Evening star., 1928-06-10

drum as To- What will happen, conun-
drum to which none has yet found
the answers Ills silence after hum
dred and fifty or two hundred votes
have been cast for him on the first bal
lot might be construed as consent that
the convention should nominate him
Under these circumstances 1t would be
dificult 10 hold the delegates In line
for any other candidate. Mr.. Hoover
and his managers have insisted from
the first that IL the President was 10
be candidate for the nomination they
would support him.
Goff Comes 10 Town.
With the advent of Mr.. Lowden the
allied opposition to Hoover took on
additional activity. Senator Gon Of
West Virginia. favorite son candidate,
came to town also, and gave out
statement Immediately insisting he was
not a stalking horse" for any other
candidate. but a candidate in his own
right. He admitted however. he was
ready to join any alliance to defeat
Hoover.
The failure OF the American Farm
Bureau Federation to declare for the
McNary-H -Haugen bill or the equalization
lee by name In the plank which It will
ask the convention to place In the
platform has caused a flock OF state
ments, both from Mr. Lowden and the
aIiles and from supporters OF Mr..
Hoover including Secretary Jardine Of
the Department of Agriculture. who
has joined his colleague, Secretary
Work, In boosting Mr.. Hoover for the
nomination
MI, Lowden insisted that the Farm
Bureau plank contain the principles
OF the Dill and OF the equalization fee
He insisted that he would continue to
stand for those principles. and that the
equalization fee plan was the only one
that had been suggested which would
properly solve the farmers surplus crop
problem
IF any one has another plan equal
ly good, for Gods sake let him present
it. said Mr.. Lowden with fervor.
Secretary Jsrdine on the other hand.
took the view that the Farm Bureau
had abandoned the equalization fee.
saying. mo one in this country could
possibly be more pleased than I nv
the action which was taken Friday BY
this great farm organization -- the
American Farm Bureau Fedsrstion-in
adopting resolution in it's Chicago
session that discards the equalization
fee and the price-fixing principle ~
the McNary- -Haugen bill. can accept
the bureaus recommendation that leg
islation Immediately b. enacted which
will place agriculture permanently on
an equal basis with other industries"
Shows His Irritation.
Mr.. Lowden plainly showed irritation
when he was questioned by newspaper
men today regarding the action Of the
Farm Bureau. He apparently resented
too. questions regarding HIS stand on
the prohibition question. He has de-
clined for months to answer Senator
Borahs wet and dry questionnaire,
put to Republican candidates for the
presidency.
When he was asked what his views
were on a prohibition plank. the for
mer Governor Of Illinois replied: Il
do not understand your question
But pressed later for a plain state
ment on the issue. aimee it as well as
the farm problem are involved in the
coming campaign, Mr.. Lowden said:
II stand on my record"
What was your record. Governor"
THE State dry enforcement law was
enacted while / was governor, and
signed It," he answered. He added
that the law was enforced while he
was governor.
The Hooverites were further encour-
aged today by reports that the entire
Idaho delegation would vote for Mr..
Hoover on the first ballot. with the
sanction OF Senator Borah. who IA
vors Hoover over any OF the other cam
didates 1t is expected that Senator
Borah, himself the choice Of his own
State for the nomination. will deliver
a speech seconding the nomination of
Hoover This has not yet been finally
decided 1t was said
Mrs. Nicholas Lingworth. wife Of the
Speaker Of the House. is expected to
arrive in Kansas City tomorrow or
Monday, and she Is coming. 1t is re-
llably reported. TO boost for the nomi- p
nation OF Mr.. Hoover