Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1928-05-31
POLITICAL EVENTS
OF THE PAST WEEK
Highlights of Political Activity of
Both Major Parties Summarized
From Recent News Dispatches
From Over the Country

0off and SmIth Lead IN w. Va.
Returns from POP precincts out of
2,306 in Tuesdays West Virginia
primary gave: For president, Repub-
lican, Goff, 9,236, Hoover S,9O2.
Democrat, III precincts, Reed 5,O7O,
Smith 6,344. Gore was leading on
the Democratic ticket and Conley on
the Republican for United States
senatorial honors. J. Alfred Taylor
lead the Democrats for governor.
All the 1,S9 delegates to the Re-
publican national convention have
been selected. The last state to
name delegates was West Virginia,
which held its primary Tuesday.
Six states and the District of Co.
lumbia have not designated Their
representation, aggregating 142
delegates, at the Democratic conven-
ton, where the vote will total 1000
In the table below, the total after
each candidates name represents
delegates instructed, pledged or
claimed for him by his political
managers, and not the number con-
ceded to him by his opponents. There
are overlapping claims in number
of states.
Republicans
Hoover-5l512, of which 1T6 are
in dispute.
Claimed for Hoover: Alabama Is,
Arizona 4, Arkansas 6, California
20, Colorado IA, Delaware 4, Florida
10, Georgia l, Iowa ,, Kentucky 80,
Louisiana II, Maine IS Maryland
10, Massachusetts 81. Michigan 33.
Minnesota Z, Missouri 10, Montana
512, Nebraska, 9, Nevada s, New
Hampshire IL, New Jersey 81, New
Mexico Z, New York At, North
Carolina 10; Ohio 8, Oregon IS,
Rhode Island II, Tennessee 19, Utah
see II, Utah l, Vermont II, Viz
ington II, Wisconsin 7, Hawaii 2,
Philippines 2.
Hoover's claim to the following
176 delegates is disputed by op-
ponents: Alabama l, Arizona 4,
Arkansas 4, Colorado 7, Delaware
4, Florida 10, Kentucky 2, Louisi-
ana II, Massachusetts 26, Mime
sofa 2, Mississippi II, Missouri A,
Montana 1, Nebraska 6, Nevada 3,
New Jersey 8, New Mexico 6, New
York 20, North Carolina 5, Tennes-
see II, Utah l, Vernon II, Vir-
ginia II, Wisconsin 6.
Lowden-2741a, of which Sc are
in dispute.
Claimed by Lowden: Alabama Is,
Arizona 8, Arkansas 8, Colo, 5, Hi
nois 55, Iowa 27, Minnesota 21,
Missouri 80, Montana SIC, Nebraska
Is, Nevada 2: New Mexico 4, North
Carolina 13, North Dakota Is. Ohio
20, Oklahoma l8, South Carolina IF,
South Dakota 13, Wisconsin ,, Alas
ka 2.
Lowden's claims to the following
Sc delegates is disputed BY oppon-
ents: Alabama l, Arizona 4, Arkan-
sas 4, Colorado 2, Illinois 6, Mime
sofa /, Missouri 5. Nebraska l6, Ne
vada l, New Mexico North Caro-
lima 3, Ohio 20, Oklahoma IS, Alas
ka 2.
Curtis-46, of which 22 are in
dispute. Kansas %, Oklahoma 20,
Rhode Island /, Alaska 2.
Curtis claim to Oklahoma's 20
delegates and Alaska's 2 is disputed.
Norris-33, of which Is are in
dispute. Sixteen of the 10 Nebras-
ka delegates also are claimed by
Lowden managers and nine Of them
are claimed for Hoover.
Indiana's 33 goes to Senator Wat
son and Borah gets Idaho's II
At present none of the candidates
are claiming the following 169 dele
gates: Connecticut II, Delaware 5,
Georgia Is, Missouri 4, New York
43, Pennsylvania 10, Wyoming g.,
District of Columbia 2. Porto Rico
2.
Democrats.
Smith 634, of which 76 are in
dispute. Arizona 6, California 26,
Colorado s, Connecticut IA, Della
ware 6, Idaho 8, Illinois So, Iowa 26,
Louisiana 20, Maine II, Massachus-
etts SO, Michigan so, Minnesota "a,
Montana 8, Nevada 6, New Hamp-
shire 8, New Jersey %, New Mexico
6, New York 90, North Dakota 10,
Ohio l, Oklahoma 20, Oregon 10,
Pennsylvania &c, Rhode Island TO-,
South Dakota 10, Utah 7, Vermont
8, Washington Ia, Wisconsin 26,
Wyoming 6, Alaska 6, Hawaii s.;
Philippines 6, Porto Rico 6, Virgin
Islands 2.
Smiths claims to the following 76
delegates is disputed by opponents:
Illinois II, Louisiana 20, Oklahoma
20, Pennsylvania 16, Utah 2, Porto
Rico 6.
Reed III, of which 81 are in dis
pute. Illinois IL, Kansas 20, Mis-
souri, SO, Oklahoma 20, Pennsylvania
26, Utah 5.
The claim of Reeds managers to
all but the 36 Missouri delegates is
disputed by his opponents.
Pomerene has AZ in Ohio; Georgel