Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1916 — NO GOVERNORSHIP FOR R. O. JOHNSON [ARTICLE]

NO GOVERNORSHIP FOR R. O. JOHNSON

Gary Mayor Withdrawns From Gubernatorial Race—Lack of Funds to Campaign Given As Cause. .. Gary, Ind., Feb. 10.—Announcement of the withdrawal of R. O. Johnson, mayor of Cary, from the race for the republican nomination for governor, was made here today. Mr. Johnson issued a statement in which he said: “It has become plain to me that the legitimate expenses of an effective campaign during the months now before me are entirely beyond my resources. With opposing candidates thoroughly organizing the state at a very large cost, it seems vain to me to hope for victory under the eircumstances. ■- -■f- ” “Without undue criticism of the primary system as it is working out in Indiana, I am firmly convinced that even Oliver P. Morton, Indiana’s greatest governor, could not have been nominated had Indiana had the direct primary system in 1860.