The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-26
KEEPING UP
With
THE NE WIS
BY LUDWELL DENNY

BY LUDWELL DENNY
II FFORTS of Lowden-Dawes
~ forces to offset the presiden-
tial primary gains of Herbert Hoo
yer were conferred in Congress to-
day.
The House began debate on the
McNary- Haugen farm relief bill,
which is expected to pass with help
Of the anti-Hoover alliance and
despite threat Of a Coolidge veto.
Vice President Dawes, largely re-
sponsible for passage of a similar
bill vetoed last year, recently pushed
this measure through the Senate
with an almost two-thirds majority.
Following election of a majority
of Hoover delegates in the Ohio
primary and his overwhelming
popular preference votes in both
Ohio and Massachusetts, Hoover
yesterday picked up other delegates.
The Michigan Republican con-
vention instructed its seven dele
gates-at-large for him, in addition
to the twenty-six delegates already
either instructed or recommended
for Hoover. More than a majority
of the nine uninstructed Nevada
delegates are Hoover men.
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These primary results have driven
Lowden-Dawes managers to rely
even more than formerly, on the
Midwest grain States to stop Hoover
at the Kansas City convention.
Hence the political significance Of
the McNary- Haugen debate
With Watson of Indiana, and
Curtis of Kansas, "favorite son"
candidates in the anti-Hoover alli-
ance with LOWden and Dawes, also
running as THE farmers friend,
the present effort Of this group in
Congress is to isolate Hoover as an
enemy Of farm relief
Secretary Of Agriculture Jardine
and various farm organization
leaders have been recruited BIZ
Hoover managers to prove by pub
lie statements that their candidate
is friendly to the farmers aspira-
lions. despite his reported opposi- |
ton to the McNary-Haugen bill in
its present form.
In vetoing the bill last year, the /
President listed ten objections. 1t is /
now claimed that the revised bill
meets all these objections, except
the major one against the so-called
equalization fee to facilitate market
ing of surplus crops.
Hoover Sympathizers charge that
the bill is being passed for cam
paign purposes by the votes Of many
Senators and Representatives who
depend upon a Coolidge veto to pre-
vent it from becoming law.
MYTH many senators deploring
w American marine OCCUPATION
Nicaragua and the administra-
tons pledge to guarantee native
elections, the Senate voted 81 to %
against the Norris amendment to
the naval appropriations bill, COM
uniting the President to withdrawal
Of the marines after Feb. /, 1919.
unless American interests are in
immediate danger.
The majority group argued that
the administrations pledge had been
given and should not be restricted
by Congress in any way. Chairman
Borah Of the foreign relations COM
mittee, and the ranking Democratic
committee member, Swanson, first
favored such a measure as merely
confirming the Presidents right to
determine the need Of such occupa-
ton; but both changed to an oppo-
sltlon position at the last minute.
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The Senate Nicaraguan vote may
have been influenced somewhat by
reports of a press agency that
SANDING rebel forces killed George
B. Marshall of New York, assistant
manager of the La Luz mine.
This report was not confirmed by
official dispatches, and was denied
by United Press interviews with
refugees from the mine district
who said Marshall was a prisoner.