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Show JOHNSON A CANDIDATE. Senator Hiram Johnson of California has finally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for president pres-ident and will soon tour the country to present his claims for the high honor. Johnson was a candidate for vice president pres-ident on the ticket headed by Theodore Theo-dore Roosevelt in 1912 and was a Progressive Pro-gressive before the amalgamation of the two wings of the Republican party in the last presidential campaign. lie is one of the most bitter opponents of the league of nations and will no doubt maintain his position when on the stump. Senator Poindex'er of Washington, Wash-ington, another former Progressive, is also a candidate and an opponent of the league. Major General Leonard Wood, also classed with the Progressives, Progress-ives, is the leading candidate at the present moment. There is no lack of candidates from i ; ' rar... i ul t l.e r - : ,i .. ( -'jv.Tr.' r I'rji.k t. I..,-.vii. ri i,f UUu.U La a i.troag r'liovvli and tie sa ne is true I',;' (civi-niir Taivin Jn, iliij.; of Ma.a-! Ma.a-! . ii'.s.-' i. H..ii:.t..r Jl;,r.l:(.z w:!! i'yjn:-' In tii.. i'iiiivi'!.:i'iii as fyl.io s fa'.' ir:''' -'n. v.l.i: S. nator V of !:. !:. ,'ta ; will iioi:i.;l' -s !,.: pa' f rw-.r 1 ti t:. ii'iic of the 1 :r! i;. aa K '.uLlii-aiiS. TiiC name of forao-r I'y--iu'iit Taf'. ii fre-'jia.'iiiiy fre-'jia.'iiiiy tn-'ii' ioni'd in coaro-i-ti'iu v.'ita it:,-: i,,jin i n :. tiou and there a:o qui'e a 'number of o;!,cr miTi who are sail to , be in a recepive frame of mind. The fi'-i 1 is op'-il arid it '.voiil'l be absolute-: absolute-: ly impossible to pb'k the winner. There j.'s c i Tain to be a stiff J'.ht b'-fore the raii'iiiiat ': i s ''!'!'' i '' 1 , o'.'i'iag to the fact 'that the' b'publican nomination is guii- i raily In 1 i "'. ( 1 to be equivalent to i lee-l'i',11. lee-l'i',11. Si i.l.frs af;cr the" ; residt ney on j:!,e I t.iao.'ra f ;e sido nr1 not numerous. |