. MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRAT CONTEST IS ASSURED Underwood Forces Face Battle With Group Led by Pat Harri- son in Convention. Special Dispatch to The Star. JACKSON, Miss., May 3.—With the issuance of a call for the meeting of the Mississipp! state Democratic com- mittee for next Tuesday, the fight for control of the delegation to the na- tional convention was begun in ear- nest. The committee will determine the date of the state convention which will select the delegates. Judge Powell, secretary of the ex- ecutive committee. will endeavor to obtain a delegation instructed for Underwood. United States Senator Pat Harrison is the leader of the ad- vocates for an uninstructed delega tion and his influence in Missi is powerful politically. Efforts at harmonizing the two ele- ments are under way and it is pos- sible that the state convention will adopt & resolution complimentary to Senator Underwood and contending against southern isolation, but not outwardly pledging the delegation to the Alabaman. Advices from Chicago_are that Judge Rockwell, William G. McAdoo's campaign manager, will visit Missis- sippi before the state convention. Al- though the Underwood forces have organized in this state, McAdoo still has some strength and J. W. Davis has been gaining rapidly. Women for the first time will be seated at a state Democratic conven- tion, but their influence will not change the situation materially. REX B. MAGEE. e S M’ADOO WINS VOTES, BUT ONLY FOR TIME Assured of Twenty-Four North Carolina Delegates, But Deser- tions Expected in Convention. Special Dispatch to The Star. RALEIGH, N. C, May 3.—Beyond the peradventure of a doubt, twenty- four votes from North Carolina in the Democratic national convention have been added to the McAdoo col- umn The only question is, How long will they stay? The unit rule doesn’t obtain in North Carloina, so far as law or con- vention instructions go, but the fail- ure of any one except McAdoo to en- ter for the June primary does mean that the State delegation goes in- structed for him. Fallure of Underwood to enter the primary didn't hurt him a bit and saved him some money. Instead it helped him. He has some friends in the delegation, and they will be cast- ing a vote for him as soon as they can conveniently get to it. Failure of Josephus Daniels to run hasn't hurt him, either. He has friends on the delegation, and if at any time in the natfonal convention there is the faintest prospect that Daniels can land the nomination the North Carolina delegation will not be lagging in getting on the band wagon. He is stronger than at any time since he left the cabinet. It's the same old story so far as the Repubdlicans are concerned. They are a dead note since the convention H‘lel an@ instructed solidly for Cool- e, Meantime the Democratic candi- dates for governor aro whooping it up and getting nowhere. The people are just naturally tired of being whooped up. They want to settle down to old-fashioned honesty, old- time religion and common, every-day diving. They are tired of buncom! tired of being talked to death, an ‘want some real action. $ JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE. Traveled 2,500,000 Miles. ‘Tracy Wheeler, a railroad engineer of Peekskill, N. Y., has automatically been pensioned because reached seventy years of age, and when he climbed “out of his cab at Harmon, N. Y., the other day for the last time he had traveled 3,600,000 miles, he estimated, in the forty-two years he has been railroading. THE WEEK IN POLITICS Summary of National Developments Based on Reports From The Star's Special Correspondents and Staff Writers. HE rapidity with which the presidential boom of Gov. Al Smith was gotten under way again, following the death and burial of Charles F. Murphy, was the outstanding po- litical development of the week. There had been an erroneous as- sumption that the death of Murphy would give the Smith boom a serious setback, even if its vitality had not been wholly taken away. Instead, there is some reason to believe Gov. Smith is in a strong- er position today than he would have been had Murphy lived. Selection of Franklin D. Roose- Yelt as manager of the Smith boom ‘as a master political stroke. With Murphy gone and Roosevelt at the helm, Gov. Smith is relieved largely of the handicap of being “Tammany's candidate.” Roose- velt not only is not a Tammany man, but on several occasions has fought Tammany in the open. He Was conspicuous as an adherent of Woodrow Wilson when Tam- many and Wilson were at war. * ok % x As things are now shaping up the fight in the New York conven- tion, at least in the early bailot- ing, will be between Smith and McAdoo. The latter will be the leading candidate, but Smith prom- ises to have more votes than any other contender. To the solid New York and Wisconsin dele- gations will be added the bulk of the Massachusetts votes and pos- =ibly a"_of Connecticut's with the sr_flld Illionois delegation a possi- bility and scattering support from other states. Just how much this favorable strategic position will mean will depend upon whether the two- thirds rule is adopted. There is no reason to doubt that the Me- Adoo managers will make strenu- ous efforts to put through a rule providing for a majority nomina tion. If they succeed, McAdoo ought to win. Even if he has aot a majority on the first ballot ae will be 50 far ahead of his near- est rival that the natural desire to get aboard the band-wagon will operate powerfully in his favor. _If the two-thirds rule is adopted it is difficult to see how McAdoo can be nominated. Certain: a third' of the delegates will be in control of leaders with whom de feat of MecAdoo of first ¢ sideration * % x % Dispatches to The end political survey indicate that the Smith boom is attracting at- tention in all parts of the country. The big surprise of the Massachu- setts primaries was the election as a delegate-at-large to the Demo- cratic national convention of Gen. Charles V. Cole, who ran as an in- dependent pledged to Smith, and by his victory smashed the ma- chine slate. Not that the State or- ganization is opposed to Smith, for it is believed a majority of 'the delegates elected are favorable to MARYLAND PRIMARY SET FOR TOMORROW Coolidge Regarded as Certain to Get Pledged Delegation—Local Races Are Warm. Star's week Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, May 3.—Maryland primaries, preliminary to the State and national conventions and the long grind of presidential and congres- sional campalgns, will be held Mon- day and will include the following contests: Republicans—A State-wide _primary to determine whether a majority of the votes in the State a convention will be cast for President Coolidge for the party’s presidential nominee or for an uninstructed delegation to the national convention. Victory for Coolidge Is regarded a foregone con- clusion. Republicans—Primary for the con- gressional nomination in the second district, with the wet and dry ques- tion being the dominant factor in the result between Lloyd Wilkinson, dry, and E. Ridgely Simpson, wet. Republicans—Primary for the con- gressional nomination in the sixth district between Frederick N. Zihl- man, incumbent; Thomas L. Dawson of Montgomery County and Joseph W. Wolfinger of Washington County. Democrat Races Local. Democrats—No _State-wide primary, as none of the many potential presi- dential candidates filed In Maryland, and an uninstructed delegation - will no doubt be sent to the national con- vention. Democrats—Primary for the con- gressional nomination in the fifth dis- trict, the aspirants being Charles B. Calvert of Prince George's County and Charles E. Chance of Anne Arun- del County. Democrats—Primary for the con- gressional nomination in the sixth district, where the hottest fight in the State is looked for between the following four candidates: David Winebrenner of Frederick County, T. W. Koon, mayor of Cumberland; Frank W. Mish of Washington County and Andrew J. Cummings of Mont- gomery County. Women of both parties will play an important part in the primary. nine women, five Republicans and four Democrats, having filed as dele- gates to the State convention. J. G. DEPONAL DELAWARE DEMOCRATS TO CONVENE TUESDAY Special Dispatch to The Star. WILMINGTON, Del., May 3.—One of the big fights to be waged in the Democratic state convention, to be held Tuesday, will be over the ques- tion of votes or half votes for dele- gates of Delaware to the national convention in New York. The state committee, when it meets Monday night, probably will recommend that Deleware send six full-vote delegates to the national convention, apportioning them equally between the three coun- ties, giving Wilmington one and rural New Castle county one. Leaders of the party in this city are confident that Andrew C. Gray, member of the Democratic national committee from this state, will be re-elected by the convention without opposition. While there are o contests in Wil- mington or rural New o county, there is evidence that there will be some bitter fights in the caucuses and probably on the convention floor. Although the delegatés will be in- Structed to vote for Willard Saulsbury for President, the leaders do not ex- ect him to be nominated for that gl‘h office. They are hopeful, how- ever, that.-he may be-named as Vice President C. E. GRAY. him; but the leaders wanted an uninstructed delegation. The Connecticut State Demo- cratic convention will be held this week and it is expected a delega- tion largely favorable to Smith will be selected, though instruc- tions are deemed unlikely. There is Some sentiment in favor of i structions for Homer Cummings as a “favorite son" candidate, but this Is opposed because Cummings is an avowed McAdoo man. All Connecticut Democrats would be willing to vote for Cummings in the convention, but they are not willing he shall be in position to deliver the delegation to McAdoo. * ¥ % X Two States with big delegations in the Democratic convention which will make their decisions the coming week are Texas and California. Precinct conventions were held throughout Texas yes- terday for the election of dele- gates to the State convention, and impartial forecasts are that Gov. Neff has won out in his fight for un uninstructed delegation to New York. Neff is opposed to both M Adoo’ and Underwood. The Mec- Adoo managers made a fight for instructions, while the Underwood people joined Neff for an unin- structed delegation, and the com- bination was too strong for the McAdoo forces to overcome. Both McAdoo and Underwood are e pected to have friends on the na- tional delegation. In California the McAdoo mana- gers are confident of winning an impressive victory, and with his “home” State lined up solidly the effect is expected to be favorable elsewhere. In North Carolina ex- piration of the time for filing fo the primaries finds McAdoo's name the only one entered, so he will be declared the State’s presidential preference. But there will be no unit rule and the delegation will contain men favorable to Under- wood and others eager to vote for Josephus Danfels. *xox ¥ Taking over by President Cool- idge of control of the party or- ganization signalized the end of the Republican pre-convention contest, except for next Tuesday's primaries in California. On the eve of the primarles the Coolidge management is confident of carry- ing the State. Senator Johnson, in an eleventh-hour appeal, asked support on the ground that his de- feat “would be construed as a vic- tory for the foes of good govern- ment.” This caused a good deal of an uproar in the Johnson camp, and the San Francisco Chronicle, the last of the influential news- papers to remain loyal to the Johnson cause, came out with an editorial severely criticizing the senator for “unwarranted and un- true aspersions on the President.” The Star's Ohio correspondent, analyzing the primary results in that State sces reason to believe that Coolidge can win the Buck- eve electoral votes in November. There was no real Johnson senti- ment, he says, and what support the Californian had came from disgruntied elements. If Coolidge has been hurt by the Washington scandals, the correspondent con- cludes, there was no evidence of such hurt in the Ohio primarie: (Copyright, 1924, by The Washington Star.) TEXAS DELEGATION TO GO UNPLEDGED Neff Apparently Wins Fight to Keep McAdoo or Underwood From Controlling State. Special Dispatch to The Star. AUSTIN, Tex., May 3.—Today's pre- cinct conventions, which control the question of fiial instruction to the Texas forty delegates to the Demo- cratic convention, are against in- struction for W. G. McAdoo, accord- ing to indications at midnight and in- complete returns from a majority of counties. Resolutions circalated by Gov. Pat M. Neff instructing for prohibition enforcement and exercise of suffrage, but against binding Texas' vote to either McAdoo or Underwood have been adopted in many precincts, and a majority of counties will be con- trolled next Tuesday by delegates to- day chosen under those resolutions, it appeared virtually certain from early returns. The Texas governor has made a three-week campaign tour, telling the people neither McAdoo or Under- wood is “available for the Democratic nomination” and asking a free dele- gation be sent from Texas, bound only for the principles declared for in_the precinct meeting today. Indications are there will be a scat- tered group of McAdoo countles and a few counties favoring Underwood in the county conventions next Tues- day, but that the organized anti-Mc- Adoo campaign will easily control the state convention May 27. S. RAYMOND BROOKS. CONNECTICUT TREND ALL TOWARD SMITH Governor’s Strength Takes Decided Gain, But Pledged Slate Is Unlikely. Special Dispateh to The Star. HARTFORD, Conn., May 3.—Decid- od strength will be shown by Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York when the Democrstic state convention meets next week in New Haven to elect delegates to the national con- vention. The Smith strength has been growing all the time and it may be great enough to give the support- ers of the presidential candidacy of the New York executive courage to propose instructing the Connecticut delegation for him. Such instruc- tions are, however, not probable, as some of the advocates of the nomina- tion of Smith are opposed to tying the hands of the delegates. Even a vote to instruct the delega-~ tion for National Committeeman H mer S. Cummings of Stamford, in the “favorite-son” role, might fail of pas. sage, especially as the Smith leaders see danger in such a vote, which might hold the delegates for Cum- mings, & pronounced supporter of Mc- Adoo, until their releass would come 100 1ate to be of &ny help to the New York Governor. The Connecticut delegates to the Republican national convention will go to Cleveland and return by spe- cial train. The party will leave Sat- urday, June 7, arriving in the con- vention city Sunday, two days before the opening of the convention. The party will number about seventy, each of the seventeen delegates and seventeen alternates being allowed to invite & guest. H. 1. HORTON. COX OHIO VICTORY ' NO EMPTY GESTURE Represents Sincere Conviction of Friends That He May Be Party’s Candidate. SMITH GETS NEW LIFE| Murphy Death May React in Gov- ernor’s Favor. BY ROBERT T. SMALL. Special Correspondent to The Star. (Copyright, 1924, by Consolidated Press ‘Association. ) NEW YORK, May 3.—The winning of the Ohio democratic primaries for former Gov. James M. Cox this week was far more than an empty “fa- vorite son” gesture on the part of his political friends. They still be- lieve that Mr. Cox is the logical candidate of his party, and the very fact that President Coolidge has indi- cated an intent to turn the forth- coming campalgn into International channels argues anew in their minds the availability of the Ohican. The Cox delegation Iincludes men of national prominence in their party men like Judson Harmon, former Gov. Campbeli and former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker. No Effort to Organiwe. There has been no attempt to form a pre-convention Cox organization, but when the voting gets under way the Ohloans say a strong undercur- rent for Cox will be noted and they expect to build up steadily from the first ballot on. The Cox adherents are proceeding upon the theory that no aspirant for the nomination suggested thus far has aroused the enthusiasm neces- sary to assure him of the nomination. They believe the convention will be a long drawn out affair, with the early balloting indicating 'a fight be- | tween Mr. McAdoo and Gov. Smith Neither will have anything like a majority, it is said, and will be an | exceedingly long way from the neces- sary two-thirds vote. The first nine or ten ballots may be divided among ten or fifteen contenders. The Cox supporters believe that after several days of futile ballot ing it may dawn upon the delegate that the candidate of 1920 may prove the solution of their problem in 1924 Their argument is to the least sincere. ~They say that about the only objection to Cox is that he lost by such a large majorty four years ago. Yet all Democrats are agreed that no Demccrat had a chance in 1920. There is no denying the fact that a certaln element of Cox strength lies in the fact that hundreds of the dolegates who will attend the New York convention also attended the San Francisco conveniton and there voted for Cox for the nomination. They also followed aund supported him’during the campaign. Has Made No Fight. Gov. Cox has made no fight for the nomination. But the Ohio delegation is his and it will prove a very en- thusiastio delegation when it begins to speak in the convention. A big demonstration is being planned when the former candidate's name is placed before the delegates. It will be as- serted that Gov. Cox kept the faith four years ago when many others deserted, and that he is entitled to another 'chance. Meantime the friends of Gov. Al Smith have been busy perfecting an organization to further his aspira- tions for the nomination. They are claiming now that the death. of Charles F. Murphy has rid the Smith candidacy of anything smacking of “bossism,” and are making much of the fact that Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was Gov. Cok's running mate on the national ticket in 1920, has under- taken the management of the Smith campaign. Not Worried by Bremnan. The Smith organization professes to see no worriment in the face of the fact that George Brennan, dicta- tor of Democratic affairs in Illinois, refused to commit himself to the Smith boom while he was in New York attending the funeral of Mr. Murphy. Mr. Brennan, they say, is somewhat embarrassed by the fact that William _ Randolph Hearst, through his Chicago newspapers. warmly supported the Democratic ticket in recent state and city fights. Gov. Smith is anathema to Mr. Hearst. Therefore, Mr. Brennan says that the Illinois delegation is uninstructed. Gov Smith's friends believe, however, they can rely upon him when the voting begins. On the Republican side, President Coolidge gradually but surely is as- suming the role the leaders of his party have urged upon him. Four weeks ago the writer told of the dis- position within the party to have Mr. Coolidge name the temporary and permanent chairman of the Cleveland convention. to write the party plat- form and to select his own running mate. In 1904 when Theodore Roosevelt was planning with George B. Cortel- you, chairman of the Republican na- tional committee, the details of the convention which was to nominate Mr. Roosevelt, the colonel dismissed the vice presidency with the state- ment that the delegates ought to have something to amuse themselves with There evidently are to be no such chances taken this year. SRl T ROBINSON REFUSAL TO RUN IS SCOUTED Special Dispatch to The Star. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 3.—Sena- tor Joe T. Robinson in Little Rock recently addressed the annual con- vention of Arkansas bankers, and an- nounced that he {s not a candidate for the presidential nomination and will not be unless there should be a deadlock in the convention. The Arkansas Gazette, commenting edi- torially on Mr. Robinson’s statement, says that his announcement should not lead Arkansans to believe that Senator Robinson is out of the race 2s a presidential possibility. ‘““The fact is that should a deadlock develop he is a very decided prob- ability, and the chances for a dead- lock are not remote. Let us keep in mind that the advocates of Senator Robinson as a presidential candidate are not confined to Arkansas. The truth of the matter iy that in the east his name has been put forward more persistently and insistently than in the south, though, of course, the south would rally to a man.” LULU HANNA. S ——— LINE-UPS UNCHANGED. Nebraska Parties’ Conventions in Nature of Love Feasts. Special Dispatch to The Star. OMAHA, Nebr, May 3.—State con- ventions held in Nebraska this week revealsd no change in the align- ment on either Republican or Demo- cratio sides. In spite of an apparent desire on the part of some supporters of the Preeident to read Senator Nor- ris out of the party, the President’s supporters took no action. The party machine is in the hands of the Cool- idge forces. Johnson’s Last-Minute Attack Senator’s Plea to Vot Aids Coolidge in California ers Loses Him Many Followers and Virtually Assures ' President of Victory Tuesday Special Dispatch to The Star. LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 3.—The presidential primary campaign in California, which began three months ago with a promise of spectacular oratory and burning issues, and which developed into a more or less dreary affair, is winding up with consider- able energy and activity. A last-minute fillip in the lagging campaign which closes with the pri- mary election Tuesday was adminis- tered by an appeal from ram Johnson, who addre munication to California voters serting that his defeat in California will have no effect upon his personal political fortunes, but will be con- strued as victory for the foes of good government in this State. Loses Many Followers. Whatever the results of this state- ment upon his own personal fol- lowing, it has been instrumental not only in arousing the Coolidge worlk- ers to greater activity, but has brought a somewhat sharp repud tion from a group of men and women identified with the Progressive move- ment_since its inception and known formerly as staunch Johnson sup- porters The senator's attack likewise lost DEMOCRATS’ DEFEAT IN BAY STATE SEVERE Drubbing Worst in History. Smith Wins Sentiment—Cool- idge Gets 39 Votes. Special Dispatch to The Star. BOSTON, May 3.—Never befors in the history of Massachusetts politics did a state political organization re- celve so severe a drubbing as that suffered by the Democratic state com- mittee in last Tuesday’'s primaries. ot only was Chairman McGlue de- feated as one of the district dele- gates, but the official slate was broken by Gen. Charles H. Cole, who ran as the American Legion candi-1 date for delegate at large, pledged 1o Gov. Smith of New York s as the Democ pressed no preference for th dential candidate, Gen. Cole’ is regarded as a most prono flection of Democratic throguhout the state. All predictions as to the election of & solid Massachusetts Republican delegation to the national convention were fulfilled. The result was a unanimous approval of President Coolidge’s administration by the elec- tion of thirty-nine delegates and a similar number of alternates pledged to_him. The victory of Gen. Cole, unpre- cedented and remarkable as it is, makes him the second most powerful Democrat in the state. Senator Walsh tops the list. The senator will seek re-election in a few months. Whether Gen. Cole will capitalize his popularity by seeking the Demo- cratic nomination for governor s a question of deep interest to the voters. Many promiment Democrats who do not wish to see Mavor Jam M. Curley nominated are urging Gen. Cole to make the fight. But Mayor Curley has been campaigning, one way or another, for more than and thus has a big start on any rival candidate. He is said to have already more than 200,000 pledge cards FORREST P. HULL. ction ced re- ntiment | M’ADOO CLAIMS 300 DELEGATES TO DATE 68 of 122 Recently Chosen for Cali- fornian, Manager Declares; Sees Smith Chief Foe. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, May 3.—Out of 122 dele- gates -selected in Massachusetts, Ohio, Washington and North Caro- | lina, 68, or more than one-half, are | for Wiiliam Gibbs McAdoo for the | Democraticpresidential nomination, David Ladd Rockwell, national Mo Adoo manager, said in a statement tonight. The total delegates now marching under the McAdoo banner are more than 300, he said, adding. that in every state but one the Me- Adoo forces “won substantial vie- tories.” “As only sixteen states have so far | d_ delegates,” the statement said, “McAdoo's position is pre-emi- nent” Referring to the statements of some newspapers that the contest in. the national convention will be between McAdoo and Gov. Alfred E. Smith_of New York, the statement said such a contest “is notice to the great rank and file of the Democratic party that the contest now is just what we have all along claimed— between the progressive forces in the Democratic party behind the can- didacy of McAdoo, and the reaction- ary forces of the Democratic party under the control of the bosses.” McADOO LOSING IDAHO. Special Dispateh to The Star. BOISE, Idaho, May 3.—That ldahc Democrats will send an uninstructed delegation to the national Democratic convention seems practically assured by recent developments. ~Bannock County a Democratic stronghold unan- imously indorced McAdoo for Pres- ident, but instructed its delegation to | the state convention to vote for an uninstructed delegation to New York. A fow days later George L. Berry, president of the International Press- men’s Union and & Democratic can- didate for vice president visited Boise, held several meetings, stirred up Democratic leaders considerably and since his departure it has been sald by one high in Bourbon councils | that John Davis for president and George Berry for vice president, looks good to_Idaho. The Democrats of Idaho will be pledged to seek relief for the farmer by restoring his foreign markets through a foreign policy outlined by ‘Woodrow Wilson. JEROME BARTELL. FORM UNDERWOOD CLUB. Speecial Dispatch to The Star. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 3.—Sev- eral hundred men and women, repre- senting various parts of Florida, gathered in Jacksonville Tuesday to reorganize the Underwood _Club, which was a_popular and effective body in 1912, The affair was interest- ing and harmonious. The meeting, at the Hotel Seminole, was largely attended and addresses were made by select Democratic factions will work to- ther a8 & t of the convention. e only feature bearing on the na- tional situation was an apparent dis- position by delegates in communities with a large German population to oppose the state’s delegation sup- porting McAdoo, though the matter did not come to the surface. = GEORGE F. FISHER. prominent Floridians, all urging the nomination of Senator Underwood. An unusual feature at such gather- ings and taking active .part in the proceedings, were well known club and society women of Florida. It would appear that Florida will send a delegation to New York ready to stand by Underwood to the last. GEORGE HOYT SMITH. vear, | He has co; him his last fmportant friendly ne paper, the San ranclgeo (Chroni Which has come out for Coolidge an editorial indignantly rebuking M Johnson for asking California to in- dorse “unwarranted und rue as- persions on the President Indications arc that Mr. will carry California. the President’s campaign in San Francisco and Los Angeles predict o ! Coolidge majori of 50,000 to 100,000 Mr. Johnson's adherents that he will not lose but admit their be st will be close. State Must Be Watches Regard| 3 come, of the reasonable corta nomination of Mr. Coolid land, the attitude of and ‘a few of his le y make ft nece Coolidg: anagers of in the fall c Williz doo will wind up ¥ California’'s Democrat delegation with a speech in Los An geles Monday afte on. The former Secretary of the Tre. ry has con @ strenuotis speaking tour of State, and both and h ppear to viet < 3. PALME M’ADOO AND SMITH CLAIMING VICTORY* Slow Official Count Gives Both- Sides Chance to Assert Their Delegates Elected. ARRRISBU official counts of th Pensylvania’s counties have kept t} result of the Democratic nation: delegate at large and State comn contests in doubt longer than us and chieftains of facti have b easing their minds by claims of go Iy size. Ma pri votes McAdoo managers' for the former Secretary of Treasury, h been disputed by par- tisans of Gov. “Al” Smith, for who some delegates in th gion have declared. New York governor n vote him in both Philadelphia and Pi burgh delegations. McAdoo strength |seems in highland countie mes of the eight the Democratic delegation at probabl il be known early in week. 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