The Alaska daily empire., 1922-07-17

 IN PRIm ARY
 NEXT MONTH All Present Congressmen Ale Again Candidates for
 Re-nomi1ation.
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have no opp0slti0n in the primaries. Summed up, the Democrats have four contests, and the Republicans have ts sit A The primary lineup as it will con Front the voters on August is First District Acknowledgements Alben W. Barkley of P,lducah (lnopposedD ] Rerublicans-.F, NJ. Mccain of May field (unopposed.) Second District
 Democrats Congressman D. H. 1 Kincheloe of Madisonville (unop l posed)
 l epublicans-Erskine B. Bassett, Hoplinsrille, George w. Jolly of Ow- ] ensboro.
 1 Third District
 Democra ats-C3 Congressman Robert Y i, Thomas, Jr. (unopposed) I Republicans-W o. Moats of Nor I gsntown. R. Nj. Amos of Olmstead, { Marmaduke B. Bowdcn of Russell villc., I Fourth District
 
 son of Bardstown (unopposcd)
 Republicans--Dr R. H. McMullin of Gray3on county funopposed) ! Fifth District l Dcmocrats-Kendrick R. Lewis Of Louisville funoppused) 4 Repub1icans--Maurice l.. Thatcher of Louisville .(unopposed) ;l Sixth District 1 Dcmocrats-Arthur B. Rouse of Burlington (unopposed) Rcpublicans--No., candidate. \ Seventh District ] Congressman J. Camp bell Cantrill of Georgetown, R. Lee ; Murphy of Georgetown. I Republicans-4No candidate. Eighth District 1 Democrats-Edward Hubbard of Lancaster, .Dr. H. L. Canard of Dan ]: vile.
 Ninth District Democrats-C Congressman William J. Fields of Olive Hill. H. c. Duffy of .Cynthlana, R. c. Bucker of Prater, I w T Cole of Greenup. ,I epublicans-Trumb Snedeger of Wyoming. George Osborn of Russell :lJ H. Stricklin of Insko. Tenth District Democrats-F. Tom Hatcher of Pikesville, K L. Varney of Canada. Republicans Congressman John w Langley of Pikeville. former Congress man Rev N T. Hopkins of Yeager Fess Whitaker of Whtcsburg.
 Eleventh District
 Democrats-C. J. Sipple of Lon don (unopposed.)
 Congressman J. M Robsion of Barbourville (unopposed )
 The Democrats have entered candi dates in all of the II districts. plan ming even to give the Republicans op position this fall in the rockribbed Republican strongholds of the 10th and 11th districts. The Republicans however, have entered no candidates in the sixth district against Con yressman Rouse and in the seventh where Congressman Cantrill has a fight on his hands for the nomina- tion
 4 Dr Ben l.. Bruner of Louisville former candidate for the United States Senate, entered the congress siona1 contest in the fifth district but dropped out in the first week of the primary campaign.
 Congressman Ralph Gilbert of Shelbyville has an interesting con- test before him with opposition by l W. Vernon Richardson. editor of the Danville Advocate and former secre- tary to the late Senator Ollie James. Political observers predict that this race will be the closest.
 S h the ninth district Congressman William j. Fields, Democrat, is faced by three opponents. one of whom is H. c. Duffy. of Cynthiana, former speaker of the state. house of rep. rescntatives and seasoned cam, Ipaigner,
 Congressman Langley, in the 10th district. is opposed by Rev N. T. Hopkins. of Yeagcr, who has the dis tinction of having bcon elected to Congress once but of serving only one day. His Democratic opponent was elected on the faco of returns and served throughout the season. be- ing declared unscated on the last day. Hopkins is a picturesque fig. ure. a Baptist minister typical of is section of the country. Congress. man Langley's other opponent is Tess Whitaker. the jailed jailer of Letcher county. Mfr. Whitaker was sent to his own Jail. while jailer. for contempt of>court While in tail hc conducted campaign for the county judgeship and defeated the man who sent him to jail. Aside from the congressional con tests tho voters in the Third Ap- Dcllate district will choose candi- dates for judge of the Court of Ap- peals from this district.