Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-08-06
INTENSE INTEREST
IN PRIMARY TODAY
Friends of All the Candidates Are
Working HardACount May
Take Some Time

Intense interest is being mani
tested in the democratic primary
election which is being held all
over Madison county today.
The race for Sheriff between
Liner Deatherage and Van Ben
ton seems to be attracting most
attention and the friends of each
are working their heads Off for
their favorites.
The contest between G.. i. An
gel and ]. ID. Goodloe for Coun'v
Judge is also very keen. with the
races for the other Offices at
tracing less interest.
Here in town chief interest," cen
ters in the Mayors race with
four entrants, present Mayor l..
j. Evans, w. L. Blanton, JEFF ID.
Mitchell and Robert Golden. All
have their friends and many pre-
dict a close finish between the
four.
There is also much interest in
town i'll the councilmanic races
and friends OF the candidates are
rallying to their standards.
The polls opened at six o'clock
and soon crowds were gathering
at each voting place. The polls
close promptly at four o'clock. 1t
Is expected that it may be six or
seven o'clock before the complete
result is known in the count
races, if at all close. as several of
the country voting places are
some distance from telephones.
The city results should be known
within an hour of the time the
polls close.
Primaries All Over State
The 1921 political fortunes of
boawccn O,OOO and 1000 kcntuck-
ians today hung in the balance
with partisans of the major pO-
ltical factions of the state ballot
ing a decision.
At 3 o'clock this morning polls
opened in every precinct in the
state and men and women of the
democratic and republican parties
expressed their preference for
candidates to carry the party
standards in the biennial fall
campaign. The polls will close
at 4 o'clock this afternoon and
before midnight the choice OF
candidates for state senator, rep
rcsentativc. circuit Judges and
county. town and city officials
should be known i'll virtually cv-
cry district in the state, except
perhaps the more isolated sec
tiOns.
While local fights are of inter
est to the voters of the town, city
and county, the battles which will
attract the most attention %cncr-
ally are those for circuit Judge.
senator and represent ative' These
latter Offices are what are known
as state offices, candidates i'll dis
tricts having more than one coun
ty filing declarations and expense
accounts with the Secretary o.
State at Frankfort.
The state is divided into 100
districts for the choice OF mem
bers of the House of Representa-
tives; So for the choice of state
senators. and 80 judicial districts.
The even numbered senatorial
districts today are choosing NOM
inccs. the odd numbered districts
not clecting until 1923. Nomin
ations are being made i'll every
representative and judicial dis
triCt.
In the race for circuit Judge
ships. number of candidates
have taken advantage of the non
partisan judiciary law allowing
candidates to file for the nomina
tions on both republican and
democratic tickets. In 23 districts,
however, nomination on one or
the other of the major tickets is
equivalent to election. la nine
districts the democrats have LETT
an open field to the republican
nominee and in fourteen no re-
publican has offered. In one dis
trict-the 21st-the republiCln
incumbent is the only candidate
filing and he has offered on both
tickets. In two divisions of the
Jefferson circuit court the incum-
bents, w. II. Field and Thomas r.
Gordon, have offered on both
ticktes without opposition.
Miss Edith Hunter, of West
Uiroini. iS q o,1eSt of relatives