The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-09-02

Several live scraps are on In the
various Legislative districts.
In the s0th senatorial district
there II q warm battle 10 be waged
between John ". Wallace. progress.
sIve. former state Industrial lnsur.
ance commissioner. and Howard u.
Taylor. republican. former speaker.
The democratic nomination In tina,
district seems TO favor Fred Nelson
as against Richard Gowen.
In tho same district known as the
Goth representative district. there
arc IL candidates for tho thrce
places In the lower house. Fred J.
Mess and r. II. Tonkin ara seeking
reelection ~ republicans. but they
must fight for tho nominations with
Ira II. Case and Walter J. iunn-
In the progressive party tho morn.
inces viii probably be A. u. Cowan.
Y. ID. Mills and c. 8. Foiiett There
are four democrats In tho race.
Frank Field. Isaac Y. Calhoun. G. v.
Lochridge and Archie Smith.
Nichols or evsnsi
Tho 3ist senatorial district wont
bull moose by = big vote two years
ago. and Il expected TO do Il again.
Paul Houser, who A. member OF
the lower house stirred tho last scs-
sion by hls land graft exposures. ~
the progressive candidate for sen.
ator.
The republicans have two candi.
dates. Senator Ralph Nichols and
Chief Deputy Prosecutor Robert
Evans. Tho democratic candidate
IA p. @. Leonard.
o. J. G. Dutton and Frank Ed.
wards are tho progressive candi-
dates IN the <ist representative dis
trict. Tho democrats named John
T. Casey and w. A. Brady.
There are four republican candi-
dates for tho two nominations They
are George n. Webster. former mem
Der OF the house. DIR. w r. Gibson.
Chaa w. Latham and William Hub
bell.
Dan Has cInch
In the 32nd district Senator Dan
Landon has the field to himself for
the senatorial nomination on tho
progressive ticket. and George v.
OsiVpth is the democratic candidate.
The republicans are divided In two
camps between r. p. Moran and for.
mer Senator Robert v. Booth.
Ex-senator Booth has dandy
stand-pat record. and the machine
republicans are behind him
The final election. however. r.
generally conceded 10 Senator Ian.
don, whose personal acquaintance
and popularity In that district are
phenomenal.
In the Same or And legislative
district there arc three progressive
candidates for the two nominations
IN the lower house.
Murphlne . Winner
One IL Representative Thomas Y.
Murphine. who was progressive
floor leader OF tho 1918 session.
Murphine proved himself easily the
ablest man In tho house. and his re-
election this year will make him the
logical bull moose candidate for
speaker The other two candidates
In this district are w. ID. Lane and
Earl q. Rice.
This district went bull moose by
large majority two years ago. and
Murphine's election is practically
conceded. The republican candi.
dates are Fritz Harr1. A. u. Martin
and Frank ". Boyle. Harri IN max
ing an independent fight. while the
other two have the backing Of the
republican organization. The dem
ocratIc nominees are John G. Hath-
bun and G. v. Beardslee.
One Way 20 Beat Him
In the 33rd senatorial district the
nominations are uncontested. Rep
resentatIve William Wray II the re.
publican candidate. Louis Williams
is the progressive nominee. and III.
w. Ziebarth In the democratic can
dIdate. Wray has campaigned for
nearly year. making house.to.
house canvas. and on the face OF II
would appear to have the election
cinched. II the progressives and
democrats combine on one candi.
date-and there is talk 10 that ef.
fect--Wray could be beaten.
In the Ard representative district
there promises 10 be a warm scrap
for the final election between the
progressiyes and republicans. an no
democrats have flied.
In this district there are three re-
publicans seeking the two nomins-
lions. They are Representative Vic