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Show NECK AND NECK RACE IN IDAHO, HOPKINS SAYS Committee of 48 Now Functions Func-tions as Liberal Party, He Declares. NEW YORK. Oct 28 (By the Associated As-sociated Press) Tho committee of 48 functnlng 36 a liberal party nn-noiicel nn-noiicel tonight through J. A. H Hopkins, Hop-kins, chairman of Its national executive execu-tive committee- that In seven states contests already have been narrowed down to a two-party fight, 'with the I Chances In favor of the progressives." The states, he said, arc Pennsylvania, South Dakota, North Dakota, Idaho Wisconsin. Nebraska and Delaware. Mr. Hopkins has just returned from a tour of Pennsylvania and Delaware land previously had visited all of the Jstatejj where the party had candidates in the field under various titles. Analyzing the contests, Mr Hop-Iklns Hop-Iklns said that ln Idaho, where two I congressmen and a state ticket have been named. It Is a neck and neck race between the Democratic and the Progressive, in Pennsylvania, where the Progressives have nominated two candidates for United States senator, and a secretary for internal affairs, and In South Dakota, where a state ticket and three candidates for congress con-gress have been nominated, tho race Is between the Republicans and Progressives Pro-gressives "In Wisconsin, where a full ticket has been presented." he said, "it Is u walkover for tho Progressive association associa-tion tickets tho Democrat havlne lost their standing as a legal party." CJO |