Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-04-22
MUCH INTEREST
Il I||!|N'|OKLAH0MA'S
FALL ELECTION
Congressman May be Re.
elected-Eight Probable
tiles For Governor.

Oklahoma City, Okla, April a.
Interest in the. coming fall elections
Is beginning to awaken in Oklahoma
political circles. Candidates for var
ious offices are beginning to hint at
coming announcements. Although 1t
il as yet too early for official an
nouncemencs. rumor and speculations
upon who will oppose who after the
various aspirants have been sifted by
the voters at the primary elections,
are being noised about.
Primary elections will be held
throughout the state August 81, the
last Tuesday in August, as prescribed
by election laws. The straight pri-
mary is employed in Oklahoma to
weed out candidates for political Of
flee. The straight primary. as COM,
pared with wha is generally known
as the preferential primary, is one
in which candidates for nominations
meet have only a plurality Of votes.
rather than a majority of all the
votes cast, as is the custom in some
states. After selecting nominees on
August % Oklahoma voters will go
to the polls November S for the gen.
eralt elections.
Voters at thu Oklahoma primaries
this year will nominate. in addition
to the minor state officers, candidates
for; gubernatorial honors. all con-
gressmen. n United States senator
and half of the state senator's. Inter-
est will center chiefly upon the race
for the govcrnorship, according to
state election officials. Robert l..
Owen, United States senator. in all
probability will be Il candidate to
succeed himself and no great Or or
ganized opposition is expected. unof
ficial advices have it that all con-
gressmen also will be candidates to
succeed themselves.
Up to the present premature date
only one candidate in opposition to a
present congressional incumbent has
been announced. Charles d. Garter,
representing h Third district, is the
exception and he will be opposed by
John W. Neal Of Poteau. Oklahoma.
OF the eight congressional districts
in Oklahoma, only the eighth is rep
resented by a Republican, D. l.. Nor
gan, of Woodward, Okla.
Although only n man. W. D.
Alexander, state treasurer of Okla
homa City, has to date formally In
nounced his candidacy for governor,
subject to the primaries, the follow
ing is sponsored by state election OIL
Gals as a likely list:
Democrats.
Judge B. A. Robertson, Oklahoma
City.
Ex-Congressman William H. MUIR
ray. Tiehomingo, Okla.
w. L. Alexander, state treasurer,
Oklahoma City.
Frank Gault, president state board
of agriculture, Geary. Okla.
w. A. Durant, Durant. Okla, a
member of the state house of repre-
sentatives.
Republicans.
John Golobie, state senator, Guth-
rie, Okla.
Harry Rogers. a state representa-
tive from Tulsa county, Tulsa, Okla.
States attorney, Oklahoma City.
OF the above list, Judge Robertson,
who ran second to Governor r. L.
Williams in 1914; w. A. Durant, who
has been a member of the Oklahoma
house of representatives since state
hood. and John Embry probably are
the best known outside of the state.
The filing of candidates for state
offices begins 100 days before the pri-
mary elections, which date is April %,
and closes so days previous to the
primary election.