Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-18 | Page 7 | Boiled down News from Political Pot

i ; Boiled Down News From Political Pot s . ' BOSTON, Mass., April 17. A ruling that women may not vote in this state until enabling action has been taken by the legislature or congress, passing pass-ing an act making the federal amendment amend-ment effective, was made today by Attorney General J. Weston Allen. The ruling sent to Secretary of State Albert P. Langtrce holds that the federal amendment does not confer con-fer upon female citizens the right to voto and merely provides that they shall not be discriminated against be- causo tney are women. 'It is necessary that suffrage be conferred upon them' either by state action or by congressional legislation," legisla-tion," the attorney general holds. COLUMBUS, O., April 17. Women will not bo pormitted to voto at the presidential primary election in Ohio April L'7. Antl-suffragiats today called a referendum on the Reynolds law which would have permitted the women to vote at' the presidential preference this year. The referendum will be held at the November election. COLUMBUS. Xeb , April 17 United States Senator Hirarn W. Johnson, of California, candidate for Republican nomination for president, closed his Nebraska campaign with an address hero last night. 1-fc loft shortly afterwards after-wards for Indiana. LINCOLN. Neb., April 17. Major General Leonard Wood candidate for the Republican prrosldential nomination nomina-tion in an address here today declared de-clared that tho United States should maintain "a strong but dignified foreign for-eign policy," affording protection to its citizens as tho Roman empire did of old. MONTPELIER, Vt., April 17. Petitions Pe-titions sufficient to place the namo of Henry Ford on the ballot at the presidential presi-dential primaries in this state were filed with the secretary of state today. to-day. SALEM, Ore.. April 17. Oregon voters at the primary election May 21 will cast preferential ballots for five Republicans and one Democrat for president of tho United States, according accord-ing to the records of the secretary of state, when tho time for filing declarations declar-ations of candidacy oxpired. BISMARCK, N. D., April 17. The state canvassing board completed yc terday Its canvass of votus cast in the recent presidential preference election, elec-tion, Hyyram W. Johnson, for president, received 5173 votes, his being the only name printed on the ballot. For Gen-oral Gen-oral Wood, 07S were cast, and Frank O. Lowden received 2G5 votes. All three arc Republicans. On the Democratic ticket there were no presidential candidates listed, but W. J. Bryan roceived 340 votes, and William G. McAdoo 49. BLAIR, Neb., April 17. In the course of his speech here, W. J. Bryan said the need for formation of a league of nations or something akin to it was emphasized by recent events in Europe. The invasion of French troops into Gorman territory, he said, indicated the danger of an upheaval that might parallel or even surpass the world war in its terriblencss. Mr. Bryan said ho was willing to accept the league of nations either in to present form or with reservations, but added that something should be done quickly. xJlscusslng stato affairs ho criticized criti-cized the record of Senator Hitchcock on prohibition and woman suffrage. He also advised the selection of a new Democratic national committeeman to succeed Arthur Mullen. oo