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Show FO R NEBRASKA Tvo Democrats and Three Republicans Are Seeking Presidency OMAHA, Neb., April 20. Republican Repub-lican and Democratic voters of Nebraska Ne-braska are balloting in the state wide primary today to express their choice for presidential candidates, name sixteen six-teen delegates to each party's national convention and to nominate candidates for state, congressional and non-partisan offices. The women of tho state are voting their presidential preference prefer-ence for the first time. Republicans, who are striving for presidential indorsement arc General John J. Pershing, General Leonard "Wood and United States Senator Hiram Hi-ram YV. Johnson of California, along with Robert Ross of Lexington, Neb., who is also running as a Democratic candidate. Hitchcock on Ballot. United States Senator G. M. Hitchcock Hitch-cock is the only other Democrat whose name has been placed on tho presidential presi-dential preference ballot. "William Jennings Eryan, opponent of what he declares are efforts to raise tho legal limit of alcohol in beverages, is seeking a place on tho state's delegation to tho San Francisco convention as a delegate at large, and has announced in advance that If elected he would not support Senator Hitchcock, owing to the latter's announced an-nounced views on tho subject of light wines and beers. Both tho Bryan and Hitchcock forces have rival tickets for the delegate dele-gate candidates In tho field. .Delegate candidates representing Wood and Pershing also aro being voted upon, but all of thorn havo said they would abide by tho preferonco vote of the people. The organization backing Senator Johnson has endorsed the Wood candidates, with on exception, excep-tion, and in this Instance a Johnson candidate i3 on tho ballot. Governor in Fight. In the Republican gubernatorial fight, Governor Samuel R. McKelvic is asking renomlnation and is opposod by Adam McMullen of Beatrice; E. M. Pollard of Nehawka, T. L. Hall of Lincoln, Lin-coln, J. H. McLaughlin of Doniphan, and George D. Matheson of Shickley. The Democrats after the governorship nomination are: Ralph A. Clark of Stella, G. L. Shumway of Scottsbluff, George Jackson of Nelson, W. J. Taylor Tay-lor of Merna, and John H. Moorehoad of Falls City. Among tho contests of unusual Interest In-terest la that of the Democrats for tho secretary of state nomination. Two women, for the first timo in tho history his-tory of the state, are ontered. They are Miss Anna E. 1'ockol of Beatrice, and Miss Lillian U. Btoncr of Oacoolu, and aro opposed by E. A. Walrath of . (Continued cn Pago 6.) Hard Contest (Continued From Page 1) Osceola and L,. A. Larson of Stock-vllle. Stock-vllle. Treaty Comes In. ATLANTA, Gn., April 20. Georgia Democrats today were balloting in tho slate wjdu presidential prcfoYonco primary. pri-mary. Candidates for support of the state delegation at the San Francisco convention woro Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, generally described de-scribed as the Wilson candidate and an avowed proponent of the league of nations as framed at Versailles, and Senator Hoke Smith and Thomas K. Watson. Senator Smith supported the Republican reservations to thu league covenant, while Mr. Watson ia opposed to" the league In any fon " ' |