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probably Will De Ten0marzfeA II.
may be opposed by Oscar HalI,-
Judge Of the Minnesota suDre,-
court. A state convention viii h
held March 81 to endorse one y.
the other. and this will have stros.
influence in the June primary M
Democrat is yet in sight. The Nan
Partisan league will take no ns,.
in the convention, but it is expa1,
ed to be active in the primaries
Senator Lodge will be uuopnosos
in the primary in Massachusatts
unless Lieutenant Governor A1v;@
T. Fuller, former congressman, d.
cides to run. Mr.. Lodge has he,
having some patronage tronbls
but it is being adjusted M
Democratic nomination should fan
either to John Fitzgerald Hon..
Fitz'-former mayor of Boston ..
to Sherman L. Whipple, nationals
known attorney.
Former Senators Run Acsia
The situation in North Dako,,
seems to rest with the Non-Pnrtis,1
league Senator McCumber =
seeking denomination, and has a.
his opponent former Senator
Gronna Both are bidding hard for
the 1egaue support.
The Indiana situation is some.
what complicated. Senator Nav
comes up this year, and former
Senator Beverage. stronger tb,1
ever before, is to oppose him
Beverage clubs are being organ.
zied all over the state, and the ev.
senator has strengthened himself
great deal by a lecture tour dnr-
ing the past year However. Sen
ator New is very strong polfticarv
There is some suggestion that
President Harding may solve tbis
situation by inviting Senator New
to become one of his cabinet The
Democratic candidate will be for.
mer Governor Samuel NJ. Ralstop
or Thomas r. Marshall. lately vice
president. There will be no con.
test between these men rs one or
the other will withdraw.
Senator Townsend of Michigan
has q hard fight on his hands 10 get
the nomination. He voted for seat
ing Senator Newberry and against
the soldier bonus, both of which
votes are expected to hurt him
John G. Emery, former national
commander of the American Le-
gion, has announced himself as a
candidate, but the strongest opDo-
sition should come from whitney
Watkins, of Jackson county, a well
known farmer who was the prO,
gressiYe candidate for governor in
1912, and who now is president Of
the state board of agriculture.
On the Democratic side, there has
been as yet no response from Henry
Ford. The best possibilities at this
time appear to be former Governor
Woodbridge Ferris or former Goa
gresham Frank Doremus.
In Vermont, Senator Page has
announced that he viii retire from
public life. Apparently the field IS
clear for Congressman Frank
Greene, who should be nominated
and elected without serious trouble.
Ohio Is Republican battle-ground,
Senator Pomerene OF Ohio at this
time is unopposed for the Demo
cratic nomination. On the ReDub-
lican side there are at this time no
less than seven possibilities. To
straighten out this tangle, the Re-
publicans may hold a pre-primaW
convention and endorse one Of the
candidates. This plan is strongly
opposed by the supporters Of
Simeon D. Fess, one of the strong
est candidates for the Republican
nomination, who wants to let the
fight go directly to the primary
vote.
Representative Nicholas Long
worth is in the field for the uomina
ton. Another strong contender is
former Senator Theodore Burton,
now a member Of the house Of rep
resentatives. Representative Coop
err is another of the aspirants, and
Representative Frank Murphy also
seeks the toga. Walter F. Brown,
a close friend of President Harding
and chairman of the joint congress
sional committee on reorganization
of the executive departments Of The
government, is to be considered 30
the race. The last aspirant-al1
this is the least probable OF all GL
them-is Governor Henry Davis