▁matter ▁of ▁H inden burg ' s ▁succession , ▁pos iting ▁that ▁Hitler ▁would ▁inherit ▁H inden burg ' s ▁supp or ters ▁unless ▁the ▁question ▁of ▁re par ations ▁was ▁settled . ▁The ▁Chicago ▁Trib une ▁recorded ▁great ▁disappoint ment ▁in ▁Paris ▁at ▁the ▁results ▁combined ▁with ▁a ▁confidence ▁that ▁H inden burg ▁would ▁win ▁in ▁the ▁run off , ▁and ▁described ▁the ▁Naz i ▁platform ▁as ▁" larg ely ▁negative [, ] ▁... ▁anti - Rep ublic an , ▁anti - par liament , ▁anti - You ng ▁Plan , ▁anti - Loc ar no , ▁anti - le ague ▁of ▁nations , ▁anti - sem it ic , ▁and ▁anti - cap ital ist ." ▁ ▁Run off ▁ ▁The ▁narrow ness ▁of ▁H inden burg ' s ▁failure ▁to ▁obtain ▁re e lection ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁made ▁his ▁re e lection ▁almost ▁guaranteed ▁in ▁the ▁run off . ▁Nevertheless , ▁nobody , ▁especially ▁H inden burg ' s ▁supp or ters , ▁c ared ▁for ▁a ▁run off ▁given ▁that ▁elections ▁in ▁several ▁states ▁would ▁be ▁held ▁merely ▁two ▁weeks ▁later . ▁Still , ▁a ▁run off ▁provided ▁another ▁chance ▁for ▁H inden burg ' s ▁conserv ative ▁supp or ters ▁to ▁promote ▁him , ▁especially ▁as ▁Du ester berg ▁was ▁likely ▁to ▁drop ▁out . ▁A ▁meeting ▁of ▁St ahl helm ' s ▁execut ives ▁on ▁ 1 9 - 2 0 ▁March ▁concluded ▁that ▁Du ester berg ▁would ▁not ▁run ▁in ▁the ▁run off ▁and ▁that