Evening star., 1928-03-18

v ICTORIES for both the
" Lowden and Hoover camps
v in the Republican precon-
vcntion campaign were re-
corded during the week. accord
ing to the special political cor
respondents of The Star received
from all parts Of the country.
Former Gov. Frank o. Lowden
Of Illinois Is to have % of
the q delegates sent to the
Republican national convention by
Minnesota, 1t is indicated. The VIC
tory of the Lowden forces in Minne-
sofa had been carly predicted, where
the issue was the McNary- -Haugcn
farm relief bill, favored by Mr..
Lowden and opposed by Mr.. Hoover.
Hoover is to have the delegates from
Minneapolis and two also from the
eighth district. which includes
Duluth. Lowden also has the upper
hand in the fight for the Missouri
delegates, but there Mr., Hoover will
have better representation than in
Minnesota In Missouri. as in
Minnesota. the farm issue has been
raised strongly against Hoover and
in favor Of LoWdcn.
y
On the other hand. i'll Ohio, where
the Willis, Lowdcn. Dawes and
Curtis followers arc pooling their
strength behind the favoritc son
candidacy of Senator Frank B. Will
lis. the trend has been markedly
toward Hoover. Present indications
are that Mr.. Hoover will carry many
more districts than was at first ex-
pectcd in his contest against Sem
ator Willis. and that he may win
In many If not all the delegate at
large contests In North Carolina,
where the Lowdcn colors have been
in the lead UP until now, the
Hoover followers arc gaining added
confidence and are claiming that an
uninStructed delegation may vet be
sent to the national convention,
thereby heading off State dclega-
ton pledged to LoWdcn. Up in New
Hampshire. the first State to hold a
presidential preferential primary, a
solid Hoover for President delega-
tion was elected In Rhode Island,
another New England State, the
trend is apparently all toward
Hoover.
The Hoover and Watson forces in
Indiana are lining up quickly for a
real battle in the primary there on
May 8. The old Watson organiza-
ton, which has functioned success
fully for the Senator in past primary
fights, has been called into activity
again. The Hoover supporters in
the Hoosier State are not letting the
grass grow under their feet, AS a
matter of fact. much preliminary
work toward an efficient Hoover or
ganization in the State was accom-
pliShed before Mr.. Hoover made
his eleventh hour entry into the IN
diana primary. The anti-WatSon
factions. which have supported for
mer Gov Goodrich. Postmaster
General Harry New and viii II.
Hays, are lining up for Hoover. The
Hoover campaign. on tnc other
hand Is compelled to bear the bur-
den Of unpopularity Of Goodrich and
the criticisms which have been lev
eled at Hays because of the recent
disclosures before the Senate investi-
eating committee in regard To his
handling of Sinclair bonds. There Is
no little interest In the contest for
the Republican senatorial nominal
ton. Senator Robinson. who has been
aligned with Watson, and who was
originally appointed by Gov. Ed
Jackson. Is opposed by Attorney Cen
eral Gilliom. who has been active
in barring scandals involving the Re-
publicans with the Ku Klux Klan.
and by Solom j. Carter.
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Gov. Alyan r. Fuller OF Massachu-
setts has thrown another monkey
wrench into the pclitical situation
in his State. The governor is OPP
posed 10 sending an "uninstructed"
delegation TO the Republican ma
tional convention and has said so,
declining himself TO be candidate
for delegatc-at-large on the organ
ization slate and announcing his
preference for Hoover for President.
Ills latest move has been to send
special message 10 the State Legis-
lature calling upon that body To