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Show WILSON GETS HAT IN THE OHIO "RING" Utah "Bull Moosers" Hold Love Feast At Zion and Goo-Goo At Statewide Prolvbi- tion State Conventions. . WASHLNGTON, U. C Feb. 1 1. President Wilson today for-mnll for-mnll gave his connent that hi name be used ns a candidate for lonominatlon. In r letter to the secretary of state of Ohio the pros dent stated thnt he wan unwilling to enter n contest for the, nomination, but was ready to permit the use of his name In the coming primary in order that the democrats of Ohio might mnke known their preference. The president made known his position in order to comply with the Ohio primary law which requires candidates can-didates for delegates to the party conventions to make known their first and second choices before February '25th nnd also requires re-quires that the candidates for delegates have the consent of their choices to make use of their names. The president wns formnlly notified of the requirement of the law last week nnd today he wrote Charles Q. llildebrant, secretary of Ohio, as follows: The Letter or President Wilson. "I am enclosing to you a letter, the occasion of which, I dare any, will be quite obvious. Friends in Ohio have called my attention atten-tion to Sec. 4951 of the general code of Ohio as amended in 1914 with regard to primary elections and have requested that I indicate indi-cate my willingness to have my name used. I accordingly take the liberty of sending you the enclosed letter as formal permission under the statute." The letter enclosed was as follows: "While I am entirely unwilling to enter Into any contest for the presidential nomination of the democratic party, I am willing to permit the use of my name that the democrats in Ohio may mnke known their preference in regard to that nomination. In order therefore to satisfy the technical requirements of the statutes of the state of Ohio, I hereby consent to the use of my name ns a candidate for the presidency by any candidate who seeks to be elected a delegate to the national democratic convention which is to assemble in June next." This was the first time the president hns consented formally to have his name used in connection with the nomination. His name has been placed on primary ballots in several statos, however, through the activities of friends. Position of the Chief Executive. The president takes the position that the voters will have to determine whether he will make the race for the presidency In 1910, as the democratic candidate. In a letter written to A. Mitchell Palmer, then a representative from Pennsylvania before his inauguration, President Wilson made it plain that he would be a candidate ngnln only if the democratic voters desired it. The political advisors and friends of the president have taken It for grunted for months that he would be the nominee of his party nnd have made their plans accordingly. The national democratic demo-cratic committee has prepared all the campaign material with the Idea that he would be the party candidate. The formal announcement today Is expected by democratic loaders to clarify the iMilltlcal situation throughout the country. Supporters of the president, they said today, now would be able to work for him more openly. , |