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Revised Returns . 'Early
This Afternoon Give
Wood 49,770 and
Jo h n s Vn -49,2l7-Harding
Has : 10&00
Lead OyCeiWoodk in
Newark-, April 28 Major
General Letfiar-d , Wood was
still leading Senator Hiram W.
Johnson of "California this 'af
ternoon in-New. Jersey's pref
erential presidential primary
contest. ' . . '"
The Californlan who look the lead
on the returns last night buUwhp wag
738 votes behind his opponent at 7
o'clock this morning, managed to cut
down this margin at one time to .332,
hut later ..the general regained ground
somewhat. At- 12:45 o'clockTevised
returns for 1859 -election districts out
of 2,025 save .. Wood - 49,770 and
Johnson 49,237. ".' :-v '
Governor Edward I. Edwards, who
has announced". TJiat he woultl .carry
the .fight against prohibition onto the
floor of the San Francisco contention,
was elected head of the Democratic
"big four." Other ..Democratic - dele
gates at large elected, all without op
position, were James P Nugent, Es
sex county Democratic leader;- Mayer i
Frank Hague of. Jersey City, and
Mayor Frederick - . W. Donnelly of
Trenton. Democratic ? voters did not
have an opportunity to register their
choice for president, there being no
candidates' :- names printed on the
ballot, although all of the "big four"
and virtually all of the district dele
gates were pledged to the candidacy
of Governor Edwards.
Election of three members of the
Republican "big four" was assured.
United' States Senators Walter E.
