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...Lowden last week began the open season for saying "another county heard from" in its original context. Candidate Lowden heard from the 99 counties of Iowa and cornered a fat majority of 1,443 delegates chosen by cornland Republicans for the state convention...
...Willis boom finally became a hollow frogskin when three other names-Lowden, Curtis, Watson-were given out as unofficial "second choice" men for whom Willis delegates might eventually vote. This made Ohio a microcosm of Republicanism all over the country-Hoover v. the Field. Candidate Dawes had the self-respect to forbid the Willis people to include his name on their auxiliary roster, saying he was still for his friend, Candidate Lowden...
Odds. Bets placed last week in Wall Street against the Hoover nomination, 9 to 5; against the Dawes or Lowden, 10 to 4; against the Curtis, 10 to 1; against the Smith...
...Lowden. In Illinois, the State Supreme Court declared constitutional a law substituting a primary election for the caucus system of nominating candidates for state offices, including delegates to President-nominating conventions. Underlings of Frank Orren Lowden hastened to enter his name as a primary candidate, rejoicing that he now had a chance to get nominating votes in his home State, where, while the caucus system prevailed, he was at the mercy of the State Bosses, Mayor Thompson of Chicago and Governor Len Small. Lowdenites felt better about the East, too. Following their still-pond-no-more-moving policy, State Bosses...
True, all is not tranquil within Republican ranks. Hoover, although the popular choice, and backed by skillful politicians, is essentially a party man. Lowden's willingness not to interfere in favorite son movements indicates an attempt to draw votes from Hoover by these local choices, votes that may later be given to Dawes or Lowden. Young Mr. Roosevelt with his attacks on Smith is doing much to damage Republican prestige. Disrupting are Borah's attempts to force a plank on Prohibition. But on the whole, the Republicans' present prosperous administration gives them an inestimable advantage. And with the parties representing...