Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-05-14
State Preferential Primaries
Fail to Settle Presidential
Nominations.
WOOD HAS MOST DELEGATES
Johnson's Popular Vote the Largest
Knox, Whose Peace Resolution 10
Up In Senate, Talked Of as
Compromise Candidate
Poles Defeat Bolshevikl.
BY EDWARD w. PIckARD.

The state presidential primaries
have nearly all been held; the fever
ish race for delegates Is about over
And now every one is free to guess
who will be the nominees Of the ma
tional conventions, and there Is not
much more to base guesses on than
there was before.
On the Republican side two devel-
opments stand out: Maj Gen. Leon
ard Wood has captured more instruct.
ed delegates than any one else, and
Senator Hiram Johnson has been ac-
corded the largest popular vote. Run
ming fairly strong third In both par
tlculars Is Governor Lowden of Illi-
nOls. But the deliberate plan Of the
party managers has been carried out
and no candidate will 20 to the Chi
cago convention with anywhere near
enough votes pledged to nominate.
che result in the Coliseum will be
erought about by skillful dickerng,
unless the convention cnn be
stampeded, which is improbable.
The two most important primaries
of the past week were In California
and Indiana. In the former johnson
won sweeping victory, his majority
over Herbert Hoover, his only com
petltor being something like 100000.
Mr.. Hoover expressed himself as sur
prised by the showing he made, con.
sidering the inadequacy of his cam
paign arrangements, His supporters
on the coast charged that deal was
made with the Phelan machine in San
Francisco TO deliver the Democratic
vote to Johnson.
hdlana's primary law.requlres that
a candidate must secure majority
Of all votes cast In order to gain com
plete control of the states delegation.
This General Wood failed to do,
though his plurality over Johnson was
about 6,000. Woods managers said
they would Insist that the state con-
ventlon instruct the solid delegation
for the general, but this aroused bit
ter opposition In the other camps. On
the face of practically complete re-
turns the Wood people claimed 20 OF
the district delegates and the four
delegates at-large. The steel workers
In the Calumet region piled up n big
majority for johnson and he also car
ried Evansville, but Wood won In In
dlanapolis and other cities. Lowden
who was strong in the rural districts,
got about half as many votes as John
son, and Harding about half as many
b the Illinois governor The results
In Indiana really were not satisfac-
tory to any one of the candidates, but
they quite suited the political mana
gers OF the state, who plan to have
Indiana hold the balance Of power In
the convention.
Maryland Republicans turned out
In small numbers and gave Wood the
states preference by vote of about
two to one over Johnson.
The Johnson managers felt that the
Michigan state convention did not |
give the senator the full fruits of his |
victory In the primary. 1t Instructed
the delegation to vote for him as long
as he has chance of winning the
nomination, but refused lroncad In
structlons, leaving 1t to the delegates
to decide when to switch to another
candidate. OF the big four elected,
two are Johnson men and two are
SAID to favor Wood.
One of the few delegations that
will 20 to the Democratic convention
In San Francisco with Instructions as
10 its vote will be that from Ken
lucky. The state convention voted for
instructions for Governor Cox of Ohio.
Il would not surprise astute politl-