Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-24
PRIMARIES
IN MICHIGAN
Campaign There Ends Today
With ROusIOg Rallies Over
The State
UD Till Near the End Political
Contest Has Been Rather
Tame +.

Special to The Tribune
DETROIT, MICH, Aug. 24.-The
campaign preceding the Michigan
primaries closed today with many
political rallies in all parts of the
state. On Tuesday next all parties
are to engage in statewide primaries
| for the selection Of candidates for
governor and lieutenant governor,
one United States senator, represen-
tatives in congress, members OF the
legislature and city and county Off
| GERS. The selection of candidates for
state officers, excepting governor and
lieutenant governor, will be made In
state conventions to be held later.
The campaign, on the whole, has
been of rather a luke.warm variety.
The Republicans, who have held al
most undisputed control of the state
lir pears, lost much of their ginger
in the bitter fractional fight between
the Taft and Roosevelt adherents last
spring. The fight left the party and
its leaders nor or less beWildered.
Governor Chase M. Osborn, one OF
the early and ardent Roosevelt sup
porters, has apparently 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
encouragement in the factional strife
of the enemy and are displaying more
activity than IN former years. But
But the Democrats, like the old-line
Republicans, are bothered over the
appearance of the third party in the
field. The National Progressives will
have a place on the primary ballot
nd will make nominations for all of
the important places to be filed at
the November election.
The Republican candidates for the
g~ubernatorial nomination are Fred
c. Martindale of Detroit, the present
secretary Of state, and Amos Mussel-
man of Grand Rapids. Two years
ago Musselman was Governor Cs!
born's chief opponent for the Repub-
lien nomination. Shortly before the
third partp convention this year he
announced himself a strong progress
sive, but later he issued a statement
declaring that he was not a third
party man and that ne would prefer
defeat with the Republican party in
his race for the governorship than
to cast his lot with the new party.
The Democratic choice for the gov
ernorship is Woodbridge N. Ferris,
who is the head of an educational.
institution at Big Rapids. Prof. Fer
ris has long been prominent in Dem
ocratic politics in Michigan. Twenty
years ago he was a candidate for con-
gress and in 1904 he was'Ian unsuco
cessful candidate for governor. D
The National Progressive Candidate
for governor is L. Whitney Watkins
Of jackson, who is now a Republi.
can member Of the s~tateAsenate. y.
D. Leland, a banker Of Coru1na, is
to head the state ticket Of the Prohi-
%bitionists.
United States Senator William Al
den Smith, whose term will exuire
next March, has no opposition in the
Republican ranks for reelection. The
Democratic aspira1ts for the toga are
former Congressman Alfred Lucking
of Detroit and George p. Hummer
of Grand Rapids. T. N. J0slyn of
Adrian is the third party choice for
the senatorship, and W. A. Taylor OF;
Battle Creek, is the choice of the
Prohibitionists.