| Show ER SJ STATES A ns fl EFFECT Of by tion tion n at Houston li t I Predicted 1 telegrams telegram's Political Digest ASHINGTON HINGTON May Governor 7 Governor feith's ith's victory in California last was a leading topic covered e Stars Stars correspondents in weekly dispatches It had its Texas Itin-Texas 1 in Texas where the d business of choosing the forty gl gates tes' tes to the Houston convention I Saturday in in precinct I which named delegates county conventions to be II Tuesday Remaining doubts Governor Smith would be nom nom- fat at Houston seemed to him to have been cast aside Massachusetts the California the Smith forces was lea leading ing to Hons that Smiths Smith's nomination uston would be bo by A J movement is also under M Massachusetts to have Jose Jose- put on the tho Smith tick tick- tick North Carolina the I e of political inter- inter ged in iri a way on the Califor- Califor The refusal of Mr s to consider lendin lending his toga a possible third party pent ent coupled d with his de decla- decla cla- cla he would support the ree ee at t lIL Iii Aston ton was accepted as a tacit dec cec- 1 Mr Daniels that he support Smith wet or dr dry I ni ted CENTERS FENTERS RACE I I ile Judge CordeIl Hull Hun of Ten Ten- I has has entered the North Caro- Caro ac ice for delegates his entry een rather tardy and the Supporters are now talking Jot of an instructed delegation at Houston Smith ent in Virginia it is reported I Arising rising even ev n the Smith mana- mana Straw ballots conducted by lond and and Norfolk newspapers res resulted in an overwhelming race nce for the New York gov- gov Is also manifesting it- it lithe Ninth Virginia district sing southwest Vir Virginia inia casts ca ts more votes than sev- sev other districts combined I I II Smiths Smith's gain In In VIrginia are to leading coding n predictions that thata a u dry movement to take k state form in a resolution at the convention In Roanoke to inie Instruct instruct in- in the ie delegates to vote Vote against against Smith Reed iced or Ritchie will be defeat de- de feat d and the Virginia dele delegation will win go O to Houston uninstructed WOMEN In Oregon with the tho presidential Primaries two weeks awa away the Stars Star's correspondent reports that predictions prediction are being made mad freely of an Instructed Smith delegation and notes as an unique feature of the campaign the exceptional interest manifested by woman voters more moree of e them are aro turning out under the Smith banner this correspondent states states than In any other campaign the nearest approach bein being in in- 1916 when the slogan He lie kept Us out of War Val had its effect South Dakotas delegations may now be DO placed on the Smith and Lowden columns without fear of contradiction contradiction tion as no opposing lists of delegates are in the field Nevadas Nevada's ten delegates delegates dele dele- gates to Houston will be instructed to cast their six votes for Smith according to claims based on rePorts reports rePorts re- re Ports from county conventions Wyoming's delegation it is further prophesied will be Instructed for Smith While most of tho the discussion discus discus- discus dicus- sion this week centered in Smiths Smith's apparent growth in prestige as a result of the California victory the tho Hoover talk in other states Is no less Interesting In Pennsylvania there are hopes that at the caucus of the Republican delegation in Harrisburg Secretary Mellon slated as chairman will see fit to make a speech and give some somo hints as to the lucky recipient of Pennsylvania's Pennsylvania's Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania's vanla's big block of seventy nine nine votes Mr 11 Mellons Mellon's science has made him the mystery man of this campaign so far While it would be enlightening for him to talk it might be poor political strategy and hope that he will say something is stronger than belief that lie will In Ohio the e efforts orts of political leaders are devoted now to calming the troubled waters stirred b by the bitter strife which preceded the Hoover QUARRELING SUBSIDES Most of the quarreling has sub sub- sided An attempt is now being made to send the Hoover and anti- anti Hoover delegates to Kansas City on the same special train and a peace offering is contemplated by the in the form of a place for some SOIne erstwhile opponent on the Republican national committee to tobe tobe tobe be vacant by reason of the announcement announcement announcement cement of Maurice Maschke 1 of Cleveland that he will not ask for re Some Som of the bitterness against Hoover still sUll crops out however however however how how- ever in the forms of editorials hop hopefully rullY pointing out that Mr 11 Coolidge may yet reconsider r and accept accept a nomi nomination atlon or direfully predictions that in the event of Smiths Smith's nomination at Houston he would carry the state against ag I Hoover Missouri Republicans are pictured as having almost given up hope of seeing and wagon band-wagon approach that does not have Herbert Herbert Her rIer- bert Hoover sitting pretty on the drivers box While V the Republican state convention in March endorsed Lowden Vice President Dawes has been the unspoken favorite Tho The Republican leaders have been hopeful hopeful hope hope- ful ful the correspondent says sars of being being being be be- be- be ing able to leave Lowden for Dawes as the vice president gained national support LOWDEN SHOWS GAIN But Lowden and not Dawes has been showing the gain Neither the Hughes nor tho the Dawes boom has shown signs of materializing and the increasing momentum of Hoover is viewed with alarm The Arkansas Arkansas Arkan Arkan- sas correspondent interprets as Amateurish the move made Thursday in the Republican state convention to have the four delegates delegates delegates dele dele- gates at large Instructed for Lowden The move move in the form fonn ofa of ofa ofa a resolution for instructing the the delegates for Lowden was de defeated defeated de- de dej j by 2 5 to 71 Many 1 Lowden supporters opposed to an instructed delegation joined the Hoover adherents in defeating the tion According to present estimates estimates estimates esti esti- mates Mr 11 Hoover can count on a majority of one in tho Arkansas delegation His friends claim for I- I him six of the stat states s eleven d delegates dele delegates legates le- le gates and nd predict a unanimous Vote for the candidate who looks jest Best just before the convention Hoover is now to have the entire etts delegation after alter the first few ballots have given two of its members members members mem mem- bers the opportunity to cast their son favorite-son votes for 01 Governor Fuller Puller according to interpretation of f denial last week by tive Andrew that he was y to Mr Hoover Mr Andrew and J. J Otis Wardwell Were pledged to Governor Fuller but Mr Andrews Andrew's statement is read to mean that he and Mr 1 Wardwell will vill vote for Hoover alon along with the thirty thirty-se en enother en enother other delegates' delegates when the time comes In New Jersey with the delegation virtually assured for Hoover attempts are being ing made to develop a boom for Senator Edge as vice president Such a a. balan balanced d ticket offering both a dry and a wet appeals to Senator Edges friends T convention on en on Wednesday gave Mr l Hoover more voles votes 1 Copyright 1928 by The Washington Star |
