Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1920 — NINETEEN STATES HOLD PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES [ARTICLE]

NINETEEN STATES HOLD PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

Presidential primary elections are held in 19 states as follows: -s North Dakota, March 16; South Dakota, March 23; Michigan, April 5? Wisconsin, April 6; Illinois, April 13; Nebraska, April 20; Montana, April 23; Massachusetts, New Jersey and Ohio, April 27; Maryland, May S; California and Indiana, May 4; Pennsylvania and Vermont, May 18; Oregon, May 21; Texas and West Virginia, May 25; New Hampshire held her primary March 9.* In a number of .other states, the direct primary is optional with the state committee of any party. Iq: Georgia, the democrats have ordered such an election for April 20. The preferential primary election -operates variously in the states mentioned. In some, the delegates are later chosen in regular state party state convention but go to the party national convention “instructed” by the result of the popular vote. They must support the winning primary candidate so long as his nan*e is before the convention. In other States, delegates are chosen by Ahe In Ohio, for example, the candidate for delegate must state first and second choice for presidential candidate and at the same time pledge himself to support the popular choice of the state. In Pennsylvania the » candidate may either pledge himself to support the popular choice or -indicate under his name on the ballot that he does not promise to support the popular choice. In other words, the primary elections in these 19 state are mostly important as indications of popular sentiment. They determine nothing conclusively.