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Show r Boiled Down News ' From Political Pot v : LANSING, Mich.. Feb. 2S The I names of Herbert Hoover, Major Gen-j eral Leonard Wood, and Attorney Gen , eral A. Mitchell Palmer were added today to-day to the list of those who will appear ap-pear on the presidential preference primary ballot in Michigan, April 5.1 Petitions were received by the seen.-, tary of state to place Hoover and Wood on the Republican ballot and Palmer on the Democratic ticket. COLUMBUS, 0., Feb. 2S- Entries in Ohio's presidential preference pri-' mary closed yesterday with four avowed avow-ed Republican candidates and three j Democrats in the race. All filed decla-1 rations with the secretary of state. The Republican candidates arej United 'States Senator Warren G. i Haraing of Ohio; Major General Leonard Leon-ard Wood; James R. Garfield, Ohio, and Louis A, Baird of Washington, D. C. The Democratic candidates are Gov. J. M. Cox, former Governor J. K. Campbell, and James O. Monroe, of-Chicago. of-Chicago. These lists, however, are expected lo be narrowed down to two Republicans, Republi-cans, Senator Harding and Wood, and ! one Democrat, Gov. Cox, before lime for printing the, ballots arrives. LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 2S. Following i an all-day conference of members of the Non-Partisan league of Nebraska.-announcement Nebraska.-announcement was made by C. A. Sor ' ens'm, the league's attorney, ' that it had .bsenlpcUd to enter'-.the Jcpn-gressorial" Jcpn-gressorial" contest, and that cbhven-tiou-i will be held, in the' third, fifth an;l sixth OstrlCtsi March 9, at which hcandidates- vilT-be!endoied -for nomination. nomi-nation. These candidates will be member mem-ber of the Republican party, it was stated by Mr. Sorensou. No action Avas taken an lo endorsement in the first, i second and fourth districts. j JEFFERSON CITY, Wo., Feb. 2S. Republicans of tho eighth congressional congres-sional district, in convention here, .elected two delegates lo the national enn vnnt inn in Pliir!i"n niiinsfviiMnri as to presidential nominations. Resolutions Reso-lutions were adopted opposing tho movement to underwrite the financial obligations of "the bankrupt nations of Europe," expressing the belief that the legislative and judicial branches of .he government should be kept "'free from interference by the executive department," de-partment," and indorsing the stand of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, on the league of nations covenant i BISMARCK, N. D.. Feb. 2S. Resolutions Resolu-tions requesting ajl prospective candidates candi-dates for the presidency to file for the primary election in North Dako March 16, and indorsing the candidacy of'Senator Hiram Johnson of California, Califor-nia, were adopted here :tt a meeting of the Republican state central committee, com-mittee, called by Chairman William Leiuke, of Fargo. BISMARCK. N. D., Feb. 2S. "The Americanism 1 believe in would hold this republic inviolate against the wik-s oi European and Asiatic diplomacy," diplo-macy," declared Senator Hiram W. Johnson, of California, speaking here tonight in behalf of his presidential campaign. "It would refuse to make tho republic subordinate to any junta of diplomats sitting in Geneva or elsewhere." else-where." ALBANY, N. Y., Feb. 2S. William Barnes, former member of tho Republican Repub-lican national committee, and state senator Henry M. Sage, who have been recommended by the Republican district committee as delegates to the Republican national convention from 'the 2Sth congressional district, issued a statement today favoring a platform declaration "providing far a liboral revision re-vision of the prohibition enforcement act." WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S. The first open development in organized labor's campaign lo oppose congressmen who voted for tho railroad bill came today when it was announced at the Plumb Plan league that Glenn E. Plumb, general gen-eral counsel Xor the railroad brotherhoods, brother-hoods, -would tour Ohio next month to spe.ik in support of the brotherhoods' plan for a tri-partite control of the railroads, and against iongressmen who voted for the bill. |