Evening star., 1928-06-14
T|LSON TAKES LEAD
FOR SECOND CHOICE
Supporters Claim He Now
Has 311 Votes on First Bal
lot as Vice President.
stan Correspondent of The Star.


KANSAS CITY. June 14-Boomed
as vice presidential candidate Of
presidential SIZE" Representative John
@. Tilson Of Connecticut, Republican
floor leader of the House, today took
the lead in the field of some 30 can
didates for second place On the ticket
as running mate to Hoover.
/ The TiIson supporters claim that he
now has pledged 371 votes on the first
ballot, with i45 additional pledged on
the second ballot and gaining strength
all the time
Supported In South.
AS boy who came out Of the
mountain region Of Tennessee, who
walked most OF the way to New Haven,
Conn, with his shoes glung over his
shoulder. the South is particularly
proud Of John Tilson's progress and
the southern tier Of States are for
him with practical unanimity. The
pledges made for Tilson are as follows
Alabama, Is; Arizona, /; Arkansas.
IL: Nevada, B.: North Carolina, 20:
necticut. II; Florida, 8: Georgia, Is:
Indiana. 3. Kentucky. 20: Louisiana,
II: Massachusetts,. Is; Minnesota, g..
Mississippi, II: Missouri, Is; Montana,
IL; Nevada @: North Carolina, 90;
Oklahoma. 20; Oregon, l3; South Car
olina, Ill, Tennessee, l9: Texas. 26.
Utah. 3: Virginia, IS. Washington. II;
Wyoming, Q, and the Territories. 5.
While the District Of Columbia dele
CATION at a caucus last night failed 10
make a decision regarding which vice
presidential candidate II would sup
port, IL lis fairly certain that the DIS
trict'g two votes will be for Tilson.
Since the exclusive announcement
first made in The Washington Star
three weeks ago that colleagues in the
House were canyassing their home dis
tricts for the House leader. following
announcement that the State central
committee in Tennessee had proposed
him for the vice presidency, the Tilson
boom has been quietly but earnestly
pushed. While %boomlets" for favor
ite sons" were being inflated, Tilgon's
friends in Congress made Nationwide
sweep for him which Is expected 10 land
him on the ticket with Hoover.
LongwOrth Coins Slogan.
II was Representative Nicholas Long
worth, Speaker Of the House, who sng-
gested the TIlSon slogan "Tils0n on the
ticket means a vice presidential candi-
| DATE Of presidential size" John J. Hop
| kins Of the New York delegation Is one
/ Of the energetic Tilson workers. Out
/ side of the South, where Tileou Is ex-
/ pected 10 greatly strengthen the party
/ ticket as an Offset ~ the Democratic
/ candidates and especially To Repre-
| sentative Cofdeii Hull. also native oi
/ Tennessee. who IL a leading candidate
i for Vice President in Democratic circles
/ IilsOn's strongest support comes from
j HoOyer'S own State, California, indicat
1 ing that mis- selection would b. vel
| coYacc by HG0ycr,
! A careful canvass made 81 thf
+ States last night by the Tiig0n booster
I showed that in The delegations listed
/ as doubtful fne House leader Is en-
/ peGted 10 gain many yOteg, and thsse
/ delegations include some ~ his stanch.
I est friends. F0r example. no votes arr
! claimed for Ttig0n from New Y0rk. III.
though Mf Hopkins is active as d Til
son manager sfld Representative Eer'
1 tFand II. Smell, chairman of tfle Housf
! rules committee and a cloSe ally of TN
+ House leader, would be glad ~ be on
! " his strongest workers II released from
/. supporting any of The FIVE fagorite som
/ Bf3o hAye been groof1ed for the gecOnG
place nomination,
Friendly With Mellon.
Again In Pennsylvania none ~ tbi
10 yotss IL claimed for JllSop, although
| the probability ia gOeId that he may gF
mast, II llot aii, NJ them Mf. Tils3n
on the t,sgt VI terms with both EeeFe
taFy Mellon and senator Ware. who haV
/ indicated their control of the deIega
iion on something llke a b0e5D basis
Prom the doubtful !jst ~ 80 votes u
DsfiC and d iikf number in Illinois
AaYylancfS 10 and North and g0utl
Dakots with ~ votes each, 1ils9p ha
4 nluno better chance than any 0tile
eancicate according ~ present Outl00S
The canvass made al Tjisou's head
quarters tn tlle Baltimore Hotel SHOW
that there as big Midwest block tsls
must BE- gsekonsf ss doubtful, IN WhiG
syuls no yotes are tied 40. When tbes
are yeJe2aed, Ttiaon mas an exeelleG
chance ~ getting a large nunbef, tn
, ! 1ieriip includes III ~ The 81 votes j
Illinois and 10 " the ~ ia Indians
| HfleFs Representative "Dink" Elliott
: 4 very strong friend VI tbe House Iesde
" other states IN this tie~ng ars low
: 70. KatgsaE, ~, Minnesota With III &
. jts yDieE, while the other q have bee
: promised " 9ileon ~ IN Missouri,
: ~ aeDFagxa, III IN Diiig and ~ iD Wis
, GfJtyEin
When The IIOydenr Wstson end Dal
: e8mpf tyfeak IN, largey Himber Z
? ibeW f9}BoWefE age ready ~ gaaka ttala
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