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LOWDEN GETS BIG | BOOST INILLINOIS Deneen to Vote at-Least 49 of State’s Delegates for Ex-Governor. Special Dispatch to The Star | CHICAGO. I, April 14.-United | States Senator Deneen has emerged | from the April 10 linois primary as| the Republican leader of the State. will be chairman of the Tllinois delega- | 1 the Republican national conven- | t ng at least 49 of the States 61! delegates for Frank O. Lowden. and, in | addition to the Federal patronage of the State which he controls almost alone. h L. Emerson, nominated by 450,000 plurality over Len be the Republican candidate re in control of the State fjon. In addition, Deneen's ave won from the “America | machine of Mayor William Hale | mpson. State’s Attorney Robert E. | Crowe and Senator-reject Prank ith and former Senator William Lori- the most important nominations in powerful Cook County’ A Record Breaker. The primary. with its unusually large lities for the anti-Thompson-Crowe was a record breaker. It t a greater vote on the Re- P de than has ever before been recorded in a local primary election ennan’s slate of delegates ic_national convention h came through with tches, although the solidly pro-Smith. v of both parties will be held April 10 at Springfield for the naming and instructing of delegates at large to the national conventions, 11 Re- publican and 8 democratic. Deneen will be in command of the Republican State convention. will be chosen chair- man of the delegation. according to| o s sy Special Dispatch to The Star. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, APRIL 15 1928—PART 1. owden Gains by Decisive Defeat of Small-Thompson-Crowe Faction in Illinois INDIANA FAVORITE SONS ARE ROUSED Cast Anxious Eyes on Mount- ing Strength of Smith and Hoover. Special Dispateh to The Star. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. April 14. Managers of Senator James E. Watson, candidate for the Republican presiden- | tial indorsement in Indiana, and Evans Woollen, the Hoosier offering for the Democratic presidential nomination. | have begun to cast anxious eyes on the steadily mounting toll of deiegates for | Herbert Hoover and Gov. Smith. Each | camp is fearful, although rot publicly admitting the fact, that unless Hoover | and Smith are stopped, the Indiada | favorites may never get a chance to| show in their respective national con- wventions. The Watson camp is not alarmed | about what Indiana will do in the pri- | mary May 8, for they firmly believe the | tor will sw tate against | TATIVE DICKINSON | | lowa Strength of New York- er Seen Sufficient Without Contested Districts. Of lowa, who has toured Indiana. speak- | ing in support of Secretary Hoover's candidacy. o o - | Sena veep the Si | | Hoover and that he will have the| State’s 33 votes to start with at Kansas | | City. The Hoover people. likewise, ap- ’Nll’ to be confident, although admit- { ting that their campaign has not at- | tracted the popular support they had | reason to expect it would | | It appeais to be a foregone conclu- | sion that the Hoover managers have abandoned any hope of Sweeping the | State against Watson, but are pinning their faith on showing enough strength | to name district delegates who would | | Swing to Hoover if Watson should re- lease them in the convention. Unless | they are successful! however, in carry- | | ing'a district or two, it is not likely that | | any of the Indiana delegation ever will | | R0 to Hoover even if a break comes. | Political leaders say the only wav in | which the Hoosier delegates, nm\'h‘llnxt present plans materialize, cver will sup- | DES MOINES, Towa, April 14—With | port Hoover will be on' a bandwagon | the announcement from Edwin T. movement. Ready to Back Dawes. resent plans, and his first lieutenant | pereqith, Jowa dry favorite son, that | ¥ O. West of Chicago, secretary of | ho 45 prepared to carry to the national the Republican national committee, 1S | convention his fight over the legality of slated to be national committeeman. 0 | the elaction of pro-Smith delegates | succeed Alien F. Moore of Monticello, | from Jowa, interest in the State Demo- manager of Prank L. Smith's ill-fated | cratic convention here April 20 has genatorial primary cam in 1926.| risen considerably. Mr. Meredith has Vice President Dawes will be a delegate | charged that Smith supporters em- at large if he accepts. Deneen may step | ployed “unfair” and “political tactics” eside to allow the Vice President to be EI the county conventions here April 7. chairman. | which resulted in 533 State delegates Brennan will be in the saddle at the | being named for the New York gov- Democratic State convention and is|emor, while Meredith received the slated to be chosen chairman and to be | pledges of 106. | re-clected national committeeman. | Mr. Meredith lh” u{ke: hope {mfil 3 the fact that only 4 of the State’s DR S —- | congressional districts have definitely The pluralities given Deneen-LOW- | geclared themselves as supporters of | den-Emmerson candidates over those| Gov, Smith. In Iowa, under the unit | of the Thompson-Crowe-Smith-Small- ryle which Prevlfls. not the number of | Lerimer machine, were amazing even | delegates pledged to a candidate but 1o the Deneenites. Emmerson expected | the number of congressional districts o be nominated for Qovernor by 125.- | so pledged will decide the tenor of the | his plurality over running a third term, was 400, The explanation lay in the fact that | the Thompson machine, good for about | According to the favorite son, in a | 000 votes in Cook County, Was statement made in Baltimore, the simply unable to carry on in the face | Smith supporters held {llegal rump of a turnout of what really was a | conventions in addition to the “regular” majority popular vote for the first time | ones in both Polk and Woodbury coun- | since Thompson began controlling pri- | ties, which are the controlling ones n | maries in Cook County. | the’ seventh and eleventh districts, re- | Heretofore Thompson successes have ively. The Smith men, however, | been gained with & 40 to 45 per cent | counter with the claim that their con- | vote. This primary showed in excess of | ventions in these two counties were | %5 per cent vote. Frank Smith was| made up of the legally elected county | beaten by Otis F. Glenn by 225,000: delegates and are, therefore, entitled to | s seats in the State convention. Growe dost o John A. Swanson bY| SL7 ereditivs threat is virtually this "‘““'c:,.‘fim’ unm on E;.,..,h thereby overcoming the inertia of un- | church organizations. Throughout the |instructed delegates in their respective | city for six weeks the churches had | districts and swinging those districts Been intensively organized. On Easter | 10 Smith, he will contest the regularity Sinday, _ before Tuge _congregations, | of the Iowa delegation at Houston. > | m an unprejus ew] , how- many pastors not only urged members | TRoR, 80 WIRRERI BEVPOTL vt of the churches to get out and vote on | the seventh and eleventh districts will the sucoeeding Tuesday. but to wote 10| ® Cory Be give Smith supporters ciean up the bad situation existing in | o8 sed | control of the State convention. Smith Dok Comty N {has the unquestioned support of the | on the Crowe-Thompson machine. : | second, third, fourth and tenth dis- This huge turnout gives reason for | Fol® 0%, Pt and Afth have | reflection for thoss who would say that . | been conceded to him by all but Mr. | Cook County and Chicago will be eal- | \ooqith and his most ardent followers. s it ity tieket et November. A arge | 10 both e irst and Al the major: s ity of instru elega clong to B oot senttment used 10|00, 1n the first he has 56 delegates, Osient Piber 2 | Meredith 11 and 45 are uj { - ninstructed candidates is ary. and much of I ‘eS| o pequently Smith needs but one of | logan of the Poompaonites was “Ameria Firsi | the uningirucied votes to_ assure’ him. e - itrict’'s support, while Wets Against World Court Drys. the most that Meredith can hope for is Thompson Wins 15. to split the district’s two delegates. On that siogan, with “draft Coolidge” Soas Bl Dbetacte. #s his war cry, Thompson won 15 of | the 20 Cook County deiegate seats, but In the fifth Smith kas 59, Meredith 3 of the 15 delegates elected under 15 and 53 are uninstructed. Stxty-four his banner say they will not oppose are necessary for a majority. In this Lowden in the nstional convention. ' case, Smith needs to gain but five of | Lowden carried all of the 15 down- ' the uninstructed delegates, while Mere- state districts. making his total 35 for | dith must obtain the support of 49 of the State, and 38 if the three Thomp- the 53 uninstructed delegates to win sonites make good on their Lowden the 's two delegates. With | promizes {these two districts, in addition to the | With the 11 delegates at large which, | four definitely pledged to him, Gov. | under Deneen control, the State con- | Smith would have control of the con- vention will give % Lowden, the Illinols | vention, with 12 of the 22 district dele- favorite son wilf save a minimum of (gates, and the strength to name the 49 wotes. Cold-.arkey politicians ex- |four delegates at large. | pect the 10 remaining Thompsonites to , Controlling the deciding six districts, | make their peace with Deneen and it would naturally follow that the Emmerson on the price of support of Smith forces in the convention would Lowden. while it 1§ doubt- scat those delegates from Polk and ful that Thoggson, the eleventh, will Woodbury counties that were allied atiend the o gyention. Hence Lowden- With them ftes look for g soud vote of 61 It 15 in this event, apparently, that | Lowden's 1 ame was the only one on Mr. Meredith would contest the Iowa | the baliots 17 presidential preference. delegation to the national convention. | ¥ was giver s total of nearly 900,000 | As matters now stand Mr. Meredith | yotes, while 2,599 wrote in the name of did not receive sufficient pledges to as- President Coolidge sure himself of the control of any of PAUL R. LEACH. | congressional districts. Delegates from | | the sixth and eighth districts are pre- | : S dominately uninstructed and none of HULL'S SPONSORS EYE |1 s diic e, 302 NEIGHBORING smes‘;‘“"fl“""' O R RN Predict He Will Have More Thnn’LOWDEN AND HOOVER Even Chance to Get Mississip- : STRENGTH FACES TEST; | i pi Delegation e Conventions Attacked. | | | Montana Central Committee Meets | Wednesday—Sentiment May 1 neighboring Btates has | Be Revealed. nverest of political lesders in | Specdal Dispateh to The Star juhsired of his own Svatet| HELENA. Mopt, April 14.—The first S e 5y | ine_on_the 1flative strength of the s and Miseissipp | adherents of Herbert Hoover and for- stor Jim Feed's Lowden of Tllinois in Mon- T eflers of stirring up an inter- | 1ana will be had here Wednesday eially Gormant four months | When the Republican State central ational conventy e spoke | committee 15 o meet under call of Mempnis and Nashville i | Blate Chairman Frank A, Hazelbaker He had no sooner left | of Dillon Than leaders began to ook | While the session is called primarily i prepare s get ready for the |10 €lect & Republican national com- il ol { mitteeman and otherwise tn arrange Miseis for the campaign, the Hoover-Lowden test is very likely to develop. Dr. 0. M. Lanstrum of Helena, in- cumbent nationsl committeeman, 15 & candidate for re-election. There has been talk that ‘T, A. Marlow of Helena, former commitieeman, would like the place again, and he may oppose Lan- strum. Lanstrum is the right-hand man of Joseph M. Dixon of Missouls, former United States Senator and former gov- ernor, now & candidate for the Benate, ‘They are understood 1o favor Ho wnd, while the committee may not ne regards indorsement of & natio nominee, victory for the Dixon forces foe EMPHIS t to Tennesses | Mer Gov i v wet within the next weeks, Judge Hull has friends among Mississipp) predicied that he will have more L &n even chance v get the Missiseippi Instructions. Arkensas hiss aireedy soed, and though her dele- 6 A Unie uced, one of the dele- lee, & Jesaing politician in Arkenses. responsibie r twe Vhiree pome wer Jewders, wnd 107 the statement thet 90 cent of them tavor Gov. Al Bmith Beoretary of Commerce Hoover will prestige, in Ternessee A the wd- inistration eonVinues 1o stlack the A oontrol legislation, ‘This will not Been thet he wiil fall 1o get Tennessce's e al Kanses City. J. W. Taylor, na- sz.. commitieeman and Republican 1410/ Tennessee, 16 out publicly #4r Hoover and Mr. Teylor will be able W pwing the Blate preity much ue he piesses. THOMAS FAUNTLEROY . win "The Blate convention will meet here v 15 1o instruel deiegates to Kanses City Interest in the Democratic situation of | articulate this week when Representa- | tive Dickinson of Iowa, one of the agri- | | vote. b prove one of the most popular candi- Sl | State: convention. | dates the G. O. P. ever offered and that diana Federation of Farmers, who has | come out publicly against Hoover. | case, its town convention instructing the | & Republican ticket made up of Becre lmy Hoover and Repro coiild perhaps be consirued as & Hoover | If present plans are carried out, the Indiana delegates will stick to Watson | so long as he has a chance and then | probably will go to Frank O. Lowden. If the Illinoisian falters, they are pre- pared to go to Vice President Dawes. | There is no secret about this arrange- | ment; the Hoover headquarters has conmented on it. but the arrangement seems to satisfy everybody except those who favor the Secretary of Commerce. | A subject that has been on the minds | several Indiana leaders was made cultural leaders in Congress, came to the State for a series of speeches. He redicted that if Hoover is nominated e will lose Indiana by a substantial ‘The Hoover managers countered y asserting that the Secretary would | he would sweep the State by the cus- | tomary Republican majority. Dickinson was sent into the purely | gricultural districts to arouse still | further the farmer uprising against Hoover. He was welcomed to the State by W. H. Settle, president of the In- Watson on Stump. Senator Watson returned to the State | this week and opened his campaign with a ) at Winchester, his birth- X there he plans to go into he thirteenth and twelfth districts, where the Hoover st h _appears strongest. Watson, -following his an- nounced plan, refrained from mention- ing his opponent, but s ub- licanism and dwelt at length on farm relief bills, which he has supported in mas rt, regarded as the sponsor of the Woollen movement, does | not l’ppenr alarmed over the growing | list of Smith delegates. It is known that Taggart is friendly with the Smith | leaders and it is not likely, if Indiana votes are needed to put the New York Governor over, that Taggart would hold | out for any length of time. He nas | rlnned his hopes, however, on a dead- lock, which would swing the convention to a Middle Western man and he be- leves Woollen stands in a strategic position if Smith cannot go across. HAROLD C. FEIGHTNER. | | CONNECTICUT LISTS SMITH DELEGATES Town Caucuses, Naming Slates for | State Convention, Indorse New Yorker. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARTFORD, Conn., April 14.—State- wide town caucuses for selection of dele- gates to the Democratic State conven- tlon were held last Tuesday and in & number of instances delegates were pledged for Gov. Smith, despite the fact that there will be practically noth- ing but Smith sentiment in the con- ventjon. Bridgeport was an outstanding delegates for Smith by a vote of 60 to 6 Instructions were also given in some towns to vote for certain candidates for delegates. It is clear that there is keen competition for prominent places in the leadership of the Smith movement in the State, with possible thoughts of patronage in event that the New York Governor is nominated and elected. Veterans to Attend, The Democratic State convention, to be held May 2 and 3, will be attended by many veterans in the organization The convention will have ncreased number of women delegates over that of the corresponding convention of 1924— a fact which, in connection with the re- cent demand for equal representation for women in the selection of the dele- gates 1o Houston, clearly Indicates that the male party leaders will have a difi- 10 sidetrack the other sex, Although the Hartford city election was held April 3, Democrats have not yet given up, but have applied for & urt order for the reopening of the voting machines and recanvassing of the vote. ‘Their candidate for mayor was defeated by less than 300 and the discrepancies between the eheck lsta and the machine figures total about the same number, On April 10 New Britain held 15 ety election and it crumb of comfort to the Democrats, as they elected their mayoralty candidate by approximately the same plurality as was given o the Republican nominee in Hartford Arouses Mild Interest. The declaration of Representative ‘Tremdway of Mussachuseits in favor of entative Tilson of this Btate, which has provoked a controversy In the Ray Btate, has -nl:wd only mild interest in Connecti cut, The Republican State convention will be held April 1 d 17 in this eity, There 18 no change g the plan to send an uninstructed delegation to Kaneas City and it will doubtless give its vole o President Coolldge, unless the Presi- dent makes the positive statement that he will not accept & renominstion, H. 1, HORTON, 'PROGRESSIVISM WINS cult problem on their hands if they try | gave & is low for the preseni, the Democrats heving formally put forward Senator ndidate. pragidential ca wfi W THAY KR oy cen't two pereons singing s wn:l 3 in helf {ne time thet L would Walsh as their one W 4o L7 Mt . s < ‘ Pifty thousand mary schools of ¥y by rheumatic hear ing Lo & recent report, nd dise affected attending state pri- | ha THE WEEK IN POLITICS Summary of National Developments Based on Reports From The Star's Special Correspondents and Staff Writers. The outstanding development in the fleld of politics during the last week was the overthrow of the ma- chine which has dominated Re- publican affairs in Tllinois for years. This means, according to the re- ports of The Star's special political correspondents, & real gain for former Gov. Frank O. Lowden of linols in his race for the Re- publican presidential nomination. It is now conceded that Mr. Lowden will have at least 49 of the 61 dele- gates which Tllinois will send to the Republican national convention in June. Earlier in the year, with his old enemies, Gov. Len Small and Mayor “Big Bill” Thompson of Chi- cago, in the saddle, it looked as though Mr. Lowden might have not more than half or even less of the State delegation. The results in Illinois have been observed with no little interest in other States. The Lowden support- ers in several of the States have been greatly encouraged, this being true in several of the Midwest States and in some of the States of the South. On the other hand, the ease with which the “machine” was overturned by an aroused people in Tllinois has sent cold shivers down the spines of some of the Indiana Republican machin:, headed by Senator “Jim" Watson, a candidate for the presidential nomination and the contender in his State against Secretary Herbert Hoover for the 33 delegates from Hoosierdom. The machine politicians in Indiana have been confident they would eleet a full Watson slate and obtain the preference vot2 for their candidate. But Illinois has given them some- thing to think about, particularly as political scandals have not been confined to the Illinois side of the State line. T ‘The victory of the reform forces in Illin {3 places Senator Charles 8. Deneen in the saddle. In some quasters it has been suggested he might yet be a contender for the Republican nomination for Presi- dent, notwithstanding the fact that Lowden and Vice President Dawes are both considered Illinois’ out- standing candidates at the present time. Deneen will head the dele- gation to the Republican national convention and cast its votes for Lowden, unless Vice President Dawes should consent to be a delegate at large and head the delegation him- self. ayor Thompson of Chicago succeeded in electing only 15 dele- gates to the national convention in his “draft Conlldfe" campaign, and three of these will not oppose Low- den, and it is not unlikely that more will swing to Lowden by the time of the convention. * ox % Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York is assured of practically a solid delegation from Illinois at the Houston convention, with George Brennan in control. The huge vote rolled up against the wet ticket of Thomrson in Chicago, however, does not give the Democrats much hope of carrying Illinols for Smith in November, if he be the party nom- inee. The drys and the.church }nnple are held largely responsible or the defeat of Thompson's ticket. Reports that Smith will have the Oklahoma delegation are challenged by the managers of Senator “Jim" Reed of Missouri. They insist that 14 out of the 20 delegates chosen will be for Reed. Smith’s control of the Iowa delegation is challenged by E. T. Meredith, the favorite-son candidate, but it appears that the Smith people will dominate the State_convention, and that in the end Smith will have practically the entire delegation from that State. Gov. Smith's absence from New York—he is taking a two-week va- cation in North Carolina—has slow- ed down Democratic politics in the State, -lth*uh on April 17 the State committee I} to meet and something more may be done about putting for- ward the governor as a national candidate. The Republicans are bending their efforts toward defeat- ing the Democratic State ticket this year. They will not have Al Smith to defeat for governor, although he IN NEBRASKA VOTING Republican Delegation Contains at Least 12 Representatives of Norris Faction. Special Dispatch to The Star OMAHA, Nebr, April 14 Republican a delegation to the Kansas City con- vention that contains least 12 rep- resentatives of the ris faction of the party, and which Gov. McMullen, head of he ticket, asserts will support the essential principles of the McNary- Haugen “bill, Old guard Republicans have five delegates and two unindorsed, with leanings to conservatism In so doing, after a sensational bat- tle by Benator Norris on the stump, a week in duration, the rank and file of the party turned down Attorney Gen- eral O. 8, Spillman, candidate tor the seat now helc by Senator Howell, thereby Indorsing progressivelsm by a party majority of 20,000 or more. Sen- ator Howell, after coming to Nebraska n few weeks before the primary, made no speeches, letting the contest resolve itselfl into one in his behalf by his colleague. ‘The outcome therefore is an indorsement of Norris in opposition to the nationai administration. ‘The State's preference vote went to Benator Norris, and the entire delegation will give him support for a time After that, at least 12, and perhaps one of the not pledged, will turn o a candi- date supporting farm relief first of all The remainder of the State’s 10 Re- publican delegates will then align themselves with the administration group. GEORGE F. FIBHER, NEW JERSEY SPONSORS CAMPAIGN FOR HOOVER Nebraska special Dispateh (o Thy Slar NEWARK, N. J, April 14 --New Jersey Republicans are taking for ranted the nomination of Herbert Hoover, Organization was completed this week of the Hoover Clubs of New Jersey, Inc, active commitiee al the head of the Btate-wide :m;; includes such men and women ward D, Duffield, gruldent of the Prudential Insurance pany of America; Dr, John Crler Hibben, president of Princeton Univers sity, and Mrs, John D. Mrr‘. u vice nl: L:man of the Republican Btate com« mittee, Representative Fort of tha ninth dis- trict 1s dividing his time hetween Wash- ington and w Jersey directing the Hoover activities in the 8 Olubs an ve heen for) in maost of the lai in behalf of voters this week selected | may head the Democratic national ticket. But in a presidential year the Republicans hope to be able to take the governor into camp. * ok ok x ‘The managers of Evans Woollen, Indlana’s candidate for the Demo- cratic presidential nomination, are worried over the progress which Gov. Smith has been making in other States. . If Smith cannot be stopped quickly they fear Woollen will have no chance for the nomination. The veteran “Tom" * Taggart, former Senator, is supporting Mr. Woollen, but it is understood he has never been hostile at heart to Smith. The Progressives in Indiana generally speaking are linking up for Mr. Hoover and in opposition to Watson and hls machine Delaware and Connecticut Re- publicans are reported still strong for President* Coolidge, but with much Hoover second cholce support. The Delaware State convention is to be held Tuesday. Both States are expected to send uninstructed dele- gates to the Republican national onvention. The Connecticut dele- gation to the Demacratic convention will be strongly pro-Smith. A In Ohio the candidacy of Vice President Dawes for the presidential nomination is trotted out into the open. In one district the Willis delegates, it is announced, will sup- port Dawes as their first choice, now that Senator Willis is dead. In an- other district, where the Willis delegates have given Senator Curtis of Kansas as their second choice, it is announced they will go to Dawes when the time is ripe. Two farm leaders in the State have come out for Mr. Hoover, and one Hoover leader, former Attorney General Crabbe, has gone over to the Willis camp. It is estimated now that Hoover will have 27 of the Ohio delegation and his opponents 24. ‘The campaign in Pennsylvania is apathetic on the Republican side, except where there are contests for Congress. Senator David A. Reed appears assured of renomination. A few of the delegates to the national convention will be pledged to Hoover, but the great bulk will go where Secretary Mellon says, and so far Mr. Mellon has said nothing. As in Ohio the primary takes place in Pennsylvania April 24. Nebraska progressive Republicans, under the leadership of Senator Norris, won a victory at the pri- maries last Tuesday. The preference vote goes to Norris, although he has but 12 of the 17 delegates pledged to him. The conservatives have 5 and 2 are said to lean toward the conservatives. ' Senator Ho has been renominated. will send a solid delegation to Houston for former Senator Hitchcock, a favorite son. * % %% In New Jersey the Hoover activity is great, and his friends are predict- ing his nomination. The Jersey delegation will be all his, it is re- ported. In South Dakota the Hooverites are forming clubs and seeking to build up a sentiment that will give Hoover much second choice strength after the delegation shall have voted for Lowden. A test be- tween Hoover and Lowden is looked for in Montana April 18 when the Republican State committee meets. Smith and Walsh of Montana are contesting for the Oregon delegation, making & wet and dry fight of it. Reed of Missouri is offering also, a Protestant against two Catholics. ‘The Republican State convention in Colorado is to be held Monday, and there too the Hoover and Lowden factions are at war. The Hoover g«op)r claim control. Senator Borah s the support of a solid delegation from Idaho, eleven strong. It is denied that the States delegation has any second choice, although press reports asserted that Mr. Hoover was second cholce. In Wisconsin the La Follette progressives are in the saddle still and threaten to oust the Republican national committeeman and committcewoman at the na- tional convention. Utah will send an uninstructed delegation to Houston, a blow to the Smith people, who looked for instructions for the New Yorker Covyrighted Weton Star 'HOOVER CLUB FORMED BY SOUTH DAKOTANS inepubliclns Seek to Crystallize Sentiment—Newspapers At- tack Secretary. Spacial Dispatch to The Star SIOUX FALLS, 8. Dak. April 14 | With the object of crystallizing Hoover | sentiment among Republicans of South | Dakota, a Hoover-for-President Club of the Black Hills, through efforts of | Dr. R. J. Jacksor“of Rapid City, an admirer of the Secrciary. 1t is thought supporters of Hoover %n otlgr parts of South Dakota will pusi,the &ub move~ ment B A South Dakota Republicips wi favor nomination of the Secretary &p not expect to offset the unmistakably 2irong Frank O Lowden sentimeny in’ the State which resulted in the Ripublizan State convention indorsing the form:ev Governor of Illinols, But, accoréing i their statements, they would like ua_cra ate a sentiment in South Dakota for: Hoover as second cholce of the Soutn Dakota delegation to the Republicen national convention, They figure that Mr. Lowden will be eliminated on some of the early bal- lots and they wish the South Dakota delegation to line up with Hoover Bevernl Republican newspapers of | South Dakota have printed stories op- [ml\lll[ Mr. Hoover on the ground that ho 18 not a friend of the American farmer. One paper even went so far as to say Hoover was born in Canada, thus Ignoring the Federal Constitu- tlon's requirement that the Presldent must be & nativesborn American. To combal these clalms, interests friendly to Mr. Hoover recently flooded the State with pamphlets containing an article by a former president of the American Farm Bureau Federation lauding Mr. Hoover's work in behalf of the farmers of the country and saying that the American farmer has no bet- ter friend than he, ALFRED BURKHOLDER ’ Filipinos to Study Chinese. A movement to urge the study of Ohi- nese and to know more about the;wo o of China has been started in the Philip- glnu following the offer recently made y the Manila Chiness Educational As- soolation to glve free in Filipinos in the Ohinese uage about the Chinese and thelr clvilisa Those back of the larger movement say this will be merely to create an appetite for more infory ing t! 11\1: Ohl jeat of the campalgn Arouse a friendlier feelin tween Chinese and &ht}nph of the Phll- - o the PROGRESSIVES WAR ONCOMMITTEEMAN Wisconsin Group Plans to Askl Unseating of Vits When Con-; vention Opens. | teh to The Star. MADISON. Wis, April 14—With control by the Progressives of the Wis- | consin delegation to the Republican national convention a certainty, the | Progressives are now making plans tc unseat George Vits, Republican nationa | committeeman from Wisconsin. | | _When the Wisconsin delegation ar- |rives at Kansas City, the Progressives will recommend to the national conven- | tion that Herman L. Ekern, former | attorney general and chairman of the | Progressive delegate campaign, be | named to supplant Mr. Vits. This | recommendation is certain to be made, | since 17 of the delegates elected are | | progressives and only nine are con- | | servatives. | Would Replace Woman. | Recommendation will also be made | by the progressives that Mrs. Harry E. Thomas be replaced as national com- | mitteewoman . from Wisconsin. Both Mr. Vits and Mrs. Thomas belong to |the conservative group and both were active supporters of the conservative delegate candidates. | It is certain that the nine conserva- GEORGE VITS, Republican national committeeman from Wisconson, whom the Progressives | will seek to unseat at Kansas City. WASHNGTON STAT |the Sesating. of Me. Vise: aad pians | IS SWEPI BY SM"H hropoeals to e loadors ot e Bepani | Democratic Convention Puts 14 Votes Under Unit | can national convention to make pos sible the retention of Mr. Vits as na- tional committeeman. | " The conservatives may decide to sub- | mit a minority report to the convention Rule. | favoring Mr. Vits' retention and then |let the convention choose between that | teport and the majority report recom mending Mr. Ekern. Fill Two Vacancies. Special Dispatch to The Star. SPOKANE. Wash., April 14.—Wash- 1ington State Democrats have gone over | has been organized at Rapld City, east | | lected as members of the Republican | committee to fill the two Wisconsin time of the convention in June. Be- | gation, the progressives will name the resolution at the Republican convention, {and this will give the progressive groun an opportunity to submit a minority | platform_to the convention favaring | Senator Norris of Nebraska for Presi- | dent and favoring the planks ad by the progressives during the ds | campaign. WILLIAM J. EVJUE. - CALL FOR APRIL 30 ?National Committee to Meet in Capital to Set Up Organization. By thy Associated Press. | Mr. Vits and Mrs. Thomas were se- | | vacancies on the committee until the | cause they control the Wisconsin dele- | ‘Wisconsin member of the committee on | the top for Gov. Al Smith, the first of the Pacific Coast States to so elect and | action was taken here last night when pleted its work. ]‘ronowrrsv One, a delegate from the southwestern part of the State, or the third congressional district, Smith. but the convention as one of the last acts placed the delegation | under the unit rule, by a vote of 361 | vocated | 10 137, which is fairly representative | elegate Of the political alignment of the State delegates. Senator Dill is on the dele- gation and is listed as anti-Smith. | Committee Re-elected. | national committee by the State central | instruct their national delegations. This | the State Democratic convention com- | Of the 14 votes 12 are strong Smith | is anti- | ALABAMANS BOOM LOWDEN' STOCK Hoover’s Foes Jubilant Over Racial Issue Involving Secretary. Special Dispateh to The Star. MONTGOMERY, Ala, A 1 Lowden Republicans in Alabama elated over the Illinois election re: They see in the defeat of Big Bill Thompson a chance for the former governor of that State to go int Kansas City convention with a s backing and predict his nomina Another cause for jubilation in ranks of the anti-administration forces was the news from Washington that Secretary Hoover had bowed to negro, as one newspaper headline st: ed, in abolishing the segregation order in the Census Bureau. They see in this act the death knell to Hoover's | chances of developing as a party lead- er who can break intothe solid South They realize that if the Republican party is to capture electoral votes fr Southern States, the party put forward a candidate who not “pander” to the negro. Administration forces are not weakening om Hoov | but confidently predict nominat: | and election over Gov. Smith, | they concede, will be the Democ: | nominee. Fight Over Street. The fight within the ranks of the Republican party in Alabama, so far as an outsider can determine, is chieflv on Chairman Oliver D. Streef. That Mr. Street still retains his favored po- sition with the powers that be was demonstrated recently in the reap- pointment of Roy A. Tifsey as postmas- ter at Montgomery, despite opposition from the Lowden forces. In the Democratic ranks, the chief development is the friction within the Prohi-Klan forces. A harmony meeting | held by the Anti-Saloon League in Bir- | mingham the past week was not as har- | monious as had been hoped. The effort | to eliminate all dry candidates for | gates to the Democratic national con- vention from the State at large, except the hand-picked four, proved fruitless. Bowie Withdraws. While Sidney J. Bowie, through friend, Fred M. Jackson. has announ his intention of withdrawing from the race, his name has already beenl printed on the official ballot. Mr. Jackson is a prominent leader in the Anti-Saloon League. The withdrawal of Mr. Bowie leaves a vacancy in the list of four horsemen picked to beat Smith. Just which of the remaining aspirants will | receive the favor of the Prohi-Klan hand picker is uncertain. The Alabama friends of Smith are | 1 George F. Christensen, present na- Sitting back and watching the row with | tional committeeman, and Mrs. Eliza- | interest. | beth D. Christian, national commit- | t named chairman of the national dele- gation by those members after the con- i\-entlon adjourned last night. eewoman, were re-elected unanimously. | James 'Geraghty of Spokane was | tric Eight delegates from at large with | one-half vote each were selected in- stead of using alternates. The Democrats held the largest con- | vention in attendance the party has ever convened. It was an enthusiastic | ed | Smith gathering, and the pi Smith slate went over without a hitch after the caucuses had smoothed out all troubles. While the Democrats were .holding forth. the Hoover supporters of Spokane | A call for a meeting of the com. County were preparing to send a strong | mittee on arrangements on April 30 Hoover delegation to the State con- in Washington was issued yesterday by | vention. the Democratic national committee. | At this meeting a temporary organi- | zation for the Houston convention will | be set up, Including the selection of a temporary chairman to deliver the | | keynote address. ‘The committee is composed of Jesse H. Jones of Texas. chairman: Norman E. Mack, New York; W. A. Julian, | Ohio; Clarles A. Greathouse, Indiana; Mrs. Emily Newell Urey Woodson, Kentucky: Spellacy, Connecticut: New Jersey: FPurnifold M. Simmons. North Carolina: Cordell Hull, Tennes- see; Isadore Dockwiler, . Californi Genevieve Clark Thomson, Lu ana: George E. Brennan, Illinois: Bruce remer, Montana; John S. Cohen, Georgia; John Barnett, Colorado: Mrs. Florence Farley, Kansas: Arthur Mullen, Nebraska: Scott Ferris, Oklahoma: | Mrs. Leroy Springs. South Carolina | Howard Bruce, Maryland; Mrs. Dorothy | Jackson, New Hampshire, and - Miss Alice Cordell, Arkansas. Two former Democratic bearers. Tom standard | Claude J. Bowes. one of the editors Blair, Missouri: | g, * | Senator Dill James M. Cox of Ohio and| John W. Davis of West Virginia, and | ‘o Name Delegation. King County, the largest in the State, will name its State delegation next Sat- urcay, and Pierce County, the third key territory, will name its. Al will be 13 to 1 for Hoover, assuring a 100 per cent Hoover delegation the State convention and this means a national Hoover delegation. ormer Unitel States Senator Poin- tor will reach here Tuesday to start his campaign for the scat now hold by Poindexter will find that Judge Kenneth Mackintosh. his op- D qent, h°s the field fairly well organ- ized with many of the former Poindex- ter fallowers. JAMES DE K. BROWN. SOUTH CAROLINA IS FIRM AGAINST WET CANDIDATE Dry Element of Democratic Party in State Campaign to Stir Up Support. | of the New York World, are among special Dispateh to The Star. | those mentioned for the temproary and | permanent chatrmanships. \GOFF GAINS SUPPORT OF WEST VIRGINIANS ‘Sennrnl"s Candidacy Wins Favor. Houston G. Young Reveals Hoover Sentiment. Special Dispateh to The Star dential preference primary campaign in his home State is being more favorabl. torial and individual opinion is that the junior Senator probably will be un- be has a chance to be nominated. ‘The surprise which attended the Goft decl: fon was due to the fact that the favorite son movement, launched some time ago with a fine showing ot rength, oul dly had disappeared and the impression prevalent that Senator Goft had ordered the brakes applied. The early reaction in Charles- plon to the announcement of his candi- dacy was In a degree unfavorable and éartain prominent supporters of Hoover and Lowden were prompt to register their displeasure by saying publicly that the names of their choices would be entered for the May primary regard- less of the Goff action. Former Secretary of State Houston G. Young of Charleston displ d his disapproval by filing s delegate at large and announcing that it elected he would vote for Hoover. He was the first of about 30 delegate candidates to express a cholce, It I8 a falrly reasonable assumption that neither Hoover nor Lowden will compete with Senator Cloff in West Virginla. Many of Lowden's foremost supporters are also stanch friends of Senator Goff and they would hardly desert a home friend for one from an- other State. Comment on the candi- ducy s not all of the same tenor, but the commontators are A{’rmt upon one point-—that Senator Goff is the peer of anv candidate in the field for the nom- Ination, The itinerary for the l‘yulh of Senator Reed in West Virgin week has been changed shortened. He will Monday Parker ednesday. Later in the month he Wwill veturn to the State for several more speeches LYNN KIRTLAND, One safety expert says that most ae- aldenta attributed vaguely to caveless. ness ean bhe tr to bad eyeaight, alooholism, fatigue, undernourishment o other apecific oauses, o g trip viewed each day and the welght of edi- I* is not because of religiou oppos:d and that the delegation will, Walsh and stick to him at Kansas City so longeas | enthuslastic: 1 | | COLUMBIA, S. C., April 14.—It can- not be said that South Carolina is pre- | paring to break away from the Demo- | cratic fold, but it is almost certain that | her delegation to the Democratic na- tional convention will be instructed to vote against any wet nominee. A man high in political circles of the State has declared that against a wet nomines by the Democratic party the State could be carried for Lowden, should he be | nominated by the Republicans. There would not be the same bac! |ground for Hoover. but a large break- away from the Democratic vote in the CHARLESTON, W. Va, April 14— State could be easily induced if there The entry of Senator Goff in the presi- Should be a wet candidate nominated by the Democrats. At the present this | means opposition to Gov. Al Smith, but lines, for in the fously vote for Senator i i“t\uld support him v who would not will y vote for Gov. Smith. by | The prohibition element in the Dem- ocratic party has organized and made an address to the people of the St It is, of course. determined in its position to any wet candidate, but it Roes further and asks the State Demo- rr-lnur convention to amend' the party rules so As to permit one to participate in the State Democratic prlmlnu‘:\u not be bound to support the national nominees of the Democratic party. FITZ HUGH McMASTER. the majority of the Demoera State would gr: {WOMEN’S G. 0. P. LEAGUE TO RECLASSIFY MEMBERS Personnel Hereafter to Be Known as Active, Associate and-~ Sustaining Groups. A reclassifioation h of t O Dy of the membership Republican Women as agreed upon at a nmtu\K u ‘x‘\’ln‘ltt:;ln hld:u'. Hy f‘ u’: comprise active, assool sustaining members, - The committee was called togeth by the newly elected n:."l;:. Edward A, Harriman. It was deoided to accept an invitation of Mrs, J. Davis, wife of the Secretary of bor. to hold the next meeting, 7, at her hame. guests league on that ocoamon will be officers _of the Woman's Rej Clubs of Maryland and inla, The speaker will be announced later. Mrs. Harriman has just succeeded Mis. Virginia White 1 as president af the league. 8he iy Wite of Praf, Hurrimng.m Instructor in international law at Nrs. Speel is the founder — of the league and served as t for 18 wmwm Mrs. darviman oF many i None of the candidates for delegate from the State at large and only one or two from congressional dis- ts are avowed Smith adherents. No name will appear on the ticket as a candidate for the presidential nomina- tion. The primary takes place May 8, ATTICUS MULLIN. TUG OF WAR STAGED BY SMITH AND WALSH Wet and Dry Democrats Face Ore- gon Showdown—Reed May Benefit. Speeial Dispateh to The Sta PORTLAND, Oreg.. April 14—Tnter- est in the Oregon primary situation is now confined to watching the tug of war between the supporters of Gov, Smith and Senator Walsh. It amounts virtually to a_showdown between the wet and dry Democrats with the Re- publicans watching the performance with interest Most of the candidates for delegate express a preference for Smith, but the Walsh group have drawn up a slate and expact to elect it. none of the can- | didates for delegate have announced themselves for Reed. The opinion of political obsorvers is that the vote Reed receives in the primaries in Oragon be from such Democrats. who refuse to vote for on religious grounds. of the Democratic party. Reed offers a way out Several of the Democratic candidates for presidential elector are running with a Smith slogan. For the first time in 20 vears a Democratic banner is stretched across a street in Portland, and it has {been sponsored by the Smith organi- | zation. | was filed Friday. He will A petition placing Secretary Hoovers name on the Republican ry ballot v ve no oppo- sition and the 13 Republicans are in the bag. a full month before the pri- maries are held. JOHN W. KELLY MOODY SEEKS TO BAR NEGATIVE INSTRUCTIONS Texas Governor Starts State-Wide Movement for Harmony Among Democrats. Special Dispatch to The Star AUSTIN. Tex. April 14.—A State- wide harmony movement has been put under way by Gov. Dan Moody, who backing for Prestdent. movement seeks to prevent the negative instructions of delegates against Smith or any one else. and to keep the delegation un- ructed as for candidates. But o | directs a vigorous dry law enforcement i ! | i 1 and the selection of a nominee favor- able to_such enforcement. Gov. Moody. in s this, vigorously opposed to Al Smith declared he would not conform to the ph_!glt‘arn:‘ :;{nmd of Texas, e N ¥ group is the biggest of three definite elements into vhu;!\ Texas Democracy has divided itsel! The next most important s the “eon- stitutional Demoerats,” a combindtion of the ultra-dry and Waman's Chris- tian Temperance Union forces, and the forces carrying a large Klan vote which }‘;\:.\ll\\llrd the tion for MeAdoo T years ago. element demands direct instructions against ‘h.xu' @° Yotes ever being east for Smith. and R TR KR0S ¥ N oy b eed or Ritchie i3 the cam- fight ¢