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Show I INTEREST TO CAMPAIGN. Up to date there has been little excitement ex-citement about the presidential campaign. cam-paign. Several persons have announced an-nounced that they want to be president presi-dent of the United States and will peek the nomination at the conventions conven-tions of the political parties, but none has caused any great furore by his announcement. The boom for Hoover gave a decided de-cided touch of interest to the sltua- I lion for a time but that did not last very long because of tho uncertainty as to whether Hoover is or Is not a candidate. But now Mr. Bryan, who says he is not a candidate, and Governor Edwards Ed-wards of New Jersey, who says he is, linvc engaged in a little debate that promises to be diverting if nothing else. Mr. Bryan is an out-and-out prohibitionist prohibi-tionist and wants the Democratic party to be as strongly anti-liquor aB he is. Therefore the declarations of Governor Edwards against federal prohibition pro-hibition have annoyed Mr. Bryan and he has said a few things about Mr. Edwards. Tho Democratic governor of New Jersey comes back and consigns con-signs Mr. Bryan to the Prohibition i party. I .Governor Edwards to dale has shown little, that makes him a worthy opponent to Bryan in a debate, but he may improve. Maybe the real test jas to (he strength of the Tuiti prohibition prohi-bition candidate will be determined .in these little skirmishes. oo |