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| DIVIDE ADVANTAGE
Former Carries Massachu.
sets DeIegation-Latter
Leads in Pennsylvania.
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in the struggle for the Republican
nomination for the House in the f1f-
teenth Pennsylvania congressional dis
trict, completing the Pinchot route. II
that present returns are correct. Mrs.
Pinchot sought the seat now held by
Representative Louis T. McFadden
who early last Winter made sensa-
tional attack in the House on Presi-
dent Hoover, declaring that he had
sold out" the United States to Ger
many. McFadden, his friends said
today, regarded his victory yesterday
as "vindication." Neither Mrs.
Pinchot nor McFadden, however, have
been friendly to the Hoover admins
tration.
Smiths victory in Massachusetts, had
been discounted as a blow to RooSe-
welt Nevertheless, the emphatic man
| ner in which he administered defeat to
| the New York Governor in that State
was admitted even by Roosevelt lead
erS here today. One OF them, While
| declaring that the check to the Roose-
welt candidacy was not serious, said
that it might "slow up" the Roosevelt
band wagon temporarily. The Roose-
| welt forces had hoped to get or 10
of the Massachusetts, delegates.
Roosevelt Claims.
In PENNSYLVANIA the Roosevelt lead
ers are claiming So or so Of the rs
delegates, with the returns still coming
| in. Roosevelt Is running ahead In the
presidential preferential primary vote,
and If he comes first in this preference
| vote, he will have strengthened himself
materially, both with the State delega-
| ton and outside of the State. Smith
| In 1928 polled upwards of q million
votes in Pennsylvania and more than
| 276,OOO of these votes were cast for
Smith in Philadelphia. Although the
State was carried by President Hoover
| with a lead of almost million votes,
among the Democrats Pennsylvania has
been regarded as a strong Smith State.
| His defeat there by Roosevelt yesterday,
II the final returns show him defeated,
will be a big feather in the Roosevelt
| cap. In Pennsylvania Smith had sup
porting him the Democratic State
| chairman, John r. Collins, and the
Democratic national committeeman,
Sedgwick Kistler. and many other
members of the Democratic State Or
| ganiZation.
Philadelphia for Smith.
Philadelphia, a Smith stronghold.
gave the former New York Governor
lCdQ Va oyOOV OfCI 1SOOoCfCAI 41C
! total vote from the city, as reported
| by the Associated Press, was 1878
for Smith and 9,715 for Roosevelt. The
returns from 1851 precincts in the
presidential preferential primary. out
of total Of 8,18l, gave Roosevelt 81, ,375
to 1861 for Smith. The size Of the
vote in the Democratic primary Is
nothing to boast about from a Demo-
cratic standpoint.
With the returns from Philadelphia
complete and Roosevelt in the lead his
supporters feel confident that total
count for the State will show him well
ahead Of Smith for the preference vote.
In the race for Republican senatorial
nomination the returns from 4,712 pre-
cinctS, more than half of the total, gave
Davis 588 900 to $50 for Butler, or a
lead for Davis Of nearly 100000 votes
While this may be cut down as returns
come in from outlying counties, Davis
Is regarded as i'm
Mrs. Pinchot conceded her defeat by
Representative McFadden in the fif-
teenth district. She lost to McFadden
In a previous campaign by 1000 votes.
McFadden Is claiming victory by 5000
votes yesterday. Gov. Pinchot at
tributed the defeat of his candidates.
including Gen. Butler, to an "unex-
plainable eddy in popular opinion" ac-
cording to dispatches.
Smith Sweeps Massachusetts,.
In Massachusetts,, the Smith delegates
at large were Overwhelmingly elected,
Mayor Curley of Boston and James
Roosevelt, son Of the Governor, heading
the Roosevelt ticket, both being defeat
ed. The vote appeared to favor Smith
8 to or more over Roosevelt
The Massachusetts, primary contest
was bitterly fought. Supporting Smith
was the State Democratic organization
and Gov. Ely and both United States
Senators, Walsh and Coolidge. Massa-
chusettS Democrats are wondering what
will be the result of the factional strife
on the election next November, par
ticularly II Smith is not the party
nominee and Roosevelt should win that
honor.
Some Of them are consoling them
selves with the suggestion that the
fight was not so much against Roose-
welt as it was against Mayor Curley.
During the primary campaign the fight
against Curley by the State leaders
reached pitch of extreme bitterness.
Walsh Expresses View.
Senator David I. Walsh, who led in
the vote for Smith delegates at large
in Massachusetts,, expressed the view
today that Smiths Massachusetts, VIC
tory put him strongly in the running
for the presidential nomination. He
said:
The result Of the Democratic pri-
mary in Massachusetts, is not sur
prise. 1t has been apparent from the
outset that Massachusetts, was a strong
Smith State. The most ardent sup
porters of former Gov. Smith, however,
did not expect such an emphatic in
dorsement
The result in Massachusetts, will give
impetus to the Smith candidacy ana
will hearten the millions of Smith sup
porters throughout the country who be-
lieve in his leadership"
John F. Costello, Democratic national
committee man for the District Of Co.
lumbia and Roosevelt supporter took
very different view of the Massachu-
sets result. He said:
Smith has shot his bolt in Massa-
chusettS. The vote there will strength
en- Roosevelt in the rest of the country
He can't be stopped"
Smith Chances Held Slim.
Notwithstanding his sweeping victory
in Massachusetts, Smith did not ap-
pear TO many Democratic leaders here
today to have any real chance at all
for the presidential nomination. They
pointed out that majority of the con-
vention delegates would in all proba-