Evening star., 1928-06-05
Florida Supporters of Com
merce Head Seated and
Ants Turned Down.
ACTION SAID TO FORECAST
CONTROL OF CONVENTION
Secretary's Foes Claim East Is for
Smith-Farmer Issue
Stressed.
BY G.. GOULD LINCOLN.


KANSAS CITY. June 5.-Hoover
for President sentiment predominateS
in the Republican national committee.
This has been indicated, Hoover supt
porters insist, In the settlement Of thl
Florida delegate contests, in which az
Of the delegates instructed for Hoovei
were seated and the ants were turned
down.
And If Hoover sentiment predomi.
mates IN the national committee, tbs
Hoover managers argue, it also will
in the Republican national
and Mr.. Hoover will be the
nominee of the G.. o. P. on an earl!
ballot. Some of them insist he will b
the choice on the first ballot.
First Victory for Hoover.
Hoover drew first blood in the ccu-
tests yesterday with nine of Florida'i
delegation, under instructions for the
Secretary of Commerce. This wa.
quickly followed by the seating OF two
more Hoover delegates from Kentucky.
the first district, against
whom contests had been filed. Contests
involving some IS delegate seats are "a
be settled by the national committee,
and the indications are that in the
great majority of cases Hoover dele
gates will be seated. This will add E
by no means unimportant group Of dele
gates in the convention to the Hoover
standard.
The vote in the national COMMITTEES
on the Florida delegates was significant.
The Hoover delegates at large wCrs
seated by vote of AZ to 36. Not few
of the Sc votes cast against the Hoover
delegates were so cast because OF the
friendship of the committeeman foI
George w. Bean. who for years has
been a member Of the Republican na-
tional committee.
Mr.. Bean plans to take his contest
To the credentials committee, and. II
possible, to the floor of the convention
But in view of the overwhelming Vofe
in the national committee, 1t is not
likely the further contest viii be sue
ceSSful.
The Hoover delegates from Florida
are in the convention 70 stay, IN a.
probability.
Georgia Disputes Settled.
Apparently still in control OF It's
Hoover President members. the Re
publican national committee TO-DAY
drove ahead with its consideration OF
the contested delegations. Two oeIe-
cate contests from Georgia. first and
fifth districts, were settled by agree
ment in a manner satisfactory to the
Hoover people, and the third contest
involving one delegate from the seventh
district was postponed with the IN
Cerstanding that a settlement would oe
reached by the parties involved by to-
morrow morning.
The Georgia contests involve a fac
tional row In the State, aimed at Ben
Davis. the Republican national com
mitteeman, rather than Hoover ano
anti-Hoover fight The agreement IT
the first Georgia district delegate case
was reached by awarding TO each OF
the contestants one-half vote. TINS
caused Chairman William NJ, Butler 10
announce that the call for the ma
tional convention did not look TO the
election of more than 1859 delegates
TO the convention and that fraclcnaA
voting was not authorized.
He said the committee would D
called upon to pass on this matter a.
a later date
Louisiana Fight Taken Up.
The Louisiana contests were mex,
heard by the committee. involving i
delegates II was Hoover and anti
Hoover fight, with the Hoover delegates
the Kuntz faction and the
So-called uninStructed delegates repre-
Senting the Cohen faction. Kuntz Is
the Republican national committeeman
from Louisiana, and Walter Cohen IS
the colored collector Of customs at New
Orleans. Prediction was made when
the hearing began that the kun;&
delegates would be seated.
On seating district delegates froGl
Florida, the committee went even naorG
strongly for the Hoover instructed dele
gates than 1t did in the case Of the dele
gates at large, The committee stood 81
TO SS for the Hoover delegates. While
a score OF the members of the commit
tee were not In attendance today, their
presence would not have materially al
tered the lineup for the Hoover dele
gates.
Charles d. Hilies oi New York. vice
chairman OF the national COMMITTEES,
led the fight against the Hoover dele
gates In the Florida cases, This Was 70
be expected MIR. fiilleS Is "a&in" tire
of the Secretary og Conn
meree, lie is clingiug tenac!ou$lN -
the idea Of drafting President Cool-
idge, But more tenactuoSly he Is cling
ing TO the idea OF defeating Mr., Hoover
for the presidential nomination, whea~
er Mr.. Coolidge be nominated or not.
He would turn 10 Charles Evans Hughes
In Jltfy. IL the FORMER Secretary Of
state were III the running and eoa'd
receive the support OF other delegations,
IL Is Mr.. Hilles, more than any other
leader, who Is blowing the breath ot Ike
into the Coolidge draft movement, lie
has supporters IN this anti~Hocver and
attitude. even In states
where MIR, Hoover has StToaS popular
support, Including Maryland, where ths
snttre state delegation has eSSa M
structed for Hoover,
u. &. Vote Split.
The representatives of the District Of
Columbia ON the Republican national
split their votes ON the Flor
da delegates, Edward f. CollaGay, he
publican national committeeman, W.T.
ng for the Rean faction and Mrs, Harry
NarSiman. through a proxy. Nottas Tor
tote, however, Is not necessarily - u
as an anti-Aoover vote, Ae
Iell In line for his fellow committee
man. MIR, Bean. and voted also Win
Chairman William Nj, Butler OF AtaSsa~
,husetts, who Was ane of those voting
% seat Mr., Rean and hts delegates,
The contest for the two delegates
gfom the District Of Columbia, hled by
Aaron Bradshaw and Aaron prloleau
against r. Lincoln TownSend and ps,
John II. Hawkins, representing the
Prescott faction eg district
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