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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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At the Kansas Democratic State Convention in Hutchinson on April 25, Representative W.A. Ayres unexpectedly secured an instructed delegation to support his presidential bid, despite prior announcements he wasn't running. Delegates were initially chosen based on Al Smith or James A. Reed support, but a resolution committed votes to Ayres while viable.
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HUTCHINSON, Kan., April 25.—Representative W. A. Ayres, native son of Kansas, came from obscurity at the State Convention here yesterday to win an instructed delegation.
It had been announced that Ayres would not be a candidate and virtually all the delegates to the national meeting were chosen with respect to their standing on Governor Al Smith or Senator James A. Reed.
Then the resolution committee reported and it was found that Ayres followers had incorporated a resolution instructing the delegation from Kansas to vote for Ayres for president "as long as a majority of the members believe he has a chance of being nominated."
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Hutchinson, Kan.
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April 25
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Representative W. A. Ayres emerged from obscurity at the Kansas Democratic State Convention to secure an instructed delegation for his presidential candidacy, via a surprise resolution from his followers, despite initial non-candidacy announcement and delegate selections favoring Al Smith or James A. Reed.