Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1920 — JOHNSON LEADS IN MICHIGAN [ARTICLE]

JOHNSON LEADS IN MICHIGAN

WOOD FAR BEHIND SENATOR , —HOOVER AND EDWARDS LEAD DEMOCRATS’ ■' ■ =iai Detroit, Mich., April 6, 3 a. m.— With partial return* from more than half the counties in the state tabulated, Senator Hiram Johnson has a biff lead over Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood for indorsement as the Republican nominee in yesterday’s presidential preference primary. Figures from 875 precincts out of 2,421 in the state gave: . Johnson, 65,96% Wood, 41,744. Jn the last 175 precincts Wood gained 2,500 on Johnson. Earlier figures from 446 precincts gives Lowden 10.012; Hoover, 9,771. - " A close race developed in the Democratic contest. The vote in 337 precincts showed: Hoover, 2,918; Edwards, 2,970; McAdoo, 2,163; Bryan, 1,916; Palmer, 1,524. Detroit, Mich., April 6, 1:30 a. m. — (Special)—Senator Hiram Johnson of California has been declared the presidential choice in Michigan. Throughout the state v the senator xnh Leonard Wood ran fairly close the Republican choicer but in ’Wayne county (Detroit) Johnson went with such smashing strides that his totals put him far in the lead. His vote in Wayne was almost 5 to 1 for Wood in T 27 pre„cincts of the 366 in the county. TiWese Detroit precincts gave JohnSOnl 9,960 and Wood 4,731. On the Democratic side Gov. Edi wards of New Jersey was easily a leader in Detroit and Wayne, undoubtedly because of his “wet” platform, although he is not a candidate of his own volition in Michigan. His nearest competitor here was Hoover, and Hoover 'has so' far the best of it in the state he is 1 apparently the choice of the Democratic ticket. McAdoo polled a relatively large vote in Wayne as against Bryan, who is probably second choice in the state. \ Farmer Vote 1* Light. — Gov. Lowden of Illinois ran a bad third throughout, the state, although

he crowded Wood for second place in Detroit. Hoover, as a Republican candidate, was lost in the state, but ran a close fourth to Lowden. Pershing and Poindexter were out of the running. The vote for Wood and Johnson was close in most localities throughout the state. Lowden showed an occasional spurt of strength, especially in some counties of the Seventh district, that of Congressman Cramton, Johnson’s campaign manager. His strength here lay among the farmers. Lowden s lack of showing is attributed to the light vote of the farmers, with whom he was counted strongest. Sundays storm was a reason for the farmers failure to come out, roads being in bad shape.