Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES
TO BE HELD Nl7 STATES
New Hampshire Expected to Lead SENT.
ment for Coolidge Unless President
Takes Himself Out of Race.

Virginia, May %, and South Dakota
May %. The last of the presidential
primaries is that to be held by Florida
on June 5. Other States will select
their delegates in party convention, or
through party committee action.
Presidential preferential primary
laws have fallen by the wayside in four
States which formerly chose their
| delegates and instructed via that
route. AS MY. Michelet points out in
his discussion of the primary elections
next year. the presidential primary
laws have been declared unconstitu.
tional by the courts in Texas and
Alabama. The Montana law was re.
pealed by referendum in 1924, and
the North Carolina law was repealed
by the State Legislature during its
session this year.
BY the time presidential primaries
in New Hampshire and North Dakota
roll around. those candidates for the
presidential nomination in both ma jor
| parties in all probability will be out
| in the open. Doubtless their friends
! Will pick the States in which thew
will enter the primary race for dele
| gates, and not all will select the same
| States. Gov. I4owden. for example,
| would be butting his head against a
| stone wall If he entered the primary
| election in New Hampshire. Gov.
| Lowden is the only Republican of
| prominence up to this time who can
| be said to have really entered the
| contest against President Coolidge for
| the nomination next year. And what
he has said amounts to no more than
that he is in the hands of his friends.
1t is exceedingly doubtful that any
in the ring, unless there is definite
withdrawal by the President in the
interim.
The Democrats, on the other hand.
have a long list of presidential posi-
bilitfes already flirting with the States
where delegates are to be picked I'D.
They range from the favorite son can
didate to the more formidable leaders,
Al Smith of New York, Senator "Jim"
Reed of Missouri, Gov. Vic Donahey
of Ohio and Gov. Albert c. Richie
of Maryland, with William Gibbs Nc
Adoo of California in the offing.
Coolidge Sentiment Strong.
Running down the list of presi.
Dental primaries, it appears that
Michigan will select Coolidge dele
gates to the Republican national con-
vention. and so will Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts, Ohio, California, Mary.
land. Indiana, New Jersey, Oregon,
West Virginia and Florida. In Illinois
a determined effort will be made to
send Lowden delegation. But the
powers that be among the Republicans
of that State, including Gov. Len
Small and Mayor William Hale
Thompson of Chicago, have been un.
fFlQndIV fny rn 1a.an 4sx-No
Furthermore, Coolidge has been popu.
lar in the State. The Governor OF Ne.
braska, as has the Governor of Iowa,
has declared his preference for Low
den, on the farm relief issue. But in
both those States there is no little SEN
timent for Senator George Norris of
Nebraska, as a leading Progressive
and more satisfactory than Lowden.
Senator Jim" Watson of Indiana
has been credited with presidential as
pirations, but the rough treatment he
received in the senatorial election last
year is scarcely calculated to encour.
age him to demand a Watson dele ga
ton to the next convention, particu-
larly if President Coolidge is in the
running.
Cites South Dakota Law.
The amended South Dakota primary
law provides that candidates for the
nomination must file prior
to April / an acceptance of "decla.
ration of principles" set up by the au-
thorized party leaders in the State.
President Coolidge, If he is going into
that primary, will be called upon to
subscribe to such a, declaration of
principles. Whether he does or not
nlAa1 HI 10
the result of the race for the Repub-
lican nomination in the end. il he is to
be a candidate. OF the South Dakota
primary law, Mr.. Michelet says:
'"The South Dakota primary election
law, though supposed to be simplified
by the new 1927 act, In still so in
yolved and fantastic that it needs an
for unrayelment. The pri-
mary in even-numbered years is set
for the fourth Tuesday in May. But
the wheels are set in motion by pre-
urinary requirements four months
earlier. On the second Tuesday in
February there is party precinct
initiatory election of party committee
men and 'proposalmen.' Three party
county proposalmen and one precinct
party central committeeman are
elected. On the third Tuesday in Feb |
ruary these officials meet to represent |
the county at a meeting called for
the fourth Tuesday in March. There |
are further meetings of State party |
on the first and third |
in March. On or before |
April the individual candidate pro- |
posals are reached to be submitted to |
the primary on the fourth Tuesday |
in May. Petitions of voters support |
the various candidates for President, |
Vice President. presidential electors, |
United States Senator, Representatives |
State officers, delegates and alternates |
and party committeeman. Also, the |
candidates are presumed to have |
national summary of principles, State !
summary of principles and county |
summary of principles"
80 States Elect Senators.
Thirty.two States elect United |
States Senators next year, and in IS |
Of these States the candidates are |
n nominated by direct primaries. These |
States, the sitting Senators, their po- |
litical Affiliations and the dates Of the |
primaries are as follows:
Pennsylvania-David A. Reed, RE |
publican, April "a.
Nebraska-Robert B. Howell, Repub- |
lican, April 10.
MaryIand--William Cabell Bruce. |
Democrat, May Z.
Indiana-Arthur Robinson, Republi- |
can, May 8.
New Jersey-Edward J. Edwards. |
Democrat. May IS.
West Virginia-M. M. Nicely, Demo
Graf, May %.
Florida-Park Trammen, Democrat.
June 5.
Misunderstanding Hale, Republican.
June IS.
Minnesota-Henrik Shipstead, Farm.
err Labor, June IS.
North Dakota-Lynn J. Frazier. Re.
publican, June 81.
Montana-Burton X. Wheeler, Dem.
ocrat, July II.
Texas-Earl b. Mayfield, Democrat,
July 90.