Evening star., 1936-05-13
TAFT LEADS B0RAH
IN OHIO PRIMARY;
PRESIDENT SCORES
"Favorite Son" Gets 46 of
81 G. 0. P. Delegates,
Returns Indicate. t,
SUPPORTERS OF LAND0N
AHEAD IN WEST VIRGINIA
10 of 16 Top Delegates Favor
Kansan-Neely Defeats Foe
Supported by Holt.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 13.-Forty-
six of Ohio's SO important delegates.
incomplete primary returns indicated
today, viii lgot to the Republican Ma
tional Convention supporting favor
ite son" and six will support Senator
William E. Borah as candidate for
President.
Forces Of Robert A. Taft Of Cincin-
natl, the "favorite son." gained steadily
in the Statewide voting on the basis
of returns from 5,656 of the States
8,579 precincts.
While the Borah forces lost out to
the regular party organization, Presi-
dent Roosevelt received an overwhelm-
ing Endorsement in New eDal "popu-
larity contest
Gov. Martin L. Davey won the
Democratic nomination as the result
Of nearly 2-to-1 lead over Congress
man Stephen M. Young of Cleveland
with the counting of ballots in 5,978
precincts.
John s. Knight, Akron publisher
and one Of Borah's chief supporters
in Ohio, said In a statement the "re-
suit was not unexpected. Senator
Borah made a gallant fight, but the
odds were too great. Organization
and money go long way = and
the 'favorite SON slate had both"
Taft UssuoS Cfata,nant
'The overwhelming victory" Taft
said in a brief statement, showed
that the Republican voters of Ohio
are in favor Of choosing a candidate
and writing a platform uncompromis-
ingly opposed to President Roosevelt
and the New Deal"
Incomplete returns indicated that
Ohio's Republican delegation to the
national convention may line up like
this:
Eight delegates at large and 80 dis
trict delegates supporting Taft. six
district delegates supporting Borah.
Borah had entered only seven dele
gate-at-large candidates and 28 can
didates in IA districts In districts
he had no candidate to oppose the 16
Taft candidates.
Clarence ]. Brown, Blanchester,
Ohio, publisher and Ohio leader for
the Col. Frank Knox-for-P President
movement, topped the list of Taft's
eight delegates at large.
Brown had 1859 votes in the 5,656
precincts The high Borah supporter,
Daniel E. Morgan of Cleveland, had
only 94,646. which was considerable
under the 129.l04 polled by Frank H.
Ransbottom of GAINESVILLE, eighth on
the Borah slate.
Breckinridge Swamped.
President Roosevelt swamped Col
Henry Breckenridge in the Demo-
cratic preferential race with $685.
0l2-to-22.736 vote on the basis Of re-
turns from 5,987 precincts.
State election officials said tabula.
tion of the yard-long ballot, which was
the slowest in score of years, was due
to the unprecedented number of issue.
on the primary ballot.
Taft slate: Former Gov. Myers Y
Cooper of Cincinnati, 169.710; Alice
Roosevelt Longworth of Cincinnati
164,212; Walter F. Brown of Toledo
former Postmaster General, l50,936
Gertrude Jones of Ffndlay, 1852
Carmi A. Thompson of Cleveland
141, 1853. and Leroy N. Bundy Of Cleve.
land, 136,088.
Borah slate: Roscoe c. McCulloct
Of Columbus, 88,712 Knight, 88,167;
Leland S. Dougan of Columbus, 87,813;
Russell c. Heddleston of East Liver
pool, 85,621; Elsie Bennett Wilson oi
Medina, 84,291. and Charles McIntire
of GAINESVILLE, 82.667.
Coughlin Candidates Score.
Strength shown by candidates in.
dorsed by Rev. Charles e. Coughlin's
National Union for Social Justice
highlighted most of the % Ohio con.
gressional district races.
The Detriot radio priest, who fore
cast in an address at Cleveland Sun
day that half of his indorsed candi-
dates would be nominated, seemed In
1Sne pPuTAPIES pooe elI