Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-06 | Page 1 | Landon's Race Gets Setback in California

LANDON'S RACE GETS SETBACK IN CALIFORNIA Kansans Kansan's Delegates Trail Slate Friendly Friend Friend- ly to Hoover By United Press Governor Alf M. M Landon's drive for the R Republican pres presidential nomination received its first setback in yesterdays yesterday's primary in California incomplete incomplete but sizeable returns indicated indicated m- m in in- today Delegates pledged to him were trailing by approximately votes an slate considered friendly to former President mt Herbert Herbert Herbert Her Her- bert Hoover In South Dakota the Kansas governor clung to a slight ead over Senator William E. E Bor Borah h in incomplete returns from yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yester yester- days day's Republican preference rence mary The returns indicated that thai the states state's delegation to the national national national na na- na- na convention would be divided Easy Victory President Roosevelt won an easy victory in California The dele del delegation gation pledged directly to him was leading delegations pledged to Upton Upton Up Up Upton ton Sinclair E EPIC P PIC I C leader and Representative John Steven Steven McGroarty McGroarty Mc- Mc Groarty Townsend pension plan advocate advocat by overwhelming majorI major major- I iU In South I k k a t tl the e president t unopposed in the D Democratic preference preference preference primary received a large complimentary vote He Ho also won won von the states state's convention vote Incomplete returns from Indiana's congressional primaries primaries' Indic indicated ted Democrats had received a larger total v vote t th than n Republicans In Alabama the biennial Democracy Democracy Democracy racy primary divulged a sharp split over the method by which national delegates pledged to President Roosevelt had been picked hand by tho the state committee The split however had nothing to do with the presidents president's candidacy being a state primary quarreL SAN FRANCISCO FRACISCO May 6 UP UP- UP California's presidential primary Tuesday was an overwhelming victory victory victory vic vic- vic vic- tory for President Roosevelt on the Democratic side and a defeat for Landon forces on the Republican side tabulation of practically complete complete com corn returns showed today Will Go As a result of ot the setback to the group sponsoring Governor Alt Alf M M. Landon of Kansas California's RepUblican Republican Republican Re Re- publican delegation will go to the national convention This result was regarded partially partially partially par par- as endorsement of ot former President H Hoovers Hoover's overs over's plan to give the convention full sway in selecting a nominee and partially as a rebuke to the tho combination headed by Publisher Publisher Pub Pub- lisher usher William Randolph Hearst and Governor Frank crank F. F Merriam ol ot California which indorsed Landon The victorious delegation delegation delegation dele dele- gation is h headed ded by Earl Warren district attorney of f Alameda coun coun- ty and ty-and and Republican state chairman President Roosevelt swamped Democratic tickets headed by Upton Upton Upton Up Up- ton Sinclair E EPIC P PIC I C leader and John Steven McGroarty pension plan advocate advocat rolling up a total vote greater than that of his Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic opponents and Republican challengers combined Returns from precincts out of the tho states state's gave Republican Warren Landon Landon Landon Lan Lan- don Democratic Roosevelt Sinclair McGroarty