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Primaries Tuesday in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Hold Spotlight
HOOVER FORESEEN'
BAY STATE VICTOR
Big Margin in Tuesday Vote
Predicted —Smith Is Cer
tain Winner.
fecial r>;«TM»tch to The SUr.
BOSTON, April 21.—Herbert Hoover
Will carry the preference vote at the
Massachusetts presidential
Tuesday bv a substantial majority over
the combined vote of all other candi
dates, according to indications almost
on the eve of the balloting The Hoov
er organisation, which has been work
ing under cover for weeks, came out
into the open a few days ago and is
making a State-wide effort to roll up a j
huge total for the man his followers
believe best fitted to wear the mantle !
of President Coolidge
The Democratic preference win go to ]
Gov Smith of New York by one of the
largest margins ever given to any can
didate at a primary in the Bay Statb.
Fallowing an enthusiastic get-together
of prominent Democrats from all of the
New England States m Boston Thurs
day. leaders of the party announced
that Smith would get a unanimous
delegation from everv one of these ;
States.
Appeal Is Broadcast.
With the Smith situation assured,
the chief interest in the primaries is
the size of the vet* Mr. Hoover will get
and In hope that a last-minute appeal •
might help his Massachusetts manager. |
John Richardson of the law firm of j
Ropes. Gray. Boyden <Sr Perkins, has j
sent the following announcement broad- :
cast;
“I believe that a very large number i
of our citizens prefer Herbert Hoover ;
among the active candidates for the j
Presidency. They have faith in his '
integrity and ability. They believe ;
that his experience qualifies him for !
the responsibilities of the office They
know that he has been loyal and help- J
fill to President Coolidge. They be
lieve he will carry on the Coolidge
policies.
•'Massachusetts has alwavs held a
pos itior. of leadership in the Nation. Her j
position was never stronger than to- j
day Our citizens can render a service j
to their party, they can render a serv
ice to their Nation, by going to the
KUs April 24 and writing in on the
ilot on the space provided therefor
their preference for President
'They eyes of the country are on
Massachusetts. The people of the
country await an expression of opinion
from the Republicans of the President’s
State. If that expression is for Her
bert Hoover, it will go a very long
way to insure his nomination and elec
tion.”
Big Vote Predicted.
Volunteer Hoover workers will be out
In scores using their automobiles to
take the voters to the polls Tuesday. I
and in this way it is expected that a '
record vote will be turned out. The j
larges total presidential primary vote ;
ever cast in the State was in 1912.
When the figure was only 170.000. Last
year, it was only 132.000. It is ex
pected that the total will be between
300 000 and 400,000 this year, oat of a
total registration of 1,377.932.
Both parties have a number of im
portant delegate contests to be settled.
The Republicans have 51 candidates for
19 delegate places, while the Democrats
have no candidates for 72 places—each
of the Democratic delegates to have
half a vote. Both parties have at
tempts being made to break the official
at large slates as prepared by the re
spective party organizations.
The so-called Butler slate of the Re
publicans, headed by the chairman o!
the Republican national committee, is
being opposed by a theological professor,
Frederick L. Anderson, an ardent
Hoover!te and prohibitionist, who ha?
made a strong appeal to the voters of
the State, especially to the women, and
may get one of the places on the big
seven group
Quigley Is Candidate.
On the Democratic side Mayor Law- ;
rence F. Quigley of Chelsea is opposing
the big eight slate headed by United
States Senator Walsh. All of the can- j
dida'es on the Walsh slate have the
words Pledged to Gov. Smith of New ;
Yore” after their names on the ballot.
Quigley, who was a conspicuous Smith ;
adherent at the Madison Square Garden
convention four years ago, was denied
the riant to use Smith's name by the
local Democratic committee chairman,
who had power of attorney from the
New York Governor to handle the using
of his name by candidates. Quigley has
made an active campaign, but it is
doubtful if he can wine
Os the 38 Republican delegates,
Hoover is now certain of 30, with pos
sibly on* or two more as a result of
tiir- preference vote. In only one dis
trict is an attempt being made to pre
vent Smith from having the unani
mou! Democratic delegation In the
fifth district James F of Lowell,
Massachusetts manager for William G
MkAdoo four years ago, has a slate of
candidates in the field against the
Bffjith men, but Hesiin no longer has
the standing he formerly enjoyed.
President Coolidge and Mr Butler
have kept their hands oft the situation
in Massachusetts, no that, regardless
of the size of Hoover's victory, it can
not be sa,d that either had any hand in
ft. Other Btales, however, are apt to
feel that the vote shows that Cooiidge's i
backers have gone the limit for !
Hoover WENDELL D HOWIE.
ARKANSAS REPUBLICANS j
SILENT ON PREFERENCES
Xaticen.ee Laid to Deair* to Pick a
Sure Winner—Democrats in
Similar Situation.
*1 V*pmOh Ut TJ>«t ftl*r,
LITTLE ROCK, Ark April 21 With
the:/ national convention less than two
laonthe in Use future Arkansas Repub
licans tier c -.eloped a h idden shyness '
i®out their preferences lor candidates
•flic reason for this display of caution
IS '/Ovv, Most Republican leader* are
«|Bre-v oieji fa 'id (✓,' it as a matter of j
jgrvjli*! pride and welfare tiiey hope to
be to ind on *.»*e winning side when the
rgil is tailed in Kansas City
In nearly every disuit* sn Arkansas
Hapubu'vleaders na»< announced in
a low Um* their preference for Ituover
ftgt they have not felt constrained to
thnut this piefe/erat and commit
iXhowaive* t/i rise Hoover candidacy.
flkrai ge as it may seen, to those fa
mUiar with Democratic politics in Uis
SkAilti, pra' tp ally the same situation
af«v*lte among Deimkratis The Lw-rno-
Jga'ir leader* favor Hrrntit iaw.-ause r*e
jMgys the earmarks of a probable winner,
oat lit* are uA restrained by the bitter
» ejm'jelty to tiiomn by the pee*
flkodHint "anti-WH*" »,/»a |h» ap|l
3ith«il'; - h,tr ikiWever. novlres in
cfcc y» tr»e Be yA.r.r.
A ritanaa* is for lino < r and Bft/lUi
♦he;cfore, bi/l many 'Lings ' an happen
iilinuthi V> chary tbh. loyal*y Among
and Republican# aiike a boat
Z. , il4 , t-and wagon mum to b* the fust
wration eitlwr of tnese can
**»*?}!it to slip >*• tor* convention
it wjil o* no difficult mat bn for
; hereof* In Arkansas vr pretend
u,ue i/cly joking
FLETtIHE R CHMAW/r,
THE WEEK IN POLITICS
Summary of National Developments Based on Reports
From The Star’s Special Correspondents
and Staff Writers.
i . . - - m - -----
THE political spotlight plays
brightly on Ohio, Pennsyl
vania and Massachusetts,
where primary elections of
delegates to the Republican
national conventions are to be held
Tuesday. The results in these
States are likely to hate important
bearing on the Republican presi
dential nomination. it Herbert
Hoover. Secretary of Commerce,
runs well in Ohio and Massa
chusetts presidential preferential
t voting, and delegates pledged to him
in some of the Pennsylvania dis
tricts are elected, his boom will re
ceive a big boost
Massachusetts is expected to go
overwhelmingly for Gov. A1 Smith
of New York, in the preference vote,
and to pick practically a solid dele
gation for the New Yorker. In
Ohio, the delegation will be for a
J favorite son. former Senator Atlee
i Pomerene. but there may be many
! Smith men In the delegation. The
i anti-Smith forces are battling in
Pennsylvania, under the leadership
of Vance McCormick. In the hope of
winning 17 to 23 of the district
delegates.
** * *
Mr. Hoover, according to the spe
cial political correspondent of The
Star, will receive a large vote in
Massachusetts. His supporters there
are active and doing everything
they can to get the voters to the
polls. He is certain of the backing
of 30 of the 39 delegates there to
be elected, it is reported, although
the delegation will be uninstructed,
t except so far as the preference
| vote may be considered an ins t rue
! tion. Massachusetts is the Presi
; dent's own State and what it does
t may be considered significant. Both
| the President and Chairman Wil
liam M. Butler of the Republican
national committee have kept hands
off in the campaign up to date.
; F. L. Anderson, professor at a
j theological school, is running as a
S pledged Hoover candidate for dele
gate at large against the organiza
tion slate.
In only one congressional district
in Massachusetts are anti-Smith
candidates running for delegate
election, in the Lowell district, and
they may be defeated. Otherwise,
Smith has the whole of Massa
chusetts.
President Cooiidge's letter to Chair
man Prescott of the Massachusetts
Republican State committee, re
questing that his name be not used
in t he presidential preference primary
there Tuesday, has put another
damper on the “Draft Coolidge”
movement in several States, includ
ing New York and Connecticut.
** * *
The Ohio primary will hold even
more significance than that in
Massachusetts Mr. Hoover is run
ning against the late Senator Willis
for the presidential preference
The death of Willis slowed down
the campaign in Ohio. The fear of
the Hoover supporters is that the
vote may be light. With the anti-
Hoover group in control of the or
ganization except in Cleveland.
Cincinnati, and one or two other
cities, the chances are in favor of
the Hoover opposition, unless the
voters flock to the polls as the
consequence of a real demand for
Mr. Hoover. Hoover supporters
claim that their candidate will re
ceive the State-wide preference
vote, and that a majority of the
delegates elected will be Hoover
delegates. The “field” is lined up
solidly against Mr. Hoover in Ohio,
with the Lowden. Dawes. Curtis,
Watson followers doing their utmost
to halt the progress of the Secre
tary. A victory in Onto, while not
having the same effect as had
Senator Willis lived, will be a great
assistance to the Hoover-for-Presi
dent campaign at this time.
#* * *
Indeed, there are signs, according
to the dispatches received by The
Star, that in a number of States
the Hoover band wagon is traveling
with less speed. This is due to a
number of causes. The likelihood of
the nomination of Gov Smith by
j the Democrats has redoubled the
demand of certain organization
Republicans in New York, Conneeti
i cut and other States, including
some Southern States, for the draft
| ing of President Coolidge for the
party nomination, on the theory
that he can defeat Smith, even in
New York. The supporters of Prank
O. Lowden and Vice President
Dawes, both of whom have favored
the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill,
are shouting that with A1 Smith
running, it is necessary to nominate
a man who can be sure of carrying
all the agricultural States of the
West. This, they say, Mr. Hoover
cannot do.
In Arkansas and Alabama, the re
ports say, the band wagon Repub
licans are beginning to soft-pedal
the Hoover talk, though they may
swing back strongly for the Secre
tary if he shows well in the coming
primaries In Tennessee a row has
arisen between Representative J.
Will Taylor, the Republican boss,
and Claudius Huston, former Assis
tant Secretary of Commerce, a
Hoover man. and Taylor asks the
repudiation by Hoover of Huston,
with a veiled threat as to the atti
tude of the Tennessee delegation at
: the national convention In Vir
■ ginia, too. it is reported the Hoover
j talk is lessening But C Bascom
j Rlemp. the leader, will deliver the
, delegation nevertheless
*a * *
Connecticut has picked a strong
Collidge delegation, headed by J.
Henry Rorab&ck, the Republican na
tional committeeman Other dele
gate* at large include Gov. Trumbull
and Senator Hiram Bingham. There
is some talk of Dawes as second
choice, although Mr Hoover seems
to have the edge Jn this matter.
The Watson Republican organiza
tion in Indiana is confident of elect
ing a Watson delegation over the
Hoover slate it is reported. What is
worrying the organization, however,
is the selection of a Ktate ticket and
j the senatorial nomination. Present
j indications are that the secretary of
: state Y E. Bchortemeier. will win the
1 gubernatorial nominal,/m iu,q na
’ tor Robinson the senatorial This
| d'*es not look like a "new deal." for
which ti»e voters In Indiana have
been clamoring since the develop
ment of political scandals in the
fftate The Republican organization
is praying, it Is said, for the nomi
nation of Gov, AJ Bmith by the
Democrats, feeling that the Btate
ticket can soiely be elected in that
event The Democrats are putting
up a strong State ticket, which might
win under ordinary circumstances,
but which may Ir**wc hi the presi
dential year Ttw Indiana primary,
however, may be affected not a little
by tire Ohio and Massachusetts re
j suits this week and the Hoover peo*
: p*e are continuing their work
Senator "Jim” Reed of Missouri
j l.ss come out In open antagonism to
j tin nomination of Gov, Ai built h
i and is campaigning vigorously for
Reed delegates to the national con
vention at Houston He is retained
to have had a warm reception in
I West Virginia and other Wales lie
haa recently visited Reed so far,
l represent* the real Bmith opposition.
Although Reed i|L> Bmith, is a wet.
Io West Goff a ions
THE STTYDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. AFRIT 22, 1928-FART 7.'
has filed for the presidenttial pri
mary May 29. Two prominent Re
publican delegate candidates, how
ever. have announced they will vote
for Hoover if elected.
Gov. Al Smith has continued to
make friends in North Carolina dur
ing his stay at Asheville, but Senator
Simmons, boss of the Democratic
organization, still insists that the
State will be against the nomination
of the New Yorker and that he can
not be nominated
The Lowden claim of 23 delegates
in Minnesota is disputed. The dele
gates chosen in the tenth district
have announced they will vote for
Hoover, and this would cut the Low
den strength to 21 at most. Another
check for Lowden came in Arizona,
where former Gov. Campbell, lead
ing Republican, has recently an
nounced himself for Hoover.
** * *
The Pennsylvania primary will
bind the delegates of neither the
Republican nor the Democratic
parties, for no candidate has filed
for the presidential preference.
However, on the Democratic side,
the candidates for district delegates
to the national convention have an
nounced themselves either for Smith
or against him. and a good line on
the situation will be given by the
primary results. The Republicans
will send an uninstructed delegation
to the Kansas City convention, al
though a half dozen of the candi
dates have announced for Hoover
and there is much sentiment in the
State for him. Smith is reported to
be reasonably sure of 45 of the 76
; delegates from Pennsylvania and
! niav have as many as 60.
The Republican State convention
in Colorado was virtually a Hoover
affair all down the line, it is report
j ed, with the re-election of Clarence
j C. Hamlin as national committee
man. a Hoover leader. The delega
tion will be at least 11 to 4 in favor
, of Hoover. Efforts have been made
to make it appear a check for
I Hoover, but this report is now de
nied. Hoover will have the Oregon
delegation solidly. Mrs. Nellie Ross,
j former Governor of Wyoming, is in
! vading Oregon in the interest of AI
j Smith. The fight there is between
! Smith and Senator Walsh of Mon
tant for the Democratic delegation.
! The Nevada Republican State con
i ventton is to be held Tuesday An
j uninstructed delegation with lean
ings to Hoover is predicted. The
Democrats there seem strong for
Smith.
From Illinois comes reports that
Smith will have 58 of the State's
delegates.
Lowden received another boost
for the Republican nomination when
the Republican State convention of
his State, Illinois, instructed the
entire delegation. 61 strong, to vote
for him at the national convention.
(Copynchi. IP2B, by Th'> W**htnrton Siar.i
HALE AND BREWSTER
CONTEST IN MAINE
Senator Faces Stern Struggle to
Land denomination—Gov
ernorship is Faught.
Spe l -!*! Dt*p*teb to The SUr,
AUGUSTA, Me.. April 21—Maine's
pre-primary scramble, so far as the Re
publicans are concerned, la the most
pronounced since 1916. There are four
; candidates for the gubernatorial nomi
nation and two for that of United
States Senator Col. William Tudor
Gardiner, World War veteran and ex-
Speaker of the State House of Repre
sentatives: ex-State Senator Frederick
W. Hinckley and ex-mayor of South
Portland: State Bank Examiner John
: G. Smith and ex-mayor of Saco, and
Prof. Herbert C. Libby of Colby Col
; lege, also an ex-mayor of Watervllle,
! each want the governor niche on the
ballot.
Senator Hale has the fight of his
political life on for a renominatton.
being opposed by Oov. Ralph O. Brew
ster. acknowledged one of the cleverest
and most energetic politicians this State
has known in manv years,
j With the exception of Representative
Hersey of the fourth district, the Maine
Congressmen have no opposition for re
nomination. Most Republicans in the
| fourth district say that Mr. Hersey has
no real opposition: that while Donald
F. Snow, young lawyer of Bangor, is
: opposing him. after the votes are count
ed, Uncle Ira. as everybody j n the dis
! trlct calls him. will find the opposition
more imaginary than real,
j The senatorial battle is overshadow
ing all else. Senator Hale ought to
win. He is in office and has the pa
tronage But the Hale machine which
; put him over in the trl-cornered scrap
j of 1916, when he beat Bert M. Femald
i and Mr. Hersey, is more or less
! scrapped Men who are doing things
today in Maine hadn't been heard of
12 years ago. Senator Hale is not in
close touch with them, while Gov
Brewster is.
At this time betting odds favor Gardi
ner to win the gubernatorial nomina
tion, with Libby second, Hinckley third
and Smith fourth.
Practically speaking the Democrats
of Maine have no problems so far as
the primary Is concerned Here and
there there is a contest for nomtna-
L Don to the legislature or for some coun
ity office, but that is all. So far as the
important nominations, governor. Scna
j tor and Representative, the primary Is
a joke. All such candidates are hand
| Picked. J, C. MURPHY.
WEST VIRGINIA TENDERS
WELCOME TO REED
More State Democrats File for
Delegate#, Naming Smith
aa Choice.
H l» f ' i*i hinpiit, b*o The Star,
CHARLESTON. W V»., April 21
Senator Reed of Missouri, first of the
presidential candidates to come into the
Stale, addressed large audiences this
S week ai Blu»*fteid, Heckley, Charleston
i and Parkersburg .Senator Reed wdll
'return April 25 for a speech at the
! Greenbrier Valley Fair Grounds near
; f,ewij..burg
The splendid reception tendered the
Missourian was inspired In part by his
stand against the Interstate Commerce
Commission In the lake coal cargo rate
controversy. The southern counties
traversed on the motoring trip are de
pendent upon the coal industry for
their nrosperity.
While lit-nut or Reed was being lion
ized, several morn Democrat* filed for
delegates and named Gov Smith as
their ciiolce Nineteen of some forty
<>dd delegate candidates are now pledged
by their certificates lo (Smith All of
Uiese, however, will be provided with
primary competition on he half u s Bena-
I tor Read aod pursuant to a decision
(reached by supporters during the lat.
j let 's visit Mayor W K Hl,out of Park
| *i sburg who filed this week for district
delegate, expressed a preference tor
Newton I) Baker
Talk persists that Hoover s name, and
possibly ihwden's will i/e entered for
lbs primary May 20, in opposition to
Senator Goff, but there Is nothing au
thoritative in this aosslp
LYNN JUHTI4*D.
MINNESOTA CLAIMS
OE LOWDEN DENIED
One of Tenth District Dele
gates Says He Is for
Hoover.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., April 21-
Claims of 23 Lowden delegates from
Minnesota to the Republican convention
do not seem to be well grounded. They
are based on the assertion that the two
delegates from the tenth district, untn
structed. will vote for Lowden, though
they have been claimed for Hoover.
This is denied by Lowell E. Jepson of
Minneapolis, one of the delegates
"I am for Hoover,” he says, ‘ and
was elected as a Hoover man. So was
my colleague, John A. Berg of Buffalo,
and when we met recently he assured
me that he would vote with me for Mr.
Hoover.”
In a statement last week, Clarence
F. Buck. Lowden campaign manager, |
listed 23 Lowden delegates from Minne
sota and mentioned specifically the i
; tenth district men. They are not in- j
structed, but were elected by Hoover j
delegates to the district convention A
resolution to instruct them for Hoover ;
lost by a tie vote.
To Draft Candidates.
Steps to bring a full Democratic State
ticket into the field, including a candi
date for United States Senator, were
taken this week. Andrew Nelson of
Duluth, chairman of the Democratic
State convention which met March 15
appointed a committee of 20 Democrats
to draft candidates and get them to
file. He was authorized to do this by
the convention.
Though the time for filing affidavits
of candidacy for the primary election
expires May 9 Senator Shipstead has
failed all attempts to learn his inten
tions He has three courses open. He
may file again as a Farmer-Labor can
didate. he may file as a Republican, or
he may wait until after the primaries
: and file petitions as an independent.
There are partisans urging him to each
: one of the three courses The Senator S
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Re-elected to Post
CLARENCE C. HAMLi
Republican national committeeman
from Colorado and leader of the
Hoover forces in that State, has been
named again to Jhe organization office. I
! is expected to pay a visit to Minnesota
j to look things over before giving his j
| final decision.
lias Not Acknowledged Indorsement.
He was indorsed for re-election by the j
Farmer-Labor State convention, but ;
! has not acknowledged the indorsement j
! Still. Farmer-Labor leaders insist they ;
are sure he will not desert the third
party.
Gov. Theodore Christianson, who j
filed for a third term early in January, !
now has an opponent. George T. Simp- i
son of Minneapolis, former attorney j
general, has filed for the Republican !
nomination and will make a campaign
against the Christianson policies of :
central financial control over all State
activities. CHARLES B. CHENEY.
Salvador Officials Named.
SAN SALVADOR. Salvador. April 21 i
f JV —Dr. Francisco Martinez Suarez has
been appointed minister of foreign af
| fairs, replacing Dr. Gustavo Guerrero,
resigned Dr Lisandro Villalobos has
been appointed subsecretary of foreign |
affairs. '
HOOVER ACHIEVES
COLORADO VICTORY
Secretary Virtually Certain of
11 of State’s 15
Votes.
«
Special Di.patch to The Star.
DENVER, Colo., April 21. —Demo
cratic politics and politicians stepped
! aside in Colorado during the week to
permit the Republicans to occupy the
full glare of the spotlight, by reason
of their Denver County convention and
their State and congressional district
assemblies at Colorado Springs. Hoover
forces achieved victory practically all
the way down the line —the Secretary
being virtually certain of 11 of the 15
Colorado votes at Kansas City—but the
week’s developments left a sour taste in
the mouths of some Republicans, which
does not augur well for party harmony
in November unless some “harmonizing”
1 is effected.
Clarence C. Hamlin, national com
mitteeman and leader of the Hoover
i forces, was re-elected by a comfortable
! margin over Fred O. Roof, who sought
jto unseat him. Hamlin also brought
s about the defeat of Mrs. Anna Wolcott
! Vaile by Mrs John E. Hillman for the
post of national committeewoman. but
| in doing so—according to consensus of
! opinion—he sacrificed the chance to
j send a Hoover instructed delegation to
Kansas City. The motion to instruct
for Hoover was tost by only 48 votes,
which could have been mustered but
j for the ill feeling stirred up by the
! fight on Mrs. Vaile, who is a sister of
| late Senator E. O. Wolcott and car
ried the prestige of the Wolcott mem
| ory. which still is strong among the
Old Guard.
Named on Delegation.
The only acknowledged Lowden sup
porter on the delegation—Murray Ben
j nett of Delta—received but 243 votes
out of a total of 934. Senator, Phipps,
Senator Waterman, Secretary Hubert
Work and National Republican Treas
urer Will V. Hodges "made” the dele
; gation at large, despite various rumors !
1 of what would happen to them if they i
did not do thus and so at the dictates
of this or that faction.
For the first time in many years the
convention failed to include a woman
in the national delegation, and the
! howl set up by women members of the
I party over the State still is reverber
| ating.
John P. Stephen, chairman of the
Denver County central committee, be
came so wrought up over developments
at the Denver County convention that
he declined to attend the State
assembly. A resolution to instruct the
Denver delegation for Hoover which
was adopted over his vehement protest
was responsible for his ire. He declared
Hoover supporters, in presenting the
resolution, openly flouted a pre-conven
tion promise that no attempt would be
made to Instruct for any candidate.
Lowden supporters are carrying on in
the face of their defeat in the State
i conventian in the hope of converting
some of the delegates to Kansas City
i between now and convention time.
Meanwhile Al Smith's popularity in
■ Colorado was emphasized when 309
; Democrats, representative of the rank
| and file of the party in the southern
I part of the State, gathered at a banquet
and cheered lustily at every mention of
the New Yorker’s name. J. B. DAY.
GOVERNORSHIP CONTEST
ABSORBS GRANITE STATE
Republicans Have Two Announced
Candidates in Field—Demo
crats Delay Choice.
! Sp-v'i*! Di-psu-h to The Star.
CONCORD. N. H.. April 21—With the
New Hampshire primary over, political
circles in the Granite State have auiet
|ed down the past few weeks and at
tention now is centered on the cam
paign being waged for the Republican
! nomination for governor.
Ora W. Brown of Ashland and
Charles W. Tobey of Temple and Man
chester are the two announced candi
dates and both have been doing con
siderable work about the State speaking
before various organizations.
The Democrats have no announced
! candidate for governor, but it is ex
! pected that former Mayor Fred H.
Small of Rochester, who was Demo
cratic leader in the New Hampshire
House, will be the logical candidate,
although friends of Capt. Maurice I
Devine of Manchester want him to run
There seems to be a feeling in New
I Hampshire that U. S. Seator George
! Moses may be the Republican candidate
I for Vice President or may be named to
HOOVER SEEN LOSER
IN TENNESEE ROW
Taylor and Hatton Reported in
Skirmiih—State’* 19 Vote*
Used as Weapon.
Difpat'h to The Star.
MEMPIHB. Tenn., April 21.—Rumors
of a political row between Representa
tive Taylor, national committeeman,
and Claudius Huston, former Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, may seriously
endanger Secretary Hoover's chance to
pocket Tennessee's 19 votes in the
Kansas City convention.
It appears that Mr. Taylor is not
pleased with Mr. Huston’s activities in
the third district last week The dis
trict convention held in Chattanooga
wound up in a determined fight on
Taylor by Mr. Huston, aided by Paul
Kreusi, pronynent Chattanooga manu
facturer.
Mr. Huston is close to Hoover. The
report goes that the Taylor forces are
demanding that Hoover repudiate the
Huston-Kreusi delegation and declar
ing that if this is not done Tennessee a
19 votes may not respond so easily to
i the Hoover nomination. The fact that
Mr. Taylor is in absolute control
of the Republican party machinery
throughout the State makes such a
threat more than ominous.
Tennessee is not committed to
Hoover. It is expected that the Ten
nessee delegation will go to Kansas
City uninstructed, but prepared to
swing to Hoover if it is found to be
expedient. The State convention
comes off next month. Taylor probabiv
will receive the unanimous indorsement
for national committeeman
Calm peryades the Democratic ranks.
There is an occasional sputtering be
tween those that favor Gov Smith
and those that do not. but Tennessee
Democrats are heartily behind Judge
Cordell Hull, favorite son.
THOMAS FAUNTLEROY.
a cabinet post if Hoover is elected
| President. With Moses eliminated
from the Senate there would be a
i healthy scramble for that position, with
i Gov. Spaulding, former Gov. John G
Winant. Representative Hale and First
Assistant Postmaster General John K.
Bartlett as potential candidates.
J. J. MCCARTHY.