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Delegates Select Now Moot 7 C t Question l Telegram Political Digest l f ASHINGTON i June 4 Some Some of 1 vague gue uncertainty of doubt in lf If of this and that candidate ich descends like a blanket of oft l i s t fog on the eve ve pf national conations cons con con- rations and causes t the e politicians politic ans ansI I 1 liver niver and mumble in their trout trou trou- I sir t id sleep is reflected reacted in m the weeks week's i patches of the Washington correspondents For while iti it tt i seemed a few weeks ago I ll t tithe the die was cast and Hoover i lh the inevitable choice of the publicans at Kansas City the Si 1 etan i days day's have brought an in ins in- in in- in ible ible s change a change a restless whist whis- whis t in in the leaves 4 1 those Thos who were clamoring madly seals eats on his band wagon not notiS tt iS sago go are represented as timor timor- IY with their eye the thee 1 5 e tance nee they must jump to get gett getto t to o the the ground again and the 01 remaining before the nom nom- T l fling tang tin delegates convene draws a aH aR an R n H taco of mystery over what they'll i when the of states stateS' begins t fet It comes to placing a geron eron the cause of this t s spirit of ot Itt kt over aver Hoovers Hoover's chanc chances s at ati i l gds sas City there seems to be Jr 4 te difficulty in locating tho the spot i might night hastily conclude that the I Jd nt's veto eto of the farm bill 1 J fd the beats beans threw the fly 1 In Inh h ointment and placed something fin the woodpile but it was wn before wn-before before that the president 1 Id veto the bill Perhaps it was' was wasI I affirmative and positive Iane lan lan- I e of his veto eto perhaps the Po- Po 1 ontas co county conty nty farm bureau In Ina a poke for many when It char- char I the presidents president's nt's veto meser mes- mes eras er s a challenge to agriculture affront nt to our representatives an n insult to the whole people I acc according to the Stars Star's correI corre- corre I I that sentiment does not vail rail among all the le farmers II Pt rt URS RS NEBRASKA n l Nebraska for instance Amos Amose I e orp oas s. s a a. county Republican corn corn- I t tee e chairman has made an aubile au- au bile tour of parts of the state find Ind at first hand how ho the farm farm- m. m Ii Fi took ok the message and he rc- rc rt instead of singing hymns ha hate e against the Coolidge admin admin- allon the fa farmers mers are declaring JL All we want is plen- plen df rain In hr Nebraska the tho ad- ad s1 II Republicans are pooh- pooh hing as they might be bo expected d do the results politically of the veto Former Governor McI Mc- Mc I vie tie one of the delegates to the 1 I who Is opposed to the 1 up tiP up headed by Governor was was quoted by the Stars Star's cor- cor as saYing saving that the thep big bigi i p ade dE of the farmers to Kansas 1 y as J. was engineered by a few red- red farm relief champions seeking il 15 nominate their candidate under of farmer discontent Governor Henry Allen of Haas ansas who was wa in Nebraska last laste e eek ck was quoted as believing that Dover roo oo would be nominated quick- quick l r t Kansas City but in Indiana lans ans i for the farmers farmers' march to ansis ansas City have progressed to the of two Pullman cars which ian ill m be tacked on the end of the eg tes' tes special train and which cording to plans will be filled agriculturists PROTEST aR EST MEETINGS iThe The Iowa correspondent describes h ks n C detail some of the preparations for ere r for farmers farmer meetings of prost pro- pro tNt st and for their pilgrimage to the In Kansas City mode City mode R jf transportation not mentioned In uth Dakota the farmers there are resented Presented as being strong sup- sup rles of Haugen McNary-Haugen but J nevertheless are alC too busy lending fending ten to the their J hogs sheep and It not to mention corn to borne bc- bc ome rne very mu much h excited about the thetO foS tO In Montana fontana the sentiment said by the correspondent to be erot anxiety on the party of Re- Re who lo concurring in the Residents Resident's veto and the stand of Hoover on Earn relief are n nev- nev ev- ev theles afraid that the Democrats espouse farm aid and andla la away vay with mote moie than they area are aie a to in m that state and se ere In ln Ohio the corn belt J haven't felt the urge to a rampage and only the J reeze e is mentioned as ruffling the Washington I Washington the state l nl nIB is instructed for Hoover but buti If i f JI- JI Dawes Lowden-Dawes people are said Ithe the correspondent to be making l effort to split toe Ine delegation OUgh allegations that the choice tolne one of tho the Hoover supporters forI for I committeeman was V They ley are bending every efI ef- ef I tr to asking support for Vice J dent Dawes after instructions vei een complied compiled with by voting r on the early ballots The cond veto o of the McNary Haugen characterized as havin having put I i Dawes' Dawes into the ho Lowden-Dawes Lowden f Spurring purring trem on to In- In eased activity leased ET E OPTING TING READY k M r the various st state dele deletions i lions are getting ready for or the The Zhe Massachusetts delegation Is ep to leave confident in the that dooer will wil be on the third or or fourth pilot and its Us members are hoping elect lect in this case John Jonn Richards Richard Richard- s n Ito to succeed Chairman Butler one on e Republican national nal committee t r Is the Hoover man man- erin etin Massachusetts l The admin admin- candidate for the vacancy LOuis K Liggett head of the n d Drug company company and a genous gen- gen rouss ous rous financial l supporter of ot the Re- Re an caus cause The New Hampshire delegation organized I and is is leaving for foi apses ansas City favorable to Hoover hopeful it is stated that it canto can to for President Coolidge The delegation Is deter deter- to vote for Coolidge and sees f to stop it Jt The Pennsyl- Pennsyl anla delegates and d delegation para- para will journey to Kansas it ity in three special trains and ter they get there the day before k convention politicians in Penn- Penn I i syhania will anxiously watch anxiously watch th the th I i states state's vote on the first ballot banot If II It if It is cast for Hoover that will be interpreted to mean that Mr Mellon Mellon Mellon Mel Mel- lon and others in authority are convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced that nothing can stop the secretary of commerce If the vote goes to Mr Mellon Hellon or someone else that thal will be interpreted to moan mean that the leaders think Mr MI Hoover will be be- stopped and iris his is leadership taken take by some dark darl horse G G. G 0 O. O PS P.'S WORRIED In At Indiana some of jot the Republicans cans are weal wearing ng a a. worried look between the eyes over the the uncertainty uncertainty as to whether her Governor Jackson will or will not sit with the state delegation They dont don't want him to sit They think his presence presence presence pres pres- ence among the delegates after his compromising situation in regard to charges of bribery and conspiracy conspiracy conspiracy con con- might not look so good for Senator Watson Tats on Governor Jackson has been quoted as saying he would not sit with the delegation but he hasn't confirmed the rumor The announcement In Ohio of the candidacy of Colonel Carmi Carml Thompson Thomp Thomp- son for the term of ot the late Frank B. B Willis VillIs in m the senate is interesting In ln Ohio for the effect on the lines so tightly drawn during the primaries when hen Hoover Hoovel and Hoover anti-Hoover forces were at logger- logger heads Thompsons Thompson's support of VIllis Willis Wil WIl- lb lis may have alie alienated the support he ic might otherwise expect from the COMPROMISE LOOMS There is a possibility that peace In n the Republican ranks may come through a compromise however taking form in the Hoover forces' forces support of Colonel Thompson The North Carolina correspondent believes that the defeat of the Smith forces in the state precinct meetIngs meetings meetings meet meet- ings has received undue emphasis He remarks that Smith won overwhelmingly overwhelmingly overwhelmingly over over- in the Tenth district and perhaps in two or three other districts which was far more more than his opponents thought him capable of doing several weeks ago The result of the khe precinct meetings will willbe willbe be contested ed further in the county conventions June 8 and the state stale convention June 12 In Virginia the Ku Klux Klan has embarked on an Smith anti-Smith crusade and along with it a against amendments proposed for the state constitution The klan clan Intimates that the amendments amendments amendments amend amend- ments are the result of a conspiracy of s some sort between Governor Byrd of Virginia Governor Smith of New York the pope and Thomas Fortune Ryan and this allegation seems intensely amusing or disgusting disgustIng disgustIng disgust- disgust Ing to some newspapers which maintain that nobody outside of Virginia has any interest in the amendments HARRISON FAVORED Mississippi's Democratic state c convention will be held Tuesday and the odds favor tavor a delegation for foi Senator Pat Harrison who has al already already already al- al ready been indorsed by the state legislature and the state Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic executive committee In Texas a trend for Smith Is noted by the correspondent who believes that the states state's forty votes will vill go first to Jesse Jones of Houston and later to Smith In Arkansas I the he Democrats are aro watching Kansas City with interest and preparing to vote for Smith at Houston In St St. Louis where the Stars Star's correspondent correspond correspond- ent spent several days investigate Ing Republican Republic I 1 lers lers are arc represented represented represented as fearful of ot a Smith victory victory victory vic vic- tory as they would be if Reed were the nominee In In Colorado there was interest In a vice presidential Ual boom launched for Senator Kendrick of ig ng by John J T- T Barrett of Denver who believes he would mal make e an excellent ent running I mate for Governor Smith Copyright 1928 by the Washington Washing WashIng- ton Star I |
