The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-02
five TICKETS IN
MISSOURI PRIMARY
National Politics Will Not
Have Important Part in
State Primary.
(National News Association)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Aug. a.
A Statewide primary will be held in
Missouri next Tuesday to determine
when the respective parties will put
upon the November ballots for State,
judicial, congressional and county Of
fees. Five parties have filed nomina-
lions for the primary ballot. The Dem
ocrats and Republicans have full tick
cts, but the Socialists, Socialist Labor
ties and Prohibitionists have some va
cancies.
Contrary to the situation existing in
many States this year, national poll
tics Is not expected to play very i'm
portant part in the State campaign in
Missouri. Some attempt has been made
to inject the Clark-Wilson contest into
the fight for the Democratic guberna-
torial nomination, but without much
success. ON the Republican side, the
rivalry between the Taft and Roosevelt
followers is manifesting itself in a fight
for control of the State organization,
but the indications are that the rank
and file of the party will pay little at
tention to the presidential contest in
making up the state ticket. The RoOse-
welt people are focusing their efforts
on the election of county charmen
with view to capturing control of the
State committee and the State organi-
cation later on.
Five aspirants are contesting for the
Democratic nomination for governor.
William s. Cowherd Of Kansas City,
FORMER congressman and the Demo
cratic nominee for governor four years
ago, and Elliott w. Major of Bowling
Green, at present attorney general are
conceded to be the leaders in the race
Cowherd is generally looked upon as
the favorite, since he has the backing
of Senators Stone and Reed and other
members of the reorganization" which
has long controlled the Democratic
party in Missouri
The other three who seek to head
the Democratic State ticket are David
A. Ball of Louisiana, who claims he
was counted out in Cowherds favor in
1908; August II. Bolte of ST. Louis,
former lieutenant governor, and James
A. Houchin. millionaire contractor
of Jefferson City.
The race for the Republican guber-
material nomination started with five
entries, but within a week or two the
field has been narrowed by the with
drawal of two of the candidates. Those
remaining in the running are John c.
Mckinley of Unionville. former lieu
tenant governor; Leon w. Quick, city
treasurer of St. Louis and Arthur P.
Murphy of Rolla, former representa-
tive IN Congress-.
Spirited contests are on for some of
the congressional nominations. The
Democrats who announced in the
Ninth district when it appeared likely
that Speaker Champ Clark might go
from the Capitol to the White House
have since withdrawn, leaving Mr..
Clark unopposed for denomination.
The other representatives who will re-
ceive denomination without opposition
in their own party are Lloyd of the
First, Alexander of the Third, Dickin-
son of the Sixth, Shackleford of the
Eighth, Catlin of the Eleventh, Hens
ley of the Thirteenth, Russell of the
Fourteenth and Rubey of the Six
teenth.
The gubernatorial candidates of the
minor parties, each of whom will re-
ceive the nomination unopposed, will
be: Socialist, William A. Ward, of st.
Louis; Socialist Labor, Charles Rog-
ers of Kansas City, and Prohibition,
Charles r. Stokes Of Kansas City