14 DRYS IN VIRGINIA WIELD BIG STICK Threaten Political Punish ment to Those Who In dorse Smith. Dl*l»*teh te The Star. RICHMOND. Va. April 21.—With the present slow rate of the presiden tial nomination campaign in this State the impression grows that Vir ginia will play but a minor part in the I Houston convention's selection of a Democratic standard bearer Most of i the politicians b?lie\c that the nomi- i nation will be virtually determined by action of other States by the time that j the Virginia State Democratic conven- j tioa meets at Roanoke June 21. And > politicians admit they hope matters ’ will turn out this way. They declare J It is the only escape from a situation which is charged with dynamite so far as their personal political fortunes j are concerned From the standpoint of patronage j and national political expediency, most politicians would like to be lined up behind the candidacy of Alfred E. Smith, and they are predicting his nomination, bu. they admit they fear the political punishment threatened by Bishop James Canon of the Metho- I fiist Episcopal Church South and other leaders of he Anti-Saloon League and allied organizations. As a consequence, j they are not openly expressing a pref- ; erence for any of the "dry' men who i he e been mentioned in connection i tr.th the Democratic presidential nom- j lnation. Alliance Formed. Beginning about 1914 an alliance was formed between the Anti-Saloon League and the dominant Democratic faction of the State which was popu larly termed the '•machine.*’ This entente functioned smoothly until a few years ago. Since 1924 there have been many evidences of a lack of har mony between the two allies, but the alliance has never been broken offi cially. The question they seem to be debating is which element, the Anti- Saloon League or the • organization.*’ is stronger in the State There Is much political wire-pulling going on in the State. There never ; was a presidential campaign in Virginia in which there was so great a proper- ; tiOn of "undercover" work being done. Th? anti-Smith element is the most ; aggressive. Th- Smith element is play- j tng a purely defensive game, but it is psaving it rather shrewdly and well. Th? anti-Saloon League plans to in- j troduce at the Roanoke convention a i resolution instructing the Virginia dele- j gat ion to vote against Smith. Reed ano i Rit-hie. The opposition plans to "stand } pet" on its proposal that the delegation : Kto Houston uninstrueted. Right ere will be th* main fight of th? con vention. Esks Earlier Date. United States Senator Glass proposes that the S ate Democratic committee reconsider its action in setting so late a date for the State convention, but there is little evidence that any change will be made. According to Senator Glass. , the date selected is so late that the , Virginia delegation will have no oppor . tunity to take part in the Houston pre liminaries and mill be virtually without > Influence. Prominent Republicans say that while ; supposedly in the Hoover camp it is • very uncertain how the Virginia dele- ! gates to the Kansas City convention ! will cast their votes. C. Bc-scom Slemp’s declaration for Hoover made at the time of the holding of the Republican State convention was considered then as meaning that the delegation would sup port the candidacy of the Secretary. Since then considerable Lowden senti ment has been in evidence in the State and there is talk of Dawes and Long worth. R. L. C. BARRET. MARYLAND CENTERS ON CONGRESS FIGHT Weller Force* Seen at Losing Move is Battle to Control State 0. 0. P. Convention. i ■pecia! D**pat h to TH* Star. BALTIMORE. April 21—Withdrawal Os A. Kingsley Love of Leonardtown as a candidate for the Republican nomi nation for Congress from the fifth Maryland congressional district, which comprises all the southern Man-land j counties, has eliminated one Republican contest and has clarified to some extent the fight for control of that party s j State convention. Mr. Love's withdrawal leaves Oliver W, Metzerott of Prince Georges County the nominee of his party. The with-! drama! also has been interpreted a* j strengthening the Jackson-Broening-: Marchant faction in its fight to pre- I vent the forces of O. E. Weller from gaining control of the State convention ■nd ousting from the national commit- j tee William P. Jackson. The absence of a primary fight alaoj will strengthen the Metxerott candidacy j for the general elecflbn in November. I aSnee Representative Gambril! has been i challenged for the Democratic nomina tion by John W, Klemm. It is be- • Keved that Thomas Par ran. southern ; Maryland leader, and W Bladen! Le>wnd«s of Baltimore, both close j friends of Mr. Jackson, engineered the j withdrawal of Mr. Love. f*mir Democratic Contests. As the list of congressional candidate* In Maryland now stands, there will be ; four Democratic contests and two in j the Republican ranks. Although the j time for filing lias expired, it is still possible for candidates to withdraw, j While efforts In that direction are be- j Inf made in both panics. It is very | doubtful that the number of contests I Will be decreased. The most interesting fight is taking 1 place on the Eastern Bhore where Rep resentative Gold*borough is seeking re- j nomination against tin- effort® of Biate Benator B Bcoti Beck, who is making ! • strenuous campaign Women fn K*Ule. A fight over the national committee- j womanship from Maryland has de- j veioped among the Democrats. Mrs I 8 Johnson Poe of Baltimore, desires j in continue in that rapacity, whlie the I county Democrats believe they are en titled to a chance at the office They if* supporting Mr* H Ashby Leave!! of Montgomery County and Mrs Eliza beth Menefee of Allegany County, both In western Maryland Mr* Menefee 1* president of the United J x-nrerall» Women * Clubs of Maryland it i* almost certain that th* Demo rrau will again select Howard Bruce nephew of Benator Brug« *taaip*4 and park ad ready for expert Tie burglar* evidently annoyed a' only finding a few marks hi a safe ♦hey had broken open had taken re j m ' enge by smashing up tire content* ol /"> a egg SMITH AND HOOVER EACH HAS LESS THAN HALF ENOUGH VOTES 583 of 1,089 G. 0. P. and 442 of 1.100 Democratic Delegates to National Con ventions Have Been Selected. Rv th* AiisooHed Pret* A total of 583 of the 1.089 delegates lo the Republican national convention and of the 545 needed for nomination have been selected. Only 442 of the 1.100 Democratic convention votes actually have been allotted—with 733 > s necessary to nomi j nate. I The line-up. on the basis of Instruc tions and delegates generally conceded j at present to the various candidates. • follows: Republicans. Preference in doubt. 112: Colorado. 1; Connecticut. 17; Delaware. 9; Louisiana. 12: Mississippi. 12: Missouri, 6; Nebraska, ! 3; New Mexico. 1: New York. 43: North 'Carolina. 3; Oklahoma. 12: Wiscon sin. 3. Hoover —233: Colorado. 13; Georgia. ' 15; lowa. 2; Kentucky. 29; Louisiana. I 10; Maine. 15: Michigan, 18. Mnme j sots. 6; Missouri. 8; Nebraska, 5; New Hampshire. 11; New Mexico. 7: New York. 47; North Carolina. 7: Rhode MOODY VIRTUALLY RULES DELEGATES Death of Kirby Leaves Texas Governor as Power in Se lection of Slate. Special Dispatch to Th* Star. AUSTIN. Tex , April 21.—The sudden death during a political conference with Gov. Dan Moody of R Harper Kirby, leader of the principal opposition i forces to Moody's State-wide unin ! structed harmony program, has left the I governor virtually in command of the | selection of the 40 delegates who will i cast the Texas vote at the Democratic ' convention at Houston Kirby was leader of those who would instruct against Gov. Smith. Reed and Ritchie, and who threatened to bolt the oarty if any wet were nominated. Kir by had sought a conference with ! Moody, seeking to reach a common ! ground, since Moody's majority element | has declared against Smith or any ' other wet, but proposed to leave the delegation uninstructed so as to have power in the national convention. Kirby, stricken by a heart attack, died before this conference was over, and the accord between factions was nevet reached, yet his following has become disorganized. Bailey Enters Fight. Former United States Senator Bailey has entered the fight as leader of a i third faction to "loyalists.” who are re- j garded as supporters of Smith, but who i are supporting Moody's demand that all ! those who attend conventions in the j State must pledge themselves to sup- f port any nominee. Cone Johnson. Moody appointee, is left as chairman of th? bone dry element, succeeding Kirby, with Thomas B. Love, former national committeeman and past leader of Mc- Adoo forces, as the dominant factor in this group. Love is supporting Senator Walsh, but is credited with an effort ; to tie the delegation to an offchance candidate so as to control it in the actual nomination. Gov. Moody will spend the next few weeks in a vigorous campaign seeking to have a dry platform demand in structed on the Texas delegates, with the choice of the candidate left open. All these inner workings of the Demo cratic factions explains the most I unique fight in the history of Texas for control of the 40 votes, which admit tedly are expected to definitely turn the ! scales for or against A3 Smith in the convention, and thus become of national import. Against A1 Smith Present indications are that Texas ; delegates will fail to vote for Smith on any ballot, even though hr should be i nominated after the favorite-son I jockeying is washed out. Texas has i constitutional prohibition and a pro- I hibition law far more stringent than the Volstead act. The Texas Governor is thoroughly dry and will permit se lection of none but delegates who will support only a dry candidate, though he is making the most aggressive part of ' his fight against binding these dele gates in the hostess State for or against any candidate, holding such action would weaken Texas' power in th* con vention and would be discourtesy to delegates and candidates Tom Connally. Representative, opened his race for the United States Senate against Senator Mayfield Minor ef forts are being made by the antl- Creager-anti-Hoover Republicans to I form an effective organization against I instructed delegates for Hoover. But this faction, led by Representative Wurzbaoh, only Republican in the i Texas delegation, is finding little sup port and face* a definitely hopeless task unless Hoover should be out voted bv some other candidate early in | the Republican national convention. S. RAYMOND BROOKS SOUTH DAKOTANS HOLD BRIGHT HOPES FOR SMITH New Yorker’s Indorsement of Btate Farm Belief Platform Seen Boost to HU Stock. Spe'ial bi»p»Uh to Th* Star, i SIOUX FALLS. 8 Dak , April 21. ; Indorsement by Gov. Smith of New I York of the platform adopted by the I Democrats of South Dakota, embody i mg as U does a strong plank in favor j of farm relief, in the opinion of South Dakota. Democrat* and Republicans j puts the New York candidate for nom j iiiation to the Presidency squarely on ; record on this malor demand of resi dents of States of the West and North | west. Under the South Dakota State-wide , primary law, candidates for President, . in order to be given a place on the South Dakota primary ballots, must I file a written acceptance of the plat form adopted by the party in the State with which they are affiliated nation ally Gov Smith has filed such writ ten acceptance Tile farm relief plank reads a* fol low* "First, agriculture must b j * placed on a parity with industry and imme diate adjustments made in our eco nomic system whereby the American farmer receive* a fair return for his investment and hla labor.' The South Dakota Democrat* also adopted as their national paramount issue the words, "R -turn to fundamental Dem ocratic principles. Justice to agricul ture " Thi* paramount issue also l* a part of tire platform which Gov Smith has indorsed. Booth Dakota Republicans see in this stand of the 1 remocraU the (raving of the way by Democrat* for an effort Ur rarry Booth Dakota next November for Bmith. should he be lit* national nominee, in lire event lire Republican candidate is not an unqualified sup porter of farm relief If Bmith and Hoover should b* opposing candidates the Booth Dakota Derma tats figure there would ire a good fighting chance of carrying Booth Dakota for Bmith Republican Htate leaders, on the other hand, assert that Booth Dakota I never has gone Democratic at a presl j ientiai ejection, and that Die" are confi dent U will not do so this year AIJttKU liIWiHQLUKII. THE SUNDAY STAB. WASHINGTON, P. C„ APRIL 22. 5928-PART 1. ; Island, 12: Tennessee, 5; Virginia, 15; Wisconsin, 4; Hawaii. 2: Philippines, 2. ;j Lowden. 175—Arkansas. 1; Colorado. 1; Illinois. 61; lowa. 27: Minnesota. 21; Missouri, 25; New Mexico, 1: North Carolina. 10; North Dakota, 13: Okla homa. 2; South Carolina, 11; Wiscon sin. 2. Norris, 28—Nebraska, 11; Wiscon sin. 17. Curtis, 24—Kansas, 23, Rhode Is land. 1. Borah, 11—Idaho, 11, Democrats. Preference in doubt, 61; Arkansas, 18; I Louisiana. 20: Oklahoma, 20; Utah, 3. Smith. 301—Arizona, 6: Idaho. 8: Illi nois. 58: lowa, 26; Maine, 12; Minne sota, 24; New Hampshire, 8; New York, 90; North Dakota, 10: Utah. 5; Washington. 14; Wisconsin, 26. Philip ■ | pines, 6: Porto Rico. 6: Virgin Islands, 2. Reed, 36 Missouri. 36. George. 28 —Georgia. 28. 1 Hitchcock. 16—Nebraska, 16. SIMMONS DENIES SMITH SUPPORT Says New Yorker Will Not Be Nominated —Creates Issue in North Carolina. j Special Dispatch to Th* Star. RALEIGH. N. C., April 21.—Projection of the issue of the continued dominance of the so-called Simmons machine as the real issue of the Smith fight in North Carolina, and assurance of sup port for Lowden by a majority of the North Carolina delegation at the Re publican national convention at Kansas i City were the outstanding political events of the week in tne State How ever. the continued presence in the State of Gov. Smith, who is spending his vacation at Asheville and Is adding : greatly to his popularity, is an event not to be overlooked. Publication of a report that United States Senator Simmons had decided not to press his fight on Gov. Smith on the ground that the nomination of the New York Governor is inevitable brought forth an emphatic denial from i the man who has? dominated North Carolina polities for the 27 years he has been in the United States Senate. Denies Smith's Chances. "I do not believe that Mr. Smith will be nominated or that he would be j elected if nominated." declared Senator j Simmons in a formal statement. The Senator also declared that he t was not considering his personal fortune and that he regarded that as a matter | of minor consequence, and that his con : cem was for the future of the Demo cratic party in the Nation, particularly I in North Carolina and the South. The fact remains, however, that if Smith supporters can make good on their confident claims of control of the North Carolina State convention, it will i be a severe blow to the Simmons pres > tige and a frank appeal Is now being made to the anti-machine elements in the State. Delegates Selected. The last of the Republican district conventions met Thursday and the State’s 20 delegates to the Kansas City convention have been chosen. Five of i the 20 are Instructed, all of them for Lowden. Six others are definitely com mitted to Lowden. 8 are for Hoover or lean that way. and 1 Is in the doubtful column. But the Lowden people confi dently expect to get 14 votes, counting upon overcoming Hoover leanings on the part of the State chairman. Brown low Jackson, and H. F. Seawell. candidate for governor, by appeals to go with the majority of the delegation. R. E. WILUAMB. WILLIAM G. JORDON DIES. Former Editor of Saturday Evening j Post Wat Noted as Author. ! NEW YORK. April 21 <*>).- William ’ George Jordan, author and editor, who edited the Saturday Evening Post 30 year* ago. died of pneumonia yesterday. He was 64 years old He bagan his literary career in 1894 as editor of Book Chat. 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Thirty-six years at JEWELERS 935 F Jitreet PI.ATINUM SMITHS ||| r 'ALABAMANS SHOW COOEIDGE SUPPORT Lowden and Hoover Forces Bare Willingness to Back President. i Special Diapstch to Tit* Star, \\ MONTGOMERY. Ala.. April 21.—The . growing conviction that Gov. Smith will ~ receive the Democratic nomination and the uncertainty about any proposed Re publican candidate has started a move ment toward President Coolidge among Alabama Republicans. As yet there is no definite alignment of conflicting forces, but there are appearances of a desire to beat Smifh. Republican leaders throughout the State where there are sufficient numbers ‘ to hold a county convention announce . mass meetings for May 1. the date of the State primary. At these meetings | delegates will be named to a State ! ! convention and congressional conven tions who will name a delegation to rep ' j resent Alabama Republicans in the j Kansas City national convention. Sup i porters of Frank O. Lowden are making ! a strong effort to secure at least 6 of 'the 14 delegates. Administration forces | however, claim that Alabama will cast i a solid vote for Herbert Hoover, tyolidge Sentiment. Both Lowden and Hoover supporters, i however, express a willingness to drop their respective leaders and flock to ' the standard of Calvin Coolidge should . he permit his name to go before the convention. While there are only two avowed i Smith adherents running for delegate to the Demacratic national convention with a chance of election, the Smith strength in Alabama is growing j Friends of the New Yorker want his name placed on a special ballot along with any other aspirant for the presi dential nomination, so confident are these leaders that they suggest that the Alabama delegation be instructed by this ballot to vote as a unit for the man receiving the majority in the primary. The proposal to test the strength of presidential candidates for Democratic favor comes too late The State com mittee has provided for election of an I uninstructed delegation. Two candi • dates In Birmingham, it is understood. | are openly espousing ths cause of Smith, while eight or more are running on a j platform of opposition to New York s i Governor, ki practically every con gressional district there are two or more i candidates who espouse no particular ; candidate, but oppose Gov Smith There are also two men in each district except the sixth who are pledgrd either for or against any Democrat. Breach Widening. The Anti-Saloon League-Klan slate has been published throughout the 1 State, but friction has developed and the breach is widening. The method of "hand picking" has not proven pop ular Newspapers which are fighting Smith have made a slate of their own and this has caused some of the most prominent prohibitionists to show re sentment. With the opposition fighting against some one instead of for a candidate and Republicans groping in the dark. Democratic leaders who look jto the East for a standard bearer pre ! diet an overw helming victory in November. ATTICUS MULLEN. ARIZONA DELEGATION SEEN UNINSTRUCTED Campbell** Edict Blow to Lowden Hopes—Say* Hoover Will Win on First Ballot. 1 j Speriftl Di«p*l(h lo Th* Slur. PHOENIX, April 21.—The usually well regulated Republican politics of Arizona took a surprising turn this week when after it was practically decided that the State convention of April 28 would send a Lowden delegation to Kansas City, former Gov. Thomas E Campbell returned from Spain and casually announced that "Arizona will follow her custom of the past and send an uninstructed delegation to the con vention.” Mr. Campbell is an ardent Hoover man. >i The assurance of the announcement presages an unlooked-for battle at the . State meet. Two elemnts. it was be lieved, would decide the local Republic an selection: First. Mr. Lowden comes under the all-inclusive head of "favorite i son" because of his part-time residence i here; second. Mr. Hoover has actively i opposed Arizona on the Colorado River i question. To have ex-Gov. Campbell, acknowledged party bellwether, de i elare, after two days In the State fol- I lowing some months abroad, that an ! uninstrueted delegation would be se lected and, further, that Mr. Hoover would be nominated on the first ballot, was to the local Republicans an ad mitted shock. Two weeks ago when the state dele gates from Maricopa County, compris ing one-third of the State, were chosen, they were solidly for Mr. Lowden, al though uninstrueted. Yesterday, how ever. Mr. Campbell made his announce ment. The statement of the former governor came after a visit to Bisbce In the south and Prescott In the north. 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Galimore before the , Trial Board. It was learned at Mr. Blanton's office that he planned to leave early this week for Abilene, Tex., where he will 11 open campaign headquarters. Case Set for Thursday. The Police Trial Board has scheduled Galimore’s case Thursday. Mr. Blanton's appearance before the I Trial Board is to be sought, it was said, j because the Police Department has 1 been unable to obtain the affidavit Gali -11 more signed denying that he stopped : the Representative for speeding on ; Sherman avenue March 31. The affi davit has been read into the Congres sional Record. Galimore’s alleged conflicting stories i regarding the speeding incident caused Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, to cite him to appear before the Trial Board to answer a charge of mak ing a false statement to his superior of flfcr - Inspector E. W. Brown, in charge of 'the Traffic Bureau I The case was origin, y 7 M Thursday, but si, postponed. If Mr. Blanton should happen to es depart*, he will I j rave behind also the ease of Policeman I2rlil e i* being reviewed Iky the District Commissioners on ap peal The Representative defended the policeman before the Police Trial Board at the recent 10-day tumultous hearing, land after his conviction noted an ap peal from the decision and had printed : a 1 6-page brief In support of the appeal.