Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-12

Critical analysis of the probable
lineup of delegates at the 1928 Re
publican conventional the moment
a popular indoor sport--has uncov.
cred an unusual situation in the fact
that apparently none Of the principal
contenders for the nomination will
enter the convention with the unani-
nous backing of his home state. HI
ram Johnson's animosity to Hoover
will split the California delegation.
The warfare between Lowden and the
big Bill Thompson faction in ILL.,
nois will rob Lowden Of united sup.
port, and Tess and Willis, the Ohio
Senators, will cross Longworth In his
home state. Those who profess to
know the inside politics in Idaho. as
sert that Borah will be unable to OBJ.
tain a unanimous delegation there. 1t
has been a political tradition that the
first requisite of any presidential as
pirant was 100 per cent backing from
his State. Next year. however, all the
contenders will be laboring under the
same handicap. and II the convention
does not turn to Coolidge. the tradi.
ton will go into the discard. 1t is
worth noting that in 1920 the Ohio
delegation was split on Harding. ana
to the very end four delegates stub
bornly refused to vote for him. Ad'
vance forecasts schedule the New
York delegation voting for Hughes,
the Pennsylvania delegation Tor Mel
lon. and the Indiana delegation TOT
Watson. on the early ballots. favorite
sons ali. but not in the class of real
contenders--at least. not yet.
L. n ~
G.. Bascom Slemp. Mr.. Coolidge's
former secretary and one OF the
Republican political master minds,
particularly as pertaining to Southern
delegates, was in Germany on legal
business when the Presidents Black
Hills statement electrified the world.
Mr.. Slemp Is hurrying home on the
first convenient ship to enter the fray.
Heretofore he has been vocally EN-
phatic for Mr.. Coolidge's renomina.
ton. at the same time being credited
with a readiness to espouse the Long
worth candidacy II the President re.
tires. Now, however, though Mr..
Slemp has said nothing publicly to
account for it. the Hoover cohorts are
claiming him as one Of their own and
the report IL being diligently circulated
that the Virginia Republican will play
prominent role in the Hoover pre-.
convention campaign.
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Considering the fact that Secretary
Hoover has yet to say a single word
publicly on his own account regarding
1928, Dame Rumor has built UP a
Hoover reorganization" with amazing
speed these past 10 DAVIS. Hoover is
credited with Turing VIII Hays back
into the political ring. Former Gov.
| Goodrich Of Indiana Is another
| Hoosier for Hoover and reported
| already hard at work. Senator Bingham
~ Connecticut. though at present In
! China. Is nut forward by mutual
friends as the Hoover New England
manager. Gov. Brewster of Maine
has declared for Hoover. Senator
Couzens OF Michigan Is allocated to
the Hoover bandwagon. upon which
| Henry Ford has already taken front
seat. DIR. Work, Secretary of the In
terror, IL said to be ready to enter the
Hoover camp If convinced that the
President will refuse the nomination
| Last. but not least, Indiana friends
Of Everett Sanders. secretary to the
President. now seek to explain the
nersistent run,ors that Sanders intends
10 resign with the hypothesis that he
ia slated to become generalissimofr
chief in the roundup Of Hoover
delegates.
Tentative plans for holding the Re
publican convention next year in San
! Francisco have been knocked into the
nroverhial cooked hat by the sudden
turn Of political events. The Lowden
forces and the friends of Longworth
and Borah and other presidential as
pirants nre unalterably opposed to
holding the convention in the home
State of their leading rival. Secretary
Hoover. BY the same token Chicago
Is subject to like objection and Cleve
land. too. The chances OF Detroit and
st. Louis are correspondingly en-
HANGED. The national committee. when
II meets in December. will have to set
tie the question as best 1t can. with