The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-04-28

VOTE UP TO DATE

New York, April 24.-The race for
the republican presidential nominal
tion has frightened up until the three
candidates now leading are practi-
cally on even terms. The standing to
date, on the basis of instructed dele
gates, is as follows;
Major General Leonard Wood, rs.
Governor Frank o. Lowden, 70.
Senator Hiram Johnson, 81.
Claims to uninstructed delegates,
virtually conceded by rival candidates,
show a wider divergence in the stand
ings. These claims, added to the in
structed delegates, would show the
following results to date:
Wood, 148; Lowden, 1871; Nicholas
Murray Butler, So; Hiram Johnson,
81; Judge J. c. Pritchsrd, of North
Carolina, %.
LOwden Makes Greatest Gain.
Lowden made the greatest gain this
week, receiving twenty-six instructed
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delegates from the Iowa state con-
vention. Hiram johnson came next,
with fourteen delegates instructed in
the Nebraska primaries. Wood got
two instructed delegates from Ne
braska, while the six selected at the
Delaware state convention were re-
garded at certain for Wood.
The Democrats.
Meantime the Democratic situation
has shown no indications of the COM
ing clarified uninstructed delegates
at present distributed as follows:
Herbert Hoover, 33; Senator Rob-
ert Owen, 20; Senator Gilbert Hitch
cock, 16; William Jennings Bryan,
10; James w. Gerard, 10.
While claims to unpledged delega-
tions in the Democratic ranks are less
strongly supported than among the
republicans, the standing on that
basis now would be-
! Governor Edward |. Edwards, 90;
William Gibbs McAdoo, 80; Attorney
General Mitchell Palmer, 68; Champ
Clark, 36; Hoover, 33; State Senator
hS. r.. Simmons, of1Sorth Carolina, "a;
Owen, 20; Hitchcock, IS; Bryan, 10;
Gerard, 10.
! No Democratic delegates were in
structed this week. The twenty
picked in the Kansas convention are
claimed for McAdoo by his followers,
while Mssouri's thirty-six, selected
at a state convention, probably will
cast their first ballot for Clark.
Week Beginning April 26th.
During the week beginning with
Monday, April 26th; the republicans
will pick LAG, and the Democrats 112
delegates. Following is the schedule:
Tuesday-New Jersey primaries:
28 Democratic and 2S republican del
Iegates. Ohio primaries: 48 Demo-
cratic and AZ republican delegates.
Massachusetts primaries: SO Demo
cratic and 35 republican delegates.
Washington state conventions: IA re-
publican delegates. Idaho state con-
vention: republican delegates.
Observation-Disclosures state con-
vention: 13 republican delegates.
In New Jersey, Wood and Johnson
organizations concluded bitter fight
on Saturday night to win the states
endorsement. Both camps claim a
victory by close vote. Wood will
oppose favorite son in both Ohio
and Massachusetts, Senator Warren
Harding in Ohio, and Govegnor Calvin
Coolidge in Massachusetts.
Washington State is expected to in
struct for Senator Miles Poindexter
and Idaho for Senator William Bo-
rah. Both are regarded as friendly to
Hiram Johnson. Lowden's friends
claim Arkansas for him.
Governor James Cox is expected to
carry Ohio, and it is thought that
Governor Edwards will win in New
Jersey. The sentiment is said to be
very strong in Massachusetts fol-
William Gibbs McAdoo.
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