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...major posts were at stake: Senator and Governor. No state could have a simpler contest for Senator. Hiram Johnson ran for renomination on the Republican ticket?and was conceded victory. He ran also on the Democratic ticket?and was conceded victory. He ran for it on several lesser tickets???and was conceded victory. How Hiram Johnson could fail of nomination no one could figure out and in November's election he was headed undoubtedly for a severe contest with strong rivals, all named Hiram Johnson...
Aware of the threat to his nomination, Mr. Pinchot pre-empted first place on two hastily-formed independent tickets???the Fair Play Party and the Square Deal Party?to make sure he would be in the November race...
Fewer Delegates. Some 1,000 voting delegates made the trip to Seattle. Buying their tickets???for the N. E. A. does that, at excursion rates?is a problem that requires thought and appropriations each year. In view of the unwieldy size of the gathering and of a need for more intensive deliberations, Superintendent P. H. Claxton of Tulsa, Okla., proposed that next year's voting delegates be reduced to a band of 500, plus officers; representation to be in ratio with N. E. A. state memberships. The convention pondered his idea...
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