Evening star., 1920-07-11
FERR|S-GORE FIGHT
ST|RS OKLAHOMA
No State Contest Since Has.
keII-0Wen Campaign Has
Approached It in Intensity.

OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla, July TO-
Not since the famous Haskell Owen
senatorial campaign has any state
| fight developed in Oklahoma that ap-
proaches in intensity the campaign
of Scott Ferris, Representative from
the sixth district. contesting the NOM
ination of Senator Thomas P. Gore
at the primary, August 3. Ferris
strength is his record as a regular
party aan with clean record for
support of administration leadership
during the war, while Cores tactics
on early war measures have brought
charges of disloyalty against him into
the campaign, and his leaning to the
! republican left in the league of ma
tiors fight, has arrayed the strong
democratic counties in the southern
half of the state against him. Both
candidates have been in the state for
months speaking several times every
day Their campaigns are backed by
big men and the limits to which or
ganization work have gone are un-
precedented in Oklahoma. When last
elected Gore carried every county IN
the state. His ability as a campaign
er is nationally known. The Ferris
camp asserts Gore will be retired by
two-to-one vote, while on the Gore
leaders assert their chief will come
off the winner by a comfortable plu-
rality.
In the Congregational Districts.
While there will be congressional
nominations in all eight districts,
there is interest in only three-the
first. third ard eighth. The death this
week of Uncle Dick" Morgan, repre-
means probably that the only surely
republican district in the state VIII
he returned to the democratic col
umn in November. The only republl-
can who fled to contest with Morgan
is a man who is not well known. on
the democratic side. aHd cersa'n OF
nomination, is c. H. Hyde of Ava,
thoroughly known throughout the Dig
wheat-r raising district and extreme
ly popular with the farmers because
of his activity in national farm pet
terment movements for the last zen
years. Hyde is certain OF nomination
and unless the republican state COM
rnittee can get the standing candl-
date to withdraw in favor or strons
man HYDE is certain of election.
In the fifth district, in which OKLA
homa City is located, the WlthdIa"ai
of REPRESENTATIVE j. w. Harreio 10
become a candidate for the republican
nomination for the Senate insures the
nomination and election of a demo-
crat. The withdrawal Of Mayor Pete
Duffy from the ranks of the demo-
cratic aspirants this week leaves the
field to Judge F. B. Swank Of Norman
and Roy e. Stafford of Oklahoma
City. Representative Howard. demo-
crat. is unopposed for denomination IN
the Tulsa district, the first. but Will
he faced in the election by one OF two
strong republicans. James Mapon OF
Miami and Bert Chandler of Vinita.
former representatives in Congress,
who are republican. aspirants in the
primary.
Democrats Claim the State.
Although expressing disappoint-
ment that Senator Robert l.. owen
did not loom larger as compromise
candidate before the San Francisco
convention, delegates returning 10
Oklahoma this week from the con-
yention are unanimous in expressing
the opinion that the Cox Roosevelt
ticket is the strongest possible COM
bination that could be selected and
that Oklahoma will continue in the
democratic column this November by
at least 100000 plurality.
WALTER M. HARRISON.