Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-02
MISSOURI HAS
FIVE TICKETS
Voters At Primaries Next
Tuesday Have Many Can.
didates 10 Pick From
Democrats Alone Have Five
Candidates Who Want 10
Be Governor

Special to The Tribune.
JEFFERSON CITY, MO-, Aug. q
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 OF.
fees. Five parties have filed nomi.
nations for the primary ballot. The
Democrats and Republicans have full
tickets, but the Socialists, Socialist
some vacancies.
Contrary to the situation existing
in many states this year, national
politics is not expected to play Q
very important part in the state cam.
paign in Missouri. Some attempt has
been made to inject the Clark-Wilson
contest into the fight for the Demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination, but
without much success. On the Repub-
lican side, the rivalry between the
Taft and Roosevelt followers is mani.
Testing itself in q fight for control
of the state organization, but the in.
dications are that the rank and file
o. the party win pay little attention
to the presidential contest in making
up the state ticket. The Roosevelt
people are focusing their efforts on
the election of county chairmen with
view to capturing control Of the
state committee and the state organ
ization later on.
Five aspirants are contesting for
the Democratic nomination for gov
e1nor. William s. Cowherd of Kan.
sas City, former congressman and the
Democratic nominee for governor
tour years ago, and Elliott w. Major
of Bowling Green, at present attor-
ney general, are conceded to be the
leaders in the race. Cowherd Is gen.
orally looked upon as the favorite.
since he has the backing of Senators
Stone and Reed and other members
OF the Organization" 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 Cowherd's favor
in 1908; August II. Bolte of St. Louis,
former lieutenant governor, and
James A. Houchin, a millionaire con-
tractor Of Jefferson city.
The race for the Republican guber-
material nomination started with five
entries, but within 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, for
mer lieutenant governor; Leon w.
Quick, city treasurer of st. Louis, and
Arthur P. Murphy of Rolla, former
representative in congress.
Spirited contests are on for some
Of the congressional nominations. The
Democrats who announced in the
Ninth district when it appeared like
ly that Senator Champ Clark might
90 from the capitol to the White
House have since withdrawn, leaving
Mr.. Clark unopposed for renomina-
ton. The other representatives who
will receive denomination without op.
position in their own party are Lloyd
OF the First, Alexander Of the Third,
Dickinson Of the Sixth, Shackleford
OF the Eighth, Catlin 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
Rogers Of Kansas City, and Prohibit
ton, Charles e. Stokes Of Kansas
City.