Evening star., 1932-04-06
Senator Dill Says Campaign,
So Far Unmarried by De-
feat, Is Remarkable.
rs OF 26 DELEGATES
CLAIMED IN WISCONSIN
Republicans in New York Favor
Hoover-La Follettes Make
Strong Showing.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

With Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of
New York making a clean sweep of the
contest for delegates to the Democratic
National Convention in Wisconsin yes
terday, supporters of the New York
Governor for the presidential nomina-
ton today were jubilant. Roosevelt s
slate of delegates apparently have tri-
umphed by big vote over the unin-
structed slate, reported to be supporting
Alfred E. Smith.
THE remarkable thing about the
progress of the Roosevelt for President
campaign said Senator Dill of Wash
ington, lis that the Governor OF New
York has met not a single defeat in
any of the many contests into which
his friends have put him in the pre-
convention campaign"
Bay State Interest Keen.
The Roosevelt supporters among the
Democrats are now looking forward
with the keenest interest to the pri-
mary which is to be held in MaSsachu-
settS April 26 and its companion pri-
mary in Pennsylvania on the same date.
They are wondering if the results in
Massachusetts, are not likely after all to
reflect in considerable part the victories
which Roosevelt has won in New Hamp-
shire. Maine. Wisconsin, Minnesota,
North Dakota and other States, with
Smith suffering as a consequence. So
far as Pennsylvania is concerned, the
Roosevelt followers are confident that
at least so of that States delegation to
the national convention will be for the
New York Governor
furthermore, despite all the talk
about what Tammany may or may not
90 in the national convention, the
Roosevelt leaders were much encour-
aged by the results of the primaries yes
terday held in the congressional dis
trlctS for the election of delegates. Al
though the delegates are not pledged
officially, it now appears that more than
half of the New York district delegates
will be for Roosevelt. And up in
Buffalo, where candidates pledged to
smith were running against the unin-
structed Roosevelt candidates, Roose-
Velt was reported to be far in the lead.
G. o. r. Eyes on Wisconsin.
At the same time the C. o. P. leaders
are looking with no little satisfaction
today to the results of the Wisconsin
primary, where the La Toilette Pro-
gressiveS and the conservative Repub-
licans fought it out yesterday The
Hoover supporters say that the Presi-
cent will be backed by very nearly half
of the Wisconsin delegation to the Re-
publican National Convention. AS one
OF them said, such a result in Wiscon-
sin Is virtual victory for the regular
OF almost unheard-of pro-
portions. The La Toilette Progressive
slate of delegates was pledged to vote
for Senator George W. Norris of Ne
braska for President in the national
The conservative slate was
but understood to be for
President Hoover. The vote was far
closer in the contest for delegates at
large than had been expected by the
anti-Hoover Progressives
Later returns may wipe out some Of
the Republican conservatives esti-
mates. But even if they do, the con-
Servatives will point to the compare
lively small margin by which they
lost
The vote in the Democratic primary
in Wisconsin was unusually heavy,
though still much below the vote cast
in the Republican primary. The
Roosevelt race against Smith there
created great interest.
Hoover New York Support
President Hoover, the returns in New
Yorks district primaries indicate, will
have the support of the New York del
egaton at the National Convention.
This was, of course, expected.
Next week Nebraska and Michigan
choose their delegates to the Demo-
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