Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-03-14
Politics at Large
By C.. Could Lincoln.

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New Hampshire, the first of the presi-
Dental primary States ran true to ex-
pected form yesterday. All reports indi-
cate that the State will send solid
Hoover delegation to the Republican
national convention In Kansas City and
a solid Smith delegation to the Demo-
cratic convention in Houston. This
vention for Mr.. Hoover and 8 In the
Democratic convention for Gov. Smith
Of New York.
Particularly did the New Hampshire
primary fix more firmly In the saddle
| Senator George Moses as the Republican
leader OF the State Senator Moses one
OF the original Hoover-for- President
ln-l928 boosters, has urged, however.
that the New Hampshire delegation go
"uninstructed" though favorable to the
Secretary of Commerce. In this he was
joined by Gov. Spaulding. All the dele
gate candidates, except one who ran as
a delegate pledged to President Coolidge.
and another who sought to be elected
as delegate pledged to Mr.. Hoover,
sought election on the terms laid down
by Senator Moses. Gov. Spaulding. like
Senator Moses, is a strong Hoover ad-
herent, and beth will be delegates at
large.
| The result In New Hampshire yester-
| day Is believed to forecast in large de-
gree what will happen throughout New
| England Mr.. Hoover Is very popular In
that section of the country and will be
/ the choice of the delegates from those
| States, although they may 60 to the
national convention uninstructed. New
| England Is loyal as ever to President
Coolidge, and. II he could be drafted,
would support the President solidly. But
many New Englanders long ago reached
| the conclusion that President Coolidge s
! wish not to run for President this year
must be respected.
| The Lowden managers are making
| much of an argument to the effect that
Frank o. Lowden of Illinois, former
governor, can carry every State which
any other Republican candidate might
be expected to carry. They insist that
Mr.. Hoover, for example, will find II
| difficult, II not impossible. to carry some
of the corn and wheat belt States be-
cause Of his opposition to the McNary-
E1dukcEl Uhls EIcoIucIlt SOUlluSCt VIII
has opposed the McNary- Haugen bill
| ever since 1t was first offered as cure
of the farmers ills back in 1923 and
| 1924. carried all Of those States in 1924,
| and by large majorities.
| Up to date. the Lowden and Hoover
campaigns for the Republican presi-
DENTAL nomination have failed to meet
in open conflict in any of the primary
States. It has been rumored that the
| Lowden forces would enter the Mary
! land primary, In which MIR. Hoover al
ready has filed. But while there have
been conferences of Lowden leaders re.
garding this matter, there has been no
decision. according TO Clarence F.
Buck. State Senator In Illinois and
Lowden manager Mr.. Buck has sug-
gested that, anyway, Lowden may chal-
lenge Mr.. Hoover's supremacy in the
West Virginia primary. The Lowden
people we're urged to 60 into the Michi-
backed away from that contest. They
are leaving Senator Willis to block
Hoover In Ohio and Senator Watson
| the same task In Indiana.
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The anti-Hoover forces. which in
clude the LowdeniteS, the supporters
of Vice President Dawes and Senators
Curtis of Kansas and Watson Of In
diana, put up Representative Charles
Brand of Ohio in the House to make
a slashing attack upon the Secretary Of
Commerce. More particularly was Mr..
Brands attack to be directed at Mr.,
Hoover's alleged hostility TO the farmer,
What MIR. Brand really did was TO give
the House the heartiest laugh 1t has
had in years. Ridicule Is terrible
blow to any political cause or candi-
date. The anti-Hooverites apparently
had overlooked the resourceful Mr..
Theodore Burton, also of Ohio. and a
Hoover leader In that State. And Mr..
Burton Is never to be overlooked in de-
bate--at least not q second time. After
the House had heard Mr.. Hoover casti-
gated by Mr.. Brand as the farmers
worst enemy for the last 10 years or
more, Mr. Burton took the floor and
! read into the record two letters written
| by no less a person than Mr.. Brand
| himself TO Mr.. Hoover in January. l9a5,
| urging mat Mr.. Hoover become Secre-
| tary of Agriculture, on the ground that
| he had excellent ideas regarding farm
| aid The House howled. and the best
MIR. Brand could do was TO ask the
date Of the letters. AS Representative
| Dickinson of Iowa. ardent supporter OF
| the McNary- Haugen bill and of Mr..
| Lowden, had been one of the most In
sistent that Mr.. Brand should have fun
opportunity To castigate Mr.. Hoover in
the House. the blow fell not alone upon
Mr.. Brand and Senator Willis, but also
upon MIR. Dickinson and MIR. Lowden.
Mr.. Burton. whose tones are always
most kindly when he is most cutting,
| suggested to the House that perhaps.
after all, political reasons had been
instrumental In bringing about Mr.
Brands opposition to MIR. Hoover.
Il do not ask for an appeal from
Charles drunk to Charles sober or from
Charles sober TO Charles drunk" said
Mr.. Burton, because l understand that
he Is on the water wagon all the while.
and such an appeal would be inappro-
PIRATE; but I do appeal to him to know
whether he was right In January, 1925
or In March, 1928" And the House
rocked with laughter again.
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Mr.. Brand accused Mr. Hoover of
using the officers and employees OF the
Department of Commerce To advance
his campaign In Ohio and elsewhere,
and charged that this was no more than
using the Federal Treasury for his cam
paign purposes, since these officers and
officials are paid by the Government.
Mr.. Burton produced an order from
Hoover directing that officers and en-
ployeS OF the department refrain from
such activity. and then called attention
to the fact that scores OF Federal post
masters, marshalS and other appointeeS
of Senator Willis are actively campaign
ing for the Senator In Ohio, They too.
are paid out of the Federal Treasury,
The Willis forces are apt 10 be careful
how they challenge MIR. Burton In de-
bate hereafter.
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What is the Republican national or
gantgation going to do about the $780,
600 contribution Of Harry +. Sinclair.
lessee OF the Teapot Dome oil field. To
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