Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-25
CONVENTIONS
VOTE BATTLE
GROWING HOT
Show-D Down Stage APP
preaching Rapidly;
Smith, Lowden Lead
Fails to Awe Foes

WASHINGTON, March 24.-tR-
Intensive maneuvering for delegates
to the two national conventions Is
approaching a showdown on many a
political battlefront with contradic-
tory claims coming from the camps
Of rival presidential candidates as 10
who will be ~entrenched most strong
~ ut Kansas City and Houston.
Only two presidential primaries
have been held. In only a handful
Of states has the MISUNDERSTANDING
convention stage been passed. The
spring season hardly is under way
and the presidential ~eontenders
realize that April and May will fur
nish the bulk Ct the delegate crop.
They are straining 70 make the
most Of II, apparently not alarmed
that Lowden Of Illinois and Smitk of
New York, from the standpoint Of
instructed delegates, have forged TO
the front in the scramble for con-
vention votes at this early stage Of
the campaign.
Generally it is conceded by his ri
walls, that the New York governor
will 90 into the Houston convention
well in the lead. Whether he will be
able during the balloting to COM
mand the necessary two-thirds ma
jority is q debatable question, around
which revolves much OF talk about
other avowed candidates and "dark
horses"
AS for Lowden, his early lead is
challenged particularly by the Hoov-
er forces, who confidently predict
the m secretary will shortly
va mrm 4m khn Hw~nA Mnwmm - 10 hnu1nA
off.
Hoover's adversaries, however, re-
fuse 70 concede that he can be nomi-
mated, regardless of his actual and
potential strength at the outset of
the Kansas Ciy convention. For the
most part the campaigns Of other
republican presidential possibilities
are being directed accordingly.
OF the 1859 delegates who will 20
to Kansas City, 1876 have been select
ed. Seven states have named their
entire delegations. Five others have
designated them in part, among them
Louisiana where "A factional fight,
centering around Hoover's candidacy,
makes that states stand in the con-
vention doubtful.
Only 1853 of the 100 votes in the
democratic convention at Houston
have been selected, eight states and
the Philippines having shaped up
their entire delegations.
The republican lineup, on the
basis OF delegates chosen thus far,
follows:
Lowden:
Qnstructed) Iowa IT. Missouri 6,
North Dakota IS, North Carolina i,
Minnesota ~. (this does nj" include
the seven Minnesota delegates at
large selected today)-total 49.
(Uninstructed but claimed by
Lowden manaRers)-Towa 10, South
Carolina ii. Missouri IL, Minnesota 2
Total 35.
Hoover:
Observation-Disclosures 2, Louisi-
ana 10, Georgia IS Gin event Coolidge
cannot be drafted)-Total %.
(Pledged) New Hampshire IL.
(Uninstructed but claimed by
Hoover managers)-Minnesota 4 Iowa
2, New York ?, Virginia IS, Missouri
s-total 81.
Curtis:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. q.
The democratic delegates thus far
selected line up as follows:
&A4AtAAs
1nstructed)-Idaao s, Minnesota
%, North Dakota 10, Philippines G.
total "a.
(Pledged)-New Hampshire 8.
George:
Observation-Disclosures 2s.
Reed:
Observation-Disclosures SO.
(Uninstructed) - Arkansas, IS,
Louisiana 20.
In addition to delegates already
ain the bag" Lowden as a result Of
his endorsement at the recent South
Dakota republican convention will
get that states delegation Of 13.
Smith, who was endorsed at the
states democratic convention, can
count on an instructed delegation
Of ten from South Dakota. Dele
gates Of both parties will be selected
in the May primaries.
Although the Michigan primaries
are not until April 2, Hoover and
Smith are the only entries. AS the
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