Evening star., 1928-04-22

ers will spend 1t in their fields and omit
voting. This will be blow at the anti
Hoover movement for admittedly the
strength of Senator Willis lay in the
country and the dry sections Of the
State generally.
The last estimate made at the Hoover
headquarters conceded nothing to the
anti-Hoover side. Of course, the
presidential preference election will be
carried by Mr.. Hoover. Everybody has
expected that result since the death OF
Senator Willis. Col Thad Brown
claims that the entire list of delegate
candidates. both district and at large
on the Hoover ticket will be elected
overwhelmingly.
Col. Thompson does not claim as
much Evidently he does not have any
hope of electing Willis delegates In
either Cincinnati or Cleveland. and
probably not much hope of carrying the
Toledo district However, he does not
specifically concede them. Outside OF
the big city districts he claims a gen.
eral Willis victory. and he feels sure
that the big votes rolled up in Hamilton
and Cuyahoga counties for the Hoover
delegates will be wiped cut by the vote
in the smaller towns and the rural por-
tons of the State.
Predictions Are Few.
Outside the two headquarters and the
ranks of enthusiastic adherents of the
two camps OF Republicans. politicians
are inclined to be cautious in making
predictions as to Tuesdays result. There
are too many factions in the problem,
many of them difficult to evaluate. To
make a confident prediction.
Among other things, they say no man
can tell what the real effect Of the
death of Senator Willis has had on the
sentiment Of large elements of the Re-
publican votes. What viii the .colored
voters do? How will those who were
in the World War line up? How strong
Is the Ku Klux hlan organization in the
State. and what effect on IL win the fact
that Mr. Hoover was married by priest
have? II Is an organization that Is
swayed by what most people would re-
gard AS trivial matters How has the
n-Americanism charge registered with
this organization?
How efficiently will the regular Re-
publican organization everywhere out
side of the big cities, pro-Willisl make
i's machine click Tuesday. and huw
many more Republicans than are CON-
priscd in the party organization ranks
can be got out TO the polls?
Organization Slipping.
Before the death of Senator Willis 1t
seemed that the ground was slipping
out from under the feet OF his organ
iZation. Those who were with the Sem
ator in his last days believe that he
realized it. and that may have been
real cause of his prostration. Has his
death changed the situation? II has
certainly put fight into the leaders OF
the Willis movement in this closing
week of the campaign: II they have
been able to pass the spirit on TO the
ranks. good showing may be made
after all
Evidently they have had the aid of
some able political managers in the
protection of campaign literature and
of funds 20 meet the expenses OF dis
seminating II. Many OF Hoover Re-
publicans think with Mr. Burton that
a campaign of such yirulence as that
which the antt-Hoover forces nave
staged this week. will have a reaction
and many will be driven from the ranks
of leaders who are responsible for It,
On the democratic side there Is no
reason to expect that any OF the State
organization picked delegates to Hous-
ton viii meet any difficulty in being
elected Tuesday. nor Is there any reason
TO doubt that most of the delegation
will at once go over into the Gov.
Smith column--all of them eventually.