The Washington times., 1928-06-15

| dead.
According to the Daily Mail dis
patch. Chang issued the following
statement to the commanders OF
his armies:
"My wound is not serious. My
condition is improving. Please
disregard all reports Of my death.
| looking for some one to tie to, and
/ Hoover appeared the best available
| bet.
Hoover. however. was not popular
/ with the "old guard" crowd in tbs
Senate, and they early set out e
defeat him. BY the time they had
made lIp their minds to this effect
tbe Cabinet candidate already had 9
good lead. The strategy or favor
| tie SON. candidates, was decided
| upon.
Under this plan various Republic
an Senators put themselves up a.
/ favorite sons in their respective
States Watson in Indiana, Wills
In Ohio, Curtis in Kansas, Goff IN
West Virginia, etc. Their purpose
was to prevent Hoover from obtain
| Ing these delegations prior to tAe
meeting of the convention.
Farmers Unfriendly
The ''aIlies," as they were called
were helped in this strategy some
what by Hoover's admitted lack Of
popularity in the middle West grain
belt. The farmers Of the wheat bel
1 y. rvaPVpfArNTINH IN HnnWaf
since war days, for they held hin
| primarily responsible for limiting
the price of wheat during the wal
/ when they might have profitet
| enormously as did industry, WHOSE
| products were unlimited in price
From April ] onward 1t was large
" a question Of Hoover against th'
4 field Lowden was making fail
Roadway in the farming country
but nowhere else; Dawes was still
committed to Lowden and hand
i cuffed so far as his own candidacy
| went, and Coolidge was still stand
/ ing upon his enigmatical statement
that he didn't choose to run.
Hoover Makes Progress
Meanwhile, Hoover was making
undeniable progress through tn
early conventions and primaries
The southern Mississippi States Eel
into line for him because OF his er
| forts to relieve their flood distress
The uncertain and pliable Repub
Iican organizations Of the South
| composed principally Of Federal OF
ficeholders, figured Hoover was the
| Administration candidate. and gen
orally fell into line.
The far West where Hoover spen'
the early days of his life, and which
regarded Hoover as the first rea,
chance of q lifetime to have raj
| west President in the White House
also lined up, and to this combina'
ton of South and far West was
added New England States more OF
less committed to Administrators
policies.
Natural. GraVitation
The whole movement was one Of
natural and gradual gravitation
aided by the acknowledgements
attitude OF the White House.
''The Allies attacked Hoover OF
many fronts. They derided his pro
fessed Republicanism by pointing
to the long years he spent away
from the United States, his support
of Woodrow Wilson's policies ant
| his uncertainty in 1920 to whicI
PAL ty he belonged
They made the corn and whea1
belts ring with their denunciation Of
him as "the friend OF big business
and the foe of the farmer" They
| attributed to Hoover no small In
| fluence in President Coolidge's vetC
! of the McNary-Haugen bill.
Called InternatiOnalist
He was pictured as an "interna
| tionaIist," and as a League Of Ma
| tions' advocate. They went bach
int the records and dug up letters
and statements Hoover made, es
| pousing the League, and one IN
1920 that said that 81 will vote fol
the party that favors the League
Hoo-'er made few denials and few
| speeches. He left the advancement
of his cause largely in the hands o.
his friends, although he personally
sat at the head o. his table as the
| strategist and tactician.
| EIdFIy AMERICAN
Three doors away from the Hoover
home on s Street is the residence
where Woodrow Wilson died anc
| where Mrs. Wilson makes her hom'
| when ir Washington.
The Hoover home is decorated IL
early American style. surrounded
| by grear trees which were left wheT
the original forests were cut away
Th9 reception hall of high ceilings
! is panelled in colonial cream, and
hung with colonial lantern chande
! liers.
There is an old plaque Of Georg'
Washington hung against the pane
background over a. mahogany table
upon which rests an old copper col
Zee urn dating back to the early
| days OF the American settlement.
The hardwood floor is partly car
| peted in a. dull pattern, forming 4
base for q Flemish "highboy," fac
ing the door from the rear. To Tho
left is A library with bookcases lin
| ing tw walls and an antique "wha t
not" in one corner. A Ralph Pea
body painting of Secretary Hoover
| graces the middle Of the front wall
/