Morris tribune., 1920-05-14
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

By EDWARD w. PICkARD.
The state presidential primaries
have nearly all been held; the>faXer-
;sn race for. delegates is about. ever
And no$y 4kfea;N otle3 is, iffae to guess.
who viii TIE .tle:
tional 594gE :gTeleb is MOT
much n} re! on. than
there Was i9iies4
On tkSl:iEee can side two deYel..
,opmeBts gstaill, io1ti::5 Maj: Cen Essn-
ard W@od%'has cured more fn~uali.
ed !!dGlegat6sI5tfa 5l amy one else. and
SenattfF 9IIsIfI!lins 0hnson has. beea &c
c6rded,tlie sladige Unpopular vote. -sIstsR;z
ming a sfigiflS ,strolg third in both par
tioqlalts .iss, Cove ril2l'l L9SVdenz ofss . s.
nois. But the deiibefate plan Of :fha
pdrtE managers. has sbeeQ carried out,
and NOE Mediate will SO to the Chi
6agS jsehI seTltio on With anywhere near
;eh6l&E Votes si5lglF@els to nomin9te.
The. EesIlf i'm the Coliseum will be
broii96yt s5s@tit by sEi!iful dickering,
unless }tI9eo eenV entipn cam She
stssmisge ded. whic6'is Improbable.
'Ihe two most Important primaries
of the Fast week Were. i'm California
and IndfflnaI Insthe former JOHNSON
won. a. Sweeping victory his majority
over Herbert Hoover, his only conn
PatA6r, being. something like 1GoeQO-
MIR IHt9oNe IpGesseds himself as sur
prfsa lly owing he made. con-
'sidefiGtg the inadeqha6y Of his esen-
paign 'arranemeIlts.. His supporters
on the coast Changed that deal. was.
made with the Phelah machine lnssap
EEaneiscot to dehTc- Tue Dem6ct555ttli4ll-4
rvote@t@ Johnson.
In3ist1aiiss l5ii!glaly lay. leqSf sethat
a. eaiIIIiddt es IliIIs cure q '.tpEj oritsas.
3 of aaElf,a5tes. cast in order to gain c,sitt,
:'G4ete 'c@ntGoli OF 49, esss llsle Il tiell.
.Ehfs wood fa ~
: iifis TGdraiit5 over Jolinse4 Wig
as1gttt sGg00. aMQodisSs layers said
$thesss. sisild ffisfstasiat1he sttte coA1
a.eRts5n tiiissrlltt the sold delegation
tor slg9lsss ii r q as 'arGif>ed bit
'teF'stpif sqtpn In fhasotAer cggips.. ON
the.}fSSe Qf-slIrs Isl 81 fcdf6f1ete re-
tqsssl - RE gailned e Of
.tg saisa.i5t g.lsssii g. I'd .5fltet f6ui.
No. e. lIoe 81 NverkerS
fh'islt' 'eilssi4f. z
mast 80 TO- u ,g - 81 d
ai.el,. ,s96l y.a9,It~ AAiaGd 0.gsp s.!fla
i1'6ak 'safg a{a..,~ -. liss,s.ss 80 VI -,
vine WIS FtrH-g' H. t+f.s rprftf itisir.GEf
got uhuui huW 0~ mr1y yates ns john
son, a44 ll2Edt4g .gAaqltt lglfs u.s. many
slQ Iub@1ia9f i6d1Iy We're not satIsfac-
, tory 10 My Ole If the candidates, but
tliey Quite suited the political mana
gems of tlip stale, who plan to have
tnde4a hold the balance of power In
the convention,
M8ryaud Republicans turned out
IN haii numbers and gave Wood the
stge's preferenee by vote OF about
TIVE to ree over Johnson.
TheFe hson managers felt that the
Michigan state convention did not
give tie senator the full fruits of his
victory in the primary. 1t instructed
the delegation to vote for him as hong
as Be has a ehanee If winning the
nomination, but refused ironelad in-
struetions. leaving it to the delegates
ito decide when to switch to another
candidate. OF the big four elected
two are johnson men and two are
said to favor Wood.
one Of. the few delegations thai
will go to the Democratic convention
lin. San Francisco with instructions a:
to its vote viii, be that from Ken
lucky. The state convention voted fol
instructions for Governor Cox of Ohio
IT would not surprise astute politi
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