Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1920 — PETITIONS TO HAVE MARSHALL'S NAME ON BALLOT [ARTICLE]

PETITIONS TO HAVE MARSHALL'S NAME ON BALLOT

Indianapolis, Feb. 18.—Petitions to have the name of Vice President Thomas R. Marshall placed on the democratic presidential preference ballot in Indiana were in circulation in more than a score of Indiana cities today, James H. Frey, collector of customs here, announced today. The petitions, Mr. Frey said, are being circulated without the knowledge and consent of Mr. Marshall, who recently stated in a letter to an (Indiana friend that he would not seek the presidential nomination or that of any office, but would like to 'be a delegate at large 'to the national convention from Indiana.