Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1928, Page 10

THE SUNDAY Southern Leaders Line Up for Hoover, wiile DRY ISSUE REARS HOOVER MEN DODGE BAY STATE BATILE |Reed and Smith Stands May Make Prohibition Dominant State Factor. Move Expected to Prevent, Embarrassing Situation in Coolidge’s Home. | Speciat Dispateh to The Star. KANSAS CITY. Mo.. February 11.— |1n spite of the efforts of party leaders Ito keep it _out. present indications arc |that prohibition will be on important factor, if not one of the dominant fs- Special Dispatch 1o The Star. BOSTON, Mass., February 11.—The | past week has brought a decision on the part of the Hoover following in Mass: chusetts not to put a slate of candidate: n the field for the seven places of dele- gates at large. in opposition to the un- ledged group which is to be headed g_\' Gov. Fuller and William M. Butler, chairman of the Republican national committee This dec'sion is ba: ment that there will with the candidates who desire to run | for the 32 district delegate places with | = Joover as their choice for the presiden- | tial nomination, and that the unpledged | INI]I ANI ANS F E AR for the Demo: suc- at-large State will contain Hoover rep- resentation. which wil b> led by Sena- tor Frederick H. Gillett. h ceed Senator Reed. Immediatel. ter the Democratic State convention Feb- | ruar t which it is expected an in- Settlement Seen. nw thus appear that the contro- wersy within the party ranks which h been raging for the past few weeks, is in a fair way toward sottlement and there are indications. also. that with President Coolidge no longer to be con- sidered. the entire Massachusetts dele- gation may cast its first vote at the con- vention for its favorite son, Gov. Alvan | | structed Reed delegation to the national jconvention will be chosen. the Reed supporters probably will bring out a | sanatorial candidate to oppose Hay. The | | most probable choice is James A. Collet | of Salisbury, a personal supporter of pecial Dispatch to The Star. |Recd during the Senator's many years INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. February 11.'of factional fighting with the Woodrow —Herbert Hoover's move to invade the Wilson forces in Missouri. Although Ohio presidential primary an op- Collet has not made public his position this vear. » poople of this State have voted dry only once, then-in 1926 after na- tional prohibition was in cffect. to ap. prove a State bone-dry enforcement Iaw, submitted to a referendum. | The public position taken by Senator RARRY Ewine ed on an agree- JAMES E. WATSON, e no_interference ' Senator from Indiana and latest entrant Reed of this State and Gov. Smith of in G. O. P. prseidential race. INew York on prohibition naturally B | causes the prohibition question to lead i!xl public discussion. Reed and Smith lare the first and second choice, respec- {tively, in Missouri for the Democratic { presidential nomination. l | here is at to line up State wet or dry ouis, an outsi y Drive Gains. a tendency in Missourd andidatos in_opposing Charles M. Hay of nding “dry” leader, readway in his race Watson Men Say Goodric Urges Secretary to Enter State. HEAD IN MISSOURI sues, in the Missouri political campagin | STAR, WASHINGTON. THE WEEK I'MOCRATIC presidential polities rather took a back seat during the week, yvield- ing the front of the stage to the G. O. P. contenders. For- mal announcement by Senator James E. Watson of Indiana that he was a candidate for the Repub- lican nomination, and declarations by a number of national commit- teemen from Southern States in favor of Herbert Hoover were high spots in the wo developments, Dispatches to The Star from its special political correspondents and from G. Gould Lincoln, staff poli- tical writer, who is touring the Southern States, indicaie an unex- pected early swing to Hoover south of the Mason and Dixon line. The one striking exception to this is in North Carolina, where the Lowden boom took a sudden bulge. National Committen Jonas and others of Caro- lina Republicans v for Hoover, but the te executive com- mittee met during the week and by an overwhelming majority declared for Lowden. ‘This necessitated an immediate change of front by Jonas and the othor Hoover leaders, and instead of insisting on a gation instruc for Hoover (i are now asking that the delegatcs be sent uninstructed. * ok ok % In other Southern States the drift toward Hoover has been marked. Grorgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana seem safely in the Hoover bag, for the time being least, and other States are showing a decided inclination to climb aboard the T. Fuller. The delegation probably will | be split up later among several candi- | dates, but Hoover managers believe they | will have a majority of the Bay State votes when the time comes to call for them. The Massachusetts law does not per- mit a candidate for delegate to have printed opposite his name on the bal. | s by ot his preference for the presidential | ponent of Senator Frank B. Wiilis has cn prohibition, it is believed he s “mod- nomination, unless an acceptance in given rise to some apprchension on the |erately wef | writing is filed by that candidate in the | part of Indiana Republican leaders, For governor, the Dr‘mfrrmli have | office of the secretary of state beforc who had hoped that this State could | Francis M. Wilson, former United State the time expires for the filing of nomi- be delivered solidly to Senator James | district atiorney here. who h::.\ a bulk nation papers. Secretary Hoover. un- | E. Watson, as the Hoosier “favorite of the organization support. Wilson has | son” offering at the Kansas City na- | a dry record, but his support is coming tional convention. Some of the Wat- largely from party leaders who opposed son leaders, who thought the track | prohibition in former years. The other was cleared when Frank O. Lowden of gubernatorial candidates are A. L. Mc- Illinois agreed to remain out of In- | Cawley, State Senator, author of the | diana, are fearful that if Hoover goes bone-dry State enforcement law, under | into Ohio against Willls he might de- | which about 200 men and women nnv\'! cide to step across the line into!are serving terms in the State peni-| Indiana. | tentiary, and Charles A. Iee, State su-| der the agreement which now seems to Assurances have been received from | perintendent of schools also a dry. have been reached. will withhold the Siling of an acceplance in Massachu- getts, which will mean in effect tnat there will be no pledged delegates offi- cially among either the district or at- large delegates elected. Burrill First to File. This does not mean, however, that a eandidate cannot run with the an- " the Secretary ‘ Bouncement of his preference. and this |11 Ji00Ver camp UL i ntons of | Hiyde Makes Bid. ‘ is the policy now being followed bY'coming into the Indiana primary, but| On the Republican side, leading po- those who already have taken out Nomi- the Watson people profess to have in- | tential candidate for United States Sen- nation papers. For instance. the first | formation that James P. Goodrich, for- | ator is Arthur M. Hyde, former gov-| papers to be taken out were by former | merly Governor of Indiana, has urged | ernor. who is both personally and po-| State Treasurer Charles L. Burrill. who | gogver to become a primary contender | litically ary. If he ‘announces he will| will Tun as an unpledged candidate for |, this State. Goodrich, who has_been | have the support of a substantial part | district delegate in the tenth conares- | gjoce to Hoover for years and who made |of the Republican State organization. | sional district. but with a preference f0r | caveral trips to Russia for him, is re- | For governor the outstanding candidaie President Coolidge. if it Is possible 10| garded here as one of the leaders of is Judge Henry S. Caulficld of St. Louts, | cast & vote for the President at theiye yogver movement. former member of Congress, who fs in- Sotivelition. then S & commtmestary Goodrich 1s Factor. dorsed by the St. Louls organization et i e | o . Another gubernatorial candidate is Dr. up with the Hoover following Goodrich never has_been regarded | 41Ot BUATIMEION0, TEORe e Board | In other words, Mr. Burrill can be as friendly to Senator Watson, and for | J2Mee SEWErL Sl AT, T .M Rl lJooked upon as an out-and-out Hoover |that reason a good many Watson fol- | g ot “ieytena governor, also a candidate. although no preference will lowers think he may be encouraging ' ... .iqqie‘is a “dr g sppear opposite his name on the ballot. | Hoover to enter this State in order | Sy %ol ion over prohibiion natu- | Other candidates in various paris of o embarrass the Senator. In fact, the | ;o\ “yi have some bearing on presi- | the State are following this same plan. |story is told in Hoosier political circles £8 W AL BENE SOOI 00, Bl Mr Burrill jong has been prominent in |that it was Goodrich who prevented | So7(% TCOR 0 SRt L i one Maseachusetis politics. At the conven- | Watson from becoming a presidential | & P B o e T the Tast tion in Chicago in 1920, when Cool-|candidate in 1920 by refusing to give ., ()fl’-pvl'ur elections, the “wet” votes idge's name first came before, tie Be_ | him the backing of the Indiana dele- | geciged two contests—they elecied Sen- | publicans of the Nation, Bu) e gation. | & Py T only Massachusetts delegate who voted |* Mosi observers believe that even if lor Reed in 195 e | for Coolidge on every ballot, even after | Hoover did come into the State, how- | ;?dbncxl}"”:rrl;red 6, when the B pooites orene Y6 Harding ever, that he could make littie’ head- | PUDHCEY COCTHC gt against Senator Watson, It s U DL TOD politics _in DIt P apparent now that not only the Wat- | qERIRER, BULT Siven up. The + year, representatives of former 00 followers are for the Senator, but |y [ e bresident committee here ks | Last year, representatives of fOTMer | (¢ pe will have the support of those | Hoover-for-President comitied et Gov. Lowden of ll.memflC,’;‘e o Mevd friendly to Lowden and Charles G organizing by whrds, The/anil-Hoower | sachusetts lo look the fieid over aBd|pgyes” indians, those obscrvers say, |leaders here, mest ot RO ooty | determiine if 1t was aworth thelr While | o e for Watson as far as he can | Were 10 Frabk O, Rogtrt A o ol to come into the Biate and Wate & |80, then for Lowden i{ he has o chance, | 1INE, G0 sRRE 1o SCTLER, HUCon e s its it e d and then for Dawes, but never for Curts of K Steps ha on £t length with Burrill. who was not un teken toward t organization of a Curtis Club here. Hoover. friendly to_the Lowden movement at ’ o . the time. They finally abandoned the | 1In fact a good deal of talk is heard : o plan after spencing several weeks in the | hlere that no one regarded as even | Curtis Has City Strength. Btate, with the result that no senti- friendiy to Hoover wil get on the nat| «the curtis strength in Missourl is o ntions are curried out, that/| believed 1o be confined largely to this | iyl = il popd city, where many former Kansans re- ment’ shems 0 exist for Lowden in | tonal delegation Melihfln%xnu':‘r“lm Hoover followers gm{:‘h' .:":"’v'v\fi' H“m’;?"’“,:;‘,‘f,:um-» (at Stale the opposition to Bot 1o force an open battie in Mutsa: | (b3 gures in Indiana Republican | Hoover 1 forming behind Lowden and 2nd one that will prevent an otherwise | Qifcles, will be denled a place o M¢ | "o Lowden boom has been slipping, exceedingly embarrassing situation. 1f | delegation. en but may pick up with the announce. | . - here for years to give these three men Al ¥ ?gghl‘:}lit A‘é;J"?:”\'m"&(&:h‘:?n s on the national delegation, but Ment that a State manager has been H 8 § bul selected to lead the campaign for the April 24, the outcome would be looked e e o e <oaing; | former Governor of Tilinols. A3 ye upon in other parts of the country as| . o, | none of the backers of potential pres sndicating the feelings of President " Saai DaxveationEEve ! dential candidates has advocated an in- E structed delegation from Missouri; but @elegaten, 3t would be said that the | bar Goodrich from the “big seven,” | (i Y 3 G oanvention fight. | President was tavernz him for the the delegation-at-large. The former |“Rplte S el o b ™ Pine' sate | momination ss indicated by the vote | governor, however, mustered enough | Coit NP L B S al | e President's State, which would | strength ‘and forced the convention to | PTOUsBIY Bl B JEAE, B0 U BRAT give considerable impetiis 1o the Hoover | double the “big seven.” giving the 14 | o o hetiatis 1o e N Sem G ovement. 1f. on the other hand, he | members a half vote each and made a | RUTRCARS ATRECRION SO Bep G SO Jost a maority oo the delegates, the | place for himself on the contingent. | tOBARN 0SB0 o K om all woric wouid 4o wit that the Uresident | The Postmaster General also got on by | DAt SRget SR OG0 TS was opposed 1 Hoover, end the eftect | the same move parts TR of sich an outeome might throw a| Plans have been made for M. Bert 2 . damper on Hoos Vet in other | Thurman, collector of internal revenue. EBrates WE! D. HOWIE. |10 became ator Watwon's national KELLY’,S DE'A;I,H MAKES »ays Benator Watson has a good chance | PROBLEM FOR RITCHIE to land the nomination in case of a deadlock, probably will ask for a leave Maryland Democrats Lose Titular LOWDEN AND SMITH | s, oty vl s kot BALKED IN MICHIGAN, Bureau in order 1o give his entire time | - s - Head With Passing of Bal- timore “Boss.” W the Wat move e fact that - 15 to have State Farm Bureau Rebuffs Can-| 5 e NDELL The fact that Thurman i c Watson's candidacy explains | G charge o 2 v didacies of Both—Resolu- tions Tabled. why, & few weeks ago, he dropped out | of the race for the Republican gover- | ! norsmp nomination HAROLD C. FEIGHTNER, i | ARKANSAS DEMOCRATS MAY VOTE FOR HOOVER Party Ieaders Say State Will Not Go tor Bmith—Hoover | | Spectal Dispateh 10 The Star ROIT, Mich., February 11 The | of former Gov. Frank O Al E. Bmith for the Republican and Democratie presiden - tial nomination, respectively, met with vebutfs this week at the annual my ling of the Michigan State Farm Bu- [ vewu ut Lansing: ‘The bureau b5 by ¢ the strongest farm organization in | Michigan U e Lowden Htate Henator Peter DE candidac Lowden and Gov. P Jh 0 The Star | BALTIMORE, ¥ebruary 11--Demo- eratic eampalgn plans in Maryland for tne coming Bpring bave been rocked ¢ by toe rudden death Thurs- of Wrank ¥elly, s of the Demo- eratic machine In Baltimore City 1t is Goubtful whether Kelly's death ) opgstion o the candidacy iiam Cabell Bruce for por nay U sflect the Canginm e s the Muryland 0 Congress. “Thie view, how roome w centaluty until Y ELUWE whaL SLEps Y succeed U Cam- paign on Incrense, v LITTLE WOCK, Ark, Fepruary 11 Herbert Hoover s candidacy i this 5t ! ] &l “ ion County, who has been man- s s ‘“'n " IAl“uiu' Laging the Lowden cumpnign, attempted commitiee Lus been orgiited Y vers | W et 8 resolation adopled indorsing publican leaders and volunteer Workers | o =00 qiqacy, Phe resolution wis of this committer are building up with- (W8 SRECICEY U vive vare out ostentution wlinoat ubknhmeis SIS yoe, I turning down the resolution :,’,,;“,,,,4.,',: h'l/;‘vk';'r ,::"i ,’.I'i" " Mt burewn adhered to it custom of sredicted Vi ias e one o S The strongest, Mooyer Blates wt the con- | J0Hmer yeuts of never indorsing indi Pvention i - . bl e it e —— Later an attempt was made Lo push cisis 10 1 e abacs | e predionion, it ot Devors | o "yesalution. ndorsing. only D N artis s hsisds 2| those fdates for President “who Starnal Bynting o | Bmoth, snd some W preference o any ".'"," :”‘W“‘;’l vy ,m',:‘mlm.. gl the Democrstic party Do rshe candidate s horne out 'l'r"‘ o " Bave favored the McNury-Haugen s ever I Sl the published snpoubcement o Hot ‘lf.um Yeliet bl This, too,” wax de- B e oy | feated and tn Ui method used 3 de ey ier Hate food afminin. | feating 1t Cov. Bmih received unfavor Uibon under Hover and stadvart Demo. | Shle "v”::'“l"l“ B S h““m"":"h'; el W cart b vl ) et on v presenied . A el i Moover 4 tmer prevident of Ghe bureau, was Buch veports s Wese may lend color |00 his dotesting “Hupposing U e ey that the Biate might go | wet candidite ke AL Bmith was pu Hepublican, and that 10 might nol vole 'H. vilin 'Wl:n'» _h;‘\| uihh-ltlu [ IIM: I‘m:‘v Dor th nomination of Smith st Hous- | eogen B2 Nieol sild were’s tie Yo, wnd there wie men hign . the | Kind of & man 1 wouldn't vole for un- { Democratic party councils of (s State | wny crcumstances and 1 belleve | by will wedl you thist Arkunses will not | SCarcely iy one here will vote for vete for U nomination of Bmith From Wi " Ve bt dntormition wysilable, bowever, | Nicoks Arkus Be certatn o e up for Bmith | platise Phe resolutton was tabled It b continues o bold oub hope of u | WIHoUt s dissenting vole. Then s Dt ratie victny, and 18 be s nomi- | tesolution win presented tndorsing the swted b will carry Ui Blate, bt by w | MiHNay ll-‘mw bl This was adopted seduced misjority unsidsly From e U Gime ngolies are pade | BIce Ui meeting reports hisve heen ere whout e shienglh for Senator | oovent it Lowden will - withdiaw [eed of Missnind Keed appenss (o | from e [restdential primury i Michi- Bupa s i Dt Saetion 3 Besd- | e wowenk following i G BState, bl | g, which 5o be eld Apll 2 benn €a by Moverd W Juckeon Bormes | iis oppesdon o Wilson durink e ry- | or Lentin euld e would ninke an oceurred vhen B Lennon of o rebuff Yenomin: e s lenders Wil Vaks b denth of the boss does open | wartare within i believe ranks mmony Ui 1 The party is i believe from e end, Loweser shouid b slonger timore Piolehly it st S st result of e e 13 e porition i which Gou Riprt C 10Uk bas been plaoed The desth of Kelly kit tie purty with- out s Glulsr dwed I Belmore and iR hsil & dumn wbie lieutenents se yiring for Ui piase To prevent chas, Gov. Jiwhie mus Bl the rels Baltmore untis u nev Sewder i Souns or widl some n0ividial OF group sssumes eadershiy A mistake S Uhe wanner i whilch e hendles L it tion mesn pulitics) “hera kers” u nd fur Lk governor Bt s enviabie sidered Vsl wiready (v are saiving 101 Uie upger band the »)ustion O headed by Wil ‘ Actestend i dast Bprbe Wi yorelty election snd fumet B ko pir president of (e Bonid of Kieotion sy remarka et with loud #p- Mury n Yem Currer 1 band wagon. In Arkansas Hoover sentiment is so strong that The tar's Little Rock correspondent says prominent Democrats are pre- dicting that Hoover would carry the State sheuld the Democrats nomi- nate Al Smith. No such com- plex of defeat, however, was dis- cernible in those States visited by Mr. Lincoln. He found everywhere in his swing through the South rong and growing opposition to the nomination of Gov. Smith with the sol:tary exception of Louisi- ana—but no responsible observer was willing to predict the shghtest ance that the Republican candi- ¢ would get Southern electoral » Outside of pro-Hoover develop- ments in the South, interest in the Republican race centered chirfly in Ohlo and Indiana, with an accom- modation in Massachusetts which may be of considerable final conse- quence, Managers for Senator Willls are making strenuous efforts to keep Hoover from entering the Ohlo pri- maries. and one concession toward that end made during the week was an announcement that Willis would not demand that the delegation stay with him to the end. but only until a majority decided that he had no chance of the nomination. An- nouncement also was made of a poll of the editors of Republican papers i Ohio outside the large cities, which showed preferences as foliows: Hoo er. 104; Willls, 48; Dawes, 11; Cool- idge, 8, and ttering A dispatch from Indianapolls says that Senator Watson's managers are apprehensive that if Hoover enters Ohio he may decide to take a chance also i the Indlana primaries. Be- Mef is expressed that while this would make considerable trouble, Hoover would have slight chance to win any delegates. Indiana friends of Lowden and Dawes are said to be lining up for Watson, and the out- P SENATOR ALLOWED TO NAME DELEGATES | | | Georgia State Executive Committee Empowers Nominee to Make Selection. | By the A aed P | ATLANTA, bruary 11— After n | “tormy sesston, which lasted nearly | three hours, the Georgla State Demo- cratic executive committee today voted unanimously to wuthorize United States Senator Walter ¥ George, its pr ‘T'he storm broke over confiieting reso- Iuticns as to the manner of the State’s delegation, Chalrman G E | tee to allow Senator George to name the delegates and Alex Chamlee, chalrman, offering a substitute ¢ for w State convention to elect dele- gates. Both factions indorsed George. Another resolution adopted instruct- | ed the Georgla delegation A unit on all matters at the natlonal convention Unanimous action on the Maddox pro- wis voled down with the announc 5332 The vote first had been an- nounced ws 3631, Then Albert Howell, Atluanta; Hugh J. Rowe, Ath others ar o demand a reee nerting there must be some ervor The recount wis need It 42, whereupon My W d voted, when accord could not cust u b wis e B A Nunn, 1 I to break the the Following tuking of {vote on the Maddox re tempt wis made to have tie commitiee elect the presidentinl electors for *Georgln, but Chgyman Nunn declared the committee wus not empowered to do this wnd (he matier was e over until the convention In Beptember DEMOCRATS’ CHANCE EVEN, CLAIMS HULL Tennesseean Predicts Victory in Elections if Party Pulls and Fights Together, K Lo hte ru lot unless thy 1y, G, recast | the Matlon wn at By Vi Awscbated Fiovs Representative Cordell Hull of "Ton nease I leller yesterday to BN Huston, chalrman ol the ‘Tennersee Demociatic executive committee, de clared that 1f exiating e and con dittons “should b properly presented to the people thin year the Demooratie party wonld hiave more than an even chance for victory “Democrats, therefore, it have the task and duty of unifylng and organ Telng (hemnelves Il i compact ight Iw force, behind A Woad program ot Wt on wne Chisiee B Bichy. Cdimn | g dnge of e i makes Heed imposs | aliounse nent within a week o o O U Lemoniet i ey comimgiee | sk 1o Avkmnsas Depiociats ahiether Lowden vl go tnto the s FRANELIN WALLIAAN, /i . A GARS GHRNAVLE, maly Dglily . O, FOWE truly national fesies on which they can [ party at the Fall elections. | notable exception, it was & unanimous cting | vote for Herbert Hoover | . when it is known that the Maddox, Rome, Ga., nsking the commit- | exception vice | Peck, who also Is finance com liing | of this State, and acknowledged leader | who already had blen announced as | politics than | the committee’s presidentinl cholce to vote ns | Republican | port, Senator posil came after the Chamlee resolution | wh ment | thus far jfrom the chalr that the ballot showed made und the chalr |t | pi I wrose 1o sny that the INAIIIIIIKIH‘\ e I supported by Chatrman Willlam | » | ¢ unantmous [ Hewn | he n._0. Frsikt IN POLITICS Summary of National Developmcms Based on chorta From The Star's Special Correspondents and Staff Writers. look now s that no one who would have Hoover as a second cholce will be permitted to go to Kansas City as a delegate. This would bar such prominent, party men as former Gov Goodrich, Postmaster General New and Will H. Hays. PR In Massachusetts the conflict which threatened some time ago seems now in a fair way to adjustment. The Hoover managers have decided not to enter a separate ticket for dele- gates, but to get as many Hoover men on the regular ticket as pos- sible. This probably will m<an that the entire delegation would vote for Gov. Fuller on the carly ballots, and that when the break came the dele- gates would go their scparate wa a majority probably going to Hoover. The favorable Lowden news from North Carolina was somewhat offset by developments in Michigan. At a meeting of the State Farm Bureau a plution indorsing Lowden for the presidential nomination was tabled, and a second resolution demanding nomination of a candidate who sup- ported the McNary-Haugen farm re- lief bill met a like fate. The bureau then adopted a resolution favoring the McNary-Haugen measure, The basls of the action was the sattled policy of the bureau not to indorse any ‘particular candidates, but the result s likely to be that Lowden will not be entered in the Michigan primaries. practically conceding that State to Hoover, Active work for Lowden Is pro- gressing in the Midwest States, but seems to be largely confined to that territory. Stirred by the prediction of John T. Adams, former chairman of the national committce, that Hoover would have haMf the dele- gates from lowa, Lowden's man- agers are actively organizing in that State to see that only dependable Lowden men are sent to Kansas City. There also is a good deal of Lowden activity in West Virginia and sentiment for him there is said to be strong. While West Virginia is not counted in the Middle West, it is one State where Hoover apparently been unable to make headway. * o ox ok Outside of the solid South, Gov. Smith ms to be making steady progress. Opposition keeps bobbing up in various States, but more or less futile because there is no out- standing “dry candidate around which it ean rally. In Pennsylvania Vance C. McCormick is leading in the anti-Smith fight, and delegates may be sent from a number of the dry districts who are opposed to the New York Governor but not com- milted to any one else. In Vir- ginia the ldea 'ms to have devel- oped that Willlam G. McAdoo may eventually be put forward at Hous- ton as the chief opponent of Gov. Smith, and McAdoo's Richmond speech appears to have brought him back to mind in some of the Far Western States which supported him four years ago. and in the larger States gencrally which have no la- vorite sons there apparently h been no weakening of sentiment fa vorable to the New York Governos Activity for Senator Reed of Mt sourl s going forward in many States, but so far there are no in- dications that opponents of Gov. Smith are disposed to rally to his standard. The one advantage Reed apparently has over Smith is that he is a Protestant. but he s deemed to be as wet as Smith and is further handicaped by the fact that he was @ bitter opponent of the late Wood- row Wilson. In widely separated parts of the country Reed’s opposi tion to the Wilson policies continue to bob up to embarrass his presi- dential ambitions 1D MR by The Washington Star.) 'PECK FAILS TO ALIGN WITH HOOVER GROUP Remainder of Rhode Island Pol- iticians Name Secretary as Standard Bearer. PROVIDENCE. R. I, February 11— Rhode Island’s leading politicians se lected this week in which to deliver n- | thelr apinion as to who will be the Ual neminee cholce, to name the State | standard ! delegation to the national convention at | Houston bearer for the Republican With one Howe mentioned Committeeman that of Frederick is Na- tlonal S toner of the Republicar wields probably more almost who State head party, “and power in any party | who has preceded him, it 18 notable Mr. Peck declares that the only who has announced his s the only one he can sup- Curtls of Kansas, Mr Kk says he cannol support any man hus not announced himself, and there his been no declara- ton on the part of Mr. Hoover ‘The most significant statement candidacy of | the week 15 that of Secretary Nathan and (M. Wright of the Republican State cen- trul committee the State rgation fro the nations dged 1o Hoov that in his_ opinton W Rhode Island convention will g In this statement Pelkey of the State committee. by Attorney General Char P Shaon 115 not amiss to say that so cen talized dx the control of the Repub party here at present that the of the party leaders s almost 1o be expresed i the vote of ate delegation st the national wnthering The confilet Ties and destie hound i the fact that Natlonal Committecmnn Peck does not declare hilmself for Hoover, not tor the reason that the N e Hecretary has not declared himsell a condidate, but because My Pee SAVH he does not know what Mro Hoover's polities will be on the tarlif, tax ve ductions, Inheritance taxes and other matters which le ¢lose to the hearts of New England manufacturers and lending fumilies I possession of great fortunes, Heevetary Wright, s sage political forecante declares that Hoover is the strongest candidate In the Fast, and he belleyes that Hhode Jsland Repub- Hoans have aceepted President Cool- Idge's declaration that he doea not choose o vun Bhould the President change hla mind, My Wright sald, everything else would chiange, too st _AMEH B HARY. (he Democratie prestdential nomination “Noopolitical adversary, even i the Hmes of Jefferson and Jackson, has prescnted to the Demoeratie paily w wreater wealth of sevloualy portant Iasuen than the Coolldge and Havding admidatrations slnee 1630 Demoeints need only o develop a will to get o wether and to Akt together he Na substiniially agree " sald My Hull, who las been Indoveed by s filends for Hon today needs e services of e Democvatio party,” ARY 12, Smi only | 1928—PART 1. “PROSPERITY” SEEN TARGETOF SWITH — = Request for Unemployment Data Viewed as Move in Politics. Spocial Dispateh to The Star. ALBANY, N. Y., February 11.—Gov. ! Smith this weck undertook what in | some quarters was looked upon 2s a possible beginning of an attack upon “Coolidge prosperity.” with an eye to the Democratic presidential nomination It was a sudden order to State Indus- trial Commissioner James A. Hamilton to undertake at once a survey of the unemployed problem in New York Cit which the governor sald he had becn informed was “serious.” | At the same time discussion suddenly | cropped up throughout the State as to whether the governor intends to be present in person at the Houston con- | vention of the Democrats in June. Ta: | governor said he has not yet made up | his mind. One story had it that among | the proposals to be considered when he finally gets down to deciding the ques- tion, will be for him 1o go to Grlvesion 50 miles from Houston. where he could be availabl Imost at momeni's notice 1f political exigencies scemed to demand it Republicans Quiet. In the Republican ranks throughout the State, national politics seemed 1o be more or less marking time after the | sudden furore of a few days ago. caused by a meeting of county chieftains in Schenectady. About the only political interest arose from reports which reached the capital of the ambition of | Seymour Lowman, former lieutenant overnor and now prohibition director at Washington, to become the vice | presidential nominee on a ticket headed Ly Herbert Hoover: | “Gov. Smith’s order to Commissioner Hamilton respecting unemployment, was looked at with both suspicion and dgep | interest, according to the political com- | plexicn of the onlooker. ! " “There have been brought to my at- tention,” said the governor. “reports of | a serious condition of unemplovment af- | tecting the city and State of New York |\t present time. I understand that some th Boom Grows i | Opposes Al Smith VANCE C. McCORMICK, the North | WASHINGTON STATE 1S SWUNG TO SMITH Leaders Virtuaily Smother Opposition—Convantion Set for Aoril. Specral Dispatels 1o The St SEATTIL February 11.—Twx9 presidential campaigns are now en der full swing in Washing'o ers of Gov. Smith of New Yor’ trol of the tion machiner setaster] April 13, for the date of th> & vention. making just one conc the anti-Smith group, headed b ator C. C. Dill. that of holding 2 rention three weeks later than the siate had cailed for Smith leaders have virtuall d their oppesition despi efforts being put forth to ine smother= bring Former chairman of the Demoeratic S¢PAtor Reed of Missouri as a com national committee, wha fs trying to elect anti-Smith delegates in Pensyl- vania. WETS HIT SMITH IN PENNSYLVANIA Opposition Comes as Sur- prise—Drys Launch Drive | for Delegates. Shecial Dispatch to The Star, HARRISBURG, Pa, February While the Republican organizaiion is marking time on the presigential situ tion in Pennsylvania, the beginning of opposition to Gov. is slowly taking form among the Demo- crats Thus far virtually the only organized 11.— has alread: mise for the so-called dry eleme support. When the State committee met Monday at Spokane. the Smith called for an early eonvention and an instructed d » Houston demand came 25 a part of the indorse Smi‘h b be organized. As it is s leaderless. Dill has preference and others ha Reed. leaving the anti badly divided and widely Old Guard Rules. | The old guard is in control and will | continue to hold a tight rein on party. assuring Smith an delegation. On the Republican side the Hoov forces have perfected count: | Hoover clubs. have named FEdgzar A. | Sims, member of the Legis { floor leader in that body for | Hartley forces and one of | active “aggressive party leaders in the State. as State Hoover chairman cemented the breach be- wo factions in os far as national fight. v Hartley ey groups are working tween the it affects tl and anit-Har Smith of New York With enthusiasm under Sims for Hoover, Thursday night, King County Res publicans perfected their Hoover club. Spokane early in the week formed t | of 'this is caused by the drifting to New | activity among the Democrats has been first one. Other cities and count York of men from other parts of the in behalf of Smith, and his spokesmen, SWURg info line Tuesday of ne: country where unemployment is also {ncluding National Committ making tself felt. Whatever the cause | there s, as a result Asks Full Report. eeman Jo- seph F. Guffey, have predicte I believe, considerable suffering | of the 76 convention votes from Penn- sylvania will be for the New York Gov- ernor. This week, however, in the Berks- “1 should like to be fully informed on Lehigh congressional district. the four- these conditions at the earliest possible moment you have the division of employ your department give me as prompt as possible a report of the present situa tion as reflected in the employment bu- reaus under your department, and any all | other sources of information which you | may have. “I would also ask that you make a rapid survey of conditions in New York City, utilizing the sources of information which you have. “My purpose in asking for this is to | determine whether the State of New York, through its large pubiic works program, or in any other wav. can do | something toward relief of this situa- tion.” 1 would ask, therefore, that State, opposition to Smith has 'ment of | out teenth, probably the wettest in the Delegates. it is announced there. will be in the field to oppose the Smit! campaign, headed by Judge John B. Stevens of the Berks courts, a person- Iv popular political figure. While such action had been expected in some of the dry districts, the action in a distinctly wet district is a surprise. Plans are being laid by the dry Demo- crats, under leadership of Vance C. Mc- Cormick, former Democratic national chairman. to capture delegates in the dry districts of the central portion of the State These dry delegates, if elected, will probably be unpledged. as the anti- Smith delegates in the Berks-Lehigh district also are expected to be. While the personnel of New York Jst IRdls tirre o Democracy's representation at the na- somniqh A e S | tional convention has not worked out, it has béen decided to send pemocrat et been cqndidate; or to any dry progressive As a last resort, it is con- | cight delegates-at-large, four men and cojvable they might back Senator James four women, with half a vote apiece. | s Reed of Missouri. Reed's opposition Beyond that nothing has been deter- 1o Woodrow Wilson, whose second cam- mined definitely. The same is true as to ' pajgn McCormick conducted. however. the identity of the orator who will piace | would prevent Four years choice of this group. Any pre-conven- Gov. Smith in nomination him from being first ago at New York City this honor fell | tion support for Reed from the Wilson 1 Franklin D. Roosevelt, former As- sistant Secretary of the Navy and a warm personal friend | will do the same thing at Houston The Lowman vice presidential boom was decidedly infantile i size. In fact it seemed to rest only on & few rumors reaching the capital durinz the week | At the Schenectady meetingof Repub- | ican country chalrman two weeks ago Mr. Lowman openly advocated the can- didacy of Hoover for President. Thi week he was reported to bs quietl: | lining up dry support for himself as lon !running mate for Hoover. Opposes Houghton. Coupled with this activity, Mr Low- man was said to be opposing the can- | didacy of Alanson B. Houghton, Am- | bassador to Great Britain, for election a district delegate to the Repub- lican national convention at Kansas | City. Mr. Houghton's supporters i | the thirty-third congresstonal — district hold that” he should be named a dele- | Rnte-at-large, but if they fail accom- plishing this’ purpose. they are said to be determined to send him as a district delegate. Mr. Lowman proposed that | woman and a dry should be sent to the convention. THOMAS C PROGHESSI‘IES FIGHT “MACHINE" IN TEXAS State's Course at the Democratic STOWELL. Convention Is Still | Uncertain. [ Secl Dipatel o Tia Sear AUSTIN, Tex, Februaty 11 Grow- {Ing uncertainty as to the Democratic PAFLY'S course n Texas in support of candidates in the national convention At Houston marked the week's develop- ments i the State, while preparations | | noved forward with vigorous and enthu- | stustie dispatel for holding the conven | tlon | un the | entne'™ organtzation which has | Texas conventions for years and | progressive younger Democtats [ nent the breaking pomnt, though compli- | Leated by eross currents which have pus eled the most astute politicians in ‘Texas Ana 40 votes will be cructatly ime 10 S found the Gov POrtant at Houston, all sides age I the delegates are kept free of tn- atruetion for w eandidate and on pro- [ hibiton, this Wil mean an advantage [ to Bmith, 1t 15 cladmed. sinee (e s hope less (o tsteuet for Smith The st | s ton for Moody, on behalf of the Anti- MU forees, would be tegarded as (ving the votea definttely (o some diy candi fate when Moody goes out of the pletuve Jesne Joties, Who won the convention for ‘Texas, han faughed at thoso who would make him the vice prestdential nomines out of thelr rosy dicams Republican maehine support of Her hort Hoover haa encountered one 1ie, I the eall for organization of the anti 1B Oveager minority, headed by Rep- renontative 1AM Warebaoh of San An tonto, (0 oppose atrueklon for Hoover This faction has been conatstently brat e, exeept i the veeloctlon of Ware- | Dach an Ehe anly Republivan trom Texas I Congress Leonard Withington, Republican party secretary, hua taken chntge of Hoover organtErtion work e the Btate. and | viuba ave betng formed e the counties of any Hepublivan strength H. RAYMOND BROOKH . Miss Lleade Young postimtstvess at Flotide Mo, the last 30 vears, has an- Dnoniced shie' will vetive soon, element here would be passive onl Republican leaders are more inter- It is possible he ested now in perfecting matters for the State ticket than they are in deciding whom Pennsylvania delegal shall suppor! at Kansas Citv. Th» Mellon leadership still plans to elect an un- instructed delegation and decide later which ‘presidential candidate the dele- Special Dispat b 1o gates shall vote for The Mellons, however cognizance of the Hoover Repubtican nephow are s=ntiment the Secretary of Treasury, in resnonse to a direct ques- tion admitted he has found consid- erable sentiment for the Commerce Secretary There svlvanin and the woman actually there i< of is Hoover sentiment in Penn- very considerablv among voters,” he said it not much new from he viewpoint of national politics in the State We simply stand strongly inelined toward an uninstructed de tion hat s not that we are - {riendly to Mr. Hoover or anv other candidate. 1t s thought best that the delegation be an uainstructed one. 1 porsonally have made no dectston at all and 1 am looking at the situation en- tirely from a party standpoint at the prosen® time There isn't much talk about Vice President Dawes or any one else It is simply that in the State at the present time all they know about 1s Hoover ' The policy of the Pennsylvanta dele- gation, he said. will be determined at a cancus of the delegates, probably at the same time the State commitice ve- organizes in May. He said there has been no thought given as vet to selec tion of a national committeeman, also to be named by the State committee Former Senntor George Wharton Pep- | per_ is committeeman now Presence of three Pennsvivania Con- amen-— Darrow, McFadden and Kless at the Hoover campatgn dinner i | Washington Tuesday, however, is re- parded as significant WALTER D. ROOS. RITCHIE STOCK GETS BOOST IN DELAWARE kates From State Might Mean Drive for Marylaunder. Nt The St Del, WILMINGTON February 11 all the votes of the Democratic York eannot get Delaware delegates national convention ment on oot to 1y and get the dele pates to vole for Gov Ritchie of Maty Tand. should he develop any strength in the convention The Maryland Governor has been a frequent visitor o Wilmington and other towns in the State amd s sonally very populan Democtatic news papers here have made much of him but until vecently have never sertously constdered (e posaibility of the presi- dential candidate comtng from Mar land However. during the past ftew dava, 0 can e said that the Ritehie aloek has gone up Judging from the moves wade by the ety and county politictans wha tw werly trated with D LM Balt when e was United Sitates o the Wil be & candidate for th o sueceed Thomas 1 Havard Hall was elminated ax (he leader ot (he Republica party 1n (he Htate when Nonator Culeman du Pant was elected o the Senate He ooull not suevess Uy ek the stong du Pant interests and was faige o retirement the uncertainty tegarding the plans of Aenator du Pont becauss of the condt Hon of s healih, Ball will have & Aghting chance, C. B GRAY, cropped shouting for Dawes a few In the | taking on afterm State Chairman W. L. Mel- has grown up the mer Sec Smith of New | there 3 & moves | Henatw, | Hall will iy (o stage o comeback and | ul\uhll\‘\‘\ll Munday evening With | Demecrats the Hoover Siate conference w d that 60 Plete the campaign program to = straight Hoover delegation to Kansas it The only opposition appears in the fourth congressional district. Here Low- den is strong of the veterans who wers ks azo have climbed on band the Hoover h wagon. The farmers in the wheat dis- tricts of the east side are talking Low- den, but there is no_ organized - tment in his behalf. Hoover supporters will not seek an early convention. Committee to Meet. The State committee meets here Mon- day. The convention city will be selected then and the date set. While the more Ardent Hoover people are insisting upon an early convention to * Washingzron over first in the Union with a Hjover delegation.” the Hoover lcaders. under Charles Hebberd of Spokane. are urg- ing the fixing of the date eariy in May to give the opposition every possidle op- portun| to present an organized front 'AD0O CANDIDACY IS SEEN IN VIRGINIA Former Treasury Head Viewed as Standard Bearer for Anti- Smith Faction. RICHMOND. Va th of the add week of William Gibbs 3 L 11.—As here last ) there I he for- etary of spite his with a contend:r for th nation when the Democrs at Houston Anti-Smith men searched far and wi Adoo’s withdrawal would be avatlable candidate. but the eflorts. So th McAdoo. The opi erally here that Mr. McAdoo wi no formal re-entry into the ca but that he will be a ral these opposed to Gov after the convention opens at Ho name will be placed in nominal important development of this week e call issued by State Domoer ing in Richmond Februa: Democratic State central The committee will sele name the time for holding the Demce cratic State conventior Norfolk, Roanoke and candidates for the honor of ente the 1.000 or more delegates expec Republicans talk Hoover. Lowden and Dawes, but leaders still appear to be at sea. There are rumors th corm Slemp. party leade clined to former Qov, Lowde Slemp 18 Keping his own o the present. Republ situation might be nite anneunceme r Hoover and that \r ts hurting his chances greatly by not makmg such an announcement R L. C BARRET. GOV. SMITH CONTINUES TO HOLD UTAH STAGE Secretary A NEHE between the old tine “ma- Failure of Smith to Get AU Dele g0 poaders Predict a “Wet™ Can- not Hope for Victory in State, L1 LAKE Increased mawr 1 Utah, not only et the State Spring weather and as the old tamers tesume WhITHIG posis. they talk pwl Gov. AL Smith s the center of a Gon 1 every group, whether Repe an ot Demociatic that dasent solid tor the fact, white o The Star CITY. Utah, Fedr ACUVIEY b parties s evident ththe capital bdut is breaking mean that Utah New York exeoutive mast Democtatic e Ao I favor of supparting hane Uiah dectdedly diy and many, alihough favoriag Baith, prodeet that woe & vandidate can cany this State Just the same. Smith iy (he most-tatked o candidate here Kvidently the Republicans are wait g (0 hear fram Senator Smoot betoce they Wnite OF AHOMPE (0 WHEe, Alang jies ntal lines Someihing may dove At A Lineoln day simoker o be tield Cusual canvetsations indicate speaker Nicholas Langwaih has SIS I Sall Lake Cit Hoove AL A fOW and woukl have mae b for the Colatads River vantisrersy Hevies e ke Dawes and wans Who served during ihe Wikt War have indieated that th woild bRe to vobe far i How the wider heads do not 1aik Dawes RANK P STEWARD N