The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-08
HOOVER GAINS
STRENGTH AS
PARLEY NEARS
All Developments Point to
Early Nomination of
Secretary.
MELLON AID EXPECTED
Pennsylvania Support viii
Swell Vote Total
to GAO.
BIZ Times Special

WASHINGTON, June S.-Three
distinct political developments here
within the last twenty-four hours
gave further encouragement to
leaders working for the nomination
Of Secretary Herbert Hoover az
Kansas City next week,
Representative Theodore E. Bur-
ton, ardent Hoover leader in the
Ohio battle, conferred with Presi-
dent Coolidge, then with Hoover
and Immediately announced he
would be candidate for Senator Ill
Ohio.
The United Press learned Hoover
privately had expressed sympathy
with planks being written for the
platform by Senator Borah OF
Idaho. The planks concern prohi-
bition, political campaign collec7
tions, farm relief and foreign
affairs. While no agreement was
even suggested, it generally is un-
derstood Borah will support Hoover
if Hoover's leaders in the conven-
ton support his planks.
First Ballot Predicted
There was further confirmation
of reports that Everett Sanders, sec
rotary to Mr.. Coolidge, will take a
message either verbally or in writ
ing to the Kansas City convention.
The message is expected to be used
to dissuade certain Republican
leaders who are said to be working
to draft Mr. Coolidge for the nomi-
nation.
The three developments had no
direct connection, but the Hoover
leaders pieced them together to
substantiate their arguments that
Mr.. Coolidge would not permit the
convention to nominate him and
that the anti~Hoover forces are
showing signs of weakening.
1t was predicted Hoover might 60
over on the first ballot.
Count on Mellon
Among those who made this
prophecy was Ogden L. Mills, under
secretary of the treasury and a dele
gate from New York. A last-minute
checkup OF the New York delegation,
which National Committeeman
Charles D. Hilles hopes to swing to
Coolidge, convinced Mills that Hoo
yer would receive the necessary 545
votes on the first roll call.
"As exact an analysis as can
make" he said, makes me believe
that Hoover will have the nominal
ton before the last State has been
called"
The Hoover people claim that,
with Pennsylvania's seventy-nine
votes, they will have $40 votes on
the first ballot They are conf
dent that Secretary Mellon will be
found voting his delegation for the
Secretary of Commerce without any
delay. In this prospect the Hoover
ties see slight chance Of success for
the die-hard faction led by Hilles
and William M. Butler, Republican
national chairman.
New York Question
Despite Hilles' efforts to block
Hoover by resorting to Coolidge's
name, it is predicted that fifty New
Workers will repudiate his strategy.
1t is understood Hilles plans to axis
the delegation to vote for the Presi-
dent merely as a complimentary
gesture, and such a request may be
difficult to deny for delegation In
GLIDING many Federal officeholders.
But even in the face of such q
course, it is believed that Hoover's
strength among the New York dele
cation will be more than half the
total.
Farm Faction Silent
Other developments regarded as
favorable to Hoover are the seat
ing of most of his contested
delegates and the silence which
seems to have fallen over the
Agrarian camp of Lowden. Watson
and Dawes. Many political OBJ
servers pointed out that recent his
tory shows that the man who con-
trolls the national committee usually
wins the nomination. The delegate
contests have shown Hoover's
friends to be in the majority of the
committee.
The farm candidates reticence is
attributed to their discovery that
their course was merely emphasizing
the fact that nobody but Hoover
can be named if the party plans to
uphold the Coolidge policies. This
view is expected to be impressed on
the delegates even more forcibly
after the battle lines are drawn next
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