Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-08-26
MICHIGAN HOLDS
WARM PRIMARY
SELECTED CANDIDATES FOR
DIFFERENT PARTIES FOR
NOVEMBER ELECTION.
| IAb0R LEADERS TAKE PART
Gp'trnor Incurred Enniity 10y send.
ing Militia Into the Upper
Peninsula During the
strike Troubles.
Special to The News.


DETROIT. Mich. Aug. Fol
lowing the close OF one OF the warm
est political battles staged In Michi
gan In years. the voters engaged In
Il general primary election today for
the selection of candidates for the
state offices 10 be filled at the No
yomher election These offices in
clude the goyernorship, supreme
court justices. superintendency OF
public instruction and two regencies
Of the University Of Michigan, In
addition. candidates are TO be nance
Tor twelve representatives In Con
rress and members of the State leg
iglature. Michigan does not elect
,niied States senator this year
There are peculiar conditions ga
isting In Michigan politics at The
present time that make the primar!
oattle of more than ordinary inter
est In the first place. the state ha
a Democratic governor, the first L
occupy the executive office for NOR,
than twenty years The question tina
H. uppermOst In the minds of the Re
publican leaders l. whether or moi
they can defeat Governor Wood
bridge y Ferris who Is To bee can
cidatc for reelection ON the Demo
cratic ticket
Governor Ferris has incurred III,
pnmity of the labor leaders of th,
state because hc sent the militia int
the upper peninsula At the beginning
of the great strike of the copper min
crs. and the union men have beef
litter in their denunciation of th'
executives action, declaring that h.
viii never receive the vote of the la
oorng element again,
on the other hand. stalwart Re
bublicans in the upper peninsula
business men and influential citizen
who have always rallied around th'
Republican standard. openly declar
that Ferris pursued the prope
course in dealing with the strik'
troubles II the gubernatrOial elec
ton had been held soon after the
strike II Is believed that Goyernoi
fCris would have received largt
proportion of these Republican voi
with this element. now that th'
strike troubles are not 80 fresh "
the public mind is matter that car
D." decided only when the ballot
.re cast al the next eletcion Like
Nisc. IN the belief OF the followers o
the governor much OF the enmity o
the labor leaders engendered by tht
action OF the governor during tn
strike Is likely 10 have been forgot
ten by election time
In conclusion with the campaigi
the question also has arisen a. I,
whether GOV Ferris Is as stroni
with his own party as he was AT IN
last election \ small cOterie o
Democrats. headed by CONGRESSMAN
samuel W Beaks of the Second dis
trict. who STYLE themselves the orig
inal Wilson men," have eXpresse
;heir displeasure over the course fol
lowed by the Governor In respect T.
the distrImutlon OF Federal patron
are The Governor took sides wit
National Committeeman Wood ant
Chairman Shields OF the State Com
mittee These two according To th'
charges " Peakes and his followers
tried 20 block the nomination
Wilson al the Baltimore convention
bld IN consequence Michigan Is saif
to have been minus her full share o.
Federal Jobs handed around since
ince President Wilson took office
All this has been carefully consid
cred by the Republican leaders ant
they are DESTROYS 10 pick ont can
didate who will bring the party bacf
into power All the elective state
offices with the exception of the
toyernorship arqkos filled bv re-
Tublicaus but chNderahlc patron
aro is AZ stake IN the campaign thi'
tall and republican leaders are dou
ly anxious 10 win
Tho contest for the Republican
nomination for governor was started
more thana year ago with two en-
trants. which number has since been
creased 10 five. Tho two ofigina
starters in tho race we're Secretary
~ State Frederick e. Nartindale of
Detroit Nartindalo wa- q candidai,
Tor The nomination two wears agr
WV H f' 'Hl'HNf.N W y ilI'Nr q. AI NNHf|
man - Grand Rapids Those whr
are seeking harmons in the parts
oppose tho nomination NJ Groesbech
because hc is supposed 10 be- particu.
l7rly disissteful. ~ tho Progresgivos
George " Ellis mayor OF Grand
bapids Is seeking the subernatoria
nomination as a Progressive Repub
lran 4 fourth candidate Is former
Governor Chase s Osborn. who an
nouTced his candidacy lagt Iune up
'n hi. return home from sixteer
months world tour Osborn W.
ifged fo get int othe race by th,
members ~ the party who fayore,
neither Martindale nor Groosbeck
he sun0prters ~ the two last nam
- declare that Osborn. candidac-
h1s utterly failed 10 arouse the en-,
'h"siasm that vas expected and ihar
IN their belief he stands little chanc.
~ being the candidate when IN.
primary ballot are counted
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