New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-09-17

tice. Nobody who has obtained ma
jority in these primaries has yet been
nominated president OF the United
States. Some of the most important
states, such as Illinois, Pennsylvania,
Ohio and California. have such pri-
maries; and what they amount TO
usually is that the populace has an
opportunity to designate with their
votes whom they regard as the ia
>orite son for presidential honors.
If the presidential preference pri-
maries of 1920 had had an influence
in choosing the Republican presi-
Dental nominee Harding would
never have been nominated, The
nominee would have been Hiram
Johnson Of California, the presi-
Dental primaries contest having
been largely between Johnson and
Leonard Wood, Johnson got nearly
a million votes, while Wood got
slightly more than 100000. Lowden
and Hoover got less than 400, 900;
and Harding less than $50, 900. But
Harding, lowest in the presidential
primaries scale, got nominated.
A remarkable part Of the prcsi-
Dental primaries system was that
the delegates from some of the
states which had them, ignored the
results from the start of the nation
al convention, voting for the nom
inoe desired by the political mag
Rates back home.
Yet the cost Of the presidential
primaries was something prodigious
in connection with some of the can
didates. For instance, the Wood
candidacy cost s1,773,303, or s2.49
per vote; the Lowden campaign cost
si14,oS4, or s10s per vote; the
Johnson campaign cost S194,393, or
% cents per vote.
The Hoover expenditure was
Sl73,542 or 81 cents vote Con-
sidering that Hoover in 1927 is a
candidate to succeed President
Coolidge 1t is interesting TO note how
his candidacy Jared at the nominat-
ing convention that year. He got
IL votes on the first ballot and
the largest number cast for him
was 9 IL, on the tenth ballot. which
resulted in the nomination of Hard
ing
The 1924 campaign, Of course, is
not considered In this summary.
there being virtually no contest. II
was case Of Coolidge and nothing
else but.
Since 1920, of course, the Hoover
stock has risen enormously. He will
show up we'll in the presidential
primaries and also at the conven-
4 ton. There is no doubt, also, that
Lowden will show up strong in the
! pre-convention primaries: and he
! also VIII show strength in the con-
d vention. Such an orgy Of money!
, spending as occurred during the
/ Wood johnson pre-convention cam
palgn Will not again take place. This
resulted from the belief Of a s0ap
manufacturer that Wood was the
greatest Mussolini Of them all and
that he must be nominated at all
costs. Nobody thinks well enough
Of any Of the candidates entered in
this campaign to spend nearly So
100000 on one.
The strength Of Lowden is vastly
underestimate in the east. where
Hoover Is regarded as the political
saviour if Coolidge sticks to choos-
ing not TO run. Lowdcn is a staurch
tarm-relief advocate; Hoover is SUD
posed to agree with the president
about this subject, which docs not
enhance his strength, il any, in the
west.
Perhaps there has been a married
change of sentiment since 1920
among Connecticut political leaders
regarding Lowden It will be rerocm-
hered that at the nominating CON
4 '"ntion that year, the seventh balIo,
showed the peak Of the J.owdan
vote, when he sarnered gil. At that
TIME II Of the IA Connecticut dele
gates voted for Lowden.
So far as the naked eye can dis
Germ, instructions 10 Nutmeg doIo.
gates in 1928 will not be for
LoWden.