Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1920 — JOHNSON HAS SLIGHT LEAD OVER WOOD IN OREGON [ARTICLE]

JOHNSON HAS SLIGHT LEAD OVER WOOD IN OREGON

Portland, Ore., May 28. —Senator Hiram W. Johnson-had a lead of 7.75 votes over Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood for the Oregon presidential preference, according to figures tabulated tonight by the Portland Oregonian from complete returns from 412 of the 413 precinct in Mxdtivomah county (Portland X, complete returns from 12 and incomplete returns from the other twenty-three counties of the state. The vote stood: Johnson, 40,544; Wood, 39,769; Lowden, 14,487; Hoover, 13,086.. In the contest between Senator George E. Chamberlain and Harvey Starkweather for the democratic nomination for United States senate, the vote stood, Chamberlain, 12,885; Starkweather, 7,158. Robert B. Stanfield had a heavy majority over Albert Abraham for the Republican senatorial nomination on the face of first returns.