Evening star., 1928-06-09
Plans Unobtrusive Effort fes
Nomination, Since Hoover
Will Not Attend.
SECRETARY MAY GET
NEW Y0RK'S 90 VOTES
Coalition Decides Not to Fight
Coolidge Administrative
Scarcely Mentioned.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
stan Correspondent of The star.


hour" came to Kansas City today to
make his final effort for the Republican
presidential nomination. He came, ac-
companied by his wife and daughter.
from his farm, Sinnissippi, and his
entrance into the convention city was
made as unobtrusively as possible. Pos
sibly this was because his chief op-
ponent for the nomination. Herbert
Hoover. is not coming to Kansas City at
all and the Lowdenites do not wish their
candidate to appear in the guise Of seek
ing too strongly the Office Of President.
Upon his arrival here Mr.. Lowden
went Immediately to his suite In Muehle-
bach Hotel, where the Republican ma
tional committee is domiciled, too, and
almost Immediately conferences with his
managers and admirers began. Mr..
Lowden is the most important Just now
of the allied candidates who are seeking
to stop" the nomination Of Mr. Hoover.
1t is hoped that his presence here will
add new life to the allied cause, which
has been in a slump in Kansas City
since the demonstration of strength by
the Hoover forces when they captured
the Republican national committee and
placed on the temporary rolls Of the
convention the large block of Hoover
delegates from the South whose right to
be seated had been challenged by anti
Hoover delegates.
New York Votes for Coolidge.
George Morris, Republican State
chairman of New York. arriving here
YoTk'S 90 in he Republican national
convention Will vote for the nomination
OF President Coolidge on the first ballot
unless Mr.. Coolidge stops them II the
President says definitely he win not
run, the New York delegation VIII sWing
to Herbert Hoover. Mr. Morris safd-
He declared that the Coolidge adni2
istration must not be repuGsatAts az
that Hoover Is the man to carry On II
the President IS out Of the picture. OF
the 80 delegates from New York who
VIII not vote for the President on the
first ballot, NEST all Of them viii vote
for Hoover on the first ballot.
The California delegation to y -
t1onal convention. shouting for
Califofnia'S favortte son, reacha ~
sas City couple Of hours before Z -
rival OF Mr., Lowden. This de,eyr q
the first to arrive In q soli;l bod .Yss
OF enthusiasm They are here - 81
TO nominate Hoover, and theY&5X&
with emphasis and entire confiHzHe9
Eight years ago Mr.. Lowden made - q
first bid for the presidential nornin. -
ton In the 1920 convention In Chicago
He had been the war Governor Of Illi-
nois and made good record as an ado.
ministrator. In the deadlock Of tina
convention neither Mr.. Lowden. Senate
Hiram johnson of California. nor tn
cipal contestants. was able to win q
prize. 1t went TO a dark horse" -
late President Harding
Mr.. Lowden was handicapped az ~
convention BY the fact that some
his managers had expended money ~
judiciously for delegates In Missouri
and the Senate investigates COMMITTEES
Of those days had del ed the fart
HAD; Had i not been a.,s for Y misstsD; Ss,.sD, ~
responsible. he mighW Whave bee -
choice OF the convention.
Declined Vice PresidsR
Fo. years ago Mr.. Lowden
mated by the Republican ne
vention for the once Of Vic ra.s
on the. ticket with ideL se
Mr.. Lowden declin non.- N
something unique erican pol
history. Now nev pcKns a
Mr.. fnwden and ther Midwest
candidates for the nc1hation appar-
entity gave discovered that bucking the
administration and seeking to
repudIsItc Ire leadership of the Prest-
dent has raised greater difficulties than
they had expected. The word has gone
forth from the allied headquarters that
this Is not an anti-administration ef-
fort Far from It.
The farm leaders boosting the candi-
dacy Of Mr.. Lowden, Vice President
Dawes. Senator Curtis and others have
abandoned the idea of writing a plank I
into the national platform mentioning 4
the McNary- -Haugen bill and its eQuali-f
cation fee. as q further Indication that
they are not to be considered anti
administration" The American Farm
Bureau Federation. through its ofilces
IN Chicago. has announced that II will
not insist upon naming the McNary-
Haugen bill In its farm plank.
Curtis Not Committed.
Senator Curtis. his manager, Albert
Newman. has announced here, is not
TO an alliance with coalition
candidates for President. Like the other
candidates. Senator Curtis Is opposed 10
The nomination of Herbert Hoover for.
of course. II Hoover Is nominated that
ends the chance of Senator Curtis for
lhe coveted prize. The hope nf his
friends Is that a deadlock will arise IN
he convention which will eliminate
lotn hoover ana lsOWucn ana tlat SEN
ltor Curtis viii be the compromise cam
iidate
The Hoover managers are heartened
BY reports from Washington that Sec.
'etary Mellon, head OF the big Pennsyl.
sania delegation. does not believe that
Coolidge will run or will have
he nomination under any esrcuni-
stances. Furthermore, they have II that
Ar. Mellon believes that the best thing
o do Is 30 get the nomination over as
oon as possible. They eonStru0 this as
meaning that he viii favor the nomi-
nation OF Mr.. Hoover. who Is out IN the
cad with some Aa0 90 500 delegate votes
n hts grasp. not counting PennsyNania.
There have been reports that the
Hoover people will undertake to nomi-
aato President Coolidge on an early
iallot should votes be cast for the Press
dent ON the first ballot The theory
In these reports is that hy
President Coolidge and
having him decline the way then would
e open for q prompt nomination OF I
Ut, Hoover,
The suggested plan Is secuted. how
'ver, by the Hoover leaders here, They
lave no such purpose In mind, they
ay, They point out however, that Mr..
aooyer has said ell along II President
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