The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-29
BY ALLEN MARTIN

ehuse ts republicans in their write tr o sidential preference vote gave Governor Ali M. Landon of Kansas better than 10 to plurality over hss ne arest competitor, former Presi- Gant Herbert Hoover, near-completc reEurns from yesterdays primary sN9 l today. In the democratic 8cl IS President Roosevelt en- c2n red only minor opposition, ls Alfred E. Smith, New Deal cgl5is and American Liberty Leaguer by l,roximately 20 to l.
 Republican Vote
 ublican preferential returns E 1860 out of 1716 precincts in ne tate gave: Landon, 77,905, 7690: Borah, 4,52l; Vanden- 2,085; Knox, 2014.
 ident Roosevelt's overwhelm- ljority in the democratic party ws evident that there was little in tabulating the write-in bal l3A
 Democrat Returns
 lplete returns from 143 towns G 8 cities and partial returns Boston and Worcester gave: velt 31,419; Smith, 1,443; rs Coughlin, 993.
 gr Francis E. Townsend, CO., ~ er of the old-age revolving ns, Ltd, received about 60 from republican and demo- together.
 write-in vote was in no way itory, though some political o CTS believed it would exert soo. influence on balloting of the Mas chusetts delegates at the re- paali an national convention. All x. p. delegates, however, are n0r ally unpledged and will go to th, Cleveland convention unin- gtrcted.
 Roosevelt Slate Wins
 E st returns showed that the picked slate of Chairman Tgsa McGrath of the democratic a. committee-all pledged to MT. velt-made clean sweep in all Ut one district.
 Tating was light, a Scant 25 per -ca of the registered voters going to polls. Coupled with this, only a ut half the ballots cast carried eSa ential choices.
 esiargic balloting was attributed ia cI I1parative dullness of the cam psiep only Landon adherentS mak- inz Goncentrated efforts to procure in "votes" for the Kansas can- Gifste.
 early complete lack of contest fa,a in the democratic vote being rr ally light.
 Delegates at Large
 I5l ocrats selected eight delegates aI. ge with half vote each and sa elegates from each of the Is cpae .ssional districts for a total of 34 votes at the national convention tz.st Philadelphia.
 e g. O. D. electorate named four ates-at-large, two delegates each of IA districts and one one for an aggregate of B at the national convention. single vote in the l1th con- ional district is result of a ,lty of the low vote in that area he 1882 presidential balloting.
 Only One Break
 ,ston School Committeeman W rice J. Tobin and his running James J. OKeefe were the candidates to break through the icial" McGrath barrier.
 hey defeated former Chairman rles H. McGlue of the democra- state committee, and former se Senator John P. Englert for esentation from the 10th district. contest was of local interest ause both Tobin and McG!ue are spective candidates for mayor of ton. Tobin, however, is Roose- supporter.
 emocratic delegates at large ted were U. S. Senators David Walsh and Marcus A. Coolidge; -~~-. Arnor James M. Curley; Mo- ,th: Congressman William J. nfield; Mrs. Margaret ORior- S, vice-chairman of the demo- c ,ic state committed; Mrs. Grace tley Howe, widow of the Presi- Us senior secretary and advisor; am Mrs Elizabeth l.. McNamara. ne unopposed "big four" repub- c I at large slate which was elect rC IS composed of Charles Francis ms, former secretary of the 7; Congressmen Allen T. Tread and Joseph w. Martin, Jr,; and rge P. Booth, Worcester pub er.
 Young Roosevelt Won
 mes Roosevelt, eldest son of the ident, was elected delegate l the ninth district.
 f )oVer exhibited surprising igth considering that no one rently had campaigned actively Ir lim.
 me Massachusetts, voters wan from purely political paths adorsing their presidential fav- oy es. Such names as Mae West, taatles Chaplin, Major Edward Bog as, Taunton undertaken and a Che sea cafe proprietor were writ Fen In on several ballots.
 hers who received scattered Pote5 included Henry Ford former cfcYernor Frank o. Lowden of Illi- aois, former Governors Joseph B. Ely and Alvan T. Fuller of Massa- ;etts, Newton D. Baker Owen Young, U. s. Senator Carter $ of Virginia, Walter Lippmann, ernor Curley, James Roosevelt, Huey Long, ogden Mills. Vice ident John N. Garner, Senator z. Dickinson of Iowa, Theodore bevelt, Jr., John w. Davis, U. s. Ator George Norris of Nebraska Governor Eugene Talmadge of rgia.
 7S8,7O6 Delegates
 3emocrats and republicans also ie ted 788 and 706 delegates respec- t2s y, to their state conventions re difference in the number of delegates of the two parties was de- N araained by the approximately 100,- 0og more democratic votes cast in