Evening star., 1928-05-09
Politics at Large
BY C.. Could Lincoln.

demonstrated that Of all the candidates
in both Republican and Democratic
camps two stand out In popular favor,
They are Herbert Hoover of California
on the Republican side and Alfred f.
Smith of New York on the Democratic.
The five States which remain to hold
primaries are New Jersey, May Is;
oregon. May 49, South Dakota. May
%; West Virginia. May 20, and Florida,
June 5. West Virginia is the only one
of these States that offers a real con-
test with Gov. Smith of New York
opposed to Senator Jim" Reed of Mis-
souri, and Herbert Hoover opposed to
Senator Goff, favorite son candidate.
All Smith Is slated to get the preference
vote of both New Jersey and South
Dakota and he is likely to win in Oregon
and west Virginia. Mr.. Hoover has a
hard fight in West Virginia against the
favorite son. but in New Jersey and
Oregon he is slated to clean up practi-
cally without opposition. There Is
Hoover support in Florida, too Frank
O I,owden Of Illinois will have the
South Dakota preference on the Repub-
lican side. Mr.. LoWden has not entered
the West Virginia primary. There 1t
will be the field, behind a favorite son,
In the effort to halt Mr., Hoover.
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or the primary States which have
already concluded their presidential
polls. Smith has won in California, I'LL
nois. Massachusetts, Michigan, New
Hampshire. North Dakota and Wiscon-
sin. Hoover mas won in California,
MARYLAND Massachusetts, Michigan,
New Hampshire and Ohio. Mr.. Lowden
has won in Illinois and North Dakota.
In PENNSYLVANIA, the most populous
state of all those holding primaries,
there we're no entries in the presidential
preference primaries. but large numbers
of voters wrote IN the names OF bOth
AL Smith and Herbert Hoover. Gov
Ritchie of Maryland is slated to have
the entire delegation from his State as
first choice, but the delegation is eX-
pected to swing to Smith at the psy-
Geological moment. Indiana has given
its preference vote on the Democratic
side to Evans Woollen. favorite son,
and on the Republican side apparently
to Senator Jim" Watson, favorlte
son candidate. Nebraska Is lined up
for Senator Norris, Republican progress
sive. and for former Senator Hitchcock,
both favorite sons. In the END, Mr.:
Hoover is likely to have six or seven Oh
the Nebraska delegation. and most OF
the Democratic delegation is likely to
swing To Smith.
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Indiana Democrats have watched the
fight in the Republican ranks OF their
State with the keenest interest. APP
parently the Republican organization
some of whose members have been I'M
plicated in the many scandals ano
prosecutions involving public men III
that State, is still in the saddle. Ine
Democrats believe they will be able To
"clean up" in the November election
with their candidates for governor ano
for United States Senator. Indiana has
gone Democratic in the past, though IN
recent years IL has been found pretty
consistently In the Republican column
Some of the Democratic leaders Tear
that the nomination of Gov. Al smith
for President will injure their chances
to carry the State. The State Is Strong-
ly dry and has been In the past Q
stronghold of the Ku Klux Khan, tnougn
that organization has been IN bad odor
for months there. The presidential
electors and the State officers are all
nlared on the same ballot in Indiana
which makes 1t difficult to split the
ticket Nevertheless, the Indiana DEM
ocrats are hopeful Of putting their
state ticket through this year.
In a number of states the candi-
dates for election TO the House nave
been named by both parties. In Mary
land, for example. John Philip Hill
former member OF the House. a wet Re-
publican and leader Of the wet forces
in the House, has been renominated
without opposition. Mr.. Hill has been
successful In a Baltimore district III
the past and may come back this year
he ran for the nomination for the Sen
ate in bitter factional fight in 1926
against former Senator Weller, and was
defeated The Weller faction had the
small end of the stick In the primaries
in Maryland on Monday. Another vet
eran OF the House. David j. Lewis,
Democrat Is seeking to stage a come
back, too. Mr.. Lewis Is 10 run against
Representative Zihlman, Republican. AT
present chairman of the House district
committee Elmer II. Burkett. who was
a Senator from Nebraska years
ago, has been nominated for the House
by the Republicans In the first district
Of that State, which Is now represented
by a Democrat, Representative j. II
Morehead.
A great many of the candidates for
House and Tor the Senate have still
to be named, the primaries and con-
ventions which will select them coming
at dates later than the Republican
and Democratic national conventions.
The House stands likely TO have at least
one additional woman member in the
next Congress.
Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick. widow
Of Senator htedili Mccormick and
daughter of the late Mark Hanna of
Ohio. has been nominated for Repre-
sentative at large In Illinois. defeating
Representative Yates. Mr. Yates was
formerly governor of the state and is
the son of a governor Mrs, Mccormick
rode into the nomination on the wave
OF reform which swept political old
lines aside In the recent primaries in
Illinois.
Two years ago the Republicans were
on the defensive 10 far greater ex-
tent than the Democrats in the Sena-
toriai elections. OF the one-third of
the Senate membership then up for
election only handful were Democrats.
and most Of those in Southern States,
where Democratic nomination Is tam
tamount 10 election. But this year the
boot Is on the other leg. The Demo-
Gratis must re-elect some 20 sitting Sem
ators and the Republicans a doaen
There Is one vacancy IN the Senate
from Illinois. Frank l.. Smith, Repuh-
lican. was denied seat in that body.
resigned and sought denomination, but
was defeated Illinois is so strongly
Republican that II IL likely the Repub~
lican nominee will win that State
The case Of Senator-eisct William s,
Ware of Pennsylvania. Republican. Ii
stlll TO be decided He. like Col, Smith
OF Illinois, was denied the privilege OF
being seated when the Senate met last
December, Hut his Democratic nnno-
nent, William II. Wilson. former Seere-
tafS ut Labor, filed contest against
hlm charging fraud In the election. and
the ballots cast are now belnp counted,