Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-07
NEW YORK c. 0. P.
REJECTS JOHNSON,
HOOVER hackers
Uninstructed Delegation to
Convention Is Elected.
Women Are Active.
By the Associated Press.

Women Are Active.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April New York
states big four" uninstructed dele
cation to the republican national con-
vention rolled over the position of
former States Senator William NJ. Ben
nett, pledged to the presidential can
didacy Of Senator Hiram W. Johnson
of California. in yesterdays primaries.
according to virtually complete re-
turns early today.
With only 126, election districts out
of the 2.571 in the city missing, the
vote for the big four" was:
Nathan L. Miller, 7O.043: Senator W.
Wadsworth, jr.. 1896; Senator Will
liam NJ. Calder. 1891. and Col. Will
liam Boyce Thompson, 6S,104. Ben
nett's vote was 25,561, of which his
home borough, Brooklyn. contributed
1857. The vote here was lighter than
anticipated by party leaders.
Upstate Returns.
Scattering returns from upstate
where the vote was also light. indi-
had won over Bennett by a wider
margin than in this city No. candidate
favorable to Senator johnson was
elected in any of the twelve congress
sional districts here where contests
were waged.
The organization men also defeated
two candidates pledged to Herbert
Hoover In the seventeenth euhGfee-
siOnal district in Manhattan by ra-
tic of about two and one-half to
one. This was the only district in the
state where candidates favoringF 1ffs1
Hoover were entered - - = -
There were no contests among the
democrats and the party vote was
proportionately smaller than that
cast for the republicans.
first presidential contest in which
they had an opportunity to participate
in this state surprised party leaders.
They turned out in large numbers
and proved active workers. particu-s
larry as watchers after the closing
Of the polls. ..-. ~.
1t was the city's first dry" primary
and political leaders and police OFF,
Gals declared it was the most or
DERBY. ever held here. The stpaeis-
trates' courts remained open until
o. clock last night. but not q single
arrest in connection with the primary
was brought before them. J.
DETROIT. Mich. April Debated
returns on Mondays presidential pri-
mary. coming in slowly from the
sparsely settled sections of the state.
added but few votes early today to
the totals already compiled from APP
proximately two-thirds Of the pre-
cinots. These figures gave Senator
Hiram w. johnson lead OF 42.2b1
over Mai Gen. Leonard Wood on the
republican ticket, and Herbert
cratic ticket was 4.446 over Gov. Ed
ward /. Edwards of New Jersey. The
vote stood:
Republican Q.661 precincts out of
s.421)-Johnson. "a $40: W oe5, 1888;
Democrats U.472 precincts)- Hoov-
or, 1862; Edwards. 1896: McAdoo,
1862; Bryan 1854; Palmer, 1870.
Complete returns had been received
from only a few counties, and five
Alger. Baraga. Benzie. Biosco and
from at all. as a result Of the Easter
snowstorm, which crippled rural tele-
phone lines and rendered country
roads impossible in some districts.
II was generally conceded this
morning that, aside from the close
race that had developed among demo-
cratic candidates 1t was unlikely that
the present standing of the candi-
dates would be altered, owing to the
small vote yet to come in. All the
practically complete.
Burt D. Cady, chairman Of the re-
publican state central committee. IN
a statement on the primary. said
was assured and declared the large
republican vote was "a forerunner
Of the greatest republican victory in
the history of the party in the state
and nation"
Minnesota Democrats.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. April -
Fred z. Lynch of st. Paul, democratic
national committeeman. was elected
a delegate at large to the national
and argumentative session of the
democratic state convention here yes
terday. On the delegation with him
were A. c. Weiss of Duluth, D. d.
DAILY of Minneapolis, chairman of the
state centre csntaal &C committee 1.1nd and Mrs;
the twenty district delegates were
sent to the San Francisco convention
free of instructions.
Mrs. Oleson was chosen by accla-
nation after she had attempted to
withdraw her name in favor Of Mr.
Weiss, both party leaders ba,,in1
from the eighth congressional district.
Several delegates protested against
her action. leading democratic SUI
fragists of the state having been in
6orsed by their county conventions
Saturday and the delegations coming
here with ironbound Instructions to
support her for the honor.
The debate was marked by an at
tack 9pon Lynch by Frank Day. a
Fairmont. Mimi, editor and former
chairman of the state central com.
rnittee. He demanded that Mrs. ole
sc remain a candidate for the gen
eraI delegation and added.
II do not like to see a man come
this convention"
The Minnesota delegation will xo TO
the San Francisco convention not
only uninstructed. but without the
unit rule.
BY it's platform the convention In
dorsed the Wilson administration. de-