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Spirited Battles Coming.

elections.
Spirited Battles Coming.
From that date until June, the bat
tie of the primaries will rage with
fury not seen in this country since
the days OF Reconstruction, when
parties. candidates. and Issues were
scrambled as they now arc almoS De-
yond recognition.
In New Hampshire the contest VIII
Tot be exciting. Colonel Proctor and
other Wood champions are already
claiming the eight delegates from
that State as theirs, but week from
Tuesday, in North Dakota, and on
March %. in South Dakota, viii be
staged political nights remindful OF
other days.
Wood has already stumpcd that
part OF the country and senator
Hiram Johnson is there now. Sen
ator Poindexter is on his way, with
thirty speeches in his suitcase and
an itinerary which will take him
three weeks OF hard-going to make.
I.terest In Michigan.
On April g Michigan will hold
preferential, primary, the lists for
which are now closed with seven can
didates enrolled These are Senator
Poindexter. Herbert Hoover General
Wood, General PershinE. Governor
Lowden. OF Illinois; Senator Johnson.
and William G.. Simpson, of Detroit.
Some of Senator Poindexter's thirty
speeches will be fired off in Michigan
while en- route for the Dakotas,
where, in the south State, on March
20. he will meet General Wood in de-
bate.
In Michigan. incidentally on the
Democratic ticket to be voted on on
Drn IL
ward l. Edwards, New Jersey; William
Jennings Bryan, Attorney General
\. Mitchell Palmer, William G. Nc
Adoo and Herbert Hoover. IIoovers
is the only name appearing on both
lists.
Wisconsin is next on the list. the
preferential primary being scheduled
for April q. The last day for filing
petitions is tomorrow. which is also
the last day for filing for delegates Of
which there will be twenty-siX. Gov
ernor Lowden and Hiram johnson are
expected to make a pretty fight for
these, with odds admittedly slightly
favoring the Senator from California.
Fight In Illinois.
Next Illinois, on April IS. General
Wood has publicly announced his
intention of going after the fifty
eight OeIcEdtcS dllOtteu TO lnlS StdlC
or as many of them as he can grab,
regardless of the claims of Governor
Lowdcn or any other "favoritc son."
Colonel Proctor declared Wood had
picked up the gauntlet OF the stand
pattcrs," and stood prepared to raid
every State in the Union, with the
possible exception of California. in
stand-up and knock down fight for
delegates. California was excepted.
he said, because "standpatters arc not
strong there"
Wood and his hackers take excep-
tions to the insinuation that the
Wood boom is on the wane. Colonel
Proctor issuing a proclamation saying
1--WE have not shot our bolt, and won't
until the convention adjournsF Proc
tor now claims Wood will get ma
jority at the preferential primary and
at least a split on the delegates in
Illinois. Lowden men, however. con-
fdently claim the State as theirs.
Pershing In List.
Nebraska will hold a preferential
primary April 20. 1t is said that
Wood, Pershing, and Lowden have
strong followings in that State. Mon
tana follows three days later. No
particular candidate seems to be in
the lead there at present.
Tuesday, April -, three important
States will indulge in prefcrentials:
New Jersey. Massachusetts. and Ohio.
In the last named state, Senator War
rem G.. Harding is rfaVorite son,
though the Senator scorns the appel
Iation, saying if he can't run as
regular candidate IN his own State
he doesn't want to run at all. so
General Wccd, the bad boy OF the
political playground, has taken him
at his word and viii tackle Senator
Ha riding in his own bailiwick. con-
testing him for the Ohio delegation
to the Chicago convention.
johnson In California.
Maryland holds a primary on May
3, California the following day. And
there are those who say that Her
bert Hoover's hackers, with or with
out the former food strator 8
permission, wall race senator Hiram
Johnson a. "favoritc SON from that
state \ movement in that direction
is already under way.
| Pennsylvania and Vermont have
scheduled primaries Tor May is; Orc
gon for May II. \ straw vote just
taken in the latter state showed
Wood IN the lead with 971 votes as
against Johnson 33i, I.owden Al, Poin-
dexter 26 and Harding -.
| Texas will vote at a preferential on
May 25, and Senator Harding, Tor ono,
will make a try fog delegates down
there.
Florida trails with a primary on
juno s.
An sisns point to a trcc-for-all
scramble for delegates at all these
and kid gloves are not expected to