Evening star., 1936-04-08

sentative from West Virginia. head OF
the Borah-for- President Committee,
with headquarters here, said today:
"It was a wonderful victory for
Borah, against the field. 1t demon-
strates that the people of the West
this year want to select their own
candidate for the Republican presi-
Dental nomination, rather than to
have the choice dictated by the East.
"The victory in Wisconsin was all
the more impressive because under
stand that lot of money was spent
in Wisconsin in the effort to defeat
Senator Borah.
"The effect Of the Borah Wisconsin
victory on the situation in Illinois,
where Senator Borah Is a candidate
for presidential preference against Col.
Knox in next Tuesdays primary, will,
feel sure, be considerable.
Also in Nebraska Primary.
Senator Borah Is entered also in the
Nebraska primary for the election of
pledged delegates to the national con-
vention. The primary there falls on
the same day as that in Illinois. next
Tuesday. Gov. Landon, although his
friends hope for support of the
Nebraska delegation, did not enter
the Nebraska primary.
However, the delegate candidate
slate in Nebraska Is said not to care
much, if anything, for Borah. The
primary is merely advisory and not
at all binding on the delegates. 1t is
possible under all the circumstances
that Landon will have the great bulk
of the States delegation, therefore,
when it comes to voting in the ma
tional convention, Notwithstanding
Borahs victory in the primary.
Other primaries in which the Idaho
Senator has entered include Pennsyl-
vania on April %, South Dakota on
May 5. Ohio on May u, Oregon on
May Is and New Jersey on May 10.
The probabilities are that Borah
will be entered also in the Maryland
primary, which takes place May 4,
and in West Virginia on May Is. The
last day for filing in Maryland is
April l8. The Borah people are en-
gagged in setting up an organization
there, and if successful will go into
the primary. Gov. Nice, Republican,
has been intent upon controlling the
delegation, as 'favorite son" candi-
date, but there are reports of consid-
cradle anti-Nice sentiment among the
Republicans. The last day for filing
in West Virginia is next Saturday. It
is expected Borah will be entered there.
California Result Awaited.
Borah has not entered the primaries
in Massachusetts,, on April %, nor in
California, on May 5. The California
primary is of great interest, since it
brings Gov. Landon into the field
against an "uninstructed" delegation,
supported by many Of the Republican
factions in the State. Landon has the
support Of William Randolph Hearst
and of Gov. Merriam.
Borah did not go into the California
primary, saying he could not spare
time to make campaign in the State
and that he had already committed
| himself to campaign in Ohio and
other States. Borah's entry into CAL
ifornia, had it been made, might have
divided the opposition to the Landon
slate, backed by Hearst and Merriam
AS it is, in California, Landon is now
pitted against the field" of other can
didates, Former President Hoover is
backing the "uninstructed" delegation.
He is unfavorable to the nomination
Of Gov. Landon, and so is Borah On
this one thing the two old foes are
in line. If Landons slate of delegates
win in California, Mr.. Hoover will be
out on limb. A Landon victory in
California would add to his prestige
as candidate.