The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-05-28
Political
Hofes
BY The Associated Press

Voting that ranged from calm
in Connecticut to tumultuous In
Texas frightened both the Repub-
lican and Democratic races for
presidential nominating votes to-
day.
Feuding Texans started out with
two conventions Tuesday and
wound up with four. Each put up
delegations to the National Con-
ventions in July at Chicago, where
the question of which to recognize
must be decided.
Conecticut's Republican con.
~vention at Hartford named a o.
vote delegation and, in Florida,
Democrats in a primary elected
a delegation with "a votes.
The upshot: Gen. Dwight Eisen-
hover pulled within % votes of
Ohio Sen. Robert Taft in the Re-
publican pre-convention vote gath
ering. Sen. Richard Russell of
Georgia apparently jumped ahead
of Mutual Security Chief w. Aver
ell Hartman in the skirmishing
for second place among Democrat
ic contenders.
Hence, the Associated Press tab
| ulation of nationwide delegate
strength-based on concessions,
pledges, instructions and avowed
preferenceS-now shows:
Republican-Taft 404, Eisenhow.
er 1872. Nomination requires 604.
Democratic-Sen. Estes Kefau-
yer of Tennessee 122, Russell S6la.
Hartman 8512. Nomination needs
GIG.
Florida Democrats divided their
"a convention votes apparently on
the basis of 10 for Russell and
five for Kefauver. Primary re.
turns pointed that way, but were
coming in slowly and could change
the spread.
Texas Republicans met at a Min
eral Wells convention to name a
3S-vote delegation. Many Eisen-
hover hackers were denied seats
at the meeting, and they walked
out and set up their own state
gathering.
While the Taft-dominated con.
vention picked a delegation lined
up 35 for Taft and three for Essen
hover the other meeting named
its own delegation-33 for Eisen.
hover and five for Taft.
Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. OF
Massachusetts, Eisenhower cam
paign manager, complained: "Po.
| litical trickery" Taft-backer Hen
ry Zweifel, Texas COP national
! committeeman, said the Eisenhow-
! er supporters in Texas we're really
Democrats who had never voted
Republican before.
At San Antonio, fists flew when
Loyal Democrats bolted the Dem.
ocratic convention to name their
own 52-vote delegation. The con.
vention. guide d firmly by Gov. AL.
Ian Shivers, named an uninstruct.
ed delegation.
Shivers, a bitter critic of the
J Truman administration, favors
Russell. OF the walkout group,
many like Kefauver and others
favor House Speaker Sam Rayburn
Of Texas.
Taft, just back from campaign
in South Dakota. told a reporter
in Washington the seating Of dis
puied Southern delegations will
be I'D 10 the National Convention
Il think fair decision will be
made. he added
Taft said he expects his slate
10 win over the Eisenhower ticket
in South Dakotas June primary.
The states II votes. plus others
he looks for, should boost his lead
over Eisenhower by about a. votes
IN the next 10 days. the Ohio sen
ator said
Iowa Democrats and Alabama
Republicans were naming conven-
Ion delegates today--24 IN Iowa
and four IN Alabama.
-Four district delegates. expected
10 b. split equally between Taft
arc Eisenhower, will be chosen in
Alabama. Six other district dele
gates already have been picked
The I4-vote delegation will be
completed Thursday with at-large
delegate elections a. a Blrming-
ham convention.
/ Kentucky Democrats a. Louis
/ vile Tuesday chose Vice Presi-
deri Aiben Barley as . member
q Tire ~ vote dele CATION and as
/ TIE man trey would Like 10 see
as Democratic r~es lxsensiai rorai-