Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-29
Files Application to Be
Placed on Presidential
Primary Ballot
is OUT IN OPEN
Former Governor of Illinois
Announces Hunt for Del
egates On

BISMARK, NJ D., Fep. zo AA-
Former Gov. Frank O. Lowden, of
Illinois, announced himself as can
didate for the republican presidential
nomination in a personal declaration
filed late today with the North
Dakota secretary of state.
Mr. LoWden previously had been
assured a place on this states presi-
Dental preference ballot in the March
20 primary, through filing OF the
required number OF petitions last
Saturday, and his own declaration is
not required by law
Robert Byrne, secretary of state,
received the declaration from F. l..
Conklin, Bismark insurance man, who
said it had been forwarded tc him
by Harrison Garnett, OF st. Thomas,
republican national committeeman
from this state.
The declaration is in the form OF
an affidavit made by Mr.. Lowden in
Maricopa county, Arizona, Feb 20,
witnessed by o. W. HandIey, a
notary public there, and reads as
follows:
"I, Frank o. Lowden, being first
duly sworn, do depose and say that
Il reside in the county of Ogle and
state Of Illinois. That 1 am q quail
fled voter therein and q republican.
That am a candidate for ncmina-
ton to the office of president of
the United States to be chosen az
the presidential primary election to
be held on the Goth day of March,
1923, in the state of North Dakota,
nYo n
name be printed upon the presidential
primary election ballot as provided
by law as candidate of the repub
lican party for the said office
Officials OF, the secretary OF states
office, in accepting the declaration,
said it was not required to place
his name on the ballot but that it
has been placed on file as an added
assurance that Mr.. LoWden-s name
will appear on the ballot.
Time for filing petitions nominating
candidates for the presidential pri-
mary does not expire until midnight,
March /, the secretary CT states
office said No other petitions for
the republican ticket have been re-
ceived and political leaders here say
ncne is expected.
Mr. Lowden already has been in
dorsed by both factions of the re-
publican party the non-partiSan
Ieaguers and the anti-leaguers or in
dependents.
PHOENIX, Feb. % (P-Former
Governor Frank o. Lowden, OF Him
ois, who is spending the winter at
DhnnI1iv fotpd
night that he had authorized the
formal filing OF his declaration as a
republican presidential candidate in
the North Dakota primary. Mr.. Low
den refused, however, to amplify the
Associated Press dispatch from Bis
mark, N. D., which, he said, speaks
for ITSELF
Lowden also denied thai he was
making any formal announcement OF
his candidacy at this time and de-
clared that the filing of the affi-
davit in North Dakota was done in
order to conform? to the primary laws
| OF thAt state.
The various states have their oWn
primary regulations. LoWden said, and
it was necessary to keep in touch
with the elections in the different
states The North Dakota primary
will be held on March 20, and friends
in Chicago who are keeping in touch
with political events undoubtedly
filed the declaration as approved, he
added.
O. W. Handley, who acknowledged
LoWden's affidavit, is a notary public
at Chandler.
Lowden, his wife, daughter, Francis,
and son, Pullman, expect to remain
at Chandler until March /, Wnen
they will return to Illinois He
insisted that no formal statemen2
of his candidacy would be forthcori
| ing at the present time.