Evening star., 1928-05-27
nia Vote Tuesdays Last p Test Kansas City Convention
THE WEEK IN POLITICS
Summary of National Developments Based Reports
From The Stars Special Correspondents
and Staff Writer'S

correspondent, the Hoover people can
claim six, or possibly eight, of the
States eleven delegates to Kansas
City but draft Coolidge" move
ment Is being set in motion to dam
the rising Hoover tide. In Montana,
which has pledged It's delegates to
Houston to Smith. \ draft Coolidge"
movement is noted by the cor
respondent, who says that 1t is
engineered by Republicans who be-
liove that Coolidge is the only man
who could carry the State against
Smith.
In Massachusetts, the drys, as rep
resented by the State Anti-Saloon
League, have conceded that Smith
Will be nominated at Houston, and in
order to make hay while the sun
SHINES campaign of education"
has been begun headed by William
M. Forgrave, State superintendent
OF the Anti-SaloOn League. and in
tended to prevent Gov. Smiths
carrying the State against the Re-
publican candidate in November.
Democrats in Connecticut are also
claiming that Smith will win at
Houston and has a good chance to
carry the State in November, despite
the fact that only once in its history,
in 1912, has Connecticut gone Demo-
cratic in national election.
North Carolina Democrats began
the choice of their delegates to
Houston yesterday when they met in
1.75l voting precincts in the State
to select delegates to the county con-
vention June 8, which In turn will
send delegates to the State conver-
ton June -. The Smith people
have been considerably heartened by
events in North Carolina and are
confident that they will control the
delegation. Senator Simmons over
whelming defeat on his proposal to
hold an informal preferential pri-
mary in North Carolina, together
with the Senate investigating COM
mittee's revelations of small Smith
expenditures in the State. are count
ed as good tokens for Smith. Down
In Florida the indications are that
more voters will take part in the
primaries June than ever before.
showing extraordinary interest in the
campaign. The Florida delegation
is expected to go to Houston unin-
structed and opposed to Smith as
long as there is another available
candidate in sight. In Mississippi
the State executive committee meets
tomorrow to complete details for the
State convention in June and to
settle county delegate disputes. In
Alabama a vice presidential boom
has been launched for former Gov.
w. w. tBill) Brandon, whose voice
became familiar In nearly every
American home during the Madison
Square Garden convention when 1t
ceaselessly BOONE ID - Alabama.
twenty-four for Underwood Who
will get Alahama's twenty-four votes
at Houston remains an unknown
quantity. The delegates are self
pledged against Smith. Alabama
Republicans will cast IA or is votes
for Hoover at Kansas City.
In Montana the Democratic friends
of Senator Walsh were more than
pleased at the showing their favorite
son made in Oregon, where. although
he had efTaced himself three weeks
before from the race. he ran second
to AL Smith. They continue to hope.
although their delegation has been
pledged to Al Smith, that Senator
Walsh. despite his emphatic pro-
nouncement, may still be figured in
the running. In Oregon Gov
Smiths victory has been followed by
a food of propaganda emanating
from New York and directed against
him on religious grounds.
Now that the selection OF delegates
is over with. the voters in many Of
the States are concentrating on the
State elections. An interesting ex-
pertinent is TO be made in Massachu-
setts, for instance, where the Re-
publican State committee has called
an unofficial conference" of Repub-
licans to meet in Boston June 80 to
select a candidate to run against
Senator David Walsh. The meet
ing will bring together some 5000
Republican leaders and Is neither a
convention nor primary, but will
bear the earmarks of both. In South
Dukota the Democrats are nursing
along their boom for Gov. Bulow as
Vice President. In Colorado the
Democrats are seeking to persuade
Gov. Adams TO run again. while the
Republicans are sitting large
assortment of would-be guberna-
torial candidates with the hope oi
selecting good one. Senator
Wheeler of Montana ended Specula-
ton last week as to his future plans
by formally filing for reelection.
but there Is considerable talk out
there over the possibility OF his run
ming for Vice President
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