Evening star., 1928-04-22

brightly on Ohio. pennsyl-
vania and Massachusetts,,
where primary elections Of
delegates 70 the Republican
national conventions are to be held
Tuesday. The results in these
States are likely to have important
bearing on the Republican presi-
dental nomination. II Herbert
Hoover. Secretary of Commerce,
runs well in Ohio and Massa-
chusettS presidential preferential
voting. and delegates pledged TO him
in some of the PENNSYLVANIA dis
tricts are elected. his boom will re-
ceive big boost.
Massachusetts is expected TO go
Overwhelmingly for Gov. Al Smith
Of New York. in the preference vote,
and TO pick practically solid dele
CATION for the New Yorker. In
Ohio. the delegation will be for
favorite son. former Senator Atlee
Pomerene. but there may be many
Smith men in the delegation. The
anti-Smith forces are battling in
PENNSYLVANIA, under the leadership
of Vance Mccormick, in the hope Of
winning II to % Of the district
delegates.
Mr.. Hoover, according to the spe-
cial political correspondent of The
Star. will receive large vote in
Massachusetts,. His supporters there
are active and doing everything
they can TO set the voters to the
polls. He is certain of the backing
Of 80 of the 80 delegates there to
be elected. it is reported, although
the delegation will be uninstructed.
except so far as the preference
vote may be considered an instruc-
ton. Massachusetts, is the Presi-
dents own State and what it does
may be considered significant. Both
the President and Chairman VIII
liam NJ. Butler of the Republican
national committee have kept hands
of in the campaign UP to date.
r. l.. Anderson. professor at
theological school. is running as a
pledged Hoover candidate for dele
gate at large against the organiza-
ton slate.
In only one congressional district
in Massachusetts, are anti-Smith
candidates running for delegate
election. in the Lowell district. and
they may be defeated Otherwise,
Smith has the whole Of Massa-
cfusetts
President Coolidge's letter to Chair
man Prescott of the Massachusetts,
Republican State committee, re-
oussting that his name be not used
in the presidential preference primary
there Tuesday, has put another
damper on the Draft Coolidge"
movement in several States, inclId-
ing New York and Connecticut.
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The Ohio primary will hold even
more significance than that in
ming against the late Senator Willis
for the presidential preference.
The death OF Willis slowed down
the campaign in Ohio. The fear Of
the Hoover supporters is that the
vote may be light. With the anti
Hoover group in control of the or
ganization except in Cleveland,
Cincinnati, and one or two other
cities. the chances are In favor Of
the Hoover opposition, unless the
voters flock to the polls as the
consequence Of a real demand for
Mr.. Hoover. Hoover supporters
claim that their candidate will re-
ceiVe the Statewide preference
vote. and that majority OF the
delegates elected will be Hoover
delegates. The field" is lined up
solidly against Mr. Hoover in Ohio.
with the Lowden, Dawes, Curtis.
Watson followers doing their utmost
10 halt the progress of the Secre-
tary A victory In Onio. while not
having the same effect as had
Senator Willis lived, will be great
assistance TO the Hoover-for- -Presi-
dent campaign at this time.
Indeed. there are signs, according
TO the dispatches received by The
Star. that in a number of States
the Hoover band wagon is travelling
with less speed. This Is due to
number Of causes. The likelihood Of
the nomination Of Gov Smith by
the Democrats has redoubled the
demand of certain organization
Republicans in New York. Connect
cut and other States. including
some Southern States. for the draft
ing Of President Coolidge for the
party nomination, on the theory
that he can defeat Smith. even in
New York. The supporters OF Frank
o. Lowden and Vice President
Dawes, both of whom have favored
the McEary- -FIaugen farm relief bill.
are shouting that with AL Smith
running it is necessary to nominate
man who can be sure OF carrying
all the agricultural States of the
West This. they say, Mr.. Hoover
cannot do.
In Arkansas and Alabama the re-
ports say, the band wagon Repub-
licans are beginning 10 Soft-pedal
the Hoover talk, though they may
swing back strongly for the Sccre-
tary II he shows well In the coming
primaries In Tennessee a row has
arisen between Representative j.
VIII Taylor. the Republican boss.
and Claudius Huston, former Aasis-
tant Secretary Of Commerce, a
Hoover man, and Taylor asks the
reputation by Hoover Of Huston.
With veiled threat as 10 the atti-
tude OF the Tennessee delegation az
the national convention In Viz
gis1ia, too. II is reported the Hoover
talk Is Iessening. But e. Bascom
Eiemp. the leader. viii deliver the
delegation nevertheless