The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-06
JOHNSON
LEADS N
MICHIGAN.
Californian Commanding Lead
is Being Cut Into by Ma
jor General
Wood.
HOOVER WINS DEMOS
He Leads Edwards With Bryan and
Palmer Trailing Along in tho
Rear Of Pro-
/ eession.
HOOVER WINS DEMOS

DETROIT, Mich, April 6.-"Michi-
gan has given her endorsement to
Hiram johnson in terms SO decisive
as to leave the nation in no doubt, ;,
Louis C.. Champion, Michigan man.
ager of the California senator's cam
paign said in statement issued at
Johnson headquarters here today.
johnson has safe lead of better
than 35, 900, and il the vote up state
had been heavier the plurality would
have been larger, for the quiet, un-
organized vote was ours.
Against forces that had been high
ly organized for months and spent
as much money as was ever spent in
a Michigan campaign, using hired
workers and every avenue Of pub
licity without limit, Senator Johnson
in the past six weeks has made a
winning fight on his merits, without
a single paid worker and with little
paid publicity in newspapers, printed
matter or the mails.
"The result is significant as re-
pudiation by Michigan Of the pocket
book as controlling factor in her
politics.
The primary results do not neces.
sarily mean the winner will receive
the votes of Michigan's delegation to
the national convention.
Delegates are to be elected in state
conventions the latter part OF this
month. County caucuses elect dele
gates to the state convention. The
primary is only preferential and is
not binding.
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
DETROIT. Mich, April 6.-Strag-
Cling returns from upstate districts
showed Major General Leonard Wood
cutting into Senator Hiram Johnson's
commanding lead in the Michigan
presidential preference primary today.
In Berrien county in the western
part of the state eighteen precincts
out of thirty-four gave Wood 1898,
and Johnson 1923. Wood carried
Lansing over Johnson 2,S99 to 1892.
Hoover ran third with 1,443.
Eleven precincts Of twenty-one in
Wexford county in the northern part
of the lower peninsula gave Wood
$50 and Johnson 321.
Practically complete returns from
Luce county gave Wood 236 and John
son 124.
In 1881 precincts out of 2421. the
vote stood: Johnson, 107,132; Wood.
64,410, making the Johnson lead A.
1922.
In 1,165 precincts out of 2,421, John
son was leading Wood by 44,224, ac-
cording to returns.
Johnson's lead over Wood in Wayne
county Detroi) with returns practi-
cally complete, was more than $4,000.
In 846 outstate precincts Wood led
with 43,340 to 34,s70 for Johnson.
Herbert Hoover and Governor Frank
o. Lowden are fighting it out for third
place on the face of returns.
Hoover won the democratic primary,
to returns here. Governor
l.. Edwards, of New Jersey,
piled up 2 to lead in Wayne coun-
ty. Hoover polled 1852 democratic
votes, leading Edwards by over 1000
votes. Bryan and Palmer trailed.
Johnson Expresses Gratitude.
NEW YORK, April Cit is the
first big test OF popular sentiment"
Senator Hiram Johnson said today in
reference to the republican primary
in Michigan.
Heretofore we've had North Da-
kota. which won; South Dakota.
which Wood won, and Minnesota,
with trick and fraud primary,
which. nevertheless. / won.
Michigan is the first great test.
and the ballot there was g simple
ballot with just the names of the
candidates for president on it. The
result, of course, is more than graft.
flying. II is a marvellous victory. 1t
demonstrates that an American may
be candidate sfor president with
only. the attributes God gave him,
against organized politics and organ