Evening star., 1936-04-01

Of uninstructed delegations for the
national convention this yea.f.
Many of the California Republicans
are asking what license Hearst has TO
pick a presidential candidate for the
Republican party. Hearst himself has
been Democrat.
Repetition Of 1916 Feared.
What is worry ing some of the Re-
publicans is that the contest between \
the list Of Landon delegates. backed
by Hearst, and the list Of uninstructedH
delegates may develop a bitter fight
in California and bring about stu
alton comparable I'd that in 1916. The
feeling running high between the
Hiram johnson faction and the old
guard in California made it possible
for Woodrow Wilson to carry the
State and win the presidential cleo
ton that year after Charles EvFns8
Hughes, the G. o. P. presidential
nominee, had visited the State andS
failed to give recognition to the john
son people. California, the Republic
ans figure, must be found in thsd
Republican column this year If theV
G. o. P. is to elect President.
Senator Borah's formal entry into
the New Jersey presidential preferen-
tiaI primary was announced today by |
Carl G. Bachmann, chairman OF the
National Borah-f for President Commit
tee after a conference with the Idaho
Senator. Many of the Republican or
ganization leaders in that State have
declared themselves for Gov. Landon.
They may seek to place Landon's name
in the primary If they succeed, this
will be one State, and perhaps the only
one, in which a direct contest between
Borah and Landon takes place in the
primaries.
The deadline for filing in New Jersey
is late today. The primary is set for
May 10. The State will have 80 dele
gates in the convention.
Filed in Seven States.
Borah has already filed in primaries
in New York, Illinois, Ohio Wisconsin,
Oregon. Pennsylvania, Nebraska. He
is going into the primaries also in West
Virginia and Maryland, it is expected.
The Idaho Senator's second invasion
Of the Middle West was scheduled to
start next Monday night with a speech
in Milwaukee, on the eve Of Wiscon-
sins primary. Because of an epidemic
of influenza in Milwaukee, Borah's
speech there may be called of. In that
event Borah will speak to the Wiscon-
sin voters from Chicago over the
radio, Bachmann said.
California is one of the few primary
States which Senator Borah has not
entered in his race for delegates. He
figured that it was too far for him
to 20. and that he had better con-
centrate his efforts on such States as
Illinois. Ohio. Wisconsin and PennsyI-
vania. The primary takes place May
S in California, Just a week before
the Ohio primary.
Wisconsin Primary Tuesday.
Borah's first chance to bag group
of delegates is next Tuesday, when
the primary is held In Wisconsin.
There a Borah list of delegates is run
ming against a slate of ''uninstructed"
QeleRdISS, dIlu O SACdI ASoA NNPSAS
upon how the La Toilette Progressives
hop-either into the Republican pri-
mary to vote for Borah or into the
Democratic primary to vote for Presi-
dent Roosevelt
The following week provides not
only a test for Senator Borah but a
very definite test for Col. Frank Knox.
The Illinois primary is set for April
IA. Knox must carry this primary or
his candidacy will be considered sunk.
On the other hand, If Borah should
win In Illinois his stock would mount
quickly. Even if Borah is defeated
but makes a good showing with a very
considerable support, ne will still be
much in the running.
Senator Vandenberg Of Michigan re-
mains the darkest of dark horses. An
effort made to picture him as the
choice of former President Hoover was
abortive. Hoover issued statement
saying that he was not giving his sup
port to Vandenberg or any other
candidate. Although Vandenberg de-
clines fatty to be considered q candy
date, the Vandenberg-for- -Fresidentv
talk increases rather than dirnlnishsk