Evening star., 1928-04-25
The Three Primaries.

Yesterdays primaries in the States Of
iChio PENNSYLVANIA and Massachusetts,
went the way of general expectation
gHooyer and Smith reaped the harvest
of delegates in all three, SO far as the
iprefoyentia indication of the will Of the
voters Tor the respective nominees Of
the two parties governs, In Ohio Mr..
ArEoover secured seven Of the eight dele
ratea~e large and enough of the dis
itrict representatives TO give him
r,,a;oritNIpf the entire delegation. Has
lSs-- had been in some measure dis
[r..nted in consequence of the collapse
lof the opposition to him upon the death
of Senator Willis. his contender as IA
lxorite son. but there were indications
tb7fore that lamentable event that he
would carry the State in any circum-
.ktances. A somewhat surprisingly poor
showing was made for Dawes, whose
.ran.e was written in upon so few ba.-
lots as to make MIN only the remotely
prospective recipient Of the antl-HooVer
strength at the convention. In Penn
'svlvanta there was no straightout inoi-
cation Of preference and the delegation
of that State will so TO Kansas City
without instructions, but under the
leadership Of Mr. Mellon, whose signal
for a preference will doubtless be
obeyed. However. there were unmlS-
taxable signs in the voting that OF the
candidates now before the Republican
marty for the conventions choice Hoover
was favored by majority in the Key
stone State. In Massachusetts the same
result developed. in favor Of the Secre-
fary Of Commerce.
Smiths victory in the three States
was emphatic In Ohio, where the
rame of former Senator Pomerene had
been advanced in the role Of favoriie
son. the Governor Of New York was
favored bv a ma Iority of the Democrats
who went to the primary polls. In
Massachusetts, the trend for Smith was
decisive and the vote Of that delega-
tson Tor him at Houston is clearly in
cicated by yesterdays primary. In
Pennsylvania, where the Democratic
vote is relatively light IN almost all cir
instances. and where yesterday only a
comnarstiveIy few Democratic ballots
ware cast. the Smith preference wa
ortinctly indicated.
As matters stand now. with these
tl1Tce large delegations selected, the
Democratic choice at Houston would
seem to be clearly foreshadowed. The
Smith candidacy is far ahead Of all
others, and the two-thirds goal 1t is
claimed by the managers Of that pre-
convention campaign. is now practically
reached. On the Republican side It is
evidently a case Of Hoover ahead Of the
feld. bat with q margin yet 10 be gained
before the majority point is assured.
The nominal tion al Kansas City will bc
effected with 545 votes Mr. Hoover's
most ardent advocates do not claim for
him al present more than 400 assured
totes cn the first ballot. as the reckon
itia now stands Second In line iE for
YneY Gov LoEden. whose strength mas
hean greater tfaB at first had seemed
ikeiy BIT there has Of late been 3
E,ae.,sning of the Lowden movement.
ct@ It ls oelleTed. 70 the fact that the
>seiecfiona in the States generally favor
sole 70 MIN have now mostly been
nlace. The possibility Of deadlock IN
,t'9WconTeTtlon is not remote. Predic-
ton In such a situation is unwarranted.
II fne Hoover movement continues 10
ram momentum stimulated by yester~
days results. the selection of canoi-
osce On the first ballot is a strong pos-
E4st