Show MINNESOTA RESULT GIVES JOHNSON CONFIDENCE E Under Peculiar Circumstances ces ces ees of Situation He Claims Claim a Victory SAN FRANCISCO March IS Sen Sen Senator ator Hiram Johnson claims he won wort a remark remarkable ble victory in the Minnesota primary according to a statement he has wired to his his' campaign headquarters headquarters here from Toledo The statement follows i I. I Reports of ot Minnesota r returns turns of primary wholly misleading Just as reports sent out of that state be before before before be- be fore the contest were untrue Originally Originally nally Associated Press news Indicated Indicated in indicated In- In only Woods and Lowden real contenders and blanketed blanket blanket- ed me Minnesota had a legal preferential prefer prefer- primary Th The governor re repealed repealed repealed re- re pealed it The state administration tion has complete control of ot the state organization It called a primary primary primary mary with a preferential presidential vote and fixed time for hour between thirty seven-thirty and eight eight- thirty at night It is midwinter in Minnesota with roads almost im- im im Im- passable I asked half halt a a. a day for people to vote Lowden and Hoover forces joined in demand State machine making Wood fight tight re re- re fused I asked friends in Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota Minne Minne- sota and St. St Paul to go to it any any- way My advices are I have carried Minneapolis and Hennepin county and perhaps St St. Paul No primaries were held In many country precincts precincts precincts pre pre- but returns are being sent In by machine leaders Under the circumstances I won wona a remarkable Victory ry and carried the big cities clUes where It was possible to vote at all HIRAM W. W JOHNSON |