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...Hampshire Democrats, first to hold their primary, were divided into two camps only-Roosevelt and Smith. No other aspirant bothered to enter a slate of delegates. On primary day only one out of four Democrats who had voted for the Brown Derby in 1928 turned out to express a presidential preference, and of these only one in three still favored the man they had tried to put in the White House four years ago. Governor Roosevelt's clean sweep upped to 30 his total toward the magic number...
...principles they stand for and I am ready to do so again. . . . Your telegram seems to me a bit tricky. . . ." Retorted Boston's Mayor: "In the words of the poet, 'Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!'" When a complete slate of Smith delegates, headed by Governor Ely and Senator Walsh, was put into the field, it became plain as a pikestaff that the Brown Derby was in the campaign up to its ears, that its intention was to corner enough convention votes to keep Governor Roosevelt from conjuring...
...Last week in California William Gibbs McAdoo, onetime Secretary of the Treasury, filed his name at the head of a primary slate of delegates pledged to the candidacy of Speaker Garner...
...passive candidacy for the presidential nomination. To secure Smith-pledged convention delegates in Massachusetts where a candidate's written consent must be obtained, he gave his power of attorney to Chairman Frank J. Donahue of the Democratic State Committee. Chairman Donahue will now select a slate of Brown Derby delegates for the Massachusetts primaries in April...
...Slate blue, the geese have white heads and upper necks when they fly south. But in the autumn a copperish red smudge appears on their heads. Dr. Pearson thinks it is caused by something they drink...