Bisbee daily review., 1912-08-03
FIVE TICKETS FOR MISSOURI VOTERS
 AT THE PRIMARY

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo, Aug. 2:-A statewide primary will be held in Missouri next Tuesday to determine whom the respective parties will put upon the November ballots for state. judicial. congressional and county oG- fices. Five parties have filed nomin- ations for the primary ballot. The democrats and republicans have full tickets, but the socialists, socialist iaborites and prohibitionists have some vacancies.
 Contrary to the situation existing in many states this year, national politI ics 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 con test into the fight for the democratic gubernatoTiai nomination, but without much success. On the republican side the rivalry between the Taft and Roosevelt followers is manifesting it. self in fight for control of the state organization. but the indications are that the rank and file of the party w;ll pay little attention to the presi- dential contest in making up the state ticket. The Roosevelt people are fo- cusing their efforts on the election of county chairmen with a view to cap turing control of the state committee and the state organization later on
 Five aspirants are contesting for the democratic nomination for gov. ernor. William s. Cowherd of. Kansas City, former congressman and the democratic nominee for governor four years ago, and Elliott w. Major of Bowling Green, at present attorney general, are conceded to be the lead CTS in the race Cowherd is generally loked upon as the fayOrite, since he has the backing of Senators Stone an6 Reed and other members of the 'oIganziation' which has long con trolled the democratic party in Ms souri
 The other three who seek to head the democratic state ticket are David A. Ball of Louisiana, who claims he was counted out in COwherd's favor in 1908, August H. Bolte of St. Louis, former lieutenant governor, and James A. Houchin, a millionaire con tractor of Jefferson City.
 The race for the republican guber- natorial nomination started with five entries, but within week or two the field has narrowed by the withdrawal of two of the candidates. Those re- maining in the running are John c. Mckinley ofo Unionville, former lieu tenant governor; Leon W. Quick. city treasurer of St. Louis, and Arthur P. Murphy of Rolia, a former represent ative 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 renomination The other representatives who will receive renomination without opposi- ton in their own party are Lloyd of the First Alexander Of the Third, Dickinson of the Sixth. Shackleford of the Eighth, CatIin of the Eleventh, Hensley 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- CTS of Kansas City, and Prohibition, Charles E. Stokes of Kansas City.