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Show A SP . f V V SP W 9 ; L JOHNSON AND WpOD RUN NECK AND NECK I a J J A A A A A A A A A & H GENU 1 SLIGHT LEAH New Jersey Prima. j iH Is Exciting Becauv j : IH Closeness N CALIFORNIAN ONE I TIME WAS LEADER jM Governor Edwards Wins Place on Democratic Side of Elections NEWARK, N. J., April 2SI Majoi General Leonard Wood was still lead- . ing Senator Hiram W. Johnson of-Cal- ' flH ifornia this afternoon in New Jersey's i! presidential preferential primary con' The Californlan who took the lead on the first returns last night,, but .who '. was 738 votes behind his opponent' at jH 7 o'clock this morning, managed to j H cut down this margin at one1 time to ; iM 332, but later the' general regained ; "ground somewhatv Arv12.46'clock, ; H revised returns for 1S69 election dis- ; tricts out of 2025, gave WoDd. 49,770 . ; and Johnson -19,237. Heturns for district delegates still were incomplete. Republican results v were known only in five districts, which elected 5 Wood delegates, 4 'H Johnson and one unpledged. Incom- fl pletc returns from six other districts I ' showed a close vote but indicated clec- ll tion of eight Wood, two Johnson and MH two unpledged delegates. f G. O. P. Big Four. j jH United States Senators Walter E. ! Edge and Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, IH pledged to Wood, seems assured of j jH the voters as expressed at the primary . H have been elected as members of the i Republican, "big four" by substantial IH pluralities over their eight opponents. Former Gov. Edward C. Stokes,. j pladged to Wood, seems assured of tniru place, former Acting uov. wall-iam wall-iam N. Runyon, pledged to Wood, is IH leading in the race for fourth place, - jH although City Commissioner Thomas ( L. Raymond of Newark, pledged to Wood, Muldford L. Ballard, of East L Orange, arid Thomas R. Layden of Pat- i , H erson, both pledged to Johnson and , former United States Attorney Gen- tfl eral John W. Griggs, .pledged to Woody are following close behind in the order named. j Edwards Selected. Gov. Edward I. Edwards who has 1 announced that he would carry the fight against prohibition onto the floor , of the San Francisco convention, was 1 elected head of the Democratic "big , jH four." Other Democratic delegates a,( i nl large elected, all without opposition,- were James R. Nugent, Essex county, j ' Democratic leader; Mayor Hague, of j i Jersey City, and Mayor Frederick W. I I Donnelly, of Trenton. Democratic vot- I eis did not have an opportunity to ' i register their choice for president, , j IH there being no candidates' names printed on the ballot although all of j the "big four" and virtually all of the j district delegates are pledged to the candidacy of Gov. Edwards. 1 1 j |