The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-01
MAY be Last Free for All Pref
erential Battle Before
Convention at
Chicago.
FOUR NAMES ON BALLOT
Wood, Lowden, johnson and Harding
All in State Today Speaking to
Wind Up Their Cam,
pai9ns.
TBy Harold D. Jacobs, United Press
Staff Correspondent.

l ~. S''s'
Staff Correspondents
NEW YORK, May 1.-The primary
in Indiana on Tuesday, in which the
four leading contestants for the presi
Dental nomination are entered, IS
expected to be the last free for all
preferential battle before the Chi
cago convention.
The names of Major General Leon
ard Wood, Governor Frank o. Low
den, Senator Hiram Johnson. ana
Senator Warren G.. Harding are on
the ballots there. All were speaking
in Indiana today--Wood in Goshen
Mishawaka, South Bend, Kokomo and
several smaller places; LOwden n
Crown Point and Gary. and Johnson
in Terre Haute and Indianapolis, and
Harding in ConnOrsville, Rushville.
Shelbyville and Indianapolis.
Lowden and Harding were expect 4
to wind up their campaign there to-
night Wood and Johnson, however,
will continue their stumping through
Monday night The California sena-
tor will then return to Washington
for a few days after which he will
start "mopping up in the big cities
of the country until convention time.
The general will return to army head
quarters in Chicago. Between Mon
day and expiration of his leave May
20, he will speak in New York, Penn
sylyania and possibly Texas.
Indiana's presidential vote In 1916
was 341, ,005 for Hughes and 334,O63
for Wilson. The state has thirty
delegates to the national convention.
Politicians look for a republican vote
in the primaries of more than 10000.
70 win the election en- bloc a candl-
date in Indiana must poll majority.
Johnson and Wood are the contest
ants Tor Maryland's sixteen delegates
in a primary Monday, with the for
mer practically conceded a victory.
In California Tuesday. johnson and
Herbert Hoover will determine which
is that states favorite son. Cali
fornia has twenty-six delegates. A
republican state convention will be
held Monday in Utah, with eight dele
gates at stake. s.-. .h...
The democrats will hold primary
in California and a state convention
in Kentucky on Tuesday. There are
no candidates names on the demo
cratic ballots in California. VIM. G..
McAdoo is supposed to have the
greatest strength there. Although
Kentucky is expected to pick an un-
pledged delegation Governor James
Cox. of Ohio, is believed to be favored
in that state, with McAdoo second
choice.
The statement of Senator Boies
Penrose in Pennsylvania last night
that he favors Senator Philander
Knox for the republican nomination
has started much speculation IN the
G, O.. P. ranks. Knox is known 70
be very friendly to Johnson. Pen
roses statement HAS given rise TO
considerable talk OF various com
promises" and combinations
Hoover VS.. johnson.
EBy Daniel Beebe, United Press Staff
Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, May L.
California is nearing the close Of the
most desperate primary campaign IN
it's history. The issue is a clear-cu,
one of the popularity OF Senator
Hiram Johnson as against the popu
larity OF Herbert Hoover.
For weeks the Johnson organiza
ton has exerted itself to elect TWEEN
ty-six delegates to the Chicago con
vention pledged to Johnson, while
the Hoover organization has gained
a firm foundation-firm enough tC
challenge every effort that can bt
put forth by the Johnson men.
The campaign will not close unit
! the last ballot is cast at o'clock the
night of May A. Several big johnson
meetings are scheduled for Monday
The Hoover men, however, will dc
little after today. ....
Bitterness was engendered largely
by the fact that Johnson, after years