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[ 12 *° Trends WILLS AND HODVER STRATEGISTS WEET R | Secretary’s Backers Grow More Confident After Dis- | trict Survey. ' Special Dispateh to The Star. | COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 3.—The #izategs boards of the opposing Hoove v forces have hold meetings th week and loss of the interesting con tost has appeared in the open. thousi probably much more has been going © pnder cover. Col. Carmi A. Thompsor manager of Senator Willis' intere had a group of Willis leaders. includir Chairman Warner of the Republic State committee and Wilma Sincl: Levan, woman member of the Repul lican national committee. in conferen with him at the Willis headquarters here Tuesday and ted that he planned to have a s conference every Tuesday until primary election ap of Willis | rkers present on ecach oc R The list of those p: econference contained not already been was ager of the Taft interests. Vorys has alwavs insisted on party regularity and £o whiie he had not been identified with the Willis interests before, his lining up that element of the party in the controversy is exactly what t He is thus brought to the son of the man he helped to ac- in Tafe of who is a leader in the Hoover movement and onme of the | Hoover delegate-at-large candidates. Form Hoover Clubs. As expected. Hoover managers are resorting to the formation of Hoover clubs in the cities of the State, which will no doubt take th2 place ‘r‘\f !’h&‘ regular party organization in furthering 2 y;nn‘m Jocallv. The Repub- organizations, State and local. have been captured by the Willis man-, ngers with the exception of those in Cincinnati. Cleveland and possibly | ‘Toledo. The nu“mwn is in doubt in tter city still. | m;:::e in Columbus the Republican | organization will take no position as to| the nomination for the presidency. The | chairman, Harry L. Arnold, has assured | Senator Willis of his personal support. but the dls;lrm c&r:mn.ue will take no action in the matter. i The Hoover supporters in Columbus | organized a large Hoover Club last week. with Gen. Edward Orton, one of the Hoover candidates for delegate at large, #s president. A supplementary club of students of the Ohlo State University was also organized to work among students. Following the conference at the Willis headquarters here Tuesday, Col. Thomp- | son gave out a statement to the effect that the Hoover movement was “slow- ing down” not only in Ohio but all over the country, as the result of ques tions intended to bring out Mr. Hoover's position on the League of Nations, the Chicago drainage canal and temper- ance. It was evident from what hasaid that the Willis leaders are not entirely | satisfied with the answer of Socr!‘wIT1 Hoover to Senator Borah's question- naire on prohibition. It will probably be their policy to press for more ex- plicit expressions on this matter and to question his attitude toward the other two propositions referred to above. Is Labeled “Bunk.” ‘The Ohio State Journal, central organ of the Ohio Republicans. which favors | Hoover, refers to this inquiry on the of Col. Thompson as ‘“‘campaign into oppositio whose nomination sh in 1908—Robert ‘The statement was given out from Hoover headquarters during the week that the Cleveland News, Republican | organ. had decided the support Secre- | tary Hoover, but so far no declaration of that sort has been made by the Ppaper. £ It was believed when the presidential primary campaign started that the ‘Willis side would have a decided advan- tage from the fact that the State or- ganization beinz for Senator Willis, candidates for nomination and election to all offices in the State would be bound, in order to be “regulars” to line up with the Willis organization in the primary. or at least 1o remain neutral, but Saturday evening, Matthew L. Bigger, Columbus attorns in an- nouncing himself as a candidate for the Republican nomination for attorney generzl, stated that he was in favor of the nomination of Hoover. Hooverites Confident. 5 an indication of the growing ! the Hoover e When the Ly t Willis would delegation s City convent ? organization i rally regarded as sur r head of the tion, speaking of the re criving from the dist sald Thursday ti not now Col. Thad organiza- | he was re- of the Etate, t he did not concede 5 managers 1 twn Coun'y on etary Hoover, e element of aver by Fred which former Hintz is the it and adopled without contro- versy & resslution inde Hoover J H GALERAITH RACIAL SQUABBLE AGAIN OPENS IN MISSISSIPPI wrization ruled Temyporary Injunciion Granved Agninst Colored Faction Ealk 10 | Conventions wn hesded iy lzyvwer and Jup iteeman, fiom regro P Dot only may de alled this | o new far- | g teals national | enton and having an uninstructed | Jewriation Howard fur i office nolders oiher fur has indorsed n, headed by | i pers A 1 Ve Cotee of pres Tie fight with the €1 doped ol e irrent { Lowaen i pot in e 1un ey fuctionul Mirsis OLCe e It fore. Again g of aelege 1 result convention end sgain Ui a4 from M ippt will ders who contiol nation in yuriul fight e Fipp ) e X B MAGEE | | e ver | o [ GOV. MOODY Of Teges, who side-steps presidential contest and says he seeks re-clection as governor, TEXAS’ 40 VOTES LOOM AS SMITH'S Democratic State Leaders Defeat Move to Instruct for Dry Candidate. Special Dispatch to The Star. AUSTIN. Tex.. March 3.—Chances of Al Smith's taking the 40 Texas votes in the Houston Democratic national convention were greatly increased this week. The Democratic State exccutive ) committee defeated. in a stubborn fight, efforts of the Love-Hicks organization | to instruct for only a dry candidate. | The committee went further and or- dered a pledge to be imposed on all voters in the primaries to support the nominees. Bolters thus will be dis- franchised in the Democratic primaries and Smith is the only potential nom- inee to cause threatened bolting. The has called on its following nominated. Gov. Moody’s expected opposition to Smith did not develop. and he joined definitely the ranks of the anti-in- structed delegation majority of the committee. He prevented a resolution indorsing him for the presidency from being introduced and announced he is a candidate for re-clection as governor. The committee, in a series of test resolutions, refused to indorse or call for any sort of instruction upon the convention delegates. and by a strict factional vote elected Charles I. Fran- | cis, head of the Texas Uninstructed Delegation Association, vice chairman of the State committee. The efforts of former National Committeeman T. D. Love and Marshall Hicks to instruct the Texas delegates for Gov. Moody, so the votes would be subject to di- version to a dry candidate late in lh-‘i Houston balloting, was blasted com- pletely by developments at the com- mittee meeting. Beaumont was chosen as the site of the State convention May | 22 and Beaumont is in the section most friendly to the New Yorker. R. B. Creager, Republican national committeeman, attended the organiza- tion of a Hoover-for-President Club at Austin Fridav, one of a series being formed in the State, and the opposi- tion to Hoover has shown \L’»"G too feeble to endanger an instructed dele- gation to the Kansas City G. O. P. convention. Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunningham. woman candidate for the United States Senate, opened her campaign for the Senate against Earle B. Mayfield in an address at Huntsville, Tex., Friday, de- claring her platform to include a plank advocating entry into the League of Natfons. Representative Tom Connally, an- | other candidate for the Senate, and Mayfield will begin active campaign- ing about Man:l'\g 10. e S. RAYMOND BROOKS. CAROLINA DEMOCRATS END CONTROVERSIES Smith Forces Now Agreeable to Delay in State Convention, Proposed by Foes. ateh to The Star. . RALEIGH, N. C., March 3—Every indication now is that the opening gun of the Democratic campalgn in North Carolina, which will be fired at the meeting of the executive committee March 6, will make a very small ex- piosion indecd is virtually conceded that all con- troversial questions that might com- before the committee will be postponed until the State convention and that the convention will be postponed until well beyond the usual time in April, probably being held about two week before the meeting of the national con- vention at Houston June 26, The Bmith forces have abandoned their murmured up{mflllon o the plan of the anti-Smith forces to have a late convention and are now arguing that a delay to determine the drift in the country at large will help their candi- date instead of hurting ;»Im, and that a convention held after the State and county primaries June 2 will do more o relieve Smith men from possible em- than it will to help h who might find themselves in the rame situation with a conven- tion held at the usual time, prior to the cxpiration of the time for filing notices of candidacies 1 the primaries But a real scrap iy seen hovering over the Jepublican State convention which will meet April 11, It has been an- nounced that Irvin B. Tucker, United HBtates nit ey in the eastern district of North Carolina, would like w have the nomination for governor wiich it hiad been thought would go to ‘Thomas J. Harkins, United States attorney in the western North Carolina district Mr. Tucker 48 for Lowden, Mr. Harkeness is for Hoover. And there are the makings of a real serap, I K. WILLIAMS, HOOVER MEN ALONE ACTIVE IN MONTANA Drift. Democrnts 8131l Bhow Benti- Republicans Continne to ment for Bmith, Special Juspstoh 16 The Star HELENA, Mont., March 3.-The Jepublicnns continue W drift, despite Lhe yenersl tendency 1o warm up In other Blales, and the heginning of o eompused largely | Mareh finds the Hoover men slone | delegation will remain with him while active, In Jepresen “ first Montans lative John M. Evans from Aitrict s o Lave oppo the Democratic primury in i of Byron K. Cooney, the Montans American veekly, and an svowed Evaus presumsbly dry, g blways e bucking of Sk As § ishuely d two previous primaries, he Bulte msn's announcement s not re- garded ue b sensalion Among Demociats W is stll sl Bmith undens Henator Walsh turns - his D humin dow Benator eed omits Montana i his Western tour reant sentiment was once sroused for Lim s dylng, spparently OUlE M. THAYER. b in wr of | Jutne et hiny thiut bhaa edi- | 3 sne hss besten Cooney de- | and what | THE § MELLON BLOG SEEN LODKING TO HOOVER {Woman Candidates on Dele- gate Slate Viewed Favor- able to Secretary. | | | Special Dispateh to The Star. | HARRISBURG, Pa, March 3.—Al-| | | though indications grow that the l\h‘l-i lon organization is looking more and | more favorably toward the Hoover can- | |didacy, Hoover backers in this State are overlooking no opportunities to erys- tallize sentiment in favor of the Secre- tary. of Commerce, and thereby compel /the Mellons to take public cognizance of the public fecling. Outwardly, there has been no change in the decision of the Mellon leader- iship to send 79 uninstructed votes to | | Kansas City. but in several of the con- | gressional districts candidates who | have been closely allied with the Mellon | organization have filed their petitions | {to have names printed on the bailot, | with the supplemental promise to sup- | port the “popular choice” of their dis: trict for presidential nomination. Mal Ing of the pledge is cntirely voluntary | with the delegates. | Women Are Favored. There has been one indication of | Mellon feeling which has not been lost on political leaders of the State. W. L. i Mellon, who acts in political matters for this_uncle, Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, some weeks ago said there Is a jlarge amount of Hoover sentiment in ;Pennsylvania, “particularly among the | women.” Several days ago Mellon, as | Republican State chairman, announced | the seven delegates at large and seven !alternate delegates at large whom the | Republican_organization will support. The significant feature is that every | one of the seven alternates is a woman and that one of the seven delegates at large is also a woman. | The Mellons say selection of 8 women for the 14 honor places fs |merely a recognition of the woman | | voters. Hoover followers believe it is a recognition of the Hoover sentiment | among women. Both may be right. | | The seven delegates at large who will | ! receive support of the Mellon forces in | | western_Pennsylvania, the Vare organi- | !zation in Philadelphia and of allied | leaders in interior counties, consists of | | Secretary Mellon, Secretary of Labor | Davis. Senator Vare, Gov. Fisher, Chair- | | man Mellon, Mrs. Worthington Scran- {ton, vice chairman of the State com- { mittee, and Ralph Beaver Strassburger, Norristown publisher. Strassburger in | 24 defeated former Gov. delegate at large. | | Hoover Men Busy. | Meanwhile, Hoover-for-President men | have been busy independently of what- | ever the organization may do for their candidate. The majority of the positive work for Hoover has come thus far | | from the western counties close to | Pittsburgh, home of the Mellons. | | On Thursday there was a political surprise when Franklin P. Booth, Pitts- | burgh, filed petitions from five counties | surrounding _Pittsburgh. to have his | name printed on the ballot as candidate | for Republcan delegate at large. Across | | the face of his petition was written, “Favors Hoover for President” He fs | {the first candidate to file petitjons | pledged to an individual candidate. as | | well as the first not named on the slate | { announced by Chairman Mellon. From the same counties several dis- | trict delegates have announced them selves as Hoover candidates, but in fil- ing their papers. either have made no pledge or have promised to support the “popular cholce.” 1f petitions are to be filed here, as rumored. to place the name of Hoover, Smith or any other presidential can- | | didates on the primary ballots to re- | | ceive advantage of the preferential | vote, such action must be taken before | 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, and the | | papers must contain signatures from at | least 10 counties. ~ Filing of the papers | | has been anticipated as.a means of | | garnering some dclegates who have | pledged to support the popular choice | of their districts. | Last-Minute Change. | If the intimation from Democratic | national, committee headquarters in! Washington that no half votes will be | 'loll‘mlr-d in the Houston convention is ‘ollowed it will necessitate a_last-min- | | | | Pinchot for | | i ute change in plans among Democratic leaders in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is entitled to four votes at large and | the plan had been to Tollow the meth- | 0d used in 1924, of electing four men {and four women as delegates at large, | cach with one-half vote. With Mon- | day the last day for filing petitions, and | the announcement made in Washington as recently as ‘Thursday, hurried | changes must be made to realign the | | Democratic ticket for delegates @ large. | |, The change, however, s not expected | ’m affect the total vote for any presi- | dential candidate in the Pennsylvania | delegation. It appears likely that the | | eleht half votes would have been for | | Gov. Smith of New York; and with | four Instead of eight delegates at large, it 15 just as likely that all the dele- gates at large will favor Smith, WALTER D. ROOS. 'LOWDEN ADHERENTS l ABANDON OREGON | Agree With Hooverites That Sec- retary Shall Get First Vote at Convention. Special Dispiteh 1o The Star PORTLAND, Oreg., March 3 Ing for Frank O. Lowden, Henry €, Hill of Galesburg, 11, made n survery of the presidential situation in Oregon nnd ubandoned the State and its delegation of 13 voles 1o Herber T, As n consequence there will be no Lowden minnager appointed for the primaries in Oreggon, but w Lowden Club will be organized o that there will bhe some central point for Lowden sympithizers Lo gather The situation tn Oregon today s this An understanding 15 in process of for l“\iIHAHI between the aulding spirits of the Hoover camp and the volunteer [buckers of | Lowden i regard to the delegates. In effect, the two cnmpn will {attempt 10 eleet n' group of delegates who are satlsfactory 1o ench, but with the distinet understanding thit the 1 olce of these delegates shall be and their second cholce Lowden, and if w situstion should develop where Isuch nctlon Is necessary, none of the {aelegates will go Lo Dawes as a com- promise. To this program the Hoover people can have no objection, for it means the | {hie has a chance for the nomination. 1f {and when Hoover s considered out of the running, then the delegation will be free to vote s wecond chiolce, Low den And 1o this ariangement the { Lowden boosters are quite content on | {the theary that bt s louf 15 bettes i 1o brend The o Democratie development of the pust week win o statement fsr by @ lesaing Democrat, decluring tiat (the Ant-Baloon League 1s & Hepublicnn arganizstion, hat 1t supported i Pros- | olated the probibition law by Lransporting hsid dguor into e White House and serving cocktatly there, and that it indorsed Jidke when Hecretary Mellon 18 or was one of the t alstinguished dtstillers In the JOHN W. KELLY. most country, NDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. MARCH 4, 1 998 - PART 1. in Several Important States Begin lo Sho THE WEEK IN POLITICS Summary of National Developments Based on Reports From The Star's Special Correspondents and Staff Writers. OLITICAL lines are becoming definitely fixed in many States, according to dis- patches received from The Star's special political cor- respondents in all parts of the coun- try. For example, in Michigan the name of Herbert C. Hoover is to ap= pear alone in the presidential pref- crential primary in the Republican column of the ballot and Gov. Smith of New York will be the only Demo- cratic candidate. Notwithstanding reports that Lowden sentiment was on the increase in Michigan, Low- den managers finally decided not to risk & contest with the Hooverites in that State, and permitted the last day for filing to pass without mak- ing a move. From Oregon comes a report that the Lowden managers have given over any idea of seeking the delega- tion for “first choice for their can- didate. They are willing, it is said to have Lowden the sccond choice of the Oregon delegates, and to this some of the Hoover supporters agree, but with the stipuiation that the delegates are to vote for Mr. Hoover as long as his name is before the national convention. The Lowden candidacy received a boost during the last week by the selection of delegates to the Repub- lican national_convention favorable to the former Tllinois governor. The State convention is expected to i struct the delegation for Mr. Low- den, and the delegates at large will be favorable to him. However, it is reported that the regular Republi- can State organization is widely rep- resented in the coming State con- vention. The State organization, while friendly to Lowden, is not of the same dyed-in-the-wool Lowden cast as is the faction headed by Frank J. Lund, manager of the Low- den campaign in the State. * ook K ‘The Republican State convention in South Dakota, which is to take place Tuesday, will indorse the can- didacy of former Governor Lowden. There scems no doubt but what he will have the support cf the dele- gation to the national conventlon. One week from Tucsday, March 13. the first presidential preferen- tial primary is to take place—in New Hampshire. The State is set, it is said, for the choice of a Hoov- er delegation to the Republican na- tional convention. Sixteen other States have presidential preferential primary laws. While Mr. Hoover will lead off, the sccond prima State, North Dakota, whose prima is held March 20, is expected to cas its preference vote for Lowden One of the Interesting political dcvelopments of the week s the “draft Coolidge for President” move- ment launched by Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago. The mayor claims control of Cook Coun- ty and has made all arrangements to pledge the delegates for President Coolidge. According to The Star’s correspondent, the “draft Coolidge” movement started by Mayor Thomp- son is not without its local signifi- cance. ‘The mayor §s a political enemy ot Mr. Lowden. He wishes {o keep the delegates from Lowden. Furthermor the mayor has entered into an all ance with Gov. Small. who s seel inz renomination, and with Frank L. Smith, denied a seat Ly the Sen- ate on corruption charges, who is seeking renomination to the Senate. ‘The Small and Smith coalition is displeasing to some Chicago leader and the mayor has sought strengthen his position and the county ticket by adding to it the popularity of President Coolidge. The mayor's new political slogan fs “America first wets against World Court drys.” It appears that there will be a block of delegates from Illinois who will be prepared to bring President Coolidge’s name before the national convention, if the mayor’s | through Whatever Mayor Thomp: side mot may be fol start a “draft Coolidge” movement, reports of The Star's correspondents in Connecticut show that the Cool- idge sentiment still runs strongly in the Nutmeg State. The leader intent upon sending an unins| ed delegation to the convention, ready to start a stampede for the renomination of ths President if 3 Coolidge does not take steps to | vent it. To the rank and file of R publicans in the State, Mr. Hoovcr would be entirely satisfactory, it is said, If the President must be con- sidered definitely out of the running A certaln amount of Dawes senti- ment is growing, but is not atded by ONLY TWO NAMES the fact that he is regarded as a political heir of Frank O. Lowden. * ok Kk Ohio still holds the center of the stage In large part, due to the bitter battle being waged between Hoover and Scnator Frank B. Willis for the delegation to the national conven- tion. Arthur I. Vorys, who managed the campaign for Chief Justice Taft “ in 1908, is out for Willis, although Robert Taft, son of the Chief Jus- tice. is a candidate for delegate at large on the Hoover ticket. ‘The candidate for attorney gen- eral, Matthew L. Bigger of Colum- bus, however, has come out for Hoover. It is reported that during the week $2,500 was offered to wager that Hoover would win a ma- jority of the delegates, but that it has not been covered. Smith-for-President stock contin- ues high and reports from a number of Western States indicate that the New York Governor is to have a goodly number of delegates from that section of the country, The swing of Senator Reed of Missouri through some of the Western States has served to stir up oppositicn to Smith, but generally speaking it is believed that Reed is seeking sec- ond-chofce strength in a number of those States, hoping to inherit Smith delegates in the national convention at Houston. From Nevada comes the report that Reed’s manager made it clear he would not oppose Smith for first cholce of the delegation. but did de- sire to be second choice. At the South Dakota State convention, March 6, a strong effort will be made to pledge the delegation to Smith. Reports from Montana also indicate that Smith will be strong with that delegation after it has voted for Senator Thomas J. Walsh and provided Senator Walsh cannot make the grade. The Democratic State central committee of Connecticut has in- dorsed Gov.' Smith for the Demo- cratic nomination. Its action was unanimous. New Hampshire, anoth- er New England State, is expected to send a Smith delegation. The re- ports indicate that Smith is to be favored by the big Pennsylvanta delegation to the national conven- tion, too. Vance McCormick, who is seeking to rally the drys against Smith in the Keystone State, is hav- ing his troubles, though anti-Smith delegates are to be put forward in at least 9 of the 36 districts. Not all of these opponents will be dry: howev and some of them wili favor Senator Reed of Missour. The last week has seen the crown- ing victory of Senator Reed's battle to come back to Democratic popu- lar favor in Missouri. The State convention indorsed him for Presi- dent and gave him everything he could ask for. Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, old enemy of Reed and na- tional committeewoman, is going out because of the Reed victory, and Mrs. C. B. Farts of St. Louis. a Reed supporter, is slated to succeed her. * % ox s The North Carolina Demoeratic State convention is likely to be post- poned until June, instead of meeting as usual in April. The anti-Smith clement, which is strong, favors the postponement. From Texas comes word that the Smith sentiment is on the increase and that the New Yorker may yet have Texas votes in the convention. The State executive committee last weck defeatcd eforts to nstruct only for a dry candidatc. and the delegation is likely to go uninstructed. ~ John T. Barnett, Democratic national committeeman from Colorado. is out with a strong indorsement of Gov. Smith for President. he Nebraska presidential pref- erentlal primary is to have only two entrants, former Senator Gilbert N, Hitchcock on the Democratic side, and Scnator George Norrls on the Republican. “Brother Charley” Bryan is to run for governor on the Democratic ticket Hoover sentiment s reported on the increase in Pennsylvania, where the factions are patehing up a pence and in Montana. In New Je which has been strongly Hoover, op- position 1s ralsing its head, where Verdon, Hoboken leader, is seeking an America first and against World Court delegation. He is an oppo- nent of Senator Edg:. Lily white and black-and-tan factional rows among the Republi- cans are raging in Mississippi and Arkan; In Mississippl, a tem- porary injunction has been lssued against the holding of a State con- vention by the Perry Howard fac- tion. The organization i expec to prevail in ths Arkansas fight. The anti-Howerd faction in Mississippi contains Lowden supporters, while the Howard faction supports Hoover SMITH MEN CLAIM FILED IN MICHIGAN SOUTH DAKOTA GAIN Time Ends With Only Smith and Hoover on Primary Ballots. b to Tha Star Maich 3.—The names of only two presidential candidates. Her- | and Al Smith, | While a number of other important Democrat, will appear ‘on the ballots | candidacles are to be determined at | bert Hoover, Republica in Michigan's presidential April 2. Thursday of this week was the last day for filing names to be placed on the ballots, Michigan has 33 dele- gates, Hoover's petitions. containing 107.000 names, were with the secretary of sate at Lansing Wednesday by n repressntative group of - Republicans from varlous lons of the Htate Emiths petitions, — contalning 7,000 names, were filed st by & group of Defroit politictans Bupporters of Frank 0. Lowden de- bited unttl Wednesday as to whether they should clreulute petitions and ob- taln the necessary 5000 names to put Lowden's name before the Michigan voters I wan only nfter a conference at Chicago betw ate Hienalor Peter B Lennon of ee County, man- uger for Lowden i Michigan, and the managers b Lowden’s headquarters that a declslon wan reached. Senator ennon fnsisted until the Jast that Lowden's name be placed on the bal- lots. The Lowden managers are known to have expressed feur that Hoover had oo much of w lead n Michigan to war- rant & fght which might prove dis- astrous wind morale-breaking - other Btaten, because of (he te of the Michigan primary cent ruling by the attorney general holdls n aential primary neces primary Lench party files only o The only pos nventlon nght State Convention Meets Tuesday. | Battle Is Expeoted From Two Factions. Special Dispateh to SI0UX FALLS, The Star 8. Dak. March 3 the Republican and Democratic State conventions to be held simultaneously In South Dakota Tuesday, one of the outstanding features will be the con- test i the Demoeratic State conven- tion between supporters of Al Smith for President and that element of South Dakota Democrats which 1s seek- g 1o prevent the State convention from indorsing the cantdacy of the New York Governor The Smith-for-President group in Houth Dakota, which s headed by Holton Davenport, atforney of Stoux Alls, expresses 1tselt aa absolutely con- floent that 1t will contiol the State mventlon knd thus be able (o adopt a resolution endorsing Gov. Smith - for nomination he Smith group seek to have the delegation inatructed to aupport the New York Govenor in the national convention ‘The convention Tuesdny will be made up of delegates from the various coun- tles, who will have authority to ecwsc an_ aggregate of about #7,000 votes ‘The Hmith group announces that veturna from the county con entions have materially increased the Hmith lead, the group elatming that prest- | Hmith 15 now assured of having better H0.000 votes I the dtate vention The e 15 no ehange 1y the Republican over prestdentlal candidates vemalinding | sitaation e South Dakota with vet would he an wttempt Lo send the dele kations 1o Kansan City snd Houston WIth no Instruetions except those of the primary, which are not - binding Tegally — Hoover followers wre tnstating (At the congressionsl distilet conven Hons Instract thelr delegates o vole for Hoover until he veleases them, and that the Btate convention pursue the same with the delegates-ats large, J. A POWELL, evence (o natlonal policies. ‘The Re publican Hiate convention Tuesday will strongly indoise Frank O Lowden, as there has been no talk of any othier candidate, (he Republicans of Houth Dakota belng united 1 support of (he Tinotan, Accordingly, 1C 1s assuved that the South Dakota delogation to the Republican national convention will ba instrueted to ull’v port My Lows den, ALFRED BURKHOLDER. a “DRAFT COOLIDGE” 5 THOMPSON CRY Lowden’s Drive in lllinois Portends Stiff Fight For Mayor. | Special Dispateh to Tho Star, CHICAGO, March 3.-—William Hale Thompson's Cook County Republica: | faction in county convention Februarsy 129 adopted resolutions drafting Presi- dent Coolldge for renomination and re- | election and vociferously indorsed the | Chicago mayor's new slogan—"America | First Wets Against World Court Dry: ‘I Ju how Mr. Coolidge, who is de- |cidedly not a wet and who demanded | indorsement of the Senate on the World | Court protocol, is to be harmonized with | that slogan has not been explained. | States Attorney Robert E. Crowe, a | part of the Thompson Chicago machine, | | went a step further in a talk before the | county convention—which was a con- | vention -~ of * Thompson-Crowe-Galpin- Lorimer licutenants only, none of Sen- ator Dencen’s adherents being present or invited. | In Favor of Repeal. “I am not in favor of modification lof the Volstead act.” saild Mr. Crowe “I'm in favor of repeal of the cight- | centh amendment " | _Politically ‘Thompson figures that the | Coolidge shibboleth will help his ticket |of 20 -delegates and 20 alternates for the Kansas City convention in Cook and | Lake Counties. The Frank O. Lowden camp has filed a complete delegate slate in all of the State’s 25 districts, includ- | ing the 10 which are in Cook Counts Thompson has filed only for the 10, and |it is natural to presume that those 20 delegates, if elected, would not be for Lowden. While in Washington recently to see about the Reid flood control bill. which Thompson toured the West for and which has not been going so well due~ to administration insistence that part of costs should be State borne, Thomp- son said Coolidge should be drafted That was followed by his orders to th» “county convention” to indorse Cool- idge and the wet plank. Thompson Faces Fight. If Mr. Coolidge were a candida‘e Frank Lowden would not be filed in Illinols and Coolidge would be assured of the State's 50 district delegates and 11 at large. With Lowden in political observers have been saying that Thomp- son would have a hard time carryving more than seven of the Cook County 1u districts. Hence the somewhat mixed indorsement, platform and slogan. It is good politics at that “hicago t politicians as po- hat to be true lican ticket 1s essential if George E. Brennan's Dem:- ocratic county ticket, which h hop's to be headed by Gov. Smith for President, to be fought anywhe near successfully. Smith is gene: rated as likely to carry Cook Couniy, although given little chance to carry tl State as a whole in clection agains: any Republican nomince. While the Thompson followers indorsed th de slogans. they did not want at all to swallow Thom for support of Gov. thrid term nomination. Thompson made a dicker_with Small a fortn ago, in which Thompson was promise .. by the governor cverything he want: for Chicago in State lgis! PAUL R LEACH. 'HITCHCOCK GIVEN NEBRASKA BACKING | Filings for Primary Closed With i His Name and Norris' | Entered. | Special Dy h o The Sta OMAHA, Nebr, March 3 the primary in Nebraska closed this week with the nemes of former Senator Gilbert M. Hitehe Democrat. and Senator George W. Ne ris. Republiean, the only entr the presidential preference vote effort has been made to file names Mr. Hitcheock will go with a delegation of his fri advocating his nomination | ieve tim to hold a particularly fav- orable position and view him in a | broaded light than a “favorits son.” ings for April 10 to nds strol ! ‘They be- | Served In Congress. | The former Senator served two terms in Congress as Representative, and fol- [ towed with two m the U. S | Senate, where his service on the com- mittee on foreign relations during the contest over the peace treaty made him & national figure. In his recent addresses Mr. Hitehcock has empha- sized the constructive lation of the last Democratic administration Nebraska Democrats are greatly in- terested in the specches being made by Senator James A. Reed. If he comes | here, as he nnounced he intends to :do. local party men will sponsor A meeting in his behalf. The Senator's statements about results of the ca paign slush fund mvestigation are v garded here as good Democratic ¢ palgn material Democrats have composed their differ- ences with the selection of aSsate ticket, headed by former Gov. Chatles W. Bryan, and on which Richaid L Metealf, former Civil Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, is running for U S, Senator. Norrls Supported. Republicans are in the pecullar po- sition of facing support for Senator Nortis for President, after he has been At outs with administration. He has gone on the ticket regularly and piled up a vote that has made him seemingly invineible for whatever he desires Two slates of delegates have been filed, one representing the Nov- | vis-Lowden and possibly Dawes trend while the other follows the old guard melinntions and_ promises party lovalty QEORGE F. FISHER HOOVER FACES CONTEST IN NEW JERSEY PRIMARY Anti-Organization wil Seek to Elect Delegates in All State Districts, Sonctal Diapateh (o NEWARK, N J, March 8 Hoover 13 to have opposition Republican preferential primary May 10 New Jersey 1t ds doubtiul though, whether there Will be a break i the delegatton the Republican or- BAnLaAtion proposes (o send (o Kansas City, solidly 1o By eandidacy Announcement was made (his week that Wi antorganlaamon faction aded by Wil Verdon, Hoboken teader, would seeh 1o elect delegates ol New Jersey distriets he unpledged and - thet be CAmerica Fist Court, Agatnat the Loague of Nations * The opposition (o Hoover 1s - only hew e has the kg I New detney of United States Benator Edge Verdon and ¥ have lon enemies, JOH FARRELL m- Faction The Star Herbert n the slogan wonld e J e Fhey would | Apntust the World | | [mittee 15 battling | man | i 1o the Columblan Womer [ Cotcaran i heen | Havvey MRS. NELLIE TAYLOE ROSS, Former governor of Wyoming, who may make race for Congress. HOOVER'S STRENGTH ARGUED IN WYOMING Sponsors Predict Delegation’s Nine Votes Will Be for Sec- retary. Special Dispateh to The Star, CASPER, WYO.. March 3.—Fore- casts are being made among party leaders strongly favoring Hoover that although Wyoming's delegation of nine will go uninstructed to the Republican national convention, they will all be Hoover supporters. At variance with this prediction is the near insurgent movement in northern Wyoming op- posed to Hoover, and still warm for Lowden. However, the passing of weeks apparently strengthens Hoover senti- ment _in this State, and by th> the State convention is held i the belief is cxpressed that Pep: <upport for the Secretary of Commerce wiil have been pretty much solidified. Newspaper talk by Democratic ed:- ors the past two weeks in favor drafting” former Gov. Nellie T: loc Ross as candidate for Congress, to team with Senator John B. Kendrici. who it is expected will again make the race for the Sena revives earlier statements that the Nation's first woman governor might b2 induced to enter the arena. To date there have boan no_serious proposals other than this of Democratic congressional can- didates. In advocacy of Mrs. Ross for Con- press, leading Dem ts advance th argument that she would be an o tanding candidate and with Senator Kendrick a combination would thus be formed which could cause a mA- terial defection from Republican ranks to the certain defeat of her opponent Representative Charles E. Winter. !d he receive the primary nomina- for the U. S. Senate for which seat ne has already announced as a candi- date Mrs. Ross. however, h: 2 continued silence matter, her principal ance since her ret having been indor for President. E: NORRIS CAMPAIGNERS INVADE MINNESOTA th IETT FULLER. Headquarters Opened in State. May Prove Blow to Low- MINNEAPOLIS. Formation of a opening of headqua K& Senator in this State, new complication into_th situation t The Norrl nus Johnson in ator Thomas D. . He savs S ator Norris has given consent by lon distance telephone for the use of his nam: in Minne: ment by Mr. Hughes for the ation eppeals for Nebraska man contest again friend who opposes Volstead act affitiated with the Farmer-Labor pe t mnto the Republican cau and support Norris, sinee t g any hand in p as a dry ering with the campalgn may have some ackfire on Frank O. 1 but the Norris men have no or tion, and it 1s doubtful whether how up with many delegates. Chairman Claude H. MacKenzie of the Lowden committee, announces that he has recetved pledges of Lowden sup- port from all the candidates for cone ventton de m four of the con- sresstonal districts, and that they are sure of obtaining Lowden instru tions in the State convention and nearly all the districts n Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis, the Hoover-Lowden figh almost lost sight of i a factiona battle for control National Comumit- teeman W. F. Brooks, in spite of his eflorts 10 remain neutral. 18 betag dragged info the contest. His triends are trying to gain control of the coun iy committee, and the county com- for re on and carrying the fight agatnst Mr. Brooks, though they have no candidate yet agaiist him for national committee- The present county commitiee s lining up for Hoover The eftort to form a Reed or ton has been dropped. and A MeDermott of New Otleans, after spend mg A week fn the § has gone on o Michigan. He left with the stale- ment that the Reed forees hops the Minnesota Democratic delegates will have Reed for thetr seeond chatee, con- ceding that their fest cholee i 4 mith CHARLES B, CHENEY BRITTEN WILL SPEAK. Representative to Address Colum- blan Women on World Peace. “The Relation of the Amertean Navy o World Peace” W the title of an ad- dress that will be delivered by Repre- entative Fred A Britten of Rinots, Tepublican member of e Howse vom miftee on naval aftatis, AL & weeting W be held W ek Tieaday the Mall at & o Maich 6 ME BHen Wil tace the history ot (e Perce MOvement #y 1t has been Mienced by the Uited States and its Navy and will endemvot o show that PEEPATCAIEN 18 11 D0 sense antago WAL (0 the prineiple of world peace The Columbian Women s composed of alumuae and wives o (he faculty of Geoige Washington University, Mys organisation, ' committee Wiley 18 president of the ‘ w Definite Political Lineups WADOD RENEWS ATTACK ON SHITH Prohibition Issue Raised De- spite Efforts of Gov- ernor’s Sponsors. Special Dispateh to Tha Star, ALBANY, N. Y., March 3.—No mat- ter what Gov. Smith's c-mpaign man- agers may want to know on the gues- tion of prohibition—no matter how v some of them may want to *the matter and take as rorllers by a new flare-up. not only of pro- hibition, but also of the old party so: the Smith-McAdoo breach. = McAdon resumed the tiff this time when he tonk up once more his attack on the gov- ernor’s prohibition views. As for Smitn there was no repiy forthcoming. The McAdoo broadside came out o New York City. where there was m; public a resume of an article in the March Review of Reviews by the for- mer Cahinet officer which he ed that the only and fundamen hibition issue is” “Shall a State permitted to disrezard any part of Constitution which 1t elects not obey?" Refused Obedience. Mr. McAdoo went on to say: “Polics enforeement is the principal and mal function of the State governments Deprived of the effective co-operatinn of ‘police organizations of the State- the amendment becomes a nuility. T! is what happened In New York and Maryland Ithough each of States ratified the amendment helped to put it in the Coi they refuse co-operation; th obedience.” Mr. McAdoo’ | governor s re: the nat f buttal. Some time ago he resumed th old quarral begun during the 1324 na- tional convention in New York w.'h an attack on the governor's conte: that the States do not need a special enforcement act on prohibition and that the Volstead ac* is real the statutory code of each of St.ith's reply to that w latest thrust at laws of ths Uat ance thereof shall be the su- Federal law Refuses to Dcbate. Gov. Smith put his foot down firmis ©n any answer to the Reviow of Reviews article I do not long- wita ar d to enter into any bate on prohibition " he said. s nor Republicans Demacrats moved frem a receivers cases W INDIANIANS WARY OF HOOVER ENTRY Watson Managers Keep Sharp Lookout for Movement in those and Ch: concerned he Watson ey a tieh, forny Hoover's Wil pull a las teave thent with a ands Qood A has tew ¢ t Do SUFPENING (0 3¢ A petit A0 or mor \l s would March 8 Mght questing that Hoovers a on the primary Indtana s i tor an Hoover onane side and the Lowden and Dawes adviva other I the meantime. Watson w the State's delegatton at Ramsas CHY comvention Nstmasier General New by custom would de e U to a place. bt he ts @ leaning toward Hoover movie v e W tor 1 par BRen e Wi Ve ML favar Benver Thea poblem of what to de with Soi, Wha tesontly was st tons [ af coansplracy o FMeCay Wi a0 strm of demands [sweeping the State asking for Jacksen 110 Testgil, the Watsan people ate doibis | ful af the wisdam of placing him o the delegation HAROLD O FEIOHTNER. an