Delegates

The last of the "crucial" primaries was held in West Virginia. Smith beat Reed. His nomination looked as certain as such things can look upon a planet inhabited by human beings.

Favorite Son Goff beat Candidate Hoover. It was a preferential primary, leaving the delegates uninstructed, and three of the 19 delegates elected were regarded as Hooverites. But the popular vote stood--Goff 120,337; Hoover, 105,876. The usual comments were made: 1) That the Hoover boom had passed its peak, would now collapse; 2) That the Beaver Man had made a splendid showing.

Democrats sat back to see what decision the Republican 1,089 delegates, all of whom were now chosen, would come to among themselves. The votes of 545 would settle the matter, but with many a delegate unpledged, many another uncertain, many another unaccredited, the result could not be figured out to a mathematical certainty on paper. Last week's odds in Wall Street were:

On Smith's nomination 8 to 1

On Hoover's nomination 7 to 5

On Lowden's nomination 1 to 4

On "Draft Coolidge" 1 to 5

On Candidate Curtis 1 to 6

On Non-Candidate Dawes 1 to 6

Of unaccredited delegates--whose contested credentials were being considered last week by G. O. P. officials in Kansas City--there were 73. These came from Louisiana (12), Mississippi (12), Texas (26, or all the delegates), Florida (9 of the 10 delegates), Porto Rico (2), Georgia (3), South Carolina (4), Tennessee (3).

The candidates claimed delegates (with many a dispute which only actual voting can settle) as follows:

Lowden, 273 1/2 (85 disputed)

Alabama 1 New Mexico 4

Arizona 9 North Carolina 13

Arkansas 9 North Dakota 13

Colorado 3 Ohio 20

Illinois 55 Oklahoma 18

Iowa 27 Oregon 4

Minnesota 21 South Carolina 11

Missouri 30 South Dakota

Montana 5 1/2 Wisconsin 2

Nebraska 14 Alaska 2

Nevada 2

Curtis, 46 (22 disputed)

Kansas 23 Rhode Island 1

Oklahoma 20 Alaska 2

Norris, 33 (14 disputed)

Nebraska 16 Wisconsin 17

Watson, 33 (His own Indiana)

Borah, 11 (His own Idaho)

Unpledged, unclaimed, 225

Connecticut 17 New York 43

Delaware 5 Pennsylvania 79

Georgia 15 Texas 26

Illinois 6 West Virginia 10

Massachusetts 2 Wyoming 2

Mississippi 12 Dist. of Columbia 2

Missouri 4 Porto Rico 2

Hoover, 531 1/2(181 disputed)

Alabama 15 Nevada 8

Arizona 4 New Hampshire ... . 11

Arkansas 6 New Jersey 31

California 29 New Mexico 7

Colorado 14 New York 47

Delaware 4 North Carolina 10

Florida 10 Ohio 31

Georgia 1Oregon 13

Iowa 2 Rhode Island 12

Kentucky 29 Tennessee 19

Louisiana 12 Utah 11

Maine 15 Vermont 11

Maryland 19 Virginia 15

Massachusetts 37 Washington 17

Michigan 33 West Virginia 9

Minnesota 7 Wisconsin 7

Missouri 10 Wyoming 7

Montana 5 1/2 Hawaii 2

Nebraska 9 Philippines 2

*Fractions result from some States giving their delegates-at-large a half vote each.