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10 Smith Managers MISSOUR! RETURNS TOREED'S BANNER County Democratic Parleys | Promise Instructed Dele- gatiens to Senator. Out for Hoover Special Dispatch ta The Sfar. | KANSAS CITY. Mo., February 25— When the Democratic State convention meots at St. Joseph Tuesday to select Missouri’s 36 delegates to the national convention in Houston. Senator James A. Reed. a candidate for the presiden- tial nomination, will stage one of the most phenomenal come-backs in the State’s political history. At meetings of Democratic county conventions the last few days, Reed ‘was assured of an instructed delegation | from_ his home State to vote for him | for the presidential nomination as long | as his name was before the nation:lli convention. Virtually every county in the State instructed its delegates to the State convention to vote for Reed dele- gates to th> Houston convention. In Greene and Jasper Counties, former | stroncholds of Reed’s opposition, fights | cevelopad against a Reed indorsement. | but less than half & dozen of the 114 o conventions failed to make an tive indorsement. Indorsed in Country. The Reed indorsements came from rural Democratic counties. where a few | years ago the Senator had his bitter- est opposition in his own party organ- fration. Virtually all of these counties | in 1920 voted against Reed as a dele- | gate to the San Francisco convention. | and kept him out. Four years ago these same counties sent delegates mI the State convention which refused to indorse Reed as_Missouri's “favorite | son” candidate for the presidential special Diepatch to The Star. pomination. H £ This bitterness growing out of Reed’s| DETROIT, Mich. February 1 upposition to the League of Nations and | Petitions containing the names of 7.000 Democrats were filed at Lansing this B s TR R | placthg the name of Gov. Smith of Missouri's Democracy. After seeing the State go Republican in two na- of New York on the ballots as a candi- tional elections the Democrats have be- | gate for the Democratic nomination for X v t vhere ey AL et 10 T | President at the primary election to be having a nndxdn& for l:resxd'e‘ntb:nd | held April 2. Smith's petitions are the & desire to return Missouri to the Dem- | v ocratic ranks next November, are tw n;flxst of any presidential cand}dak to important factors causing the big | be filed in Michigan. change of sentiment toward Reed. | A committee of Democratic politicians rs. s Foe. 1 4 <ty : from Detroit took the ballots to the The opposition to Reed's indorsement | goiratary of State's office in Lansing fn Jasper County was led by Mrs Emily | g, considerable ceremony. It was Newell Blair, national committeewoman | noted that a majority of the names of {,’,";“ g‘.’m“flu m:.mlm‘m;;}m‘g | the petition were those of people living Mrs. Blair is slated for retirement fray | b Detroit, which is generally conceded Democratic . national | politics. ~ after | 85 ® City with wet prociivities. $iring two terms, Reed leaders charged | Seen Aimed At Reed. t she actively opposed the Senator |y, political circles it is belived the Then & membet of the pational com- | gaden filing of the petitions was duc Bonatar. Dt i S el fghting the | 1o the dramatic tour of the country be- g 4 - | ing made by Senator Reed of Missouri ing has gone over to the Senator’s side | in an effort to frighten a threatened In ihe present fight for an instructed | g y' tor President boom in Michigan. | Whether the filing of the petitions will delegation to_the national convention. Who will succeed Mra. Blair 18 n | ) oC%0e o fTect s problematical, Much, it is admitted. depends on whether doubt" The Reed leaders. who will con- T o e convention, have slated | peed includes Michigan in his itinerary | and whether he makes a good impres- Mrs. C_ B, Faris of St Louis. wie of Moty ot TS for the Dlace. | fion if he does speak In the State, dorsed other woman candidates. It is | Reed. with his attacks on excessive possible that the slate will be broken | Republican campaign expenditures and on national commitieewoman, but prob- | his aggressive methods, admittedly ap- ably not on the eight delegates-at- | Peals to the farmers much more than large, who are to have one-half a vote | Smith, who al eacn. | severe setback at a recent meeting of The delegates-at-large have been se- | the Michigan Farm Bureau. In De- lected from among persons who have | troit Reed also has an appeal because esn the Reed cause in former cam- | he is as wet as Smith. izns and who are expected to vote ‘ol L ?:Orhxmnnfmswnulonluh:\sbe- [elack BEE svied fore the convention as a presidential | Willam A. Comstock. Democratic candidate. The delegates from the 16 | bational committeeman. who is looked congressional districts are being slated | Upon as the probable Democratic can- ®55 with that in view. The former | didate for governor, was strongly op- anti-Reed leaders have agreed to this | posed to Smith a year and a half ago rangement.. For the most part his | when Comstock was an unsuccesstul Tmer encmies have stepped aside and | candidate for governor. Comstock has ennounced that Reed may run the en- | not as yet made any definite statement tire Democratic show in Missour! from | relative to a Democratic presidential Dow until the Houston convention. | candidate and in many quarters it is T. C. ALFORD. considered probably that he will come 3.0 Ofl]fi!fifib TotMicpnkand ekl SPEAK IN DENVER on the voters while here. | The Republican fieid rematns about Viit Dees Little to Enhance Sen- ator's Chances in Colorado, the same with the governor, the Repub- Observers Say. NATIONAL PHOYS GOV. ALVAN T. FULLER, FEDN Move Is Viewed as Aimed at Reed—Republicans Favor Hoover. afirm: 25— lican Senator, all members of the Re- | publican State central committee and a majority of the Michigan Congressmen favoring the nomination of Herbert i Hoover. Lowden talk persists in tne | country districis, but definite informa- | tion concerning his intentions relative P. C. POWELL. 'S. DAKOTA CONVENTION | mains iacking. | Bpecia! Dienavh 1o The Star. *nal “Jim" Reed of ri, ed | the palitizal spotlight in Colorado this | CLAIMED BY SMITHITES Tirting Y1 the. sens. mask Fharstay | W. W. Howes Divpates firtin ie zero may ursday | W. W. H i right and the opportunity was offered | Sk I L 15 &1t comfortably at home and listen | Sponsors of New York's 1 on his speech, which was put on | . Who refused to be an uninstructed dele- | gate from Massachusetts to the Repub- | . has received one | | to entering the Michigan primaries re- | r by radio.” approximately 8000 men #nd women trekked 1o the Munici- i jtorium 15 hear him. The building is around fudgment of most unblased ob- crs was, however, that his visit did 'tle 1o enhance his chances for the N in %o far as Colorado is The crowd, preponderantly of course, did not seem to up o his utterances. The ap- lacked the yolume that goes qualifird approval. Many e Jeaders who sal on the Drmoc varm pruse *ith 1 mor: orn from which he spoke, already | © given outspoken indorsement U ment. voided any reference / issue, which fs more not proposition 4nd particularly in Denver e recent election of Harrison form that had for sipal planks, modifica- Volstend law ews given before he stepped tiorm, th ssours statesman not discuss the paign for the non the Democratic party is €4 siout 50-50 on that issue and there rre plenty of iss on which 1t ot divided piea is for & united party fighting aex op which 1t is united und 1 t business before the public « is “the reswration of hon- announced, stmullaneously Senawr fued's visit, that the e oommittee of the Democratic crntral commitee will meet in Deniver March 10, to fix the time and place for the convention st which dele- pstes 1 1he national gathering in Wouson will e chosen. J. B. DAY WIFE ASKS DIVORCE. Wr: Elizabeth Bickers Attscks Hushand's Becond Merrisge. it Bickers, 405 ‘Twelfth west, bias hied suit for wn ree trom Charles W Bie 800 Georgls ave The wife st- the validity of a decree of di- granted U her hushend in Vir- s following which he married us o- woman, who 18 named ws oor- pespondent Mie Bickers says she wae Biariied Gty 23 1900, and sepurated from her Jiisiand May 22 1926 AL ey Chsvies £ Mor 1 the wife. e Yark N v Olher in} White, ! Governor. ‘ Epscial Dispateh to The Star v | BIOUX FALLS. 8, Dak., February 25 —Although W. W. Howes, South Da- kota member of the Democratic na-| tional committee, makes claims o the | contrary, the Al Smith-for-President | headquarters in Sioux Falls continues | o maintuin that the Smith group wi have safe control of the Demoeratic | Btate convention March 6 and adopt a resolution indorsing the presidential candidacy of the New York executive and instructing the South Dakota del- #gation L support him in the natlonal convention. | The dispute between the Howes and | | Bmith-for-President group arises from | the fact that delegates authorized to| cast thousands of votes in the Btate| convention were not instructed by the | te eounty conventions held Tuesday, thus giving both parties to the | dispute an opportunity to claim enough | of “the uninstructed delegates to give them control of the Btate convention The de . will be about 87 000 votes. have without dq votes, being only State convention | ot a total of | “The Al Smith grou;) | bt captured 38,000 | ut 6,000 short of | number nece 10 control the 0, Counties with s to-, tal of ahout 35000 voues have been in | doubt. “The Bmith-for-President. com- claims that counties with 17,500 voes have Instructed for Bmith, that additional propossimen (delegates) hay- ing 20000 voles have been elected snd that of the 35000 not yet reported al least one-half will be for Bmith, eving him more than 50,000 out of the 87,000 VOLes 1 Lhe con vention ‘The counties having the total of 35 G006 vows which yet are unteported are stuted by leaders of the Smith-for- President group o include a number of counties which wre strong for Bmith, | Of the total number of votes to he | cast in the State convention delegates with & total of less than 10,000 votes have been definitely reported against | Smith ALFRED BURKHOLDER. | Lieut. Col. Dent Ordered Here. | i D Lieut Elliot J. Dent, Corps of Engineers, has been relleved from duty | s diptiet enuineer st Detrott, Mich, | “flectiy August 30, and ord a4 o this city for quty Wi the office of the | chiet of englneers, Munitions Bullding | Maj. Milliken Assigned to Hospital | Ma) Corpe {eity Charles M. Milliken, Bignal gt the Munitions Bullding Tias been opdered b Denver this Colo Banson eppeared | for ‘du!,v al Figsimons General Hos- ! and see el | Gavernor OVERNOR FULLER * SUPPORTS HODVER Backing of Secretary Rocks | Bay State Republican | Organization. Special Dispatch to The Star, BOSTON. Mass, February 25.—The | Republican party in Massachusetts has | just passed through one of the most | hectic weeks in its history. For a brief | time it looked as though its leadership | was about to be overturned. Revolt | mong the followers of Herbert Hoover was rife, for they sensed a deep plot | whereby through the clection of un- sledged delegates to the national con- ention in Kansas City in June, they | belicved present leaders were seaking to stifle the will of the majority of Bay | State Republicans and to deliver the | delegation into the hands-of Hoover's encmies. | Gov. Alvan T. Fuller, who has bem‘; in the public eye of the Nation i1r tn i past year as a result of the Sacco-’ Vanzetti case, was the first to br | away. He had been slated to head the | unpledged delegation. But vhen it | rame to signing on the dotted line, he | became suspicious of the situation. de- | clared he did not believe in unpledged | delegations and refused to become a | pal to the plans of National Chair- | Iman William M. Butler and State | | Chairman Francis Prescott, son-in-law | | of Frank W. Stearns. | Declares for Hoover. | He followed this action by declaring | that personally his inclinations ail run | {to Hoover. This announcement was as | |great a surprise to the Hoover forces | |as it was to the party leaders. but it | | resulted in sending up Mr. Hoover's | stock in Massachusetts by fully 50 per | | cent, so great is the governor's per- | sonal popularity. It brought stat~ments | from Hoover headquarters in Boston that a showdown among the voters | | would reveal Hoover a 10-to-1 favorite. | | In some quarters the governor's Hoover statement was not taken seri- | ously. It was explained in some new: | papers that he was only half-hearted in | his references to the Secretary of Com- merce. So the governor decided w| | speak out again and this time to leave no doubt as to what he felt. In a oub- | lic address before the Ancient and Hon- orable Artillery Company he declared: | | _“The next President of the United | States will be Herbert Hoover or Alfred Smith. These men possess what I call | heroic ambition, without which, Dis- raeli once said, ‘no state is stable, lack- ing which the political life is a dish | without salt, the crown a bauble, the | church an administration, the con- | stitution a dream.’ ; Smith Hopes Viewed. | | “If the Republicans put over “some | candidate nominated by the bosses in | a back room at 2 o'clock in the morn- | | ing. and the Democrats nominate | Smith, I believe Smith will be elected | President of the Uniced States. Oon | | the other hand, if the Democrats do | not nominate Smitly, they had better disband or clse reorganize the party as a free trade council of the Ku Kluxi Klan with Tom Heflin as head kleagle.” | { The Hoover followers were quick to | | make the most of the favorable break | they had received at the governor's {hands. They had in mind putting a “big seven” slate into the field, pledged to Hoover, with the governor at its | head, or possibly, if he would not be a delegate, to help it along by a few | statements or speeches such as he had | | already delivered. | | Th2 plan fell through, however, for | two reasons. Some of the wiser heads felt that while they could win with such a slate throughout the-State, de- | feating the organization group headed | by Mr. Butler, the final outcome would | be such a serlous breach in the party | that Smith would hare an easy time in carrying the State at the election in | | Novembe=, | Then Mr. Hoover was heard from. = had conferred with the President in | Washington. He declared that he s would not think af opposing the or- ganization, which really represented the President. He said he was followlnxi | the President’s lead in his course and jthat he proposed, if successful, to | carry out the policies which had been | | Coolidge’s. For these reasons, he would | not file, as required by the Massa- | | chusetts law, an nccflguncn of pledges | | from delegates in the office of the | secretary of state, No Pledged Candidates. The decision meant that there will | b> no pledged candidates for delegates, ! | either at large or in districts, in Massa- | chusetts, o far as the official ballot | !is concerned. Unofficially, however, the district contest will be carried out (on a straight Hoover versus unpledged candidates. Of the organization, seven | at large candidates, who will probably | now be elected without serious oppo- | #ition, at least three and possibly four will be out-and-out Hoover delegates, although unpledged in fact | Of the district delegates, the Hoover | forces belie'e they will have about 25 of the 32 to be selected. ‘Thus, If present signs can be taken as any criterion, Hoover actually will have about 28 of the 39 delegates to be elected from Massachusetts, with- out going threugh the motions of carry- ing on a battle against the Republican organization, s0 far as outward ap pearances and the official ballot are concerned. In this way, Mr. Hoover will appear to be ping strong support in the President’s Btate, which will be tanta- mount to an indication that the Presi- dent, if not openly for him, at least 15 throwing no obstacles in the way of his nomination. ‘The other 11 votes probably will be lined up for Vice Pre dent Charles G, Dawes. In both cases, the figures given do not mean | first ballot figures, for Gov. Fuller wil} | probably be given a strong vote on the | frst ballot Division May Hold. When the break away from favorite sous comes, however, Hoover and Diwes may expect Just about such a division of the Massachusetts delegates #s the situation stands today. ‘There has been much talk of a const 1o coast ticket of Hoover and Fuller It organized with Gov. Ralph O Brewster of Maine, who told Gov. Fuller hie could line up every New England for such a ticket Goy Fuller did not_appear to be interested, and did ot glve Gov, Brewster much encouragement, but the talk still con- | tnues that Gov. Fuller may be w strong | vice presidential possibility when the ume comes In many quarters U seems hardly ely that the convention will give any New England man very serfous con- sideration when it 15 recalled that New England has been represented by Cool- idge as Viee President and then aw President for the past elght years. That Gov, Fuller 15 an attractive political figure, however, who has heen able o serve two Lerms as leutenant governor and two terms &8 governor, without being recognized ms 0 organization min, 18 i his favor Another factor which may bring sup- port tor Fuller as a vice presidenting candidate §s that with Smith nomi- nated the Democrats have strony chance of breaking into two or three P the New England Btates. ‘These States may play an lm.l‘*wlunl factar in the election, and w Republican convention would far rather aceept another New Englander on the teket and still re- main fower than to put upjthe bars he party go out of office WENDELL D, HOWIE, mighty impetus through Lin the State have fil THE WEEK IN POLITICS Summary of National Developments Based on Reports From The Star's Special Correspondents and Staff Writers. OLITICAL interest during the week has been divided be- tween the efforts of Repub- lican opponents - to “stop” Herbert Hoover and the po- tential menace to the fortunes of Gov. Al Smith involved in Senator Jim Reed's stumping tour in the West and Southwest. Dispatches to The Star from its special political correspondents throughout the coun- try indicate that the ups and downs of the Hoover campaipn and the progress of the Recd boom are re- garded at present as the major fac- tors in the pre-convention contests. Senator Reed has had large and enthuslastic crowds wherever he has spoken, but whether this en- thusiasm can be made to bring forth delegate votes remains to be seen. But his pleas for party harmony and the avoidance of issues upon which Democrats are not agreed are making an impression that plainly has the Smith managers worried in in a number of States. Favorable mention of Reed comes from more States this week end than in any previous week since he entered as a candidate. * % K % For example, two months ago it was regarded as a certainty that Smith would have the Wisconsin delegation practically without a struggle. The Star's correspondent at Madison wires now that the out- look for Smith is extremely doubt- ful, and that what has hurt him most has been the rising fortunes of Senator Reed. who is held to be as wet as Smith and has the ad- vantage of coming from the Middle West. In Utah, Colorado and a num- ber of other States, Democrats are said to be giving serious considera- tion to Senator Reed's availability. In Texas the appearance of Sena- tor Reed scems to have strengthened the hands of the anti-Smith ele- ment, but without any particular advantage to the Missouri Senator. On the contrary, the movement fs gaining headway which looks to sending a delegation to Houston which will vote for Gov. Dan Moody on the early ballots and then go to William G. McAdoo when the break comes Senator Reed will have his big day next Tuesday when the Missouri State convention meets. He will be unanimously indorsed for the presi- dential nomination and delegates will be elected who will stand by him to the bitter end. This will signalize one of the most remarkable “come- backs” in the history of politics. The same Missouri Democracy that denied him the honor of sitting in a national convention because he had opposed the policies of Woodrow Wilson now is unitedly supporting him for the great office which Wood- row Wilson adorned. * x % x Not all the Democratic news, how- ever. has been unfavorable to Gov. Smith. West Virginia reports that he is practically assured of the dele- gation from that State, more than half of the avowed candidates for delegates having already declared for him. Some of the West Virginia drys are showing interest in the suggestion of Newton D. Baker as a possible nominee, but the Smith men seem to have-the situation well in_hand. In Alabama the party leaders are sald to be so alarmed by the in. creasing sentiment for Smith that they are making desperate attempts to keep the liquor issue alive in an effort to head off the New York gov- ernor. Florida reports a mixed sit- uation, with both Smith and Reed likely to get some delegates”in dis- tricts that have no particular aversion to wetness, with the drys still lacking @& standard-bearer around whom they can rally. In Iowa the Smith boom got a shove forward when Senator Dan Steck, an influential State leader, came out for the New York governor. Sena- tor Steck is willing to accept the as- sertion of Edwin T. Meredith, former Secrctary of Agriculture, that he is SMITH STILL GAINS IN WEST VIRGINIA not a candidate, but is unwilling to follow Mr. Meredith in his advocacy of Newton D. Baker. Virginia Democratic leaders are said to incline to Smith as the party's best bet, but to be chary of declaring themselves for fear of reprisals by the church and temperance elements. It now looks as if Iilinois would send a solid Smith delegation to Houston, and like reports come from Rhode Island and a number of other States Where there is no particular objec- tion to a wet candidate. In Michigan a petition bearing 7.000 names has been filed, placing Smith’s name on the primary ballot. ‘This is the first petition to be filed in Michigan and is belicved to have been_hastened by growing sentiment for Recd. * K K K In the Republican camp it con- tinues to be a case of the field against Hoover, and the field is lacking neither in aggressiveness nor activity,. The situation in Illinois has shaped up more favorably to former Gov. Lowden than seemed possible a little while ago. He is the only candidate entered in the pri- maries and he scems assured of not only the 15 down-State districts but of at lcast 2 of the 10 districts in Cook County. This would assure him the 11 delegates at large and thus an overwhelming majority of the entire State delegaticn. Lowden sentiment is showing itself also in Minnesota, where the pros- pects are for a hot fight between Lowden and Hoover forces. It is re- ported there is growing Lowden yet been decided whether Lowden will contest with Hoover in the Michigan primaries. Mr. Hoover's answer to Senator Borah's questionnaire, in which he declared against repeal of the eight- eenth amendment and for the “con- structive” working out of the great experiment of. prohibition, was one of the chief developments of the week, but it is too soon yet to tell what its effect will be in Ohlo, where Hoover is engaged in a bitter struggle with Senator Willis for delegates. The chief development of the week favorable to Hoover was in Massachusetts, where Gov. Fuller declined to be a candidate for dele- gate at large without instructions, declaring that he favored Hoover and an instructed delegation. For a time it looked as if a Hoover slate might be entered against the or- ganization ticket, but more mature consideration decided the Hoover managers otherwise. There was fear that a fight against the organiza- tion might result in loss of the State in November, and the Hoover managers decided to be content with the prospect that they will have at least 28 of the Bay State's 39 dele- gates. EE inal decision as to where the big Pennsylvania delegation will go 1s still up in the air, but the chances seem to be that the rival leaders will gei together and that the dele- gates will go uninstructed. Sccre- tary Mellon, who is conceded a de- termining voice, remains silent, but the prediction is made that were the convention to be held tomorrow the State would swing to Hoover. Should Hoover's star appear to be on the wane when the convention meets, there would be another story to tell. It is evident that Pennsyl- vania Republicans favor Hoover, but that the practical politicians among them have no last-ditch attachment to his cause. One devclopment of the week which attracted little attention, but has possibilities of importance, was the putting forward of Senator Borah as a presidential candidate by the Republicans of Idaho. e was indorsed for the nomination by the Idaho Republican central committee, and as the committee was in con- trol of Borah's friends, it is assumed that the Senator did not find the compliment objectionable. | ALABAMA SUPPORT DRY ISSUE AMA DEMOCRATS THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. FEBRUARY 26, 1928—PART 1. eep Anxious Eyes on Senator Reed as He Tours the West BORAHISHALED AS IDAHO CHOIGE Senator Seen Put in Race by Action of State Central Committee. Special Dispatrh to The Star. BOISE, ldaho, February 25.—The Republican party of Idaho virtually put | United States Senator Borah out in the open in the Republican presidential race as a result of its action here this week when it passed ringing resolutions in- dorsing him for the nomination. That {is the interpretation that is being placed on the action of the Republican State central committee. And it was taken advisedly in that Senator Borah | was in the hands of his friends._who | would not so have acted had if not | been belleved that he is a receptive | candidate for the nomination. It was. in other words, not merely a compli- mentary act. ‘While Senator Borah has never an- nounced that he is a candidate, it is known by his close advisers that he is | by no means outside of the possibility | | of becoming one, and actively so. If| he desires, he can head the delegation. | | Certainly he will be in complete control | of it in So far as he is concerned as a candidate for the nomination. Will Back Up Borah. | This delegation will be made up of men pledged to stay with him from | | start to’ finish and to impress upon the | { Kansas City convention that they want | ! Borah for President. No matter what | | their feelings may be about other aspi- ‘ sentiment in Michigan, especlaily. i rants, they are and will be for Borah. the country districts. but it has not That is the pledge that the Republican | State central committee gave to the | people of the State through its action | in indorsing the senior Senator and | favorite son of Idaho, say party leaders | Idaho is entitled to 11 delegates and | 11 alternates in the next Republican | national convention. This s an increase | over previous years. It has been cus- tomary to head the natfonal convention | delegation from this State with the two | Senators, and unless there is an express | wish this be not done, that action will | be taken this year. Senators Borah and | Frank R. Gooding will therefore be on | the delegation; in fact, head it. It has | also been customary to send as delegates | the national committeemen, who in this | Instance are John Thomas of Goodin; | and the State chairman. John McMur- | ray of Burley. That makes four of the | eleven. If the governor, H. C. Bald- | ridge. desires, he too would be placed (on the delegation, taking care of five |out of the eleven. This would leave | the other six for general distribution, | according to gecographic representation, | to the State at lary Aspirants Numerous. There are a surprising number of | aspirants for position: on_the nationa! convention delegation. Pasy leaders | have been besteged with requests from prominent Republicans to be taken care of. and this makes it hard. | In setting the date of April 10 and the place as Pocatello for the State | delegate convention, the State central | committee permits almost two mon:hs 1o elapse before the holding of the na- | tional convention. The delegate con- | vention will bs more in the form of a | gathering of Republicans and a partv | reunion. because it is to be a Borah | convention te elect Borah delegates to | the national convention. The State | committee recommended in the resolu- | tions it passed. “that our delegation to { the Republican natiofal convention at | Kansas City be instructed for Senator Borah for President.” It will perform one other function— jelect a Republican national committee- | | man. That post is now held by John | Thomas of Gooding. He will be re- | elected. The delegates will unauestion- i ably be as a unit for him in the event | that he has any desire to succesd him- self, and it is believed that he has | H. A. LAWSON. 'FLORIDA SENTIMENT | FOR REED DEVELOPS /Some Delegates Lined Up for Smith. { Republicans Quiet in | State. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | JACKSONVILLE, Fla. February 25. —At this time it appears that some- | thing besides Smith and anti-Smith Delegate Candidates Declare for Few Candidates Enter Race as sentiment is likely to be developed in New Yorker—Republican Camp Is Quiet. Special Dispateh to The Star., CHARLESTON, W. Va, 25.—The presidential twend on the Democratic side in this State s un- mistakably for Smith, while with the Republicans there is no movement of | consequence in any direction. This in- activity can be attributed in part to & | clinging conviclon that Coolidge will | be drafted. Such a feeling exists quite | extensively and is bound to persist un- less the President’s former declaration is supplemented and strengthened Hoover sentiment 1s more pronounced | in the northern part of the State, but neither there nor in tne southern por- tion s advocacy of the Commerce Sec- retary in any degree vociferous. low- den and Dawes so far are about even in the matter of public pledges by party leaders and more favorable sentiment for both of them has been expressed than for Hoover, ‘There 1s none of this uncertainty in the opposing party ranks. The past week the Smith bandwagon received a declaration of delegate candidates that they were for New York's goveruor, A score or more of the most prominent Democrats for the Houston convention and almost half of these announced their predilection for 8mith One of these declarants was Angus Mc- Donald, a Charleston attorney and brother-in-law of John W. Davis. West Virginia will have only 16 votes I the Houston convention, but 20 del- cgate are to be ele Eight dele- wates-at-large, equally divided as to sex, will be chosen ana each will have n one-half vote In Mingo County, n straw vote con- ducted by the Mings Democrat among Its readers, gave Smith 607 votes Hoover 33, Willis 7, Coolidge 6, Reed 5, Hughes Heflin, Borah and Walsh each one. ‘The presfdenttal hoom launched by Edwin 'T. Meredith for Newton D. Baker, a native West Virginian, caused & ripple of some Democrats of prominence are sub- seribing to the Meredith sentiment that Haker might well bhe regarded as the choles of the “dry and Democrats LYNN KIR' Maj. Mooney to Retire, Maj James 8 Mooney, adjutant gen- eral's department, at Denver, Colo, has heen ludlru-ll 1o his home o await re- ce of the Ohto and Military ved s trement at the Government was gradusted from Academy in June, 1012 W omajor of ' cavalry, during the World gyar, the February | Delegates to Houston ’ Convention. | Spactal Dispateh to The Star, MONTGOMERY, Ala, February 25. | ~—Frenzied efforts ‘to keep the prohibi- tion issue alive in Alabama continue to | mark activity among dry leaders in the Democratie party. The growing senti- iment for Al Smith has begun to alarm the office holders, who rode into offite on the dry wave financed by the Anti- Saloon League. Abolition of the mask by the Ku Klux Kian and changing the name of the order has hardly caused a ripple on the political seas of the State. It is looked upon as the same old organization under a new name. With the closing date less than a week away, few candidates have en- tered the contest places on the Democratie gation to the Houston convention. There are four places to fll from the State at large and only three have qualified. Two of these are avowed anti-Smith candidates while the other, Mayor Willlam A, Gunter of Montgomery, is listed as a Democrat who will carry out the spirit of the State executive committee’s action by refraiming from pledging himself ' to any particular candidate After March 11t will be too Iate for any candidate to get his name on the ballot for the Democratic primary which will be held May 8 Several candidates have qualified for places in the delegation from varlous congres- stonal districts by fillng with the State chatrman, Under commit rall of the Democratio utes will go to the na- tonal convention uninatructed and un- hampered, to use their best judgment I the selection of a leader who ean lead the party to vietory. The commit- tee not only refused to provide for “ins structing” the delegation, but also voted down a move to tie the delegation to the unit rule. While conditions within Democratic ranks are chuotle and uncertain, (an- quility prevails tn the ranks of Ala- bama Republicans, An effort was made Inst week to devise ways for bringing about the unhorsing of m- mitteeman O, 1 Htreet. A meeting was called at Birmingham but nothing came of 1t peording to administvas ton forees, filends of Mr. Street say VEverything 1s setting pretiy The Republicans will hold o v meetings May 8. Distriet conventiona Will be held & few days later and one delegate will be named from each cons gresstonal district except the seventh, which will have two During the latter part of May, & Btate convention will be held wt which thige delegaten will be named (rom the State at large and My Btreet ve-elected o l]l"\ essar named. ATTICUS MULLEN the s | Florida. Unofficially it is understood that considerable attention is being given to the candidacy of James A | Reed and it may later appear that he will be given at least some support. | It is known that some delegates to | the national convention in Houston will vote for Gov. Smith. Now it| seems likely that Senator Reed mav also | have some delegates, for the delegation will go to Texas uninstructed and the State appears, very much divided. T presence in the State of Tammany braves is remarked as probably doing missionary work for Smith. | Republican politics in Florida is yet | very quiet, no convention having been | held and only A discussion of repre- sentation appearing to interest the | faithful. President Coolidge s stoutly | supported by those in office and it | seems they have not given up hope of | drafting him. Hoover Is well thought | of generally, but s0 far no active work | has been done to advance the interests of the Commerce Secretary. | In strictly State affairs the greates: | Interest s now centering on the choiee | of a bugernatorial candidate. Already | sIX men are in the field, including well | known men of all parts of Florida. In | the fourth congressional district a Uv Iy contest is expected at the primary between Representative Sears and Ruth | Bryan Owen, daughter of the late Wil- | Ham Jennings Bryan. Only Democratic | candidates will be on the ballot in the primary. GEORGE HOYT SMITH. ‘ . 21 G. 0. P. DELEGATES | . U F. | FNLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE! e | Special Diapateh to The Star | CONCORD, N. M, February 28 .| Twenty-one Republican national | vention delegates have filed with Sec- retary of State Hobart Plisbury up wn- | tl today, the last day for fllngs, and | 23 Democrats also entered their names | for the ofcial ballot. Of the 21 Re- | publican candidates only one is pledged | o President Coolidge and he 1s E. C. Rutter of Derry, One i3 pledged to Herbert Heover, he in Alderman F. A, Barker of Nashua. The rest of the Re- publican candidates filed as unpledged, but favorable to Hoover Former Qov. John (1, Winaut of Con- cord filed as unpledged but favorable to Hoover after & conference with Qov Spaulding. Winant's declaration as - pledged was expected after the confers ence with the governor, although it had been hinted earller tn the flnk period | that the Winant-Haas wing of the State | Republican forces might come out as pledgad o Hoover. The entvance of homas Rice Variek of Manchester o the rave for a delegateship as un- pledged but favorable to Hoover was a Inst-minute surprise. Of the 33 Demo- orats o flle & walority of them are pledged to Gov Amith o "“AR . 3 ONTEST IN OHID MAY BE FRIENDLY :Willis’ Expressions Concern- ing Hoover Now Take Peaceful Tone. Special Dispatch to The Star. COLUMBUS. Ohio, February 25.—Th= calm after the storm caused by the en- trance of Secretary Hoover into the Ohio primary campaign has come. with promise that the primary contest between the Secretary and Senator Wil- lis need not be necessarily fraught with such serious troul for the Republican party here as Senator Willis' first SENATOR WILLIAM E. BORAH, statements about the matter indicated. Given formal indorsement by Repub- Even the Senator now believes that licans of his home State for the presi- while the primary contest may be dential nomina fiercely fought, it may all be friendly SM”-H;S [lRY I_Aw | Shartect cleménby or the party in the VIEWS ATTACKED | State and National elections of Novem- ber. ‘This the Senator has repeaicuty re- Hilles Calls New York State imarked during the current week and further assured a friend in Cleveland Nation’s Battlefield in Elections. that if Secretary Hoover should be nom- inated, he would support him to the full extent of his ability. This would, «f course, be expec but the expres- sion from the Senator is so different from his declaration when it became plain that Mr. Hoover was to come into the Ohio presidential primary that it | would be a fight to a finish and that it | was no pink tea, that it has attracted general attention. Concessions Seen. ‘This. followed by the news that Sen- ator Willis had ton.;‘emfidl to l'n mm%-‘- . Iment by which the delegates on his R T | ticke in the nineteenth district might ALBANY. N. Y., February 25.—GOV.|take Secretary Hoover for their second Smith's views on prohibition. brought | choice. piainly showed that the Senator ast we vreo s Was in @ me to make some conces- S e e ===" sions to the Hooer leaders that he had n & Democratic national piatform with (arlier absolutely refused to eonsider. a wet candidate, if he should receive i Se€Tiec 10 T8 B0 ® b el 3 e O, e o e 1r | from the first, there is extensive Hoov- open attack in_the State capitol this {rom the first, there is & < week. However, no special political ©F v significance was attached to the attack. | {¥0 large counties of which are in since it came from dved-in-the-wool Cluded in ‘m".“ Py T = drys at a hearing on dry bills pending _Representative M. vey "‘m‘““"m, before the legislature. ment that he will be :nun;”"”‘ e In the Republican camp came un- Democratic Cer et o S mistakable evidence of a determined &reatly smu; e‘ah that ml;;rw e effort to put the State squarely in the Democrats. for the two o outstand ing candidates for the nomination— Renublican column on the presidential v chether Gov. !Judge J. W. Peck of Cincinnati and vote, regardless of whether Gov. Smith otta] a is a candidate for the Democrats. As, George White of Mari a matter of fact. no less a Republican stated that if Mr. Davey entered they sage than Charles D. Hiiles, nationa] Would withdraw. and there is only one mfi;mmcemm and vice chairman of Other candidate. Lieut. Gov. Prl Blwg: the national committee. declared during | Of Bowling Green. He has not said the week that the Nation cannot hope | Whether he would contest with Davey for a Republican President if New York OF not. but it is believed t fl!‘l - fails to turn over its 45 electoral votes not. ,T{ms the Democrats ve ,m: for the G. O. P. candidate. candidate nominated without opposition S lie: | —a situation that promises a State Lo Lol o cempaign without party bitterness on Mr. Hilles made his declaration in the Democratic side. addressing Republicans of Monroe ' The Republicans probably will ha County and Rochster. its chief city. three candidates at least—Attorn: “The Empire State will be the Na- Ceneral Edward C. Turner. Representa- tion's efield the approacMing tive James T Begg of Sandusky and campaign.” Mr. es deciated. and Charles T. Lewis, former lieutenant called upon the entire State to do its governor. Miles '\, Cooper of Cmc!n'- rt in the election. nati. who defeated for the office by A more definite and direct plea w:::h Gov. D{t;‘mh v (u? years ago. may an eye on th» csidency was made enter e conlest. < during the week by Geo: are the outstanding candidates and th e fight between them would be apt to ro- solve itself into a wet and dry ome- Turner wet and Begg dr¥. n State committee the l?&‘fi ‘(;f ig:“reflsin: the Recpublican vote in the State on next election day by 330000 This gt | would mean an average increase of 2v Senator Willis has attempt R votes for each election district. Mr. Weaken Secretary Hoover along Morris admitted this could not be done lakeshore by charging that the Secre- in some of them, but others could tary is supporting Chicago in her with easily g> well above the average. Th: drawal of water from Lake .\nchig,nm factors favoring the program, Mr. Mor-| Cleveland and Toledo are injured ris outlined as follows: more ts‘xs‘n any other 2_]&;9; :n n;: Efl:" New votss, presidential election by such interference o nc?\lxsl_\' 5%‘17.0009 stay-at-homes in the withdrawal of water at Chicago is and “a rousing Republican victory and alleged to have made. It happens that the maintenance of Republican control at those two places ‘:m Hoover Q'gl'h at Washington.” ment is particularly strong. The - Once m?!re clear evidence came of ering of lake I ¥ as much as a foot the particular person the Republican ' or even a half foot not only greatly re- (leaders seem to have in mind when duces the harbor facilities of those cit- they are calling for increased G. O. P. jes. but reduces the CATR0 CApacity of majorities—Gov. Smith. Mr. Morris yessels making those ports to such an although not mentioning any DAames, in _extent as to take profit from their oper- + his call for action. said ation. “We can carry the State a It happens also that Representative | rousing plurality this year if we Work Burton of Cleveland. who, after Walter for it, no matter who is nominated BY} F. Brown, i the most important factor the Democrats. The State is normally | iy the Hoover movement in Ohbio, bas | Republican, especially in presidential | peen leading in the fght l,, é‘:“‘““ yea st t ration o Cago's An up-State district attorney. Gordon | Gatnage canal I Senator Wills can H. Payne of Orleans County. led off in | piike good on the attack on Gov. Smith’s prohidition | pection he wil views at the dry hearing i the capitol. | the Hoover support in both the Cleve- The bills under consideration had 23 | jana and Toledo centers. their ultimate object the restoration of | “Thalage shore further east in the a State prohibition enforcement Iaw in | ywo e Reserve. where Hoover senti New York, which has been WIthout | ment is also strong. is dotted with har- such a statute since 1923. when Gov ch do tren bors which do tremendous business in Smith signed the repealer of the " o Tt ore and coal shipment. and this argu- Mullan-Gage enforcement law N “It is time for the governor who MENL i it can de made to stand up sy Lok " will have telling effect it Senator W talks about law enforcoment to do something about it.® said District At [avor there. J- T GALRRATTR. Candidacy Attacked. torney Pavne. “My ax has been taken away and yet I am told to defend the xer of Vanweet 3 el ; L. Marker of Vanwert has flled Hits Smith's Stand. Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin. State cha man of the Woman's Christian T perance Union. = suggested that overnor should have read the law be- ore he tncorporated i his annu message to the legislature a recommen dation that the constitution be amended fo make necessary a popular vote on any propasal to amend the Federal Constitution before it ratifica- tion “The Supreme Ce she said, “(hat State legislature proval—tell the me." ar, s with ¢ elaction board a ¢ State conumittee dozen vears ago for district delegate to national eniion 5 a bonafde resi or of the State didate for delegate. as & Demoeratie t. He clatms that tired fram - Coagress d as & delegate M natina conventions from the DMistrict of Qo lumbia, and from dependencies of the United States | Chairman Henry G Brunner of the Demoeratic committee fgnored the protest. election doard have vet o tule upon Ralph H Bartlets individually fied & e for district delegate to the national convention lasy od to state his plans outive the at Houston. name of the person he would support SEealAl DIBAKN (6 The So {for the president n»u'.m‘:ln‘u ‘3;: ~ DES MOINKS. Iowa, February 33— SWHwel for the lwal lnige of Bagles Senator Dan Steck of Ottunwa, Towa, | 288 1 I8 Deliored that he will deciare Infected new life into the presidential | 0 GOV Sith, 1€ s situation here Wednesday ~ when he | 001V delesate candidate authotized & statement to the effect | PUNHIE QAR o declaration. that he favored the nomination of Gov | J. N QALRRAITH Smith of New York and predicted an | VO iyt My e WS A gk ANSAS DEMOCRATIC HEADS MEET MARCH 22 The Senator indorsed sueh action by Conumittes Qathering Is ¢ Towa as A means of adding lowas strengih to & movement for party have | Delegation Seen First for Rodinson, Marker is not & ¢ . but merely protest rt has decreed” | voter tn the i only ratification by & | gnse 1S nevessary for ap- governor that for THOMAS €. STOWELL. SENATOR STECK * SWINGS TO SMITH ® Jowan Predcts State's Delegation i‘\’u‘ Will Support New Yorker \ mony Which he sees forming Becawse Senator Steck was chasen this week to deltver the kevumote ad- dress At the State Democratic conven ton here April 20,1t s assumad that he will appeal to the formal gathering g:‘“::mm- Towas 26 delegates for] at Téspateh o The Sta Alang With his fdorsement of Smieh | LITILE ROCK Ak, Pedeuary as the candidate of the party who may | HEerest i the Demoeratic depas A win the election, Senator Steck gave his | O (e Dational campaign was tevived OWITeRsans for coutseling ho further Hus woek with the official call for the efort of Towa Democtats o suppat | State comm to meel March 22 and BAWI T Meredith, as at least w favoe | R0 delegates o the Howston con fte son candidate, by referving to My | \vhtion. There witl de & e o Meredith's repeated tefusals to allow hig | hese honaes, dut whoever i selectsd name o be used I connection with | (e delagation oewevtad o de f the nomination Joe P Robisan st and ter Al Senator Steck’s avowal of his stand | Smith. when, and 1, Rodinson o and his teasans recall that, though Mr | eltninated Meredith stated numerous times that | Personal ey he 3 not & candidate for the prestden- UAL nomination, he atso has wade it plaln that he ig vitally conceriied in e Towa dele ‘.-n Deing chosen with & View to oppobiag Smith OO CLIFTON. e W R CGov. Sacth das ¥ ARy great degree Frankuess apely e atatement ihat Saith i fvaeed des [ oause he seams (o have the bast chance o win FLEICHER CHENAULT.