The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-05
Bandwagon of
 Roosevelt JOlted
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 At tho sumo time, Roosevelt now 4,as n major reverse In the west against him regarded as Roose. velt's strongest territory. That is where ho has made his real bid--- such bids as that In behalf of the Forgotten man" which Smith charged was demagogery. That at. f tack and the loss of two key states on opposite sides of the continent may be expected to contribute mas terinlly toward shaking confidence in him as a presidential prospect. The steady march of Roosevelt through tho early primaries and tho early state conventions gave him momentum which covered his candidacy with the glnmor of onrushlng success and .--- if the re. cent ball0ting is indicative ---- may have led to m overestimate of his actual political strength.
 still ho leads tho field and hls followers, while realizing they may hnvo n fight at Chicago, arc still | confident.
 Tho present standing of the dem. ocr0tlc field, including delegates formally pledged and those consid- cred certain to go to favorite sons, iS: Roosevelt. 34l; Garner, 90; Smith b4; Governor White of ohio, 52; Senator Lowis of Illinois 50; former Senator Reed of Miss0urri, 36; former Governor Byrd of Vir. gInla, 24; Governor Murray of oklahoma, 23; and Governor Rit. chic of Maryland, 1G. In addition, 32 from New Jersey, 10 from Con nectlcut and 10 from Rhode Island aro claimed by smith.
 To win the nomination, TO arc required. Onc-thIrd of the conVen. ton, 3S6, K enough to block any candidate. Counting the Connects. cut, Rhode Island and Now Joreoy delegates for smith, the antl.R .Roos. ovclt faction And favorite Sons now have a total of 3D7.
 Senator Dill, democrat, Washing. ton, leader in tho Roosevelt movement, conceded that the loss of California would make It more digicult" 10 nominate tho New York governor. But he said ho be- llcvcd Roosevelt would have n mu- jorlty when the convention opened and "lt is pretty hard to stop a man with n majority" it has been done, hOWcVer---as was the case with William q. McAdo0 in 1924.
 Democratic Lender RaIney of tho house, Inclined Go favor Roosevelt, saId Garncr's victory puts him strongly in tho race. Ho may now get other southern states besides rexns, No that he will go Into the convention with considerable strength"
 Garner contonded himself with saying: "It looks like n horse race."
 24 For Roosevelt
 Birmingham, Ala, May -.- GU. p) --Govern0r Franklin D. R0oss- welt, of New York, has received this state'S 24 pledged votes in support of his candidacy for the democratic presidential nomination.
 Roosevelt - pledged candidates, two from each of the Btate's 10 congressional districts. maintained n comfortable margin in returns from the stato primary. Each of these delegates is entitled 10 a sin. gle convention vote.
 Eight H00Sevelt. pledged dele. gnteS.at-l1rgc, each with n half. vote. boiled q total of itG,s67 votes to sO,73S for "uninstructed" onpo. nents. according to incomplete re. turns from 826 precincts out of 1,- 380 in tho state.
 Returns from 1.03g precincts in. dlcnted n run-0n primary would be necessary Co decide the contest be. tween Senior Senator Hugo Black seeking recollection and former governor Thomns. 10. kilby.
 Calif0rnla Vote
 San Francisco, Cal, May 5z-- (UP)--sDeaker John N. Garner was conceded to-day ths A Call. f0rnla delegates to the democratic presidential convention ir q trian- gular raoo with 0overnor Franklin D. Roosevelt and former Governor Alfred <. bmitis of New York. Less than 1000 small precincts of the states 1D,27i were unreport,