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Show CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT. liolh of the great, political parties are disturbed over the candidacy candi-dacy of Herbert, Hoover, thai progressive Republican who is being urged by so large a body of American citizens to aspire to the presi-denev presi-denev of the United States. The stalwarts of neither party approve the proposal to have Hoover oin the race for-the former f. od administrator has a host of admirers regardless of political affiliations. But perhaps no group of boosters is more perturbed than the one made up of the men who are insisting that General "Wood is the logical candidate of his party. Those men fear another split in the organization such as was brough't about when Theodore Roosevelt, that champion of human rights, throw his hat in the' ring and, by dividing the Republican forces, made possible the election of Woodrow "Wilson. By the way, the Wood campaign is on in every parj. of tlic ooun-lr. ooun-lr. Lately Pullman employes, running into Ogden. have been distributing dis-tributing to travelers blotters rn which is the picture of the general. General Wood has a bigger following within' his party than other men, but his most serious weakness is the constantly developing opposition op-position of big politicians of-the caliber of Johnson .a Borah who openly are declaring their resolve to 4'ight him to Iho finish. |