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Show ISIIFPST Eli ULLLOnl Lu Contest Among Democratic Aspirants Shows Instructed Vote Is Very Small CHICAGO, May 21. With tho Democratic Dem-ocratic convention a littlo more than a month away, a canvass of the situation situa-tion shows no one man has received as many as 100 .pledged delegates, jwhilo the uninstructed delegates thus jfar chosen number 347. j Under the Democratic convention I rules, a two-thirds vote is required to nominate or 728 out of tho 1092 votes which will be cast in the convention. Palmer Leading. Of those candidates who have votes .instructed for them, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer is leading with tho 76 votes' given to him by his home state of Pennsylvania this week. Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, is a close second with 7l votes, tho solid delegations of Ohio and Kentucky. The names of thrco "favorite sons" stand third, fourth and fifth In tho list; Governor Edward I. Edwards of 'New Jersey receiving his state's 28 j votes; Senator Carter II. Glass having IVirginia'3 24; and Senator Robert L. jOwen of Oklahoma being the choice of that state's 20 delegates. James W. Gerard, of New York, former ambassador ambassa-dor to' Germany, who filed a petition ;'in South Dakota, will receive the stato's ten votes. Only One Contest. Only one contest has appeared to date. In Georgia friends of Mr. Palmer, Pal-mer, dissatisfied with the action of the state convention which was dominated domi-nated by the Senator Hoke Smith and ,Thomas E. Watson forces, organized a copnrato convention and selected 28 Palmer delegates. Oregon delegates meet today to elect I ten delegates. |