First Presidential primary of 1936 was held last week in New Hampshire. No bitter battle, it was a 2-in-1 contest to settle the relative popularity of 1) the gentlemen who wanted to represent their State at the national political conventions next June; 2) the gentlemen's gentlemen i.e., the Presidential aspirants, whom the would-be delegates had informally expressed their intention to support.
Winner of the delegates' popularity contest among Republicans, with some 33,000 votes, was Governor H. Styles Bridges. Close second, with some 30,000 votes, was acidulous George Higgins Moses, who lost his Senate seat to a Democrat in 1932. So...
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