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In 1928 Alfred Emanuel Smith got 450,259 votes in Wisconsin. Last week in the same State he won his first and only pledged delegate so far to this year's national convention. To gain the nomination he had to get 769 more. The 25 other Wisconsin votes went to Franklin Delano Roosevelt whose convention strength was thereby upped to 154.* Surprising was the size of the Democratic primary vote in a State where for years the party has been an empty shell. In the 1924 election Nominee Davis got 68,115 Wisconsin votes; last week...
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