Evening star., 1928-05-02
HOOVER AND SMITH LEAD.
Governor Exceeds Walsh Total TO /
in Incomplete Returns.

Governor Exceeds Walsh Total TO l
in Incomplete Returns.
SAN FRANCISCO, May tPl.-
Returns early today in the California
/ presidential preference primary from
/ 6.770 precincts of the 8.T53 in the State,
rs tabuiated by the Associated Press,
give:
/ Hoover. 477.792.
Smith, IiS,lo2
1 Reed 48983
/ Walsh, 35.093.
| Califonias IS votes in the Demo-
cratic national convention were added
/ to the Smith column today after q
| presidential preference primary election
which vas featured by the dry Demo-
crats under the leadership of William
q. McAdoo being routed from their
/ southern California stronghold.
| The candidacy of Herbert Hoover.
who maintains his residence in this
State and who was unopposed on the
/ Republican ticket. drew Ar. .T92 votes in
6,710 out of the total of s,753 precincts
This was in contrast with a total Re-
/ publican registration in the State of
more than 100000,
Vote Comparatively Light
As the total Democratic registration
was about 465.000, 1t appeared that the
/ three-cornered fight between the Demo-
cratic presidential aspirants did not
draw much greater a percentage OF the
/ Democratic vote than the proportion
which Hoover. uncontested, gathered
from the Republican forces.
| The vote in Los Angeles County. home
/ OF McAdoo and theoretical fortress of
/ the dry Democrats. was the outstanding
feature. or the county's 1857 precincts.
1875 gave:
Hoover. 1850; Smith, 2e.2so, Reed
/ 1880; Walsh. I2.7IO
! Walsh's failure to register more
heavily also was a surprise Supported
/ by McAdoo IN the south and a group
OF prominent Democrats in northern
/ California. the Montana Senator came
/ in poor third
/ Reed headquarters issued statement
blaming his defeat on Thirsty Repub-
/ licans and misguided drys." while the
/ Smith headquarters announced II had
laid claim to the entire Democratic
/ delegation.
/ Reed, regarded as the unknown fac-
tor in the spirited three -cornered
| Democratic fight made a speaking tour
| through California. He avoided the
| prohibition question. predicted a polit-
ical upheaval and demanded the
',ousting OF the Republican scalawags"
for the oil scandal.
Hoover forces were jubilant over the
large vote cast for the Secretary of
Commerce
1T appears az II Hoover win carry
California by hundreds of thousands of
votes, which is very remarkable In the
lace OF no contest" said Charles I,
Neumiller, Republican leader.
Polling Backed by Drys.
The 20 California Republican dele
gates Will be pledged To Hoover al the
Kansas City convention in June
Unopposed on the prohibition ticket
Daniel A. Polling Of New York won his
party's 80 delegate votes. lie had so1,oh,
70 have HIS name taken from fine hal
lots, which already had been urinted
Briet comment on the results ~ tho
primary was Issued at the Walsh~for-
president headquarters which conceded
victory Of Gov Smith.
The statement said
There remains doubt whether the
Democratic vote Of the State has REQ !.
istered majority against the smith
| candidacy In the Walsh and Reed pntes
combined. The light vote was a bjo
factor IN the results,
senator Walsh was an affirmat tive
candidate. and we believe the success
of the Smith candidacy In California
IN The three-sided fight win IN no wav
detraet from his popularity with the
people or his strength with the Domo-
cratic party"