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Evening star., 1924-05-04
MARYLAND PRIMARY
SET FOR TOMORROW
Coolidge Regarded as Certain to
Get Pledged Delegation-Local
Races Are Warm.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, May 3.-Maryland
primaries, preliminary to the State
and national conventions and the long
grind Of presidential and congress
sional campaigns. will be held Mon
day and will include the following
contests:
Republicans-A State wide primary
to determine whether a majority of
the votes in the State a convention will
be cast for President Coolidge for
the party's presidential nominee or
for an uninstructed delegation to the
national convention. Victory for
Coolidge is regarded a foregone con-
clusion.
ublicans-Primary for the con-
gressional nomination in the second
district. with the wet and dry Ques-
tion being the dominant factor in the
result between Lloyd Wilkinson, dry,
and E. Ridgely Simpson, wet.
blicans-PHmary for the con-
gressional nomination in the sixth
district between Frederick n. Zihl-
man, incumbent: Thomas l. Dawson
of MONTGOMERY County and Joseph
w. Wolfinger Of Washington County.
Democrat Races Local.
Democrats.No Statewide primary,
as none of the many potential presi-
Dental candidates filed in Maryland,
and an uninstructed delegation will
no doubt be sent to the national con-
vention.
Democrats-Primary for the con-
gressional nomination in the fifth dis
trict, the aspirants being Charles B.
Calvert OF Prince Georges County
and Charles E. Chance of Anne Arun-
del County.
Democrats-Primary for the con-
gressional nomination in the sixth
district, where the hottest fight in
the State is looked for between the
following four candidates: David
Winehrenner Of Frederick County, T.
w. Koon, mayor of Cumberland: !:
Frank W. Mish of Washington County
and Andrew J. Cummings Of Mont
gomery County.
Women of both parties will play
an important part in the primary,
nine women, five Republicans and
four Democrats, having filed as dele
gates to the State convention.
]. G.. DEPONAI.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
JOhnsOn's Last-Minute attack
Aids Coolidge in California
Senator's Plea to Voters Loses Him Many
Followers and Virtually ASSURES
President of Victory Tuesday.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
LOS ANGELES, Calf, May 3.-The
presidential primary campaign in
California, which began three months
ago with promise of spectacular
oratory and burning issues, and which
developed into a more or less dreary
affair, is winding up with consider
able energy and activity.
A last-ninute FLIP in the tagging
campaign which closes with the pri-
mary election Tuesday was admins
tered by an appeal from Senator Hi
ram Johnson, who addressed a COM
munication to California voters as
serting that his defeat in California
viii have no effect upon his personal
political fortunes, but will be con-
strued as victory for the foes of good
government in this State.
Loses Many Followers.
Whatever the results of this state
ment upon his own personal fol-
lowing, it has been instrumental not
only in arousing the Coolidge work
ers to greater activity, but has
brought somewhat sharp repudia-
tion from a group of men and women
identified with the Progressive move
ment since its inception and known
formerly as staunch Johnson sup
porters.
The senator's attack likewise lost
Evening star., 1924-05-04
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALBANY, May 3.-The so-called
slump into which the presidential
candidacy of Gov. Smith of New York
S.ats fell when Charles F. Murphy,
Tammany Hall chieftain and master
strategist of the Smith movement,
died last week, is declared to have
been overcome by the selection of
Franklin D. Roosevelt, former Secre-
tary of the Navy under President Will
son, to steer the Smith boom.
While Mr. Roosevelt is an inde-
pendent Democrat and has been ac-
lively arrayed against the Tammany
organization, once as determined in
surgent in the selection of United
States senator, years ago. Tammany
men have expressed satisfaction at
the selection, which was made this
week in New York at conference
between Gov. Smith and his closest
supporters after Murphy'S funeral
Monday.
Political comment from upstate New
York is to the effect that Smith po-
litical luck is holding good" When
the death of Murphy came as a bomb
shell in the Smith camp last week,
predictions were rife that the Smith
movement had entered the doldrums.
1t had been declared that national
contacts which Murphy had estab-
lished had been severed, and that
agreements that had been entered
into concerning the national Conyen-
tion maneuveIing had come to naught.
Selection n Happy One.
1t is now declared that the choice
OF Mr.. Roosevelt as the Smith politi-
cal navigator was a happy selection.
He represents the best element in the
Democratic Party in the State, and 1t
is declared that his national contacts
are with the best element of the
Democratic party in the nation. He
is known as being strong and wise
politically, and he has expressed the
utmost optimism concerning the ulti-
Evening star., 1924-05-04
McADOO LOSING IDAHO.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOISE, Idaho, May 3.-That Idaho
Democrats will send an uninstructed
delegation to the national Democratic
convention seems practically assured
by recent developments. Bannock
County a Democratic stronghold unan-
imously indorced McAdoo for Pres
ident- but instructed its delegation to
the state convention to vote for an
uninstructed delegation to New York.
A few days later George L. Berry,
president of the International Press
mems Union and a. Democratic can
didate for vice president visited
Boise. held several meetings, stirred
UP Democratic leaders considerably
and since his departure it has been
said by one high in Bourbon councils
that John Davis for president and
George Berry for vice president, looks
good to Idaho.
The Democrats of Idaho will be
pledged to seek relief for the farmer
by restoring his foreign markets
through a foreign policy outlined by
Woodrow Wilson JEROME BARTELL.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
OHIO G. 0. P. VICTORY
IN NOVEMBER SEEN
President Demonstrates Strength
Sufficient to Win Electoral
Vote, Observers Say.
cox VICTORY DECISIVE
Has Full Control Of Delegation to
Use as He Sees Fit.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, May 3.-Contest-
ants in the Ohio presidential primary
election ran true to form, and not a
single surprise developed anywhere.
Former Attorney General Daugherty
as a Coolidge candidate for delegate
at large trailed that ticket. as antici-
pated. but the Johnson support proved
rather weaker even than expected, so
that he had a majority over the high
est candidate on the Johnson ticket
of four to one.
On the whole the result of the
presidential primary election on the
Republican side bore out the sugges-
ton that the support of Senator
Johnson was composed principally of
the disgruntled element of the Re-
publicans in the state.
Organization for Coolidge.
The regular Republican state or
EaniZation was solidly lined up from
the beginning behind President Cool
idge, and of course the anti-organiza-
t1onists clustered, as they always do,
around any opposing movement that
presented itself.
On the Democratic side the presi-
Dental primary presented something
more like a real contest and yet, former
that he will have the state delegation in
his control, for support, If and as
long as there is a chance for his
nomination, and to be delivered, PROV
ably as his judgment and interests
may direct, when there seems to be
none.
Though Mr. Cox's friend and polit-
ical adviser, Edmund H Moore, was
given hard race for election as
Cox district delegate in the nineteenth
district, he was elected and the for
mer no doubt regards this as very
important matter. The Cox program
now on includes the election of Moore
as the member of the national COM
mittee from Ohio, and in case Mr. Cox
should be made the candidate for
President at the New York convention
he will be the choice of the former gov
ernor as chairman of the campaign COM
mittee.
The support given Mr. Coolidge in
the primary would seem to contradict
the claims of eastern newspaper cor
respondents sent into Ohio during the
primary campaign that there was
grave doubt about the Presidents
ability to carry Ohio at the Novem-
Der election. If the confidence of
Ohio Republicans in the President has
been shaken by anything that de-
veioped in the congressional investi-
cations at Washington, 1t is not indi-
Gated in the returns from the pri-
mary election. J. II. GALBRAITH.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
M'ADOO WINS VOTES.
BUT ONLY FOR time
Assured of Twenty-Four North
Carolina Delegates, But Deser-
tions Expected in Convention.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RALEIGH, N. c., May 3.-Beyond
the peradventure of a doubt, twenty
four votes from North Carolina in
the Democratic national convention
have been added to the McAdoo col
umn The only question is, How long
win they stay?
The unit rule doesn't obtain in
North Carloina, so far as law or con-
vention instructions go, but the fail
ure of any one except McAdoo to en-
ter for the June primary does mean
that the State delegation goes in
Failure of Underwood to enter the
primary didn't hurt him a bit and
saved him some money. Instead it
helped him. He has some friends in
the delegation, and they will be cast
,ag og eon1eneoly him Ret as to it.
Failure Of Josephus Daniels to run
hasn't hurt him. either. He has
friends on the delegation, and IL at
any time in the national convention
there is the faintest prospect that
North Carolina delegation will not be
tagging in getting on the band
wagon. He is stronger than at any
time since he left the cabinet.
It's the same OLD STORY SO Iar as
the Republicans are concerned. They
are a dead note since the convention
met and instructed solidly for Cool
idge.
Meantime the Democratic candi-
dates for governor are whooping it
up and getting nowhere. The people
are just naturally tired of being
whooped up. They want to settle
down to old-fashioned honesty, old
time religion and common, every day
diving. They are tired of buncombe,
tired of being talked to death, and
want some real action.
JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
M'ADO0 CLAIMS 300
DELEGATES TO DATE
68 of 122 Recently Chosen for Cali
fornian, Manager Declares;
Sees Smith Chief Foe.
Rr the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 3.-Out of 122 dele
gates selected in Massachusetts,
Ohio, Washington and North Caro-
lima, 6S. or more than one-half, are
for William Gibbs McAdoo for the
Democratic presidential nomination,
David Ladd Rockwell, national Nc
Adoo manager, said in a statement
tonight The total delegates now
marching under the McAdoo banner
are more than 800, he said, adding,
that in every state but one the Nc
Adoo forces won substantial vic
tories"
AS only sixteen states have so far
selected delegates the statement
said, "McAdoo's position is pre-emi-
nent" Referring to the statements
of some newspapers that the contest
in. the national convention will be
between McAdoo and Gov. Alfred L.
Smith of New York, the statement
said such contest .is notice to the
great rank and file of the Democratic
party that the contest now is just
what we have all along claimed
between the progressive forces in
the Democratic party behind the can
didacy of McAdoo, and the reaction
ary forces of the Democratic party
under the control of the bosses
Evening star., 1924-05-04
Roosevelt Brings Ne,U Life
And Tone to Smith Candidacy
Choice as Manager Links Governor With
Best Element of Democrats as Well
as With Tan1many.

mate outcome of the Smith movement
Roosevelt carries to the Smith boom
large amount of the prestige of the
Wilson regime. 1t is declared, and it will
not reflect to the discredit of Smith
that Roosevelt once fought Tammany to
a standstil, more than a decade ago,
when he prevented the nomination of
William +. Sheehan as United States
senator.
ROsevelt's Health Poor.
The only defect in the selection of
Roosevelt as the Smith campaign man.
ages' is that he is in poor health.
1t is declared by close observers Of
political trends that the rapid-flre de-
velopments in New York State in the
last week have not reacted to the detri-
ment of Gov. Smiths political chances.
1t is declared that Smith can no longer
be classified as Murphy's man, and that
the appearance OF the former anti
Tammany leader in the role of Smiths
political guide leaves the governor in a
position of double political advantage
The immediate task confronting
Roosevelt, in his own words, is to "show
to the other states the real Gov. Smith
as we know him.
He intends to make Smith the candi-
date of the people,
Smith Ignores Politics.
AS for Gov. Smith. who returned to
official duty at Albany Immediately
after the selection of Roosevelt, he in
tends to ignore politics for at least one
more week
Because of time lost during the
Murphy funeral and the conferences
which followed il, he has been forced to
abandon his contemplated vacation at
French Lick. Ind, the health resort con-
Quoted by Tom Taggart, Indiana Demo
cratic chief. He does not propose to
have any further conferences with Mr.
Roosevelt before May 10, the expiration
of the thirty day bill period. nor will he
discuss his campaign plans with any
one. he said. After May 10 he will take
a weeks vacation. somewhere in close
proximity to Albany.
ROBERT R ARNOLD.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
DELAWARE DEMOCRATS
TO CONVENE TUESDAY

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WILMINGTON, DEL, May 3.-One Of
the big fights to be waged in the
Democratic state convention, to be
held Tuesday, will be over the ques-
ton of votes or half votes for dele
gates of Delaware to the national
convention in New York. The state
committee, when it meets Monday
night, probably will recommend that
Deleware send six full-vote delegates to
the national convention, apportioning
them equally between the three coun-
ties, giving Wilmington one and rural
New Castle county one.
Leaders of the party In this city
are confident that Andrew c. Gray,
member Of the Democratic national
committee from this state. will be
reelected by the convention without
opposition.
While there are no contests in Will.
mington or rural New Castle county,
there is evidence that there will be
some bitter fights IN the caucuses and
probably on the convention floor.
Although the delegates will be In
structed to vote for willard Salisbury
for President, the leaders do not ex-
pect him to be nominated for that
high office. They are hopeful, how
ever, that he may be~named As Vice
President z. h. GRAY. =
Evening star., 1924-05-04

TINE rapidity with which the
presidential boom of Gov.
Al Smith was gotten under
way again, following the
death and burial Of Charles F.
Murphy, was the outstanding po-
lttical development of the week.
There had been an erroneous as
sumption that the death Of Murphy
would give the Smith boom a
serious setback, even If it's vitality
had not been wholly taken away,
Instead, there is some reason to
believe Gov. Smith is in a strong
er position today than he would
have been had Murphy lived.
Selection of Franklin D. Roose-
Welt as manager of the Smith boom
was master political stroke
at the helm, Gov. Smith is relieved
largely of the handicap of being
Tammany's candidate" Roose-
Welt not only is not Tammany
man. but on several occasions has
fought Tammany in the open. He
was conspicuous as an adherent
or woodrow Wilson when Tam
AS things are now shaping I'D
the fight in the New York conyen-
ton, at least in the early ballot
ing, will be between Smith and
McAdoo. The latter will be the
leading candidate. but Smith prom
ises to have more votes than any
other contender. To the solid
New York and Wisconsin dele
cations will be added the bulk of
the Massachusetts votes and pos
sibly all Of Connecticut's, with the
solid Illionois delegation a possi-
bility and scattering support from
other states.
Just how much this favorable
strategic position will mean will
depend upon whether the two
thirds rule is adopted. There is
no reason to doubt that the Nc
Adoo managers will make strenu-
providing for majority nominal
tion. If they succeed, McAdoo
ought to win. Even II he has not
majority on the first ballot he
Will be so far ahead of his near
est rival that the natural desire
10 get aboard the band wagon
will operate powerfully in his
favor.
If the two-thirds rule is adopted
il is difficult to see how McAdoo
can be nominated. Certainly a
third of the delegates will be in
control of leaders with whom de-
feat of McAdoo is Of first con-
sideration.
\ r
Dispatches to The Stars week
end political survey indicate that
the Smith boom is attracting at
tention in all parts of the country.
The big surprise of the Massachu-
setts primaries was the election as
a delegate-at-large to the Demo-
cratic national convention of Gen.
Charles V. Cole, who ran as an in
dependent pledged to Smith. and
by his victory smashed the ma
chine slate. Not that the State or
ganization is opposed to Smith, for
it is believed n majority of the
delegates elected are favorable to
Evening star., 1924-05-04
uphy Give New Impetus and Strength to Smiths Candidacy
THE WEEK IN POLITICS
Summary OF National Developments Based on Reports
From The Stars Special Correspondents
and Staff Writer'S
and Staff Writer'S.

him; but the leaders wanted an
uninstructed delegation.
The Connecticut State Demo-
cratic convention will be held this
week and 1t is expected a delega-
tion largely favorable to Smith
will be selected, though instruc-
tions are deemed unlikely. There
is some sentiment in favor of in
structions for Homer Cummings as
"favorite son" candidate, but
this is opposed because Cummings
Is an avowed McAdoo man. All
willing to vote for Cummings in
the convention, but they are not
willing he shall be in position to
deliver the delegation to McAdoo.
X \ X
Two States with big delegations
in the Democratic convention
which will make their decisions
the coming week are Texas and
California. Precinct conventions
were held throughout Texas yes
terday for the election of dele
gates to the State convention, and
impartial forecasts are that Gov.
Mem has won out in his fight for
an uninstructed delegation to New
York. Neff is opposed to both Nc
Adoo and Underwood. The Nc
Adoo managers made a fight for
instructions, while the Underwood
people Joined Neff for an unin-
structed delegation, and the COM
bination was too strong for the
McAdoo forces to overcome. Both
McAdoo and Underwood are ex-
pected to have friends on the ma
tional delegation.
In California the McAdoo mana
gers are confident of winning an
impressive victory, and with his
home" State lined up solidly the
effect is expected to be favorable
elsewhere. In North Carolina ex-
piration OF the time for filing for
the primaries finds McAdoo's name
declared the States presidential
preference. But there will be no
unit rule and the delegation will
contain men favorable to Under
wood and others eager to vote for
Josephus Daniels.
idge of control of the party or
ganization signaiized the end of
the Republican pre-convention
contest, except for next Tuesdays
primaries in California. On the
eve of the primaries the Coolidge
management is confident of carry
ing the State. Senator Johnson, in
an eleventh-hour appeal, asked
support on the ground that his de-
feat would be construed as a vic
tory for the foes of good govern
ment" This caused good deal
of an uproar in the Johnson camp,
and the San Francisco Chronicle,
the last of the influential news
papers to remain loyal to the
Johnson cause, came out with an
editorial severely criticizing the
senator for ''unwarranted and un-
true aspersions on the President"
The Stars Ohio correspondent,
analyzing the primary results in
that State sees reason to believe
that Coolidge can win the Buck
eye electoral votes in November.
There was no real Johnson senti-
ment, he says, and what support
the Californian had came from
disgruntled elements. II Coolidge
has been hurt by the Washington
scandals, the correspondent con-
cludes, there was no evidence of
such hurt in the Ohio primaries.
Copyright, 1924. by The Washington Star.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
UNDERWOOD LOOMS
STRONG In KENTUCKY
Will Hold Louisville Delegation to
State Convention, But McAdoo
Still Has Edge.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 3.-Louis-
vilIe's delegation to the Democratic
State convention at Lexington, May a.,
will be solidly for Underwood. Along
with the delegations from several other
counties which will be for the senator
from Alabama, this force probably will
make itself heard when the time comes
for electing and instructing the four
delegates from the State at large
The Louisville organization yester-
day (Friday) in selecting places for
will elect State convention delegates
revealed the strength of the Under
wood forces in the naming of chairmen
and secretaries of these gatherings.
While, unless there is a surprising up
set between now and the county con-
ventions next Saturday, however, it
is not believed that the Underwood
forces can muster anything like a ma
jority for the district and state conven-
tions, the state administration forces,
already pledged to McAdoo, have the
whip hand and are confident of push
ing through their entire program for a
solid State delegation for the Califor-
nian.
Has Outside Chance.
There is an outside chance, however,
that the state convention, through Ell
forts of all other candidates forces
combined, might stampede the conven-
ton for an uninstructed delegation. 1t
is we'll known that there is lack of
enthusiasm for McAdoo among the
rank and file of the party, and if the
feelings of the delegates are sufficiently
aroused, there is a possibility of up
setting the slate
J. M Robinson, eleventh district, has
an announced opponent for the Repub-
lican congressional nomination in Jack
son Morris, former adjutant general,
and r. Y. Thomas, jr., third district,
has Democratic opponent in w. o:
Smith, county attorney of Thomas
home county.
MALCOLM w. BAYLEY.
Evening star., 1924-05-04

him his last important friendly news
paper, the San Francisco Chronicle,
which has come out for Coolidge in
an editorial Indignantly rebuking Mr..
Johnson for asking California to in
dorse "unWarranted and untrue as
PENSIONS on the President"
Indications are that Mr.. Coolidge
will carry California Managers of
the Presidents campaign in San
Francisco and Los Angeles predict a.
Coolidge majority of $4,000 to 100, ,00G
Mr.. Johnson's adherents insist that
he will not lose his home State, but
admit their belief that the contest
will be close.
State Must BE Watched.
Regardless of the outcome, in view
of the reasonable certainty of the
nomination of Mr.. Coolidge at CIeYe-
land, the attitude of Senator johnson
and a few of his leading supporters
may make it necessary for the Re
publican national committee to watch
California somewhat closely during
the fall campaign.
William G. McAdoo will wind up his
campaign for California's Democratic
delegation with a speech in Los An
geles Monday afternoon. The former
Secretary of the Treasury has con-
Quoted a strenuous speaking tour Of
the State, and both he and his ad 20
visers appear to anticipate victory.
KYLE y. PALMER.
Evening star., 1924-05-04
ROBINSON REFUSAL
TO RUN is SECUTED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, May 3-Sena-
tor Joe T. Robinson in Little Rock
recently addressed the annual con-
ventfon of Arkansas bankers, and an
nounced that he is not a candidate
for the presidential nomination and
will not be unless there should be a
deadlock in the convention. The
Arkansas Gazette, commenting edi-
torially on Mr.. Robinson's statement,
says that his announcement should
not lead Arkansans to believe that
Senator Robinson is out of the race
as a presidential possibility.
The fact is that should a deadlock
develop he is a very decided prob
ability, and the chances for a dead
lock are not remote. Let us keep in
mind that the advocates of Senator
Robinson as a presidential candidate
are not confined to Arkansas. The
truth of the matter is that in the
east his name has been put forward
more persistently and insistently
than in the south. though. of course,
the south would rally to man."
LULU HANNA.