The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-08-24
OLD LINE PARTIES
EXPECT DEFEAT
Bull Moosers Will Sweep the
Michigan Primaries
Next Week.
tNational News Association

DETROIT, Mich, Aug. 24.-The
campaign preceding the Michigan pri-
maries closed today with many politi-
cal rallies in all parts of the state.
On Tuesday next all parties are to en-
gage in statewide primaries for the
selection of candidates for governor
and lieutenant governor, one United
States senator, representatives in con-
gress, members of the legislature and
city and county officers. The selec-
ton of candidates for state officers.
excepting governor and lieutenant
governor, will be made in state con-
vention to be held later.
The campaign, on the whole, has
been or rather luke-warm variety. The
Republicans, who have held almost I'M
disputed control of the state for
years, lost much of their ginger in the
bitter factional fight between the Taft
and Roosevelt adherents last spring.
The fight left the party and its lead
ers more or less bewildered. Governor
Chase n. Osborn, one of the early and
ardent Roosevelt supporters, has ap.
parently been left to flock by himself
Many others who in the past have
been numbered among the Republican
leaders of Michigan have taken no
part in the present campaign.
The Democrats have found some en-
couragement in the factional strife OF
the enemy and are displaying more
activity than in former years. But the
Democrats, like the old-line Republi
cans, are bothered ever the appear
ance of the third party in the field
The National Progres-ives will have
a place on the primary ballot and will
make nominations fer all of the i'm
portant places to be filled at the No
vember election.
The Republican candidates for the
gubernatorial nomination are Fred c
Martindale of Detroit, the present sec
rotary of state, and Amos Musselmar
of Grand Rapids. Two years age
Musselman was Governor Osborn's
chief opponent for the Republican
nomination. Shortly before the thirC
! party convention this year he an
| nounced himself a strong Progressive
| but later he issued a statement de
| claring that he was not a third party
| man and that he would prefer defea
with the Republican party in his race
| for the governorship than to cast hi:
| let with the new party.
The Democratic choice for the gov
ernorship is Woodbridge N. Ferris
who is the head of an educational in
stitution at Big Rapids. Prof. Ferris
; has long been prominent in Demo
! cratic politics in Michigan. Invent.
years ago he was candidate for con
! gress and in 1904 he was an unsuccess
! full candidate for governor.
/ The National Progressive candidat,
for governor is l.. Whitney Watkins o
! Jackson, who is now Republican
member of the State senate ]. D. lie
/ land, a banker of Corunna, is to heaC
: the state ticket of the Prohibitionists
! United States Senator William AL
den Smith, whose term will expire mex
March, has no opposition in the Re
publican ranks for reelection. Tn,
i Democratic aspirants for the toga ar,
former Congressman Alfred Luckin,
of Detroit and George P. Hummer, o
Grand Rapids. T. H. Joslyn of Adrian
! is the third party choice for the sena
! torship, and w. A. Taylor, of Battl,
! Creek, is the choice of the Prohibition
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