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Vermont. S: Florida. s Together
they have 169 delegates.
Z Rival presidential managers will
adopt different policies in regard TO
going after those 16s delegates in
what are known in the political
vernacular as the personal declara-
ton states. II is the present in
clination OF Sen Harding and his
campaign managers 10 keep out OF
all the presidential primaries except
those IN Ohio. whore the delegation
can modestly be asked for on the
basis that the senator is Ohio's 'fav-
orite son" candidate.
Comedies Votes
Ohio's as votes are conceded 10
Sen. Harding by Sen. Poindexter
and the senator from Washington
state. who Is waging a strenuous
battle for delegates elsewhere and
who went personally into South Da-
kota 70 bid for the delegation there,
viii not enter as a candidate into
Ohio and will not countenance any
efforts IN his behalf in the Buckeye
state One reason for this is that
Harding and POindeXter are very
close friends
There is much speculation here as
70 Gen Leonard Woods attitude to-
ward Ohio As a rule Gen. Woods
friends are out after delegates
wherever they can get them and
do not allow any finely drawn dis
tinctions as TO political ethics 10 de
ter them from entering states thai
have "favorite sons" and submit
ting Gen. Woods qualifications 20
( the electors in those states. Several
Of the Ohio republican members OF
| congress reported at a recent meet
! ing which they held here that Gen
Woods friends were busy taking
steps 70 bring out Wood delegates
in their several districts. That was
before Sen Harding announced his
candidacy for the republican presi-
Dental nomination. Whether or
not these activities viii cease. now
that Sen. Harding is an announced
! candidate, remains to be seen.
One Democrat Files.
Among the democrats who are
mentioned for the presidency only
! one so far has shown any Indication
! Of competing for delegates in the
! personal declaration states. That
/ one is James w. Gerard, former am
/ bassador TO Germany. who has quail
] flied under the South Dakota law.
| President Wilson has taken no steps
] rr,
/ state, although he is the choice Of
| the South Dakota democrats as an
! nounced by their state convention
/ 1t is we'll known here that the pres
ident will not be q candidate for
! denomination Vice President Mar
/ shall will not enter any Of the pri-
/ maries and ii is noted that recently
| ne has expressed his opinion of
! these modern laws by saying that
! running for president under their
! requirements is very much like run
! ming for constable. While William
! G. McAdoo, A. Mitchell Palmer
Sen Pomerene, Gov. Cox OF Ohio.
/ and others are regarded as poten-
tial candidates not one of them has
shown an inclination to go out into
! the personal declaration states
and rustic for the nomination.
Primary Laws Important.
Seasoned politicians say that too
much importance should not be az
| tached to these state primary laws
some of which cannot be described
by any less expressive term than
! grotesQue. They point out that in
structions are seldom regarded as
binding on delegates after a few bal
lots in the national convention and
/ nobody expects a nomination on an
early ballot at either one OF the
| forthcoming conventions. They re-
| call that William J Bryan voted for
/ Woodrow Wilson for the presiden-
! tial nomination at Baltimore, not
( withstanding he was instructed 90
vote for Champ Clark, and similar
instances are numerous In the his
| tory of political conventions.