Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-15
HOOVER STAYS OUT
Of MARYLANDRACE;;
AMPA|GN EVENTS
Tennessee Republicans Give
Instructions for Wood
at Convention.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. Md. April 15.-Fol
/, lowing meeting of Hoover men yes
terday. It was announced that It has
been decided that Mr.. Hoover would
not enter the republican presidential
primaries IN Maryland at this time.
John 7. Stone. president OF the Mary
land Casualty Company. stated. now
ever that II other candidates for the
republican nomination file In Mary
land the friends of Mr.. Hoover will
reopen the matter and decide then
whether to reconsider the decision not
to enter.
Senator Hiram johnson has author
lied his representatives to INACCURATE
ms candidacy in the state today.
Wood Delegates in Tennessee.
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. April ID
tennessee republicans in state con-
vention In this city yesterday elected
eisht delegates at large, with no
alternates. to the national conven-
ton: gave them half a vote each and
voted binding instructions that they
vote for the nomination Of Gen. Leonard
Wood so long as his name is before
the convention. The delegates-elect
are further instructed to vote for
.lohn W. overall Of Nashville for ma
tlonal committeeman.
Gen. Leonard Wood will get the
vote Of the delegates at large and
from at least eight Of the ten con-
gressional districts. To date sew
enteen of the twenty Tennessee dele
gates are definitely instructed for
Wood.
spirited fight took place on the
question of seating a negro delega-
ton from Memphis. headed by Rob-
ert r. Church. which involved the
lily white idea favored by the white
delegates from that county. The
convention seated the negroes, to-
gether with the white delegates.
thereby reversing both the state con-
vention and the committee on reso-
lutionS.
Countrywide Politics.
Clinton VI Howard of Rochester.
\. Y, for President; Virgil &. Hin
shaw. Chicago. for Vice President.
and j. d. Graves. Peru. for governor
are suggested for the approval of
prohibition party voters in Nebraska
at the primary April 20. according 70
announcement by J. A Murray, state
chairman.
Senator 6. NJ. Hitchcock. in an ad-
dress at Hastings. Neb.. declared one
reason why he had consented to per-
nit use of his name as a presiden-
tial candidate in Nebraska was be-
cause he felt that if the state We're
to present a candidate to the demo-
cratic national convention he ought
to be a man who is at least in har-
mony with the present attitude of
the democratic party and not one
who is attempting to displace Presi-
dent Wilson as leader of the party"
Senator Johnson. at Holdrege,
Neb.. last night declared it was AL
well enough for politicians in Wash
ington to say that the league shall not
become political issue, but that re-
CARELESS of what they assert, the is
sue is here and will be with the
American people until they decide it
for themselves"
Senator Harding of Ohio. at Fort
Wayne, Ind, last night declared that
had 1t not been for the action of the
United States Senate in rejecting
the treaty of peace with it's league of
nations covenant American rights
would have been bartered away and
the United States would have lost its
sovereignty.
Gov. Lowden's plurality over Gen.
Lepnard Wood in Tuesdays presiden-
tial preference primary in Illinois
stood last night at 74.S13, with SO out
of 10e counties complete and with only
249 precincts out of $500 in the state
lacking. Gov. Iowden's vote was
234.239. and Gen. Woods. 159.426.