Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-27
SIX STATES WILL
 NAME: DELEGATES 6, 0,P. CONVENTION
Primaries Today in Massachu- setts, Ohio and in New
 Jersey
DEMOCRATS TO NAME
 SELECTIONS IN THREE
Lodge Group Seeks Election in Bay State--Hard Fights Among State Leaders in the
 Other States

New York, April 2G. 2G.-Republican voters of six states and the territory of Alaska. having a combined repre- sentation of 154 out of the 9S4 dele gates to the republican national convention, will either hold primar ies or state conventions this week to select their representatives to the convention in Chicago next June. Democratic voters also will select their national convention delegates in three or these states.
 State wide primaries for both re- publican and democratic candidates to the national conventions will be held tomorrow in Massachusetts, i Ohio and New Jersey. Alaska will hold preferential primary Wednes- day to select two delegates to the republican national convention. Re- publican state conventions for the selection of candidates to the na- tional convention will De held in Washington Tuesday and in Arkansas and Idaho Wednesday.
 Massachusetts will select four delegates at large and 32 district delegates to each convention. The names of candidates for the "big four" on the republican ticket will not appear on the ballot as pledged to any particular presidential can ddate although some of the contes- tants have expressed individual pref, erences.
 Lodge Group.
 Four of the republican "bie four" candidates are running as group.
 They are Senator Lodge, Speaker Gillett of the national house of rep
 resentatives, Former Senator Win throp Murray Crane and Edward A Thurston, former chairman of the re publican state committee. All art unpledged, although Senator Lodge has announced that he will present the name of Governor Coolidge tt the convention if the governor de
 sres it.
 The other republican "big four candidates are:
 Former Governor Samuel Mccall who has declared himself in favor o1 Herbert Hoover, Former Lieut.. Gov Louis A. Frothingham, who has an ' nounced himself in favor of Gener al Wood with Hoover as secont CnO1CGs COHgIeSSIudH <AlNC La NoOi and Russell A. Wood.
 ' The regular slate" on the demo : cratic ticket is composed of Sena , tor David I. Walsh, Richard H. Long twice the democratic nominee fol governor; District Attorney Josepf c. Pelletier and Daniel F. Doherty
 Former Congressman Joseph F. O' Cornell, the only other candidate fol the democratic "big four' has mad' : his campaign on an anti-prohibitioi platform. The democratic candidates have expressed no presidential pref
 erences.
 Edwards in Field.
 Republican voters of New Jerse!
 will have an opportunity to express
 their preference between Genera { Wood and Senator Johnson, the on
 ly two names printed on the pref
 erential ballot, or they may write il tion, they will select 28 delegates t. the convention. The republican or : ganization there has split on tn "bie four land the real battle is sai' : to be between United States Senate Walter F. Edge and Former Gov. E c. Stokes, chairman of the repub | IICdn SIdJc COAuHuiVCCS'
 Senator Edge and his colleague Senator Joseph s. Frelinghuysen, ar running as republican "big four" can didates pledged only to the choic of republican voters as expressed a the primaries. Former Governo t Stokes, with former United State l Attorney General John w. Grigg D of Paterson, City Commissioner Tho y mas L. Raymond of Newark, an : Former Acting Governor William H . Runyon of Plainfield, compose I ticket pledged to the candidacy 0 In addition Thomas R. Layden Q d Paterson and Mulford L. Bullard Q }. East Orange are running as "bi : four" candidates, pledged to John t sen. Sylvester L. Corrothers, an s Isaac N. Nutter, negroes, are TUT - ming unpledged, having entered tn n contest, they claim, because the ol l, ganizat;on would not give their rae e a representative on the ticket.
 No direct presidential preferenc
 will be asked of the democratic vo
 CTS in New Jersey. There is T
 contest among the "big four" whic j. includes Governor Edward I. Et It wards; James R. Nugent, Essex coul n ty democratic leader; Mayor Fran l. Hague of Jersey City and Mayt IS Frederick w. Donelly of Trenton. J. All are pledged to the candidat e of Gen. Edward for president. e Ohio to Name AS. S. Ohio will select AS states to eat national convention. The figl
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