Evening star., 1928-04-25
Secretary of Commerce viii
Have 81 of States Repre-
sentatives at Kansas City.
Gets All Seven at Large
ROLLS UP BIG MAJORITY
IN MASSACHUSETTS POLL
Uninstructed Pennsylvania Delega-
tion Held Favorab able-Governor
Sweeps Bay State-Clairns 66 in
Keystone-Gets 10000 Ballots
to $500 for Pomerene.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Herbert Hoover beat the field" in
the Ohio primary yesterday. He beat
1t so impressively that his chances for
the Republican presidential nomination
have taken on added luster.
Back of the Willis slate Of delegates
were the supporters Of Lowden, Dawes.
Curtis and Watson. This was true
before the death of Senator Willis and
afterward. Ohio was slated by the
Hoover opponents as the place to stop
Mr. Hoover.
The net result Of the primary yester-
day Is the election of 81 Hoover dele
gates to the national convention out Of
total Of 81. AL seven Of the dele
gates at large, chosen in a Statewide
vote, are Hoover delegates.
The Hoover-for- President boom re-
ceived impressive aid in Massachu-
SettS, too. where the Secretary Of Com
merce rolled up big majority in the
preference vote
Support in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania, which held primary
elections and elections of DELEGATES 70
the national conventions yesterday. is
to send an uninstructed delegation, ac-
cordlng 70 present plans. It is notice.
able. however. that number OF warm
supporters OF Mr.. Hoover were among
the delegates chosen. among them Gov.
Fisher, w. D. B. Ainey and Mrs. Marion
NJ. Scranton.
While Mr. Hoover was making gains
on the Republican side. the brown
derby OF Gov. Al Smith Of New YORK
was gathering In a rich harvest OF
delegates to the Democratic national
convention in Houston Massachu-
setts Democrats gave him their pref
erence vote almost solidly. A few of
the voters wrote in the names of Sen
ator Walsh of Montana and Senator
Reed OF Missouri. but the numbers who
supported them only made the Smith
vote more impressive. He viii have tn
solid Massachusetts, delegation. II
Pennsylvania, the Smith. sdherents
claim 66 out of the delegation Of rs.
which is half dozen more than they
claimed before the balloting began.
Out in Ohio. although Smith was not
entered in the preferential primary. his
name was written in by the Democratic
voters. He received more than 10000
votes in Sass precincts TO $500 for
Pomerene and $500 for Gov. Donahey.
both favorite sons. The Ohio delegates
have given Pomerene as their first
choice for the presidential nomination.
But they are expected 70 swing eventu-
ally to Smith.
Spotlight on Ohio.
The spotlight turned yesterday partic-
ularly on Ohio. where Mr.. Hoover vas
entered in his first real test Of popu-
lar strength He met the test The
at-large slate tells the tale Representa-
tive Theodore Burton of Cleveland, who
led the Hoover speaking campaign, ran
ahead OF all other candidates. He won
over Senator Simeon d. FeSS, picked for
the Office Of temporary chairman Of the
Republican National Convention and
keynote speaker at that gathering. by
more than so 900 votes.
The problem Of getting Senator FeSS
into the convention oooS up as result.
One of the Willis delegates might give
him proxy. or even one OF the Hoover
delegates. In the past. IL Is said. some
of the keynoterS have not been dele
gates TO the national conventions.
though that has rarely been the case,
Senator FeSS. although he headed the
Willis list Of candidates for delegate at
large. has been strong for the renosnt-
nation Of President Coolidge for Second
choice he has leaned 70 Mr., Hoover.
The Willis slate of delegates, under
the primary law. had given their second
choices. Thirty-four were for Lowden
and nine for Curtis and the rest Tor a
local man. In the closing hours o. taa
campaign the name OF the Vice PEeSi-
dent was thrown into the turmoil, IN
Hamilton County (Ctneinnatil. an open
campaign vas made for the Vice PgeSi-
dent, with the Willis delegates pleCIging
themselves TO Vote for him.
Hoover Sweeps Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft. SON OF the Chief Jus.
tice and former President and yeStefdaS
elected delegate &C large on tha
Hoover ticket tcday issued a statement
dealing With the Hamilton County Sita-
The Hoover delegates have carried
Hamilton County. Cincinnati. over tho
pledged TO Vice President
Dawes by vote 1 approximately $4,000
10 S,0oO III the preferential primary,
Hoover viii receive about $4,000 votes
n this county, The Willis delegates
pledged themselves publicly Go Dawes.
'ofmed q naweS-Eor~ President club and
made a strenuous campaign with tell.
>Age daily newspaper ADVERTISING In
aNor Of Dawes and containing bitter
attacks ON Hoover,
The iSSne between Hoover and
Dawes MAS more clearly drawn in Cns-
'mnau than anywhere else IN Ohio.
fhe result Is an ovTgwAellnlax eVk~
tence Of the popularity ot Herbert
hoover, his support among the women
5 almaSt unanimous, and they assumed
md carried through the active Ners :
he campaign III spite Of the ssArnese
,leA et the Dawes forces 20 write ia
he name of Vice President Dawes on
he ballots, Apparently not more than
1000 voters have written In his nafaa
ghlS can he eentraSted 20 tag0, when.
although the fight IN Ohio was between
Harding and Gen, Weed, over SOeN
oters wrote Ia the name of Herbert
hoover"
Walsh Leads Candidates.
Senator David l. Walsh Of MaSSa.
'huSetts said today the result in MaSSa-
'huSettS was exactly as he expected il
would be- with a solid Democratic dele
cation pledged e. Al Smith lie hhn-
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