The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-04-30
CLOSE VOTE IN JERSEY
WOOD AND JOHNSON RUN
MING NECK AND NECK
VETS SHOW UP STRONG
Put Governor Edwards at Head
Of "Big Four"; Political
Notes

Newark, N. j., April 2S.-At 12:45
o'clock returns from 1853 election
districts out of 2,O25 gave Wood 49,
TO and Johnson 49,237. -,..
Columbus, Ohio, April 2S.-Returns
which may be altered in one or two
districts upon later advices, showed
that Wood probably would have eignI
and possibly ten delegates. Returns
large apparently elected pledged to
Harding and one pledged to Wood.
Newark, N. j., April 28.-At 11:45
o'clock with 166 districts missing,
Wood was 49,775, and Johnson 49,237,
giving Wood lead of 533. Johnson
polled heavily in the industrial CEN
tiers.
Newark, N. j., April 2s.-Major
General Leonard Wood was leading
Senator Johnson of California by 1872
votes in the New Jersey preferential
presidential primary contest at elev-
en- o'clock this morning. Revised re-
turns showed the Californian had cut
his opponents lead by 400 since seven
O'Clock. Returns for 1882 out of g.
025 election districts gave Wood, 49,
374 and Johnson, 49,042.
Will Follow Voters Lead.
United States Senators Walter E.
Edge and Joseph S. Frelinghuysen,
pledged to the presidential choice of
the voters as expressed at the pri-
mary have been elected as members
of the republican big four" by sub
stantial pluralities over their eight
opponents. Former Governor Edward
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assured of third place. Former act
ing Governor VIM. N. Runyon, pledg-
ed to Wood is leading in the race for
fourth place.
Vote Is Close.
Complete returns from five dis
tricts showed the election of five
Wood, four Johnson and one un-
pledged district delegates. Incom-
plete returns from six other districts
indicated the election of eight Wood,
two Johnson and two unpledged dele
gates, although the vote in some cas-
es was close One district, the twelfth,
had not been heard from at seven
o'clock this morning.
Governor Edward 1. Edwards, who
has announced that he would carry
the fight against prohibition into San
Francisco convention, was elected
head of the democratic "big four"
Democratic voters did not have an op-
portunity to register their choice for
president, there being no candidates
names printed on the ballot, although
all of the big four" and very near
all of the district delegates are pledg-
ed to the candidacy OF Governor Ed
wards.
Vote in Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio, April 2S.-Five
| nd fxrn
5,SS2 in Ohio gave Harding LOT 1888;
Wood 9S,432. ....
Although their names were not
printed on the ballots Hiram johnson
of California received 12,768 votes and
Herbert Hoover of California receiv-
ed 1888 votes in 3,440 scattering pre-
cincts.
Cox Democrats Choice.
The name OF Governor James NJ
Cox of Ohio was the only one appear
ing on the democratic presidential
ballot. In several districts over the
state, however, the name of William
g. McAdoo was written in. All demo-
cratic candidate for delegate to the
Cox.
returns from 1851 out of total OF
1882 precincts In the state showed
three Harding candidates and one
wood man leading IN the race tor
delegates at large to the republican
national convention.
Organization States Elected.
ASSOCIATED Press DiSpatch.J
Boston, April 2S.-The organization
states OF republican and democratic
candidates Ior delegates at large to
the national conventions were elected
by substantial majority in yesterdays
cording to the complete vote today.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge led the
republican big tour," who headed
the ballot as group. He was fol-
lowed in the order named by Speaker
frederick II. Gillett OF the national
house OF representatives, former Sen
ator William Murray Crane and Ed
ward A. Thurston, former chairman of
the republican state committee.
The democratic regulars" were
elected by ,majOrities OF three and
four to one over former Congressman
Joseph +. O'Connell, who made his
sue. OF the republican delegates in
Guiding those at large, twenty nine
are unpledged, but several OF these
have announced their intention II
vote for Major General Leonard WOOD.
Two are pledged to Wood and four
were designated on the ballot as ia
vorable TO him. The entire demo-
cratic delegation is unpledged.
Former Governor Samuel w. Nc
Call, who declared himself in favor
of the nomination of Herbert Hoover,
made his best showing in Revere,
where he finished third. No other re-
publican aspirants for the presidential
nomination made campaign in
Massachusetts.
Convention In Idaho.
Occur D'Alene, Idaho, April 2S.-
The state republican convention met
here today to select eight delegates to
the national convention at Chicago
and decide on instructions for them
to follow in voting in the presidential
nomination.
Sentiment prior to the convention
session apparently favored an mum
structed delegation. Northern Idaho
was conceded four delegates by the
Southern Idaho delegates who held an
informal caucus and said they favor
ed dividing the state evenly as to
representation at the national as
sembly.