New Britain herald., 1928-04-21
COOLIDGE AGAIN
 STAR1lES HACKERS
Asks His Name Be Kept Of Bay
 State Primary List

Washington, April q R-Anoth. Ar furlong in the preferential dele. gate steeplechase leading to the presidential nominating convention.
 ;.ood completed today as an out.
 'ome of yesterdays sweeping politi.
 'l activity. The day seemed to have provided a fitting semi-windup fol
 he feature race on the pre-conven. jon card next week when states ,ong regarded as pivotal will run of .hcir primary races.
 Topping primary conventions iE three states, which served only te further advance the causes of the three leading candidates, and a sen. R,e debate on Herbert Hoover's chances, was another statement by President Coolidge which observers feel will put q crimp in the plans o1 anyone proposing to carry the move ment to draft him to the Kansas City convention floor.
 Presidents Letter
 The president, by letter, informed Francis Prescott. chairman of the Massachusetts republican state con- Mittee. that proposal of his name as candidate in the primaries in that state would be most embarrassing and would tend to ''compromise' pinl.
 Reports have come to me that ir No al, proposing to write my name as a candidate for president at the pri- alaries on April 24," the president wrote. such action would be most embarrassing to me. and, while ap. procia'ing the compliment that is intended, l request that it not be 1one."
 My name is being used in other states in a way that is contrary to my wishes," he continued. T have heard that in New York city it has gone so far as to be claimed such use is with my tacit consent. In my own state. to give any countenance to such q movement would tend to compromise me and lend color to the misrepresentations that apparently are being made ill other states.
 T am, therefore, sending you this public declaration of my position and requesting that such attempts be discontinued"
 Frank o. Lowden, runner-up to Hoover in the republican race. had his pledged and claimed delegate Hate boosted to at least 16S yester- day as a result of the action in H. linos, his home state. of the republi- ran state convention in instructing the entire states 61 delegates for the former governor. Thus, LOW den picked up P. as he had only claimed 39 there previously.
 Hoover Given Two
 Hoover gained two more dele gates in Michigan by the action of that states fourth congressional dis- 1rict convention and ran his total in- structed and claimed convention votes to at least 216. He had talk on 16 delegates there in prior dis- trict meetings.
 Governor Smith, on the democra- lie side. gathered in 27 more dele- gates to put him away out in front with 291 pledged and claimed Hous- ton votes. In pledging their entire 5S to the New York executive, tho Illinois democratic state convention cleared up the only doubtful dele. gate on it's slate, Smith previously having been conceded 57.
 Smiths big victory came in Iowa. where dry faction headed by Ed ward T. Meredith. former secretary Of agriculture. had put up a stiff light to keep that states 26 delegates in the Meredith "favorite son" col- umn or at least away from the New ! ork candidate. The state conven- ton instructed the entire c6 for smith by exclamation.
 Under the instructions adopted. the Iowa delegates are to vote for "as long as there is reason- able opportunity of securing his the majority to deter mine when, if ever. the delegates shall be released from this vote of 
 While Smith is leading by com- fortable margin in tho race for the nomination. some of his dry oppo- nents see little hope Of his being elected if he is victorious in the con- yention. One of these is F. Scott general superintendent of the Anti-Saloon league, who last night predicted that the New York governor, if nominated. would re- ceive 'less than 200 of the 531 elec- toral votes even If one comedies to him in every state that could pos sibly be imagined as voting for the wet Tammany candidate"
 smiths Weakness
 Smith weakness" he said, "is that he is strong in republican states That cannot possibly be carried by him because of the large republican majority and he is weak in states such as Ohio. Indiana, Tennessee, Colorado and Oklahoma, where . victory would be doubt rul."
 The senate political debate broke put again yesterday when Sena- tor Sackett, republican. Kentucky, praised Hoover's record in replying 10 a statement of George N. Peek, arm representative, attacking the commerce. secretary's attitude to- ward the farmers.
 The Peek statement, inserted in he congressional record by Senator Iorbeck, republican, South Dakota, vas characterized by eackett as "a of misstatements, mis| and conclusions dis inctly libelous."
 Replying. Norbeck said Hoover mould not be elected president. because he was not interested in America until he was 43 years old"
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