Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1916 — Ex-Senator Burton Becomes Candidate For the Presidency. [ARTICLE]

Ex-Senator Burton Becomes Candidate For the Presidency.

Columbus, 0., Feb. 23.—Theodore E. Burton, former U. S. senator from Ohio, today officially became a candidate for the republican nomination for president. Three declarations of candidates for delegates-at-large to the republican national convention filed with Secretary of State Hildebrant, were accompanied by formal statements, signed by Mr. Burton, giving permission for use of his name in connection with the presidential nomination. ~ , ~ Friday is the last day in which candidates for president and delegates to the natioanl conventions of both the republican and democratic parties may file declarations. The pttefliy election will be held April 25.