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Lot of 13, ten telegrams, three letters. The telegrams cover March 16 - 27, 1920, during the primary elections. Most of the content covers individual states, addressed to Lowden Headquarters in Washington, DC. From Thomas D. Knight, Henry Lincoln Johnson, Frank Lowden, W.E. Hull and Joseph Mason, to various individuals at Lowden's HQ, and some just to whomever was at the HQ. Several are of the nature: "Dyar elected delegate and Rogers alternate both for Lowden Hitchcock agents formenting contest victory impressive." And "Atlanta and Fulton County the biggest and most important in Georgia elected a solid Lowden delegation to the fifth district convention which meets on the twenty ninth stop this insures the election of John W. Martin to the Chicago Convention The Wood people were completely routed." Several concern campaign expenditures, such as this from W.E. Hull to Frank Smith, MC: "Wood is spending a quarter of a million in Michigan His advertising bill alone will be one hundred thousand I think Ill win just the same If you could do something to bear on parties to investigates these terrible expenditures which is practically buying up the Republican Party it should be done." Two other telegrams suggest there should be investigations into campaign spending. There is a group of two letters, one telegram and newspaper clippings that concern Mr. Stewart's candidacy. Henry Lincoln Johnson telegraphs Frank Smith 20 March: "Very important for our New York Representative to get behind the candidacy of Gilchrist Stewart... He is making race for National Convention from Harlem District No man is firmer for us than he." The earliest letter, 26, Feb., TLS from Gilchrist Stewart to William L. Houston informing him that Stewart has launched his candidacy for delegate and asking to be put in touch with Lowden campaign manager in Washington. ALS to Mercer Vernon from W.L. Houston, Washington DC, March 8. He notes that he is sending clippings about Mr. Stewart's candidacy for delegate to the convention. Plus two clippings. In a letter dated 16 March 1920, from William Tully, New York. He tells the campaign that as far as he can tell, Gilchrist Stewart did not file a petition for delegate to the National Convention in the 21st Congressional district. The election of 1920 was wide open. The Republicans had about a dozen viable candidates, but the two at the top of the heap were Major General Leonard Wood and Governor Frank Orren Lowden, Governor of Illinois. In these telegrams, one can see the battle for every delegate to the convention, even in this relatively short time span. At the convention, neither candidate could get the required majority. Hiram Johnson was running a distant third. When the "back room" meetings occurred to attempt to negotiate a compromise candidate, Warren G. Harding came to the top, and went on to become the Republican Candidate, and President, that election. Condition: Telegrams mostly toned. A few with scuffing and edge tears.