Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1920 — SEN. HARDING WINS IN OHIO [ARTICLE]

SEN. HARDING WINS IN OHIO

NEW JERSEY IS CLOSE WITH 1 GENERAL WOOD POSSL । BLE WINNER. Late bulletins in reference to the primaries held in Ohio and New Jersey show that Wood loses in Ohio but may win out in New Jersey: BULLETIN. Newark, N. J., April 28.—With 166 districts missing, Wood has 49,770 and Johnson 49,237, giving Wood a lead of 533. This is a ' gain of 205 for Johnson since the . figures compiled at 7 o’clock this 'morning. Columbus, 0., April 28.—Latest returns from ' yesterday’s presidential election in Ohio give Senator Harding a lead of almost 10,000 votes over Maj-Gen. Leonard Wood. The vote from 4,677 of a total of 5,882 precincts in the state gave * Harding 102,762 and Wood 92,976.

RACE IS CLOSE IN NEW JERSEY Newark, N. J., April 28.—Maj.Gen. Leonard Wood is leading Senator Johnson of California by 332 votes in the New Jersey preferential presidential’ primary contest. Revised returns snow the Californian had cut his opponent’s lead by 406 since 7 o’clock 'this morning. Returns for 1,832 of 2,025 election districts gave Wood 49,374 and Johnson 4042- .-I-.;...—, . .

Ohio Stand* by Senator Harding. Columbus, 0., April 28.—Returns on yesterday’s presidential preference primary election in Ohio from all but 1,411 precincts of a total of 5,882 in the state showed that Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio is leading Maj. Leonard Wood by a little more than 9,000 votes. The vote stood: For. Harding, 97,496; for Wood, 88,381. ‘ Fourteen counties, including the larger cities of the state, had reported complete and incomplete returns had been received from each of the other seventy-four counties. Johnson and Hoover Written In. Although their 'names were not printed on the ballots, Hiranm Johnson of California received 12,768 votes and Herbert Hoover of California received 8,283 votes in 3,440 scattering precincts. The name of Gov. James W. Cox of Ohio was the only one appearing on the -democratic presidential ballot. In several districts over the state, however, the name of William G. McAdoo was* written in. All democratic candidates for delegate to the national convention were pledged tp Cox.