Evening star., 1932-05-04
GARNER IS LEADING
CALIFORNIA VOTING
Holds $4,000 Margin, With
Roosevelt Ahead of Smith
by 10000.
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the Wilson administration and son-in-
law of the late President, and by Will
liam Randolph Hearst. His strength
apparently has come principally from
the dry section of Southern California.
Involved in the campaign was political
leadership in the State. McAdoo has
sought to stage a comeback" and it
Is said that he plans himself to make
q bid for the Democratic senatorial
nomination in the primary next August.
Senator Shortridge, Republican, is up
for denomination and reelection this
year.
Smith Carries San Francisco.
Smith made a strong run in San
Francisco. The completed returns
from that city showed Smith with 29,-
339 votes, Roosevelt 1888 and Garner
10,997.
Roosevelt followers here today said
that if the race had lain between the
New York Governor and Speaker Gar
ner. Roosevelt would have much the
better of it, for the Northern Demo-
Gratis who went to Smith would not
have supported Garner but would have
turned to Roosevelt. Smiths entry into
the contest, they insisted was for the
purpose of preventing Roosevelt from
winning rather than with any real hope
of victory for himself.
1t was admitted by the Roosevelt
people that failure to carry California
will make the fight harder for their
candidate They said that il Roosevelt
should in the end be found to have the
California delegation by outdistancing
Garner and Smith in the final and
complete returns, they had no doubt
he would be nominated on the f1rst
ballot, and that the opposition would
largely collapse
But with Roosevelt losing California,
1t was clear that favorite son candidates
would become encouraged, believing that
the chances for a deadlock on the
early ballots Of the convention would
force compromise, with both Roosevelt
and Smith out Of the picture. This,
it was said, might make it more dill
cult for Roosevelt to win the nomina-
ton. In the end, however. the Roose-
welt supporters insisted, their candidate
would be the choice of the Chicago con-
vention. They look for him to go into
the convention with more than a ma
jority of the delegates supporting him.
400 Roosevelt Delegates Seen.
Already the Roosevelt followers said
more than 400 delegates have been
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favorable to tn nomination of the New
York Governor. They are counting on
many more delegates for Roosevelt in
the primaries and State conventions to
be held this month and the first part
Of June
With such a large block of delegates,
Roosevelt is bound to be q dominating
figure in the Democratic national con-
vention. He is not stopped" yet, In the
opinion of neutral observers, although
the chances of nominating him on the
first ballot are not so bright as they
seemed to be before the California and
Massachusetts primaries.
Opponents Of the nomination of Gov.
Roosevelt among the Democrats were
jubilant today because Of the lead that
Speaker Garner had rolled up in the
California primary. They said en-
phatically that they believed it would
be impossible for Roosevelt to obtain
a two-thirds vote for the presidential
nomination in the national convention.
Vote on Referendum Measures.
In California the voters were called
upon to express themselves on two ref
endum measures. The first, which ap-
parently has been defeated, proposed
control of the States oil resources by a
commission which would regulate pro-
duction and storage. The count in T.
179 precincts was 832, ,295 against and
1885, for it. The second measure
would prohibit the leasing Of State
owned tide lands for oil and mineral
development, seemed headed for adopt
tion, the vote being 1881 for and
407,534 against it.
The vote on these meaures helped, it
was said, to get out the Republican vote
in the presidential primary. The regis
tration for the whole State was ap-
proximately 100000 Republicans and
S5O, 900 Democrats.