Show I I I I I i I i I I LUTE SMITH AL-SMITH AL SMITh STILL FACES GREAT HURDLE OF OPPOSITION IN SOLID SOUTH BY BT RODNEY DUTCHER NEA EA Service vice Writer WASHINGTON Sept 30 It 30 It be becomes becomes be- be becomes comes more and more apparent that tha Governor Al AI Smith will not many southern delegates behind him wh 1 i the Democratic convention opens next summer If it he has any a at all His best hopes seem to lie in Louis Louls Louisiana Louisiana iana where he is likely to pick up a afew afew few and there may be b two or three thre Smith delegates from Florida But Bu Buthe the great solid south Is lined u up against him and will wUl defeat him if 1 It can con Smith strategy In the south is to elect Smith delegates to the eon convert convention tion under protective coloration color ion Nu Nu- Numerous Numerous Nu- Nu Numerous instances are reported wh Smith men are out 10 to t land on delegations by convincing the voters oters that tha they are for favorite fa sons o or else want to be sent uninstructed 3 If these tactics w-ra w r successful in instances they might win Smith th the nomination but but they wont won't work 1 in instates instates states where the party has a wei well well- organized machine or where here the un unit rule is applied The south seems ems to favor delegates who will bs ha Smith anti whatever else they are Quite a few southern ern politicians politician would like to t see sac Smith nominated I but they dont don't dare say so for fear fea I of punishment at home Whether the they will help Smith at the convention Is doubtful Such sentiments however are ue distinctly not those of Democratic Democrat politicians In the border states v h who feel that with a ticket with Smith carrying the flag nag would ruin them wherever they have a a. strong st-ong Republican lican Uc n minority at their heels The powerful Simmons machine I In North Carolina for instance Is death on Smith Former Secretary of the Navy Jo Jo- Josephus Josephus sephus C s is one of those who wh have been mentioned as a a. possible vice vie presidential candidate with Smith to balance the ticket For some sonic time it has been reported that Tammany was seeking a distinguished southern southern- southerner er to pair up with Al but this strategy may not work Daniels might accept the honor once Smith was nominated but he has always alwa's fought the party part machine In his state and it might decide to fight him for the second second- place nomination Smiths Smith's strength on the first fe few ballots is likely to decide whether h hcan he can win the nomination He seems seem likely to enter eater the convention with wit something short of votes otes and ma may soon roll up a a. majority of delegates Then the fight tight will really begin fo for there doesn't seem to be a a. chance chanc that the part wll 11 11 ever abrogate th the two-thirds two rule for his benefit A repe repe- repetition of the disastrous MadIson Madiso Square Garden dog fight tight Is not at atall a aall atall all unlikely but Smith seems assured of more strength than McAdoo ha had when the latter was the can can- dictate In 1924 |