Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-01
PRIMARY
q. STlRS OREGON
OREGON STIRRED UP l DEEPLY 81 ),
IN PRIMARY
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Portland, Orc. April 30.-Although
the general primary election is. still
three weeks distant, the campaign is
already stirring the State from end
to- end, and all signs point to the
EARNEST primary battle eve staged
in Oregon. To begin with, the voters
vail have the. longest list OF candi-
dates from which to, make their Sc,
lectiOns at the. primary ever present
ed in this State. The ballots will con
tain the names of 252 %aspirants fc:
State and district offices. OF this nun
Der 195 are Republicans, AZ are De-
mocrats and IA are P~rogressives. Two
years ago there were only 125 Re-
publicans and 50 Democrats on the
,allot.
g.. Nominations for Senators.
Nominations. will be made in the
primaries for United States senator
representatives in Congress, COVER
mol, State, treasurer, attorney general
superintendent of public instruction,
State engineer, railroad commission
er, superintendent Of water divisions
commission of labor statistics and in
spector Of factories and workshops,
supreme and circuit court justices
and members Of the legislature.
United States Senator George E.
chamberlain, Whosesterm will expire
next March, is the choice of the Dem.
ocratic party for reelection. Oppos.
ed to him In the election next fall
will be r. A. Booth, of Eugene, as the
Republican candidate, and. William
hanley of Boring as the choice of the
Progressive party. \ %. v.
y. *.' ~" : Many unopposed.
Many of the Democrats now hold
ing Statesand other' offices are. unop.
pos d for denomination and this has
left the. majority of the. contests to
the Republicans and .Pr~ogressives. At
the present time the contests for the
nominations: for governor o~vershadow
all other features of'fthe primary
campaign, There are fifteen candi-
dates oupt for the gn%bernatorial nom
nations, the largest number seeking
any Office in the State. OF these eight
are Republicans, Ave are Democrats
and two are ,Progressives, so that the
contests in all three parties are of the
keenest+ sort. '"" H.:
AS a general rule, there is little or
nothing to interest the average citi-
z IN in political contests until the
contest, reaches .feverAheat a few days
before the nominations are made at
the primary. e%lection,,' but there are
peculiar conditions existing in Oregon
politics at the present time, and the
skirmishes among the numerous as.
pirants. for the ~governorship have
been viewed with more than ordinary
interest for many months.
West Not a Candidate
In the first place, Governor Oswald
West, who is a, Democrat, is not: a
candidateisfo fsar denomination. This ma
turally has tprecipitated scramble
among the Democrats to succeedahim.
The same fact has encouraged an I'm
usually large number OF Republicans
to- seek he nomination, on the the.
ory that a newcomer heaving the De.
mocratic ticket will be easier to de-
defeat sthan would Governor West
standing for recollection:
The Republicans seeking the nomi.
nation for governor are: Grant B..
Dimick, former. mayor Of Oregon
City; A. NJ. Crawford Of Roseburg,