Evening star., 1932-05-01
HOOVER IS ASSURED
OF RENOMINATION
WITH sos DELEGATES
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carried" But his claims are likely
to get him nowhere in the Republican
National Convention and none of the
delegates. President Hoover has given
permission to the slate of regular dele
gate candidates in Ohio to use his name
in the primary election, which Is to
take place there May 10.
Launching of Richie Candidacy.
The Maryland primary tomorrow Off
cially launches the candidacy of Gov
Albert c. Ritchie on the Democratic
side. The Maryland governor will, of
course. sweep the State in the primary
and the 16 delegates from that State
will go to the convention fast tied to
Ritchie.
The primaries in California and
South Dakota take place Tuesday.
President Hoover is assured the entire
Al delegates from his home State. On
the democratic side, however, a three
cornered race is being staged which has
aroused widespread interest. Gov
Roosevelt of New York, Alfred E. Smith
also of New York and Speaker Garner
of Texas are all entered in California
If Roosevelt wins there against Smith
and Garner, as the Roosevelt leaders
hope and predict he will win, the New
York Governors stock gets another
boost. California will have A delegates
in the Democratic National Convention,
and the delegates, under the California
primary law, are directed to support the
candidate winning the preferential pri-
mary.
If Speaker Garner fails in California.
where he has been backed by William
Gibbs McAdoo and William Randolph
Hearst. he becomes indeed no more than
"favorite son" candidate, with the
backing of his State delegation. If
Smith loses, he will still be left with
Massachusetts, delegation of SO, and an
unknown number of delegates chosen in
| Pennsylvania.
Louisiana In Doubt
Just where Louisiana's delegation, 20
strong, will go in the Democratic Ma
tional Convention is not yet settled.
Senator Huey Long, who has dominated
politics in that State in recent years,
has suggested that he would support
Senator George w. Norris of Nebraska,
Progressive Republican, as typifying
Democratic principles and that he
would not now support Speaker Garner.
The delegates to the Republican Ma
tional Convention have been placed in
three categories: Those instructed for
Hoover, those uninstructed but favor
able to Hoover, and those uninStructed
or scattering" for other candidates.
The list prepared here gives Mr.. Hoover
the following instructed" delegates:
Kansas, 81; New Hampshire, II; North
Dakota. 9; Iowa, 25; Georgia, 16;
Louisiana, IL; Hawaii, 2; Delaware o;
Florida, 16; Missouri. 80; Colorado, Is;
Alaska. 2; Oklahoma, rs; Massachu-
setts. 81; Arkansas, Is; South Carolina,
10; Kentucky. 25; Michigan. Al; Mime
sofa, 25; Nevada, 9, Mississippi, II.
Total, 1868.
Uninstructed delegates favorable 70
Mr.. Hoover are listed as follows:
Maine, 10; Virginia, IS; New York. 81:
Wisconsin, 16; Connecticut, 10; Illinois,
so I'll delegates Large still to be
elected; Nebraska, IT; North Carolina
IL with district delegates still to be
chosen Pennsylvania, rs; Arizona, g.
Total, 1872
The uninstructed and scattering"
list of Republican delegates includes:
North Dakota, 2; New Mexico, 9; Wis
consin, IL instructed for Norris; Massa-
chusetts, 3; total rs.
Curtis Victory Predicted.
Republican leaders last night not only
predicted the overwhelming renomina-
ton of President Hoover but also Of
Vice President Curtis. Every effort is
being made to bring about harmoni-
GUS national convention, even to the
extent of ironing out the prohibition
question. The demand for a plank
promising reSubmiSsion of the eighteenth
amendment to the people, in one form
or another, has gained ground among
the Republicans. While the ardent dryS
still protest the inclusion of such
plank, its supporters. who include not
only wet Republicans but many of those
who have been dry and still are counted
dry" are on the increase. 1t seems
assured that Pennsylvania large dele
cation will favor resubmiSSion plank,
or at least a majority of the delegation
will favor it, now that Senator James
J. Davis, running as an opponent OF
the eighteenth amendment, has de-
feated Mai. Gen. Smedley D. Butler,
bone dry, in the Republican senatorial
primary by about 100000 votes.
The prohibition issue has been the
one particular fly in the Republican
ointment. If the G. o. P. can get to-
gether on a prohibition plank that its
candidate, President Hoover, can stand
on, there seems little chance for real
row on the floor of the Republican
National Convention. Progressive Re
publican leaders have assumed that
President Hoover will be renominated
and have made no fight against him
what ever for the nomination. In the
Massachusetts primaries former Secre-
tary of Commerce Whiting was elected
delegate to the national convention
after he had declined to be pledged to
Mr.. Hoover. Whiting was appointed
Secretary of Commerce by President
Coolidge, after Mr.. Hoover had quit
that Office to run for President in 1928.
In some quarters it has been urged
that Mr.. Whiting go to the convention
as a Coolidge delegate, hoping to nom
mate his old chief. But it takes more
than one delegate to bring about a
presidential nomination in RepubJh-
can National Convention. just as it
takes more than one swallow to make
Spring.
Brown Seen As Chairman.
Republican leaders last night. high
in the party councils, expressed the
opinion that Postmaster General Walter
F. Brown would be selected to handle
the campaign for the reelection OF
President Hoover as chairman of the
Republican National Committee. He is
opposed for the Craftsmanship by some
of the ultra drys. on the ground that he
has taken a wet stand. But that op-
position is not believed sufficient to deny
him the chairmanship, if President
Hoover asks the Postmaster General to
assume control.
To add to the Democratic discord, 1t
is now reported that the Roosevelt
forces are out to prevent Jouett Shouse,
executive chairman, from being named
permanent chairman of the Democratic
National Convention, on the ground
that he has been inimical to the Roose-
welt candidacy in number of States.
1t is said that the Roosevelt people,
who expect to control in Kansas, Mr..
Shouses State may prevent his being
elected delegate to the national con-
vention. Kansas Democrats name their
delegates at State convention on
May 16.