The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-21
Nomination Already As- sured, Is Announcement
 From Headquarters PRESIDENT TO SOUND KEYNOTE TUESDAY Will Outline Own Plat form In New York Ad-
 dress To Publishers EXPECTS TWO MORE STATE DELEGATIONS Counts On Swelling Convention Majority By Annexing
 Pennsylvania And Jersey

WASHINGTON, April 20.--More than majority of delegates to the publican national convention have been instructed or pledged to vote for Presi- dent Coolidge, thus assuring his nomi- nation. it was announced at his head quarters here Sunday night.
 William NJ. Butler, Coolidge's per- sonal manag ger, announced that 563 del. egates have been elected who are for the president either by instruction, by indorsement or by personal preference. Only 555 are necessary to choice, leaving the president with eight dele gates over. In addition, Pennsylvania and New Jersey are to select delegates this week who will be for Coolidge. This will bring his total to 6I3.
 The Coolidge delegates thus far chosen by states are as follows:
 Colorado. 15; Connecticut, 1T; Flori- da, 10; Idaho. II: Illinois, 59: Iowa, 20; Kansas, 2l e to be elected) Ken. lucky, 26; Louisiana, 13 Maine, 15; Michigan, B: Minnesota, 21: Missis- sippi, 12; Missouri, % (13 to be elect ed); Nebraska. 19: New Hampshire, II; New Mexico. 9; New York, f91. North Carolina, 19 @ to be elected) {; North Dakota. i3: Oklahoma. 12 (1f to be elected) Rhode Island, 13: South elected) 1; Virginia, IT: Washington, IT; Wisconsin, I; Hawaii, 2; Philip pines, 2; Total, 563. issf
 Georgia Is Omitted
 Georgia was omitted from the tab ulation because there will be two con testing delegations from that state. Only one faction has elected thus far. Its thirteen delegates are for Coolidge. But until the other faction has acted, no formal claim E heing made.
 Simultaneously with fkis clinehine of the noninati0n, Coolidge viii reach an important milestone in his cam paign with his address to the publish CTS. of the nation in New York next Tuesday.
 This address has been prepared with great care and will serve as Coolidge's own campaign keynote. Secretary of State Hughes, appearing before the New York state republican convention last week, delivered defense of the admin istrations s record to date, but refrained from outlining its future policies. This task was reserved for the president, who will outline his own platform in the New York speech.
 The other, two events of the week, from Coolidge's point of view, will be the annexing of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey delegations to his. conven- tion ma jority. ---sh-f
 # PinehOt Fighting Hard
 In Pennsylvania. the chief interest lies in the fight over Governor Pinehot's candidacy for delegate-at-large. The attempt of the Ware organization in Philadelphia to dig Pinchot's political grave by seeking to defeat him for del- egate-at-large provides touch of ex- citement in what would otherwise be a routine performance. Pinchot is fighting hard to make the delegation. His opponents are using the Heney incident, alleging that by advising Sem ator Couzens to employ Francis J. Heney to conduct the Senate investiga- tion of Secretary of the Treasury Mel lon. Pinchot induIged in ar unfriendly act to Mellon, whc is slated to be one of Pennsylvania's big seven at the convention.
 In New Jersey, Coolidge is regard ed as certain of the entire delegation despite the fact that Hiram Johnson has been speaking in the state during the week. Johnson's attack failed to gather any strength. according to re- ports here. His earlier defeats fin the western primaries have discouraged his followers so completely that his cam paign is barely dragging along John- son has turned his attention from the immediate question of the nomina tiOn to general attack on the conservatism and alleged boss control of the republic an party.