Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-05
REPUBLICANS ONLY
VOTE IN 9TH TODAY
Several Other Primary Contests
In Other District Attract
Attention, However
(Bv Associated Pressl

| 10y ASSOCldNCu IGSoJ
/ Louisville, KY, Aug. 5-Voter;
aligned with the two major polit
ical parties of Kentucky in five
congressional districts and one
lCc1ft of Appeals district today
were balloting for cand dates tc
be placed on tie ballot for the
eection in November. The dem.
ocrats have a contest in the Court
Eof Appeals district and three con
gressional districts, while the re-
publicans have contests in fou1
congressional districts.
The campaign that preceded to-
days primary was usually quiet
until the last few days. Active
! canvasses had been carried on in
the seventh, ninth, and>tenth con-
gressional districts by democrats
and in the third, eighth, ninth and
tenth districts by tie republicans,
but nothing of personal or un-
usual nature transpired in any
until the closing days Of the cam
paign.
On last Wednesday night R. M
Amos, Of Olmstead, one of the
three republican candidates for
the nomination in their district,
was arrested on a charge Of ac-
cepting a bride from w. 0. Meats
of Morgantown, another candi-
date, to influence voters. The
charge was filed by Marmaduke
B. Bowen, of Russellville, who
has the endorsement of the re-
publican organization leaders il
the district.
In the tenth district, wher;
Congressman John w. Langley
OF Pikeville, is candidate for the
denomination, the closing day;
were marked by an especially &C
tive campaign botll by Mr. Lang
ley and Fess Whitaker, Or Black
ey. There has been considerable
dissatisfaction expressed in the
district and a movement was
started several months ago to pu:
up candidate who could defeai
the Congressman for renomina
ton This movement, however
fell through but Mr.. Whitaker,
who has gained considerable no
toriety through the fact that he
was elected county judge of
Letcher county while incarcelat-
ed in jail on a charge of contempt
of court, and Rev. N. T. Hopkins.
a former Congressman and state
Legislator, entered the Ii: is. Two
weeks ago Mr.. Hopkins q 1nounc-
ed his withdrawal. He did not,
however, file the formal legal no
tifcation with Secretary Of State
Fred A. Vaughn, but notified the
county clerk of Pike county. 1t
is understood that the clerk or
dered Mr.. Hopkins name taken
off of the Pike county ballots but
that other clerks did not have
such notification and that there
fore his name appears on all bal
lots except in Pike.
The democratic campaign iii
the ninth district has been the
most intense of any among the
candidates from the rangs of that
party. Congressman WI. Fields
of Olive Hill, who is seeking the
denomination, has made an active
canvass of the district as has Fl.
c. Duffy, of Cynthiana, former
speaker of the Kentucky House
Of Representatives. Mr.. Duffy
is regarded as probably the
strongest of the three candidates
Mr.. Fields. The other
one William I. Cole. of Greenup,
and r. G. Buckler, or Prater.
In the seventh district, Con
gressman ]. Campbell Cantril, Of
Georgetown, r. Lee Murphy, Of
Lexington, have made active cam
paigns without any outstanding
issues. Nominal ons in this d $
trict probably will mean election
as the republicans have offered no
candidates.
In the tenth district, K. L. Var
ney, Of Canada, and F. Tom
Hatcher, of Pikeville. are seeking
the democratic nomination.
The republicans have a contest
iii the eighth district, where Ell
of Lancaster, and d. H
of Danville, are seekine
the nomination and in the nintht
where Trunibo Snedger, of Wyo-
ming, republican candidate two
years ago; J. H. Stricklin, of In
sko, and George Osborn, of Rus
sell, are candidates.