Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-03
122 DELEGATES
WILL Be CHOSEN
DURING WEEK
To Conventions
Republicans So Select 81
and the Democrats 63
Representatives to Attend
National Party Gatherings
CALIFORNIA PRIMARY
ATTRACTS ATTENTION
Fight There is Between
Hoover and johnson and
viii Be Settled Tuesday,
Maryland Will Vote Today

tBN MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL tAAHrD NtFNl
New York. May Fifty -four
delegates to the republican national
convention and sixty eight dele
gates to the democratic national
convention will be selected in pri-
maries and state conventions to be
held this week. In addition In
diana, which sends thirty delegates
to each national convention, Will
hold a preferential presidential
primary Tuesday, preparatory to
the republican and democratic state
conventions May II and Is re-
spectively, at which the delegates
are elected.
Utah republicans hold a state
convention at ogden tomorrow at
which eight delegates are TO be
chosen, four district delegates and
four at large. Senator Hiram
johnson of California. Governor
Frank o. Lowden of Illinois and
Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood each have
conducted campaign in the state
although it is possible that an un-
instructed delegation may be
chosen.
MARY idtlu NbttS fot"Ss
Sixteen delegates to each ma
tional convention will be elected at
the presidential preference primary
in Maryland tomorrow. Senator
Johnson and General Wood are the
principal republican presidential
contestants, electors also having
the opportunity to vote for unin-
structed delegates There are no
democratic presidential contenders
ON the ballot.
Kentucky elects twenty-siX dele
gates to the democratic national
convention at a state convention in
Louisville on Tuesday. The prin-
cipal contest will be between dele
gates wishing to go to the national
convention uninstructed and those
pledged to Governor James NJ. Cox
of Ohio. There are no democratic
presidential candidates on the bal
lot and the delegates will go an
instructed to San Francisco.
California holds a statewide pri-
mary Tuesday to choosel twenty
.six delegates each to the republi-
can, democratic and prohibition
national conventions Chief in
tcrest there centers in the fight be-
tween Il group Of republican can
didates for delegates at large
pledged to Senator Johnson and
another group pledged to Herbert
Hoover.
ChiIdcrs Running Alone.
On the democratic ticket in Cali
fornia Henry II. Childers Of Los
Angeles, who favors a liberal in
terpretation OF the national prohi-
bition amendment, Is running as a
lone candidate against a group of
twenty unpledged delegates.
There is no contest in the prohibi-
ton party, the twenty-six dele
gates being pledged to the candi-
dacy of Henry Clay Ncedham of
Los Angeles.
There are four republican candi-
dates in the preferential presiden-
tial primary in Indiana on Tues
day. They are Governor Lowden,
General Wood, Senator Warren G.
Harding of Ohio and Senator john
son. The delegates to be chosen at
the state conventions later will be
instructed for the presidential cam
didate receiving "a majority vote in
the primary. " no candidate re-
ceives a majority the state conven-
ton may either instruct it's dele
gates for any one candidate or al
low them to go to the convention
uninstructed.
Michigan Convention.
The names of no candidates for
the democratic presidential nomi-
nation will appear on the ballot in
Indiana, although voters have the
privilege of writing in names of
if they so desire. The
name of w. @. Webster, of New
York, appears on the ballot as
candidate for the republican nomi-
nation for vice president.
The republican state convention
in Michigan, to be held Wednes-
day. will name four delegates at
large to the national gathering.
Chief interest there centers in the
tone of resolutions expected to be
adopted endorsing Senator Johnson.
he won the state prima-
ries presidential preference by A.
O00, the senator failed in the pop
ular vote to carry seven of the thir-
teen congressional districts. OF tue
nine district conventions already
held, five pledged their delegates to
Johnson while four districts named
uninstructed delegates.