The Washington times., 1928-05-10
SENATORS PLAN
NEW HOOVER
CHILLING

International Newo Service
Herbert Hoover appeared today
% be In FOR some more uncomfort.
able heckling on the part Of "the
alliess who are seeking to prevent
his nomination by the Kansas City
convention.
Hoover spent an hour on the Wit
ness stand before the Senate cam.
paign fund committee yesterday,
answering questions concerning his
organization. and not infrequently
clasAing with its members. Today
e DEVELOPED that the Cabinet candi-
date Is to be summoned again TOR
specific questioning as to the cir
el1mstances which prompted his De.
cieion TO enter the West Virginia
primary against Senator Guy p.
GOff.
The allies, believe they have
found way to turn the tables on
tie leading candidate.
Seek Stalking Horse
The Hoover managers, they point
tit. have designated as stalking
horses" all those favorite sons who
ave arisen to challenge the prog
xess OF the Hoover candidacy in
heir respective States.
Today the charge OF stalking
MoEse was thrown back at Hoover
~ Senator Golf, and the Senate
amittee is so interested in it!
1t was decided that another
mination OF Hoover is necessary.
Hoover testified on the stand that
certain Senator" telephOned him
nat Goff declined to permit the
Vest Virginia delegates to an
nOunce second choices in the pri-
nary. He declined to give the COM
aittee the name OF the Senator,
lyine he aid not want to involve |
anyone else IN the matter, but the |
Committee Is curious and It was
Manned today to go after all the
eetaiIs.
GOff Tells OF Call
"A Senator did call me and say
that Hoover would not enter West |
Virginia il / would agree to throw
the delegation to him." said Golf. |
Il told him he should tell the Sec
rotary that / was not a stalking |
horse candidate. and that il he
wanted to ride d hobby horse he
would have to get somebody else
ID be the horse.
That's why Hoover entered the
Vest Virginia primary against me
because wouldn't agree to throw
the delegation to him.
refused to be g stalking horse
such D proposition was an at
tempted barter of the West Vir.
gniia delegation, and was, in effect,
nothing more or less than at
tempted moral bribery"
Golf declined to name the Sena.
tor who approached him. but as
serted that II shall certainly tell IL
the committee asks me-.
This flare-up was taken today ~
but one indication of the growing /
bitterness between the Hoover camp /
and the alliance Of favorite sons, /
who are friends to LOWden or
Dawes. in the fight for the Repub-
Iican nomination.
Heaxkeneds and encouraged by the
result IN Indiana, where Hoover I
suffered the first real defeat OF the
current primary season. the coali-
ton against him has returned to /
the battle with renewed hope. They
confidently believe they have enough |
votes in sight to stop" the Cabinet
candidate at Kansas City. with |
L0wden az the rallying post for all /
the anti-Hoover sentiment in tine /
convention.
Hoover Leaders Confident
Whether they have or not re-
mains to be seen. The Hoover
managers deride the claims of 1.-The |
allies and claim that the Hoover |
movement has attained too much
momentum to be halted by such
temporary set-backs as the Indiana
result.
Impartial tabulators figure that
Hoover will enter the convention
with nearly 400 votes on the first
and second ballots, not counting the
powerful New York and Psnnsyl.
vania delegations, which between
them have 169 votes. A majority |
Of the convention necessary to nom- T
mate is 545.
It IS fairly evident, therefore, that /
if New York and Pennsylvania lead
ers swing to Hoover the efforts of
the favorite sons and Lowden-Dawes
leaders will be in vain.